Straight outta Pasadena, Van Halen were America's ultimate party band, monstrously entertaining and gleefully ambitious, a classically Californian quartet formed by two Dutch immigrants. They also ...

Paul McCartney once called this particular player better than many people's "best guitarist" pick, Eddie Van Halen.

BRISTOW, Va. – “Never say never, right?” says Sammy Hagar, who's beaming a huge grin as guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani plays the opening notes to "Panama," a song released 40 years ago by Van Halen, ...

From Eddie Van Halen to Brian May to Prince, these are just some of the names that come to mind when talking about some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. These are gifted musicians who not ...

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 ...

With less than twelve hours remaining in their Best ’80s Album March Madness battle, Guns N’ Roses and Van Halen are locked in an incredibly close race. After nearly 10,000 reader ballots have been ...

When Lzzy Hale speaks about the records of her youth, her recollections are steeped in the memories of an experience or story ...

1. “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.” 2. “The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.” 3. “Rap is poetry to music, ...

Eddie Van Halen was a legendary Dutch-American musician, songwriter, and producer, widely celebrated as one of the most ...

Loudwire named the title track from Mammoth's latest album The End as the Best Rock Song of 2025 and spoke with Van Halen ...

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

Sammy Hagar might be the guy who wrote "There's Only One Way to Rock," but when it comes to the two most popular periods of Van Halen's career, he's now happy to evangelize music from the David Lee ...