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The Mighty VH Podcast

by Tommy London & Tor

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  • Ep: 024 Michael Starr of Steel Panther

    October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

    As many times as we tried to bring this episode in for a landing, the stories just kept getting better and better! Join Tommy & Tor as they welcome Michael Starr, frontman of Steel Panther and founding member of the legendary Van Halen…

  • Ep: 023 Ranking The Album Covers

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    Tommy and Tor take on the entire Van Halen catalog, breaking down and ranking every album cover from the legendary 1978 debut all the way through Tokyo Dome Live in Concert.  Episode 023 explores the artwork, photography, concepts and…

  • Ep: 022 Caleb Rapoport of Nerd Halen

    October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Guitarist, EVH artist and Nerd Halen founder Caleb Rapoport joins us for a conversation filled with personal stories, chance encounters and, of course, Van Halen.Caleb takes us back to his teenage years and a chance encounter that would…

  • Ep: 021 Van Halen News Round Up Fall 2026

    September 25, 2026 · 41 min

    What’s Sammy doing in Las Vegas? What’s Alex doing in the Netherlands? And what’s Dave doing…period? In Episode 021, Tommy & Tor are back with a Fall 2026 Van Halen News Round Up, covering the latest from Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen and…

  • Ep: 020 40 Years of Live Without a Net

    September 18, 2026 · 44 min

    40 years ago, Van Halen gave fans a front-row seat to the 5150 tour with Live Without a Net, a concert film that became one of the defining documents of the Sammy Hagar era. In this episode, Tommy and Tor focus on everything that made Live…

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  • Ep: 019 The Hot for Teacher Focus, Back to School Edition

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    In the spirit of “Back to School” season, Tommy & Tor head back to the classroom for a deep dive into one of the great anomalies in rock music: Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher.”From Alex Van Halen’s legendarily epic opening drum assault and…

  • Ep: 018 A VH Round Table with Don Jamieson & Keith Roth

    September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    Plenty of legendary bands have changed lead singers. Some survived, some became even bigger, and others were never quite the same. But decades later, few of those changes continue to generate headlines, arguments and passionate reactions…

  • Ep: 017 The What If Episode

    August 28, 2026 · 30 min

    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

    August 21, 2026 · 33 min

    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

    August 14, 2026 · 54 min

    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 story…

  • Ep: 014 Shooting Van Halen with Photog, Mark "Weissguy" Weiss

    August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    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…

  • Ep: 013 Van Halen News Round Up Summer 2026

    July 31, 2026 · 39 min

    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…

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About the show

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.