Van Halen was also experiencing a significant upward trajectory in record sales. 1984 ’s predecessor, Diver Down, was a commercial success thanks in large part to the hit status of the 1982 single (Oh ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rolling Stone has called "Jump" one of the 500 greatest rock songs ever written. The biggest hit Van Halen ever had was released 40 years ago. It was the lead single from the album ...

The post Van Halen Broke Out the Synths and Conquered the Charts with 1984 appeared first on Consequence. In the early ‘80s, synthesizers and keyboards within the realm of heavy metal and hard rock ...

Eddie Van Halen's famous "ad" guitar by Kramer has auctioned for $2.7 million to become the sixth most expensive guitar sold ...

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks and explore what makes it truly unique. The vinyl of the week this ...

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 and 10 ...

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 ...

One night, nearly 40 years ago, forever changed the lives of six Cincinnati residents, who went to see the legendary rock band Van Halen play at the Cincinnati Gardens.Now, they are coming out with a ...

One of the most iconic guitars in rock history is going on the auction block, with Sotheby's set to auction the guitar that Eddie Van Halen played in Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" video. The Kramer ...

Eddie Van Halen's iconic red, white and black custom-made Kramer guitar was sold to an unnamed buyer at auction for $3.932 million, blasting past its pre-auction estimate of $2 to 3 million. The late ...

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