Long before Van Halen were famous, Kiss bass guitar player Gene Simmons played a role in their story. By the mid 1970s, Van Halen had landed a regular performance spot at Gazzarri’s on the Sunset ...

The late Eddie Van Halen revolutionized guitar shredding in the 1970s, inspiring generations of guitarists, and one song ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eddie Van Halen, the pioneering guitar player whose hard-rocking band emerged from the Sunset Strip music scene in Los Angeles in the early 1970s to stand at the top of rock 'n ...

MOORHEAD — Singer and showman David Lee Roth brings the songs of Van Halen to Bluestem Amphitheater on Wednesday, June 17. Roth helped form Van Halen in the mid-1970s and was the frontman from the ...

‘Van Halen’ by Van Halen (1978) Not only did Van Halen inspire a lot of people to pick up an electric guitar, but the group, which released its debut self-titled LP in 1978, inspired even more to head ...

Few people are lucky enough to meet their idols, and even fewer get the distinct displeasure of realizing that those idols are copying them—but Eddie Van Halen managed to experience both. Before the ...