When Eddie Van Halen accompanied his wife to the Saturday Night Live studio in 1987, he wasn’t planning to make a live TV appearance himself – until house band guitarist G.E. Smith was able to change ...

Soundboard audio of an April, 1975 Van Halen performance at Pasadena High School has surfaced. The 30-minute set, comprised of eight songs, is mostly cover songs alongside an early version of "Fools," ...

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Released Nov. 24, 1987, the 92-minute video was filmed at Van Halen's Aug. 27, 1986 show at the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Conn, about two-thirds of the way through the 5150 ...

Van Halen revealed his very practical reason for ignoring the rule against performing on other artist’s recordings ...

Let's be blunt: Van Halen hasn't released nearly enough live albums. In fact they just might be the most popular band in rock history without an undeniably great live album that sums up their entire ...

The song continues to resonate with fans 47 years after its iconic rock makeover.

In the early '80s, Van Halen always seemed like the dudes you'd want cracking jokes at your house party. They made weekend-ready hard rock without all the tough meathead bullshit. They were equal ...

Eddie Van Halen was unlike any other. An artist that defied all musical logic. The virtuoso changed music forever as he shook up the art of the guitar solo with his whiplash-inducing speed, impossible ...