Fan Halen tribute to van halen reviews

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“I caught FAN HALEN in Jan 2022 in Las Vegas and all I can say is, these guys are ABSOLUTELY F*CKING AMAZING!!!!!  I’ve seen countless Van Halen shows in my day and Fan Halen is one of the closest you can see to the “REAL BAND” in Van Halen’s prime years (1978 - 1984).  Fan Halen played about 2 ½ hours and just KILLED every song they played. If I closed my eyes, I would have thought that the real band was on stage playing!!!! I can’t wait to see them again!!!” 

“As the original bass player of Van Halen, I can tell you that Fan Halen NAILS IT! I first saw these guys at the Van Halen Rising book launch party. I had a chance to meet and play with the band. What a great group- very humble and having fun playing early Van Halen. After the show I sent Edward Van Halen a picture and he replied, "who is that? he looks more like me than I do!" If you have a chance to see Fan Halen- do it! The music, the look and the show is spot on!” 

“I am skeptical of tribute bands. No, that is the wrong word because it presupposes I have an agenda or want to find fault. That is not true.

Rather, I want to be mesmerized, transported and blown away.It rarely happens.

But I felt all that on a rainy night in Pasadena recently when I saw Fan Halen for the first time.

Yes, they sound eerily like Van Halen and the members even look like the original group. But what captivated me was how they captured the essence, spirit and pulse of who Van Halen once were.

The entire band are extraordinarily good players but it was guitarist Derek Fuller who opened my ears.

Fuller seemed to dive beneath the notes in recreating the magic Edward displayed.

He has certainly spent more than 10,000 hours in not only learning the licks but in playing them with a depth of passion and understanding that was little less than remarkable.

Edward is gone and so is Van Halen.

But Fan Halen is here and we're lucky to have them.

Go and see them. Close your eyes and you'll be hard-pressed to know you're not listening to the real thing.”

“I hired Fan Halen to play at my book launch party in Pasadena last fall. They performed for a crowd of old school Pasadena Van Halen fans -- I'm talking people who saw Van Halen years before they were famous, back when VH was a backyard party band. A tough crowd to please, right? Not for Fan Halen. I had numerous people come up to me and tell me how impressed they were with how faithfully Fan Halen reproduced the classic VH vibe and sound. I can't say enough good things about this band and its members. If you're having a party hire them, and if you're on the fence about going to see them ... buy a ticket now. Trust me.”