Van Halen didn't start writing and recording ballads until Sammy Hagar joined the band following David Lee Roth's departure after the career-changing 1984 album. For better or worse, Hagar's ...

Here’s our chronological list of Van Halen’s 20 Best Summer Songs: “Ice Cream Man” From: Van Halen(1978) David Lee Roth cruises down the block offering up heat-beating treats on Van Halen ...

Whether talking the David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar eras, Van Halen has produced some of the most celebrated and beloved hard rock tunes of all time. Here's our list of the best.

Eddie Van Halen may have had a timeless track record, but he felt that some records don't get the recognition upon release. Read more here.

Meanwhile, parts of first song 'Mine All Mine' sound like they belong on a jazz fusion record. Of course, there's some more typical guitar pyrotechnics as well, with Eddie Van Halen making up for ...

Eddie Van Halen was a guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.He rose to fame in 1977 when his band caught the eye of Gene Simmons while performing at a local bar ...

With close to 60 million albums sold, they are high on the list of biggest-selling acts in the US ... when every other VH album had shifted at least two million. The reason is that Van Halen III ...

What a performance. Balance is one of my all time favorite albums, and this is one of the peak Van Halen songs of any era.” Another fan expressed his surprise with how fast the years flew by.

Recalling that the song was assembled as his relationship with the Van Halen brothers was beginning to disintegrate, he said: “It added a lot of emotion, negativity and pain in the original ...

Of course, John 5 wound up forging a close connection with at least one Van Halen member when he joined Roth’s backing band in 1998. He played and co-wrote many songs on Roth’s fifth solo ...