Sammy Hagar recalled a song he’d written that Alex Van Halen dismissed – only for the drummer to regret it soon enough when he heard the final version. “I’m at the studio,” Hagar said in ...

Recalling that the song was assembled as his relationship with the Van Halen brothers was beginning to disintegrate, he said: “It added a lot of emotion, negativity and pain in the original ...

During a 2009 interview with Spinner, the guitarist was asked to select some of his favourite deep cuts from the discography of his band. In response, Van Halen quickly shared, “One of my favourite ...

Sammy Hagar's "Eagles Fly" was supposed to be a Van Halen song, but when Alex Van Halen heard the demo he dismissed it—only to regret it when he heard the final version on Hagar's 1987 solo ...

Sammy Hagar recalled a song he’d written that Alex Van Halen dismissed – only for the drummer to regret it soon enough when he heard the final version. “I’m at the studio,” Hagar said in ...

and that normally meant trying out things that may have been considered risque a few years before they tried to put them in their songs. While Van Halen usually left all of their dirty moments in ...

That interview, which ran in the magazine's April 1980 issue, included Ed's revealing statements about everything from his music lessons and guitar solos to his thoughts about one of Van Halen's b ...

As Roth stated: “I once heard somebody say to the Van Halens: ‘You guys play the music, the Jew sells it’. Well, you’re fucking right!” With Roth as cheerleader, Van Halen were America’s favourite ...

“The new Michael Jackson song, Beat It, came on,” Dave recalled later. “I heard the guitar solo, and thought, now that sounds familiar. Somebody’s ripping off Ed Van Halen’s licks.

Known for their extravagant high-energy performances, Van Halen is credited with being one of the most influential rock bands of all time. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JUMP") VAN HALEN: (Singing ...

Simmons, who is thanked in the album’s liner notes, often is credited with discovering Van Halen. It was the music, though, particularly the late Eddie Van Halen’s playing, that made the ...