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Listen to members of Fall Out Boy, High On Fire and Russian Circles cover Van Halen
Fall Out Boy, High On Fire and Russian Circles have covered Van Halen – listen to it below.It’s part of Jordan Old’s video series Two Minutes To Late Night, which sees musicians gather remotely to cover classic songs.Jordan Olds brings together Matt Pike, frontman of Sleep and High On Fire, alongside Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley and Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan.You can listen to the cover of Van Halen’s 1981 ‘Unchained’ here:Back in October, Wolfgang Van Halen paid tribute to his father Eddie to mark the first anniversary of his death.The Van Halen guitarist died from throat cancer on October 6, 2020. He was 65 years old.He said he was “trying to my best here without [Eddie], but it’s really fucking hard”.“You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away,” Wolfgang added, “It’s just so unfair.”A memorial plaque to Eddie Van Halen was unveiled in his hometown of Pasadena, California later that month.
