Video has emerged of an Eddie Van Halen memorial plaque being dedicated to the late rocker and his namesake band, Van Halen, by the City of Pasadena earlier this month, in honor of the guitarist who started the influential rock band in the California town.In the Oct. 11 ceremony led by Mayor Victor Gordo and attended by several city council members, the EVH shrine was affixed outside the city’s Civic Auditorium, a venue where Van Halen performed frequently.Watch the video…
It took Jerry Cantrell nearly two decades to retrieve a guitar Eddie Van Halen had gifted him after it subsequently was stolen from the studio.On Wednesday (Sept. 1), the Alice in Chains guitarist and co-vocalist summarized how he recovered the instrument that’s one of two EVH gave him following Alice in Chains’ supporting tour stint for Van Halen. Around a week earlier (Aug. 24), Cantrell announced his new limited-edition signature model axe with Gibson Guitars, a “Wino” Les Paul Custom.Watch…