Dating back to Van Halen’s early club days (demos were recorded in 1976 with Gene Simmons and in early 1977 for Warner Bros.), House of Pain was the only song not completely written fresh for the ...

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 ...

One of the most hard-driving rock songs of the 1980s about fast cars and fast women is Van Halen's 1984 hit "Panama." The song has a bit of a tale that made it stand out when we compiled our summer ...

Set your time machine for the year 1984, when late 70s rock bands experimented with new sounds and recorded songs that defined another decade.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

didn't play ‘Panama,’” Wolfgang noted during a recent appearance on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan, adding that Van Halen’s famous 1984 track was a “great song, [but] not a Mammoth song.” ...