{"id":1213,"date":"2015-06-19T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T18:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2015-06-30T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T17:44:48","slug":"billboards-new-interview-with-eddie-van-halen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1213","title":{"rendered":"Billboard’s New Interview with Eddie Van Halen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billboard Cover: Eddie Van Halen on Surviving Addiction, Why He’s Still Making Music and What He Really Thinks of David Lee Roth (and Other Past Van Halen Bandmates)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eddie doesn’t listen to music…<\/p>\n

This is not a fake-out or a misdirection, nor is it a seemingly straightforward statement that actually means its opposite. Eddie Van Halen does not listen to music. \u201cI don\u2019t listen to anything,\u201d he tells me from a greenish couch inside 5150<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fired Cherone, but likes the guy…<\/p>\n

Gary Cherone, the only singer Van Halen officially terminated. \u201cIt was a strange thing with Cherone,\u201d recalls Van Halen. \u201cWe were getting ready to go on tour, and all of a sudden I see this John Travolta outfit —\u00a0these big lapels and a crazy jacket. He\u2019s like, \u2018This is my stage outfit.\u2019 That\u2019s when I realized it wasn\u2019t going to work. But I don\u2019t dislike Gary at all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And more!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/rock\/6605231\/eddie-van-halen-addiction-david-lee-roth-touring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Billboard Cover: Eddie Van Halen on Surviving Addiction, Why He’s Still Making Music and What He Really Thinks of David Lee Roth (and Other Past Van Halen Bandmates) Eddie doesn’t listen to music… This is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p32FB4-jz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=75","url_meta":{"origin":1213,"position":0},"title":"Van Halen – RaRHoF, and Eddie","author":"Matt","date":"March 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, Van Halen has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Eddie Van Halen has checked himself into rehab. 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