Eddie and Alex jammed for hours and hours, day after day, until they hit upon something so unique that is so perfectly ...

No matter how many tasty licks he laid down, some Van Halen songs weren't cut out for the rest of the band when Eddie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Van Halen backstage in Atlanta, February 1984. George Orwell’s novel 1984 envisioned a dystopian future where totalitarian ...

When Van Halen released 1984, it closed a chapter. David Lee Roth was out and Sammy Hagar was in. You also saw Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing—and his guitars—evolve. But the close of Van Halen 1.0 ...

There were any number of reactions to the first two singles released off of 1984, and among those reactions was this: “What the f---? This is Van Halen?” Synthesizer everywhere, electronic bass drum — ...

Before Eddie Van Halen agreed to add a guitar break to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” one of the most famous cameos in rock ...

For all the great songs Sammy Hagar made with Van Halen, he wouldn't be caught dead singing some of their old classics.

When Van Halen was working on their sixth album, 1984, the band was stuck on one track: “I’ll Wait.” Producer Ted Templeman, who worked with Michael McDonald when he was in the Doobie Brothers, asked ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rolling Stone has called "Jump" one of the 500 greatest rock songs ever written. The biggest hit Van Halen ever had was released 40 years ago. It was the lead single from the album ...

While the outside world watched them soar to dazzling new heights, Van Halen secretly knew they were doomed. The keyboards that appeared on "Jump" and the follow-up No. 13 hit "I'll Wait," which not ...

The song was also the band’s only No. 1 single on the Billboard Charts.

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks and explore what makes it truly unique. The vinyl of the week this ...