The Mighty VH Podcast
This ain’t yer mom's podcast.
This is a high-voltage, back-alley, nitro-burning, chrome-plated oral history of the loudest, proudest, most uncontainable rock band ever to plug in and blow the doors clean off the building.
Every episode, your hosts Tommy London & Tor kick open the vault, flash a fake backstage pass and stroll past the velvet rope like they own the place. Albums get peeled apart track by track. Tours get relived night by night, bruise by bruise. Legends get mythologized, demystified, and then mythologized again.
The Mighty VH Podcast is where the riffs sweat, the stories stretch, and the truth comes flying in sideways wearing ass-less chaps.
You want news and rumors? We tell you what’s real, what’s noise, and what’s pure beautiful nonsense, with a wink and a raised eyebrow.
This is the place where genius gets examined, ego gets celebrated, and excess gets its rightful crown. Where guitars talk, drums thunder, and the spirit of rock and roll doesn’t politely knock, it jumps the fence, cannonballs the pool, and steals your girlfriend’s attention span.
Episodes
17 episodes
Ep 017: The What If Episode
What if Sammy Hagar turned down the offer to join Van Halen? What if Van Halen fully reunited in 1996? What if the band never recorded “Jump?”In this episode of The Mighty VH Podcast, Tommy and Tor head into the alternate universe of Van...
Ep: 016 Stephen Pearcy VH Tales from the Ratt Cage
RATT founder and frontman Stephen Pearcy joins Tommy and Tor for a Van Halen-focused conversation built around his personal encounters with the band over the years.Stephen shares stories of crossing paths with Edward Van Halen and David ...
Ep: 015 Women & Children First Album Focus
Tommy and Tor dig into Van Halen’s explosive third album, Women and Children First, going track by track through the 1980 classic that pushed the band into heavier, darker and more adventurous territory.Along the way, they share the stor...
Ep: 014 Shooting Van Halen with Photographer, Mark "Weissguy" Weiss
Legendary rock photographer Mark "Weissguy" Weiss joins Tommy London and Tor for an unforgettable conversation about one of rock's greatest eras and his front row seat to Van Halen's rise. From their first headlining tour to their last, Mark's ...
Ep: 013 Van Halen News Round Up Summer 2026
From David Lee Roth's surprising tour cancellations and his reunion with Alex Van Halen at TEDxFargo, to Alex's viral comments about Roth and his work with Steve Lukather on unreleased Van Halen recordings, there's no shortage of news surroundi...
Ep: 012 Doing a Deep Dive with Dweezil
In this somewhat extended episode, Tommy and Tor welcome acclaimed guitarist, composer, producer, and life long Van Halen fan and friend, Dweezil Zappa, for a wide-ranging conversation that goes far beyond the surface.From growing up wit...
Ep: 011 Ranking the Cover Songs
From hard rock staples to Motown classics and everything in between, Van Halen had an incredible ability to take someone else’s song and make it unmistakably their own. Some became radio staples, others remain hidden gems, but every officially ...
Ep: 010 Mark Goodman of MTV & SiriusXM
Mark Goodman has been a pioneer in music broadcasting for more than four decades. From his beginnings in radio in the late 1970s to becoming one of MTV's original VJs, and later helping pioneer internet radio and satellite radio, Mark has remai...
Ep: 009 OU812 Album Focus
Released in the summer of 1988, OU812 proved that Van Halen’s successful reinvention with Sammy Hagar was no fluke. Debuting at No. 1, the album showcased a band that was growing both musically and lyrically, blending arena rock anthems with mo...
Ep: 008 Author & VH Expert Greg Renoff
Greg Renoff has become one of the most respected voices in Van Halen history. As the author of Van Halen Rising and Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music, he has uncovered stories and firsthand accounts that have helped reshape wha...
Ep: 007 The Genius of Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony’s fingerprints are all over the Van Halen sound, even if his contributions have not always received the recognition they deserve.When people talk about Van Halen, the conversation usually begins with Eddie Van Halen’s gr...
Ep: 006 Guitarist Richie Kotzen Gets to the Soul of VH
Richie Kotzen, acclaimed guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer known for his solo career, Mr. Big, Poison, and The Winery Dogs, joins Tommy London and Tor for a fascinating conversation about the deeper musical roots of Van Halen....
Ep: 005 Remembering Donn Landee, the man behind the sound of Van Halen
When fans talk about the sound of Van Halen, the conversation usually starts with Eddie, David, Alex, and Michael. But behind the board was a man whose fingerprints were on every classic Van Halen record: Don Landee.In Episode 005 of...
Ep: 004 Eat 'Em & Smile VS. 5150
What happens when the two most anticipated albums in Van Halen history arrive just months apart?In Episode 004 of The Mighty Van Halen Podcast, hosts Tommy London and Tor dive headfirst into the ultimate 1986 showdown: David Lee Roth’s <...
Ep: 003 What Happened at the Legendary US Festival?
If you’re like us, you can’t hear the words, “Memorial Day Weekend” without thinking of Van Halen playing the US Festival in 1983. Between the epic tour they had just come off of, the music they were in the middle of creating for th...
Ep: 002 Viral Sensation VANAMA and creator, Ryan Richardson
Jump back, it’s Episode 002 of the Mighty VH Podcast. Tommy London and Tor keep the moving parts clean and see what makes viral sensation VANAMA run. From the paint job to what’s really powering this thing under the hood, the guys take a ride s...
Ep: 001 "Always Meet Your Heroes... (Especially if they're in Van Halen)"
Co-hosts, Tommy London & Tor share their stories of how they came to met the members of Van Halen over the years. From a 3 hour conversation with David Lee Roth to dinner with Sammy Hagar and a chance meeting of Alex Van Halen in a supermar...