One of the greatest rock bands of all time was dominating the Billboard Hot 100 on this day 42 years ago. However, their 1984 run at No. 1 turned out to be the only time they reached the top of the ...

They released 12 studio albums, three live albums, and four compilations. Their discography includes more than 100 recordings, 56 of which were charting singles. And they survived three distinct ...

Eddie Van Halen may be able to make magic out of nothing with a guitar, but he admitted that the band left him ice cold ...

Before Van Halen, it was rare to hear the sounds of a hard rock band in most places, unless you were running with a crowd that particularly enjoyed that niche genre of music. But when the Van Halen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there was one 70s rock band that seemed machine-tooled for the dawning new decade, it was Van Halen. Frontman David Lee Roth ...

Argue if you must about which Van Halen era was the finest. Whether you’re in the David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar lead singer camp, you can’t deny that the band, in both incarnations, did quite well ...

Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. Back in 1986, Van Halen launched a new chapter with the ...