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How Van Halen’s Jaw-Dropping First Album Ruined My Sex Life (Again)

How Van Halen’s Jaw-Dropping First Album Ruined My Sex Life (Again)

Van Halen’s self-titled debut arrived 45 years ago this week with a cover photo that was kind of primal and unhinged. I just knew I had to have it.

Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Were Overblown

Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Were Overblown

Van Halen released a reunion LP with David Lee Roth 10 years ago today that was dotted with song scraps from their glory days. So what?

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Van Halen’s ‘Runnin’ With the Devil,’ ‘Hot for Teacher’ + Others: Gimme Five

As frontman David Lee Roth celebrates his 65th birthday today, we return to a handful of Van Halen favorites.

The conflicted history of Sammy Hagar’s Van Halen smash “Right Now”: ‘It shows you what I know’

The conflicted history of Sammy Hagar’s Van Halen smash “Right Now”: ‘It shows you what I know’

“Right Now,” released this week as part of 1991’s ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,’ was both a huge Van Halen hit and a harbinger of their eventual split.

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David Lee Roth selects his favorite Van Halen album: ‘That’s my ticket; my entry fee’

David Lee Roth was reluctant to pick his top Van Halen album — until he came up with a suitably salacious scenario in which he’d have to.

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David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?: Michael Anthony mulls over the great Van Halen debate

He was in Van Halen with Roth between 1974-85, and Hagar from 1985–96.

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‘The more user-friendly half’: Sammy Hagar says new shows provide Van Halen fans a special moment

Hagar takes pride in the musical legacy he’s recreating with Michael Anthony.

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‘Working on a great Van Halen project’: Is David Lee Roth talking about a new album?

For fans eagerly awaiting a follow up to Van Halen’s 2012 reunion album, David Lee Roth has good news. Well, he has news of some sort. You May Also Like: How Van Halen’s Jaw-Dropping First Album Ruined My Sex Life (Again) Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind ofRead More

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‘I’m not going to crawl into a corner’: Van Halen snub hasn’t slowed ever-optimistic Michael Anthony

Michael Anthony’s transition out of his decades-long tenure in Van Halen was smoothed by the presence of bandmate Sammy Hagar in a new group. Turns out, even with Chickenfoot’s subsequent successes, the two still take time to remember the greatness that came before. You May Also Like: How Van Halen’sRead More

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‘I’m sure I would have remembered’: Eddie Van Halen denies asking to join Kiss in the 1980s

Gene Simmons reignited an old debate yesterday when he told Rolling Stone that he’d once talked Eddie Van Halen out of joining Kiss in the early 1980s. Thing is, Van Halen himself says that never happened. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind of Truth’Read More