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Van Halen was an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and 56 singles.
Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on February 10, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records. Widely regarded as one of the greatest debut albums in rock music, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] the album was a major commercial success, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [ 12 ]
Van Halen (/ v æ n ˈ h eɪ l ə n / van HAY-len) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, [1] Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances [2] and the virtuosity of its guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.
Deal with it. 1984 is the album that pushed Van Halen into another tier of stardom, but the party didn’t last much longer. Egos and creative friction led to Roth’s exit a year later. That blows.
Edward Lodewijk van Halen was born in Amsterdam on January 26, 1955, [6] the son of Jan van Halen and Eugenia (née van Beers).His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinettist, and saxophonist working for the Dutch Air Force, [7] before the war and after returning from Indonesia with local acts like Jos Cleber and Snip en Snap. [8]
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen revealed the rock band once approached the Black Sabbath musician to front a Van Halen album while its members were between lead singers in 2001.
OU812 (pronounced "Oh You Ate One Too") is the eighth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released in 1988 and is the band's second album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar . Van Halen began work on the album in September 1987 and completed it in April 1988, one month before its release.
1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984. [2] It was the last Van Halen studio album until A Different Kind of Truth (2012) to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences.