EVH 5150 Sneakers now available for sale

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Get 'em while they're hot, I guess.....

Van Halen News Desk | Eddie Van Halen Striped Sneakers now avaialble!

View all of the styles - http://www.vanhalenstore.com/page/VH/CTGY/sneakers

High Tops & Low Tops in three different striped color schemes

Van Halen Store is proud to offer the most anticipated and fan-requested Van Halen wearable ever - Eddie Van Halen striped sneakers! These are the famous sneakers that Eddie’s been wearing for years, which sport the greatest graphics in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: red, with white and black stripes, just like Eddie’s legendary Frankenstein guitar! Never available to the public…until now!

•Classic look & design, similar to “Chucks” canvas basketball shoe
•Superior quality and comfort, with vulcanized construction & durable, hemp-based canvas.
•Non-slip, non-skid, & non-marking “Sticky Rubber” soles
•“EVH” logo on the back, sole, and insole.
•“5150″ on the back
•The most unique Van Halen apparel item ever, perfect for wearing just about anywhere
•Makes a distinctive showpiece for display
•Shoebox is striped and has “EVH” logo
•Officially licensed.

[Von Halen]

I have had an unofficial pair for years.

I am glad to see Ed hawking this shit.

Hopefully he carries it a step further, and starts releasing everything.

[ELVIS]

I'd rather have some Michael Anthony Hot Sauce...

[Cato]

he never stop ripping his fans off eh?

[Cato]

he will be selling striped tampons next year.

[Panamark]

he will be selling striped tampons next year.

Cato ! Stop giving him ideas !!

[Panamark]

next for sale Oakland 81 Blu Ray !!

[ELVIS]

Edward doesn't realize that more than 20 years have passed since he's been relevant...

A 53 year old washed up guitar player pawning off silly clown shoes...

I had gold sequence Chuck Taylors when I was 16 or 17...


Check out the Ozzy Straight jacket version...



They even have Sabbath...

[Panamark]

I dont see the pair where your toes hang out the end ?

[Coyote]

As much as I hate to admit it...

















I want a pair of them high tops... Although I do have an extra pair of white Converse somewhere...

[fryingdutchman]

he never stop ripping his fans off eh?

My guess is that it's probably not so much Ed as it is his porn bride Janie...

Methinks she's the brains behind the sudden marketing surge.

The entire tour in '07-'08 was Product Placement-palooza with constant closeups of the EVH logo on the amps being shown on the high-def big screen on the stage...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Hopefully he carries it a step further, and starts releasing everything.

THAT's the thing.... IF they eventually open the magical vault and start making things available, by all means, hawk all you can....

But they better get busy when Wolf puts that cap and gown on....

[ZahZoo]

Finally someone to give Gene Simmons some competition!!

[chefcraig]

When that first Batman movie came out in the late eighties, there were a shitload of tie-ins and merchandise available. Naturally Converse had some Chuck Taylors for sale, and I bought both versions available. For some reason, the Joker ones were better than the Batman ones, which always looked somewhat less than inspired.

[scottydabodi]

I can't wait to have Scotty the Body sneakers.

[FORD]

No size 15's??

FUCK YOU EDDIE!

[Nitro Express]

Ed's manager and wife to be wants her man to make as much money as possible because she is planning on getting most of it when he kicks the bucket due to cigarette smoking or substance abuse. She will end up with it all.

[Nitro Express]

My guess is that it's probably not so much Ed as it is his porn bride Janie...

Methinks she's the brains behind the sudden marketing surge.

The entire tour in '07-'08 was Product Placement-palooza with constant closeups of the EVH logo on the amps being shown on the high-def big screen on the stage...

Yup. I don't think she's marrying Ed because of his good looks and male sexyness. If the man wasn't worth millions she wouldn't allow him to even wash the windows of her car.

[EVH_316]

he will be selling striped tampons next year.

Now that's hilarious!!

[Blaze]

Ed's manager and wife to be wants her man to make as much money as possible because she is planning on getting most of it when he kicks the bucket due to cigarette smoking or substance abuse. She will end up with it all.

Well, she is not very good at it. I USUALLY can always pick out SOMETHING to put on a "That's cool, buy it" list. And I looked again too. Nada....
I even looked under buttons thing.. OK. I always buy a pin or broach, maybe this is just over simplified labeled and there will be a nice pin for my jewel box.... no they really did mean buttons....

[Romeo Delight]

Ed liked the hightops I made (with the Frankenstart design) when I met him briefly in 1984.

Not that copping his design is an original idea, but I still want my cut, Ed!!

I might be wrong, but I can't remember seeing Ed with those shoes until after 84

[Matt White]

Ed liked the hightops I made (with the Frankenstart design) when I met him briefly in 1984.

Not that copping his design is an original idea, but I still want my cut, Ed!!

I might be wrong, but I can't remember seeing Ed with those shoes until after 84

DF....you could be sitting on millions!!!!

[ZahZoo]

Other than foolish collectors and a handful of geeks... the time has passed for these shoes to be cool.

On top of that I have no desire to support Ed and the Chinese cheap shoe economy either...

[Von Halen]

Other than foolish collectors and a handful of geeks... the time has passed for these shoes to be cool.

Fuck you ZahZoo, you crotchety old coot!

[ZahZoo]

Fuck you ZahZoo, you crotchety old coot!

Respect yer elders boy...

You'd best be careful sportin a pair those up there... some gangbanger probably cap your ass for wearing the wrong colors!!

Well maybe not... they'd probably die laughing at a middle-aged guy in stiped shoes, orange shorts, bustin beer belly... never mind the visual is just too painful to imagine...

[Hellraiser!!]

I thought it was those sneakers they were talking about...

[Coyote]

UPDATE ON AVAILABILITY: Response to the sneakers has been OVERWHELMING.

RED Sneakers: In less than 24 hours, we have SOLD OUT of many sizes from our initial allotment of both High Tops & Low Tops. You may PRE-ORDER any sizes that are back ordered and we’ll ship them to you as soon as they are back in stock.

[Nitro Express]

I thought it was those sneakers they were talking about...

I drink too much booze. My toes stick out of my shoes. Drink too much Smoking Loon you lose.

[stratolvr330]

Yes!!! Finally!!! I was just about to make my own!!! This takes way less effort!!!

[degüello]

Those striped EVH shoes are very dorky.

[Seshmeister]

# Myron Philpot says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 am

Anyone want to venture how many shoe strings had be evaluated by Ed? (80+?) Perhaps the eyelets are made by the same medical instrument supplier who makes the tuning machines, etc. for the Wolfgang. Glad to see Ed’s hooked up with a footwear company who “gets it.” ;-)

Haha...

[Terry]

Wow.

Whatever happened to the attitude of "Hey, fuck that, we're not KISS. We're not gonna rip off people to make a quick buck."

Seems Ed these days has no problems borrowing a few pages from the Simmons playbook.

Of course, first thing that comes to mind when mentioning "Eddie Van Halen" is his sneakers...fuck's sake.

[ZahZoo]

These are clearly more popular than his break-thru Wah-Wah pedal he designed that was so infused in Ed's breakthru trademark sound...

Seriously Ed... shutup and play guitar!!

[FORD]

Well, most people can afford a new pair of shoes, even in the current fucked up economy. A $25,000 guitar? not so much.

[Coyote]

Only comment missing now, is the one from some Ed-freak who claims they did the stripes wrong...

[Matt White]

Wow.

Whatever happened to the attitude of "Hey, fuck that, we're not KISS. We're not gonna rip off people to make a quick buck."

Seems Ed these days has no problems borrowing a few pages from the Simmons playbook.

Of course, first thing that comes to mind when mentioning "Eddie Van Halen" is his sneakers...fuck's sake.

DAVE called it out in CRAZY FROM THE HEAT....

The "money" people got to SPEddie...must have really scared him...growing up "working class"....

[Terry]

These are clearly more popular than his break-thru Wah-Wah pedal he designed that was so infused in Ed's breakthru trademark sound...

Seriously Ed... shutup and play guitar!!

I mean, one can perhaps see a Flanger or a Phaser signature EVH pedal...or even an MXR Distortion + EVH series pedal. At least those were effects that readily spring to mind when thinking of the EVH sound.

A fucking EVH Wah-Wah? So, what, one can approximate the tone he got on...Pudcake (did he even use it on record besides that track)?

[sonrisa salvaje]

I wonder if his next divorce decree will be striped as well?

[Top Jimmy]

Hey for those of ya complainin about the $60 pricetag,
At least he ain't charging $90 like this hack.....
and Ed's look a helluva lot better, too...

[Top Jimmy]

Here's a funny thing, on page 3 you'll notice he's got a 'copyright'...
Really?

I'd like to see how that holds up now.......