Finding a good Van Halen summer song is about as difficult as finding sand on the beach. The group got their start backyard parties in and around perpetually sunny Los Angeles, and remained the living ...

Straight outta Pasadena, Van Halen were America's ultimate party band, monstrously entertaining and gleefully ambitious, a classically Californian quartet formed by two Dutch immigrants. They also ...

Here are Wolfgang Van Halen's 10 favorite albums when he was a teenager. With the second Mammoth WVH album, aptly titled II, the multi-instrumentalist and singer explores an even wider musical palette ...

BRISTOW, Va. – “Never say never, right?” says Sammy Hagar, who's beaming a huge grin as guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani plays the opening notes to "Panama," a song released 40 years ago by Van Halen, ...

Van Halen knew how to make a strong first impression. Eddie Van Halen and his bandmates always took care to put their best foot forward, launching their studio albums with an opening track that ...

Formed in 1973 in Southern California, the rock band Van Halen is known for its titular lead guitar player and giant rock songs. Eddie Van Halen, who is simply one of the best six-string players in ...

When Lzzy Hale speaks about the records of her youth, her recollections are steeped in the memories of an experience or story ...

On Friday, Aug. 4, not only did Mammoth WVH release their sophomore LP, Mammoth II, but they also opened the first night of Metallica's North American M72 tour in New Jersey. To celebrate it all, the ...

He cut a demo tape with the group — Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, singer David Lee Roth and bass guitar player Michael Anthony — at Village Recorder in L.A., then flew the group to New York ...

It has now been over 10 years since Van Halen played their last concert on Oct. 4, 2015 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Late last year Alex declared that "three or four" albums' worth of unheard ...