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 ...

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who turned the big 7-0 on June 20. Anthony joined Van Halen in 1974, when the band was still known as Mammoth, taking over ...

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 ...

Eddie Van Halen was a legendary Dutch-American musician, songwriter, and producer, widely celebrated as one of the most influential guitarists in rock history. Born on January 26, 1955, in Nijmegen, ...

Van Halen was known for two distinct frontmen during their heyday from the late 1970s through the early 1990s — David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. Yet despite those outsized personalities, the core of ...

Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed Eddie Van Halen's favorite all-time album during a recent chat with Billy Corgan on The Magnificent Others podcast. The revelation came up as Corgan delved into the ...

If you ever saw Van Halen live, hopefully you were enjoying the music in the moment and not thinking about which songs have gotten the most attention, set list-wise. But for those curious minds, ...

When Van Halen recorded You Really Got Me, they took a beloved Kinks song and gave it a raw, heavy edge that helped define ...