Patent No. 4,656,917: Eddie Van Halen's Guitar Support

Here's a cool little patent gem, with its owner being none other than Edward Van Halen. I love the illustration with its patent.

Like everything else Ed has added to guitar-related technology, it looks like this patent was filed for an accessory that came around from his constant want/need to innovate and keep maximizing his tools of [...]

It’s Finally Official…New Van Halen Album Next Year!

The news that every Van Halen cares about most is buried at the absolute bottom of their newest press release — in the last sentence it confirms that Van Halen with Roth as lead singer are currently in the studio recording for an album to be released in 2011. It's obviously beating a dead horse, but [...]

Try New Headphones or Earbuds with Old Music, Tests Before Buying

I go through a lot of earbuds and a fair amount of headphones, so having some tests and ways to ascertain how good they really are, here are some tests/ways, thanks to LifeHacker.com. The tests are a good first pass to help test new listening devices, and the tip to use older less produced music is [...]

New Van Halen Album in First Half of 2011

This is sounding promising. I'm so psyched for a new *entire* album of new material from Van Halen. It's been since 1998 since we got a full album of new content, and that was with Gary Cherone. It was 1995 since we got a full album of content with Hagar, and all the way back to [...]

Rock Band 3 Widens Its Musical Repertoire

I haven't had the time, nor energy to play my two consoles any time in recent memory, but love the organic transition the third installment is making. I'm definitely interested in trying it out upon release!

“Rock Band 3″ Widens Its [...]

Van Halen Mixes

So all us Van Halen fans are dying for some new music, and have been for awhile. In the meantime, try these mixes. It at least is a new combination of Van Halen tracks:

Van Halen Mix 01
Van Halen Mix 02
Van Halen Mix 03
Van Halen Mix 04
Van Halen Mix 05

For the past two days, I've had their [...]

Van Halen Isolated Guitar Tracks and Drum Tracks

The Van Halen News Desk has a great collection of stripped down Van Halen tracks. It's interesting listening to these old Van Halen tracks stripped of vocals, bass, etc.

Van Halen Isolated Guitar Tracks & [...]

Chickenfoot Fan Music Video

Fans are really kicking butt for bands I like lately. On the heels of a bunch of nine inch nails fans releasing a high quality live concert video, Chickenfoot fans created this really really cool animated video for Chickenfoot's song, "Get it Up."

This set of talented Chickenfoot really created great cartoon versions of Sammy, Chad, [...]

Bike to Beach Bicycle Speaker for iPod

Someone on one of my cycling email lists posted this recently. It's an iPod speaker system for your bike that fits in one of your water bottle holders. Not sure I'd ever use this. I prefer a single earbud in the right ear for better sound. Speaking of which, anyone know of a quality, but affordable [...]

nine inch nails Fans Collaborate on Massive Free DVD/Blu-ray

This is a really impressive undertaking. You gotta love these fan-based projects where a group of big-time fans pour a bunch of their free time into a project for a band, movie or whatever they love.

I remember first reading about this via nine inch nails' official web site some time last year. Basically, a ton of [...]