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Van Halen
Hard Rock

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in the early 1970s. The band’s first studio album, “Van Halen”, released in 1978, is widely regarded as a milestone in rock music. With this first release, the band, featuring David Lee Roth on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass, and Dutch-born brothers Edward and Alex van Halen on guitar and drums, established itself as a leader in the emerging and commercially successful U.S. heavy metal music genre of the 1980s. In particular, Eddie Van Halen quickly gained widespread notoriety for his technical prowess and musical sensibility. Almost overnight, h ...read more

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in the early 1970s. The band’s first studio album, “Van Halen”, released in 1978, is widely regarded as a milestone in rock music. With this first release, the band, featuring David Lee Roth on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass, and Dutch-born brothers Edward and Alex van Halen on guitar and drums, established itself as a leader in the emerging and commercially successful U.S. heavy metal music genre of the 1980s. In particular, Eddie Van Halen quickly gained widespread notoriety for his technical prowess and musical sensibility. Almost overnight, he was touted as one of the most innovative and influential American rock and roll guitarists.

From 1978 to 1998, the band released 11 studio albums. Although the core instrumentalists have remained constant until 2004, the band has recorded studio albums with three different lead vocalists: David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone. Each vocalist has departed (at least once) under cloudy circumstances. Following their 2004 concert tour, Van Halen entered a hiatus phase broken in 2007 with the announcement of a long-awaited reunion with David Lee Roth, twenty-two years after the band parted ways with him. « hide

Similar Bands: Montrose, David Lee Roth, Kiss, Sammy Hagar, Brother Firetribe

LPs
A Different Kind of Truth
02/07/2012

3.3
204 Votes
Van Halen III
1998

1.8
188 Votes
Balance
1995

2.5
178 Votes
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
1991

3.2
198 Votes
OU812
1988

3
172 Votes
5150
1986

3.5
250 Votes
1984
1984

4
547 Votes
Diver Down
1982

3.2
231 Votes
Fair Warning
1981

3.9
276 Votes
Women and Children First
1980

3.7
246 Votes
Van Halen II
1979

3.9
343 Votes
Van Halen
1978

4.3
739 Votes
Live Albums
Live on Air
2011

3
4 Votes
Live: Right Here, Right Now
1993

3.3
22 Votes
Live Without A Net
1987

3.3
27 Votes
Compilations
The Best of Both Worlds
2004

4
144 Votes
Best of Volume I
1996

3.8
94 Votes

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