While everyone producer has their set of strengths, Eddie Van Halen felt that some of them didn't approach songs the same way he could.

Van Halen released a No. 1 chart-topping track as part of their sixth studio album titled '1984' and would become one of the ...

In 1989, former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth invited guitar virtuoso Jason Becker to be his guitar player. Only the ...

Sammy Hagar says it would be 'a dream come true' for Van Halen fans if he and David Lee Roth helped finish new, unreleased Van Halen tracks.

We’re not here to debate which era of Van Halen was better. But we are going to make a case that the band excelled in memorable album-opening songs while David Lee Roth was in the fold. The band ...

Wolfgang Van Halen may share a surname with late father Eddie and uncle Alex of Van Halen, but since dropping his 2021 debut, he’s quickly carved out his own musical path. He’s now following up his ...

Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of the late rocker Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli, is speaking out about the term “nepo baby.” He said the label is “a bit unfair” in an interview with ...

A traumatic panic attack on the way to a Metallica show became the inspiration for the album’s title track and overall themes. Wolfgang was preparing for what would be the highest-altitude show he’d ...

“If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records,” was famously David Lee Roth’s sales pitch for the legendary California hard rock quartet he ...

"I didn't really have any ideas or hopes, I just knew I needed to do something on my own." Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. "That was just a personal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Van Halen’s Balance arrives on the Official Album Sales chart for ...

Just like the final moments of New Year’s Eve in 1999 did not close out the 20th Century or the millennium (despite what Prince sang in “1999”), musical eras of rock ’n’ roll do not align with decades ...