Sammy Hagar may have made some of the best moments with Eddie Van Halen, but he knew when his writing partner was completely spent.

Van Halen developed a reputation as one of rock’s wildest bands thanks to backstage antics and on-stage exuberance. On one ...

Sammy Hagar explains how Van Halen protected themselves from obscurity by working with Alice in Chains, not against them.

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Steven Rosen had a 26-year friendship with the guitarist, whose personality was split between the guitar and the rest of his life, he says ...

Van Halen is a rock band that entered our lives way back in 1973, but many people don't realize what its name means. There's a reason they opted for the unusal moniker ...

In a much-discussed excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Brothers, Alex Van Halen writes to his late brother: “The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. It’s kind of a dicey title.

“I remember Eddie Van Halen asking me, ‘What’s wrong with you? Where’s that fire, dude?’ But I didn’t want to explain it to him.” Within a year of the Monsters Of Rock tour, Dokken split. Brief ...

The three bands below are counted among those numbers, churning out not only great debut albums but also timeless opening tracks.

Wolfgang Van Halen may share a surname with late father Edward and uncle Alex of Van Halen, but since dropping his 2021 self-titled debut, he’s quickly carved out his own musical path. He’s now ...

Guitars “The anthology fully captures an artist’s tonal journey as he changed rock guitar forever”: Eddie Van Halen’s holy grail tone from a Tonex One mini pedal? IK Multimedia unveils the Brown Sound ...

Ozzy Osbourne died at 76, weeks after farewell concert with Black Sabbath, closing a legendary era in heavy metal. Newsweek's ...