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 ...

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 might be the group’s finest 33 minutes and 10 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent Joe Rogan podcast episode reignited debate about Van Halen's greatest era.

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 ...

It was 40 years ago today when Diamond Dave told the band to play. Rock band Van Halen was riding high on the success of its new single, "Jump," when it came to the old Jacksonville Coliseum on its ...