Diver Down - Van Halen

Ou812 - Van Halen

down by expensive grants, the need to be seen in label clothing, and pacified by indie music. British Music, like university, has become a sterile right-of passage. A bit of Van Halen would soon get them kicking down the doors of Number Ten and the Whitehouse! Where are the guitar riffs these days in British rock music? Why are those strings not being bent in anger anymore? You can see it in the eyes of the Britpoppers on MTV that they would much rather rock out and get some sweat dripping of their floppy fringes than continue with the elevator indie they are churning out in the not so noughties. In their heyday bands like Van Halen would quickly get you out of your ...

The Best Of Van Halen, Vol.1 - Van Halen

pepole know one Van Halen song - the smash hit from 15 years ago "Jump". With it's catchy keyboard line and even catchier chorus this is indeed a classic. However, Van Halen have far more strings to their bow that that. If it's fantastic guitar playing you're after then you've found it. Eddie Van ...

The Best Of Van Halen, Vol.1 - Van Halen

this was their cover of 'You Really Got Me' and the reason it wasn't on here was simply because it was a cover. This CD stars Eddie Van Halen on guitar, the master, and singing is David Leee Roth - before he left the band - and the recording is taken from a range of other recordings and digitally remastered. A great CD if you are either already a fan or if you have heard a few of their songs and are interested in hearing more. Van Halen play mainly rock with amazing guitar solo's from Eddie. Their songs range from some really heavy rock stuff right to some really nice, calm ones like 'Right Now', 'Jump' or 'Dreams'. Eddie ...