@thierrybaudet
Beste Thierry, dit is NIET mijn band Vandenberg.
Ik zie dat de zanger Bert Heerink op jullie feestje zijn schlagers ten gehore gaat brengen. Dit verwarde heerschap heb ik wegens wangedrag in 1986 uit mijn band moeten zetten. Graag een rectificatie.
Three years ago today amigos..
Always that same smile in his joyful playing as he had on his face while playing..
R.I.P. Eddie, you’re missed..
😔
#eddievanhalen
#vanhalen
Morning!Many of you probably got the news yesterday that Tawny Kitaen passed ’s always sad when somebody passes away way too young.We experienced some rather tumultuous times together in the Baroque 80’s as you can imagine..
R.I.P. Tawny...
#tawnykitaen
Coincidence! When clearing out my garage today I found this cassette,released exactly 40years ago! Couldn’t have thought I’d still play some of these songs after all this time with hair down to my big fat butt 4 decades later..☠️🏴☠️💥🥂
That time I stepped on a Lego piece during one of the shows in the
@whitesnake
1990 Slip Of The Tongue world tour.I decided I’d be better to wear boots onstage from then on so we could all keep playing with our Lego before and after the shows.
#whitesnake
#slipofthetongue
Hola amigos!
Yesterday it was just a mere 34 years ago that the
@whitesnake
Slip Of The Tongue album got torpedo’d upon mankind!
With my band we’re still playing a bunch of these songs live and I feel they stood the test of time
🥂
#whitesnake
#slipofthetongue
#davidcoverdale
Throwback Thursday!Good times on the road on the super exciting Whitesnake 87/88 world tour. With Heather Locklear.I hear troubling reports about her health and well-being these daysI hope she’s alright, she’s a great and fun girl.Have a beautiful day amigos and take care!😊
Yesterday it was 30 years ago that Slip O’Da Tongue got released.Due to a wrist injury I could not play the guitarparts on it,although David and I wrote the songs together.Of course Vai did a fantastic job(duh!)playing the guitarparts.Still proud of the album and the tour we did!
Here the great Bruce Dickinson reminds us to set our clocks an hour ahead because it’s officially SUMMERTIME🌝Bruce certainly makes use of the first four letters of his family name albeit not in the most subtle manner☠️💥
#summertime
#rock
#metal
#brucedickinson
#ironmaiden
Yesterday the news came out that George Kooymans,guitarist/songwriter for Dutch rockgroup Golden Earring,has been diagnosed with the awful, cruel disease ALS.The band has announced that after 60(!) years this means the end of the road for them.Very sad news amigos.. Legend..
So great to be in the studio with my dear amigo
@rudysarzo
more than 25 years after our Manic Eden album!In our case the actual recording always gets in the way of our rolling on the floor laughing,but in the words of legendary producer
@bobmarlette
: ’All is good in the hood’!💥
There’ll be so many brilliant guitarists onboard the Monsters Of Rock Cruise next month so I’d better get my ass in shape.Even though I don’t even use 10% of the notes from a note-diarrhea like this in 5 solos put together,but I like some headroom ⛴🌊🎸💥
#monstersofrockcruise
Vivian,Rudy and some tall dude thoroughly enjoying the glamorous 80’s.Ozzy,Zakk,GnR,Metallica,Metal bands, everybody indulged.That’s why it’s called ‘Showbusiness’ and not ‘looking pissed off in a wrinkly T shirt with a woollen beanie on your depressed head-business’.🎸💥💪🏻
Thrøwbäck Thørsday you knuckleheads! Vivian, amigo Rudy, some photobomber and David at the MTV awards show 1987 (MTV was actually about music in those days kids, believe it or not..). Wild times! And more wild times to come!☠️💥🤘🏻
Great memories from the short power trip to the US!Back in the places where I spent so much time during my 13 years with Whitesnake.Reunions with amigos
@davidcoverdale
and
@rudysarzo
.Wanna go back to the US more often for inspiration,writing and hanging with dear friends.Plans!
Happy 70th Birthday David!Coverdale joined Purple at 22 years old.Treat yourself to some footage of DP/California Jam 1974;two 23 year old kids Coverdale and Hughes delivering some vocals that still melt people’s faces today 47 years later and still rockin’!
Cheers David!🥂☠️💥
Happy Bday to my dear amigo Rudy Sarzo! Great memories of goofing around, laughing our asses off until our jaws hurt while kicking Oprah sized ass onstage each and every night in the Whitesnake tours across the world! Bring on the buckets of Margaritas!🎸💥🎸🍸🍸
F-F-F-Flashback Friday dear dudes and dudettes!And why the hell not since it’s been a while since I backed flash.Whitesnake 1990 Slip O’ Da Tongue.And slip they did,those tongues.Why am I always the serious,moody,pissed off,depressed one in the pics?Have a brilliant weekend you!!
Last weekend it was 5 years ago that I had the pleasure to present the European Guitar Award to my amigo Steve Vai.We had a blast exchanging road stories from our SOTT world felt as if it’s only been a year or so since we strutted the stages together!
Last night we celebrated the première of the documentary that director Marcel de Vré made about yours truly,the Whitesnake years and the adventures of MoonKings the past 5 years.Tonite on Dutch tv NPO1 ‘Uur Van De Wolf’ pic:with my beautiful daughter Mickey,the love of my life❤️
Quite funny, in the documentary about the ‘80’s rockscene at the legendary Rainbow bar/ Sunset strip/ Los Angeles I am depicted as a member of Mötley Crüe.Taken when Whitesnake and Crüe were touring together in 1987. And an exciting tour that was!Have a great weekend amigos!💥💥
Happy Bday to my big brother David C.! Exciting, fruitful, crazy, creative, wild, rewarding and above all: fun times we had and since we’re just getting started, more to come: we’re not even halfway! MoonSnake and WhiteKings will keep the rock flag flying! Cheers bro’!🥂
F-Frowback Fursday!Here come the ‘funny’remarks about hair,aquanet etc.Yes:we had tons of hair and weren’t afraid to go crazy with it.And rock the arenas and stadiums worldwide while dodging the bras from your girlfriends they threw at us.Sorry dudes, bitches liked big hair😉
FINALLY!!The cat out of the bag!! Soooo excited guys;VANDENBERG 2.0 ON STEROIDS with amazing vocalist and dear friend the mighty Ronnie Romero!!Expect our brandspankingnewredhot hardrockin album this spring!We can’t wait to hit the stages!!☠️💥🔥🤟🏻
BREAKING:VANDENBERG Return With New Singer!Debut Headline Show at Planet Rockstock Festival
12th November!VANDENBERG has announced that Mats Levèn will be joining the band as lead singer.The powerhouse vocalist is known for his work with acts such as Yngwie Malmsteen,Candlemass!
Sad to hear that Dusty Hill, bassplayer for the legendary ZZtop, passed away. One of the VERY few bands that have been around for so long and were still in the original line up. Not anymore…R.I.P. legend..🎸☠️😔
#dustyhill
#zztop
FBF!Here’s a shot from the
@whitesnake
Slip O’ Da Tongue 1990 world tour on which
@stevevaihimself
and some oversized Dutch dude are playing one of those romantic dreamy chansons that usually resulted in a baby boom 9 months after we left the city where we performed.
#Whitesnake
Its pretty weird to realize that it’s already 21 years ago that David and I were a duo in Tokyo.. ‘Starkers’ wasn’t even meant as an album so who’d have thought it would turn out to be one of my fave’s. And where is doc Emmett Brown? Have a beautiful Sunday you reckless persons!
And a very special night it was headlining the great Haringrock Fest. Katwijk/Netherlands is traditionally a fisherman’s town on the Dutch shore.The wind was blowing hard and we dedicated ‘Sailing Ships’ to the brave seafaring people of this town and that created a beautiful vibe
I’m getting a little tired of all the political arguing in the social media, so here is a nude picture of my baby👀😮
Have a great day y’all!(working on my Southern accent here..)
Happy Barfday to my amigo
@stevevaihimself
!We had sure had a blast in the WS 1990/1991 world tour!Sharing the stage with a player of Vai’s calibre would make any guitarplayer soil his Pampers.. To my surprise I kept mine dry and survived..See you soon you brilliant Tofuburger!
David and I had an excellent time as always.Kinda weird how the time in between us spending quality time together seems to ’s like the last time I was staying with David and his lovely wife Cindy at their home working on songs is just a year or so ago💥
The last TBT of the surrealistic year 2020!
@viviancampbell
,
@rudysarzo
and moi on the cover of Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazine. I guess I’d better start practicing; better late than never!☠️💥
#whitesnake
Flasjbäque Frydæy!The glorious 80’s when rock ruled the airwavesThis piccie was taken backstage in 1987 when Whitesnake toured with the rockin’
@motleycrue
.Lots of fun, laughs and Big Rock and the arenas rocked like Oprah’s ass on a trampoline!☠️💥
#motleycrue
#whitesnake
That time when I played an acoustic version of ‘Highway To Hell’ at a Jehova’s Witness convention.Never understood why they didn’t like it and kicked me out.That my guitar didn’t get damaged was nothing short of a miracle,I guess Jehova himself did enjoy my performance..
In my early teens I had some posters on my wall of my heroes such as Hendrix,Clapton,Page,Kossoff with their Gibson guitars and Marshall stacks.I could never have thought that one day I would be onstage with that gear and play in a great band like Whitesnake and MoonKings❤️🎸💥
Yesterday it was 22 (TWENTY F*CKIN’ TWO😳!)that the Whitesnake ‘Restless Heart’ album got released. Due to some record manoeuvres it didn’t get released in every country. I won’t be surprised if it gets re-released at some point. Have a brilliant day you guys!💃🕺🍷🎸💥☠️
Would you buy a second hand car from this guy? I sure wouldn’t. But If he shows up at your door and asks if you’re interested ‘to talk about cheeses’, that’d be a different story, the guy is Dutch so he’ll know what he’s talking about.
Have an awesome day you guys!
Yeah baby! Out of the cold, wet soggy Netherlands straight into the glorious sunshine of Miami.
Mighty Mats, the Randyman, KickinKoen and moi are ready to rock that ship like there’s no tomorrow!☠️💥🛳🏴☠️
#monstersofrockcruise
#monstersofrock
#vandenberg
1987,A 1 1/2 year world tour with
@whitesnake
In this pic I was
A: 35 years ahead of my time fashion wise
B: Didn’t have enough money to buy a new pair of jeans
C: Impersonating an exploded pack of cookie dough. I’m not completely sure, but I think it was option C.
☠️💥
TBT!Playing Burning Heart with my band Vandenberg in the US/1983.I could never have dreamt that 37 years later I’d resurrect Vandenberg,re-record that rock ballad and my friend the amazing vocalist
@ro_ck_nnie
‘s performance would give me goosebumps all over again🎸💥☠️🤘🏻🔥❤️
Yours truly in his happy place: in front of a few Marshall stacks, guitar dangling around his neck and making a shitload of noise. Can’t wait ‘till the end of May! Have a happy day guys! 🎸💥 Pic:Lenn photography.
Early morning view on Miami from my balcony on this humongous ship. Flying back home to the soggy Low Lands (Netherlands) today.Thanks to all our thousands of friends on the cruise and hope to see you soon, wherever you live! Let Rock Rule!
#monstersofrockcruise
#monstersofrock
TBT guys!Innocent me😇on the cover of the great,informative (if you can read Japanese..)glossy guitar magazine ‘Young Guitar’.In this case ‘Not so Young Guitar’ would probably be more suitable, since my guitar is over 40 years old.☠️💥
#vandenberg
#whitesnake
#youngguitar
#japan
@G_Knieschot
@thierrybaudet
Het is andersom, zonder Vandenberg had nooit iemand van Heerink gehoord en dat heeft hij zelf ook altijd geroepen. Tót deze kwast proponeerde mijn naam te claimen..
Thrøwbak Thørsday you guys!Make no mistake, my dear amigo
@rudysarzo
is normal height,it’s me who’s a giraffe on steroids.The calluses on the top of my head have become strong so I don’t even blink when I bump my head again against street lights,low flying aeroplanes etc.💥☠️💪🏻
Here’s another snippet of our very first
@vandenbergband
rehearsal last week and the very first time we played ‘Hell And High Water’ together!Mats, Randy and Koen are KILLING IT!I’d better get my shit together in order to keep up with these awesome musicians!
☠️💥🤟🏻
#vandenberg
Had a lovely DaddyDayDinner with my beautiful daughter last glad she’s a foodie like me(genes rock!)so we’ve enjoyed pigging out together ever since she was a little girl.Sushi it was.Lots.She’s a young lady now and used her dad being a bit of a weirdo❤️
The 5th of March 1983 Burning Heart entered the US Top 100.This was an unexpected life changing event for sure.On top of that I couldn’t have foreseen that this chanson would turn out to be timeless;we still play it with MoonKings and it feels as fresh as it did back then.🔥❤️🔥
FlashbakFriday!Squeezing the air out of my dear amigo
@sarzorudy
in the ‘Plunder And Pillage Our Way Across The World’ tour 1990. In short: The PAPOWATW tour. Also known, albeit lesser known of course, as the Slip Of The Tongue tour.
#whitesnake
#rudysarzo
#adrianvandenberg
ThrowBakThursday and why da hell not?Steve and me playing something complicated and as a reward some nice girl decided to promote my guitar to a brahanger. Nice precision throwing from a distance like that.MoonKings tomorrow in Purmerend and Saturday in Bergen Op Zoom!🎤🎸🎸🥁💥
Yesterday my good friend MoonKings vocalist Jan and moi made a surprise appearance at a great surprise party for a diehard rock fan.He didn’t suspect anything and almost had a heart attack when we unsuspectedly showed up and played a few chansons.Great party,great people☠️💥
Thrøwbäck Thørsdäy guys!This one goes all the way back to 1986. The time when dogs were still barking out of their butts, birds had a cappuccino in the morning and guys could still get away with making a compliment to a girl without getting their ass sued.💥💃🕺🥂🎸🎼💥
BAMMMM💥💥💥Finally!!
Tomorrow the first track from our upcoming album! You can download the presave link here and you’ll get an alert as soon as the video goes live! That’ll wake your lazy ass up! 💥💥💥
Seriously guys,I REALLY try to look miserable and suicidal onstage,that’s apparently the vibe you’re supposed to have as a musician these days but no matter how hard I try..I guess I just like my job too much.Sorry!😔
#vandenbergsmoonkings
#vandenberg
#whitesnake
#adrianvandenberg
Here’s a FlashBakFryday Piccie for ya! Amigo
@stevevaihimself
checking if I double his complex guitarparts that he played on the Slip Of Da Tongue album the right way It took both my brain cells to squeeze these parts out of my geetar.
@whitesnake
☠️💥
#whitesnake
After show Bday party on the Whitesnake 1987/88 tour.Thanks so much for all your Barfday wishes and your heartwarming response to the Vandenberg news!I owe you a wet,sloppy kiss on your nose.Let’s make this year one of the most rocking ones since The Flintstones era!!💣💥☠️
On da train to the crime scene!All three Dutch band members come from all far corners of our poststamp sized country:Randy from the South, Koen from West,moi from East and vocalist **** from *****from a galaxy far, far away.Really excited guys!☠️😘🤘🏻🎤🎸🎸🥁🚂💨💨💨
#vandenberg
Our Vandenberg Dutch ‘Tour If Sin’ is rapidly approaching: 21st-26st of this month, criss cross through our post stamp size country.
With our friend Marco Mendoza as our special guest you’ll have two former Whitesnake members for the price of one!A special deal or what?!?
☠️🏴☠️
Goodmorning☀️! A mugshot taken last year in Paris,‘the city of romance’. Me and a guitar in Paris sounds pretty romantic theoretically right?Just wait until it gets connected to my Marshall stacks and all hell will break loose🎸💥☠️🤟🏻 Have a great Easter weekend you guys!🐰🥚🥚🥚
Happy 75th Birthday to the immortal Jimi Hendrix.His timeless art sounds just as fresh,innovative,dynamic, poetic and brilliant today as it did when he first brought it to us from whichever universe he came from.The Wind Cries Jimi and will do so for ages to come..❤️🎸💥
Frequently asked questions:’Is that a custom made small guitar?’ No it’s not. ‘Is that real hair?’ Yep, they don’t sell this model at the party shops anymore. ‘Are those green snake leather boots?’ Yes, green snakes matter. Have a rockin Thursday guys!
Had a great time as always hangin my friend our brilliant
@vandenbergband
vocalist Ronnie Romero last night.Having a good time while making plans for touring, promo, videos and checking out local delicacies in Kazachstan.Killer album coming soon!💥☠️💪🏻😎
TBT GUYS!MTV MUSIC AWARDS SHOW 1987/L.A. WE ROCKED THE PLACE THAT NIGHT BY PERFORMING ‘STILL OF THE NIGHT’IN THE COMPANY OF ARTISTS LIKE BOWIE,PRINCE,BRYAN ADAMS,BON JOVI.RUDY APPARENTLY WANTED TO TREAT MOTLEY SINGER VINCE NEAL TO A WARM SOUVENIR AND TOOK A LEAK AGAINST HIS LEG..
Hm..let’s see..ehm.. if I put my index finger over there around that little metal thingie and my middle finger, the one I usually mainly use in traffic, around that one there..let’s see how it sounds.. would that be what real musicians call ‘a chord’?