Halen

Guitarist Ronnie Montrose died this past Saturday after a long battle with prostate cancer. He is best known for his work with his band “Montrose”, formed in 1973, which featured a young Sammy Hagar on vocals. Montrose’s first breakthrough came when he appeared on Van Morrison’s 1971 Tupelo Honey album. He went onto make appearances on records by Boz Scaggs...

Another week, another Van Halen story. Rumor has it that Van Halen will appear at the November 30 Grammy Nominations Concert at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater to announce that they will perform at the actual Grammy awards in February. The buzz around town is that they will also use this opportunity to announce details of their pending album and tour...

The name Eddie Van Halen stands for a lot more than just otherworldly guitar playing. It’s also synonymous with technical innovation and intuition, and for good reason. Eddie’s keen sense for the building blocks of tone not only helped revolutionize the way that people played guitar, but how they built them. Eddie’s name has graced a few excellent signature products...