The track’s unforgettable solo has continued to influence players decades later, earning lasting recognition.

From Eddie Van Halen’s tapped harmonics to AI-driven chord detection and looping tools, guitarists now have more ways than ever to learn, refine, and master their craft. Modern apps can slow down ...

Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. Van Halen took the world by storm in the late 70s with a ...

Wolfgang Van Halen played the ultimate prank on fans at Mammoth's Cincinnati show for April Fool's day last night (April 1). The rocker shared a clip on social media from the show where he teased that ...

As Alex Van Halen works on unreleased tracks created by his brother, the late guitarist Eddie Van Halen, one of the band's former front men Sammy Hagar thinks there's a way the music can achieve the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Music fans didn’t know quite what to make of Wolfgang Van Halen back in 2007, when he popped up playing bass -- at just 16 years old -- in the band Van Halen, rocking with his father, guitarist Eddie ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Van Halen in 1978. Left to Right: Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen. (Credit: Fin ...

One of the most hard-driving rock songs of the 1980s about fast cars and fast women is Van Halen's 1984 hit "Panama." The song has a bit of a tale that made it stand out when we compiled our summer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Van Halen’s Balance arrives on the Official Album Sales chart for ...

A legendary guitar personally customized and once wielded by arena-rock icon Eddie Van Halen is hitting the auction block at Sotheby’s in October. Its estimate? A whopping $2 million–$3 million. And ...