Van Halen was a band about to splinter, the differences between its lead singer and its guitarist simply too vast to bridge. Those differences actually helped to make 1984, the album the band released ...

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. In this case it’s Wolfgang Van Halen, whose late father, Edward, single-handedly reshaped guitar playing with Van Halen in much the way Jimi Hendrix did a few ...