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…
Sammy Hagar recently raised the notion that, following his departure from the band, Van Halen attempted to “bury” his work with the group — the material that resulted from his 1985–1996 tenure singing for the former Eddie Van Halen-led act that’s referred to as the “Van Hagar” era.In making the claim, the singer gestured to the band’s second reunion with singer David Lee Roth — the one that led to the final three Van Halen tours launched in 2007, 2012 and 2015. He suggested it was around then that…