Nineteen years ago tonight, Van Halen launched their first tour with original singer David Lee Roth since 1984! The 2007–2008 ...

Forty years ago, just weeks after the release of Eat ‘Em and Smile, David Lee Roth sat down with CREEM magazine for one of the most revealing interviews of his early solo career. With the Van Halen ...

Ice Cream Man is the tenth track on Van Halen. The acoustic intro on this John Brim penned, Elmore James recorded, was performed by David Lee Roth. He played the intro live on a variety of ...

I started my career photographing Van Halen back in ’95. It was a dream come true then, and I never could have guessed I’d still be in the photo pit chasing those same songs three decades later. So ...

On August 27, 1986, Van Halen took the stage at the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Connecticut for a show that would become one of the most iconic concert videos in rock history: Live Without ...

Van Halen’s 1981 album Fair Warning remains the darkest and downright meanest sounding of any record in the band’s catalog. No toes in the sand with a drink in hand. Dance the night away? Not on this ...

Alex Van Halen has received one of his native country’s highest honors. The legendary Van Halen drummer was appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse ...

Forty years ago today, on August 12, 1986, longtime Van Halen fan and drummer Kurt Ekstrom attended his first Van Halen concert — a night he still remembers vividly four decades later. Kurt has ...

Van Halen’s 10 th studio album, Balance, was released in 1995, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the final album featuring the lineup of lead singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Eddie Van ...

Edward Van Halen has given the world a gift—four decades of musical genius. His approach to the guitar has given birth to an entire generation of guitar players who look at the guitar as an instrument ...

Van Halen’s triumphant 1986 performance at the Texxas Jam is a core component of my youth. The show represented a major victory for the rechristened “Van Hagar,” and allowed my brother and our friends ...