Van Halen didn't start writing and recording ballads until Sammy Hagar joined the band following David Lee Roth's departure after the career-changing 1984 album. For better or worse, Hagar's ...

When original singer David Lee Roth and the Van Halen brothers were announcing their 2007 reunion tour, he explained that their set lists would be made up of “all the songs you have been hearing ...

Sammy Hagar posted a poignant photo of him with Eddie Van Halen on his Instagram page “to close out” 2024; called Alex Van Halen’s disrespect for the Van Hagar era “blasphemy” in an exchange with fans ...

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 ...

Michael Anthony has further teased the existence of a catalog of unreleased Van Halen cuts, which could include some ...