Van Halen Nation

Van Halen Nation was formed by lead vocalist, Marc Moore in the early 90s but his tribute to "the Mighty Van Halen" started well before then. In 1979 he attended VHs show in Philadelphia, was blown away and made it a quest to become the next Van Halen. In search of like minded musicians Marc weeded through local musicians trying to find members who were torn from the same cloth all the while honing his craft and stage chops.
In 1985, just after David Lee Roth left Van Halen Marc was picked up by a talent agency that featured look-a-likes and sound-a-likes. He traveled throughout the states performing David's solo material and Van Halen's hits. The agency also booked internationally and so, he performed in Canada, Japan, South America and New Jersey, still wanting to form the ultimate band.
While bartending at a local Rock club Marc caught a set of a local band that featured a guitar phenom named Danny Danzi. Danny not only resembled Eddie Van Halen but he also wowed the crowd with his amazing guitar playing. Though it took some years for the two of them to unite, they did in the late 80s and reincarnated the David / Eddie stage chemistry. Marc and Danny set out to find the rest of the missing pieces to add to this dynamic duo. It took years of playing the local circuit to find a drummer who, not only could handle playing the music but also lived it. Chris Nerone was that very drummer, he is the thunder to Danny's lightning and fit perfectly as a brother. Now they needed one more member that fit the mold of great bass player, performer and vocalist with a high range.
A long time friend of Marc's named Peter Kamenakis reached out to him looking to start a new project. He is a well respected bass player in an original and cover band who was taught by David Lee Roth's solo bassist Billy Sheehan. This was a no brainer folks, Marc said "how about our band" and Pete said Hell Yeah !
So that was the making of what we and many others that have seen this tribute consider, the "Greatest" Van Halen tribute to hit the stage since the real VH.