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05/22/2026

This is a cool clip of Shade and Eric— take 5(ish) of “Not The Only One” at Rax Trax Chicago. We finally fell into the grove and got the drums on this take. No click fixes, no editing tricks, just two musicians, my late friends locked in together. it was just another late night in the studio. Now it feels like a snapshot of something irreplaceable.
Miss them both.

05/22/2026

🦵💀 DROP DEAD LEGS : Van Wailin: June 2026 Shows 💀🦵
June is full-on Drop Dead Legs mode : We're bringin' enough swagger to make your Camaro start on its own. 😎🔥
📍 Jamo’s — June 6
📍 The Thirsty Beaver — June 13
📍 Cantigny Sounds of Summer — June 20

Three nights of chaos in June, dive-bar aerobics, face-melting solos, and people yelling “PLAY PANAMA” before we even finish the first song. Summer starts NOW. 🤘

05/22/2026

Yesterday we lost Shade Reed, the original drummer of The Buzzhounds.
I’ve been going through old footage from the “Weapons of Mass Seduction” sessions at Rax Trax Chicago with Shade, Eric Alvarez, Mike Tholan, and me working on a song called “Not The Only One.” For years I thought these videos were too raw, too personal, and too unpolished to share.
Now they mean something completely different.
What’s on these tapes is real — friends creating music together, laughing, arguing over parts, chasing songs, and living moments none of us knew would become memories. Both Shade and Eric are gone now, and I’m grateful these moments were captured at all.
This one’s for Shade.
Rest easy, brother.

05/18/2026

Van Wailin "I'm the One" Live at Broken Oar: 6.16.26: Summer Started RIGHT HERE !
Thanks to everyone that came out Saturday to the Broken Oar as we brought in summer early with our pals Motley Two.
We had a packed house, guitar insanity, and enough singalongs to wake up Lake Zurich. By the end of the night the Broken Oar legally became Southern California. 🔥
If you missed it… your jean jacket lost all privileges. Next Stop: Jamos 6.6

05/13/2026

The studio version of “GONE” is live May 18th. 🎸🔥
Big guitars and real rock & roll — loud and proud.
The way it was meant to be!
🎥 Stream “GONE” May 18th on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and everywhere music lives. ⚡️ Turn it up.
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-buzzhounds/597662813 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1NW0Z45IipzKJ4RuFf3Upw?si=rYUi5a0uQvSEoamgL8gExA
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05/11/2026

Here is another clip from our show at Chicago’s legendary Double Door.🔥
We're re-releasing the studio version of “GONE” —May 18th on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and everywhere music lives.
This footage captures the chaos exactly how it happened: no backing tracks, no filters, no bu****it. ⚡️ Real rock never dies.
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05/08/2026

The Buzzhounds are bringing “GONE” back loud and raw with the song’s re-release on all streaming platforms May 15th. This clip was filmed at Chicago’s legendary Double Door — sweat, feedback, and real rock & roll.
🎥 “GONE” — available May 15th on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and everywhere music lives.
⚡️ Turn it up.
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04/30/2026

🚨 BROKEN OAR MAY NEVER BE THE SAME 🚨
On Saturday, May 16th, the Broken Oar Kitchen & Bar turns into a full-blown sunburnt, beer-soaked, boat-party-from-hell ROCK SHOW…
🔥 VAN WAILIN (Chicago’s #1 Van Halen Experience)
💄 MOTLEY TWO (Chicago’s #1 Motley Crüe Experience)
are teaming up for a night so loud it’ll scare fish back into the water.
We’re talking:
🎸 Face-melting Van Halen riffs
🔥 Dirty, dangerous Motley Crüe chaos
🍺 Drinks flowing like Lake Barrington after a storm
🕺 Questionable dancing decisions by grown adults
This is the kind of night where:
Your voice is gone by song #3
You high-five strangers like you’ve known them since ‘87
And you wake up Sunday wondering why you smell like Aqua Net and bad decisions
📍 Broken Oar Kitchen & Bar – Port Barrington, IL
📅 Saturday, May 16, 2026
⏰ Show starts when the party starts (you’ll know)
⚠️ No refunds for blown minds, lost voices, or spontaneous air guitar competitions.
Van Wailin + Motley Two = Pure 80s Chaos on the Water.

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