The album’s poppiest track, “Think It Over,” which draws on Wolfgang’s fondness for Jimmy Eat World, was Eddie Van Halen’s favorite. “It’s just a straight-up pop-rock song,” Van ...

Van Halen's self-titled 1978 debut album all but completely re-wrote the vocabulary of rock music. Here's a track-by-track look at how they made the record, and how its influence has been felt ...

Dark, sordid, and often angry, Van Halen’s worst-selling album from its original lineup reflected the band’s growing disunity by 1981. Despite the friction – or maybe because of it – Fair ...

Those albums are Van Halen's Fair Warning and Balance, and here's why they made his list. Fair Warning (1981). Wolfgang Van Halen's first life-changing album pick from Van Halen takes us to "Mean ...

After the remarkable success of 5150, Van Halen recorded every one of their albums at the modest studio owned by Eddie Van Halen.It served as a good luck charm for the rock band, helping to spawn ...

Technically, Van Halen's cover of "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks is the most-played off this album, but if we're talking originals, then its "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" that takes the No. 1 spot ...

Eddie Van Halen rode the top of the Billboard charts alongside his namesake band Van Halen, scoring five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, and more than 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

Happy anniversary to Van Halen's self-titled debut album.. The mid-'70s were a transformative time for rock 'n' roll music. The psychedelic phase was coming to an end, glam and punk were on the ...

Wolfgang Van Halen Wishes 'Pop Was Here' to See His Song 'Distance' Hit No. 1 on Rock Radio The album ends with "The Distance," a track he wrote for his father before his death.

“The best Van Halen album — period.” Lzzy Hale tells us the 10 records that changed her life. Joe ... ‘You listen to Alice Cooper not because it’s popular and the other kids listen to it.