The post Van Halen’s Balance Hinted at a Return to Heavier Music That Never Happened appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The result was an idiosyncratic sound, heavily influenced by classical ...

After documenting two of their first three tours with Sammy Hagar via full-length concert home videos, Van Halen tried something different in 1995. Midway through a 10-month tour in support of Balance ...

The once happy and fully unified band was now arguing in the studio over lyrical direction and more personal issues. By his own admission, it was the first album Eddie Van Halen recorded sober, a ...

This wasn’t easy, but it was fun – like most things with Van Halen. Ranking any great band’s discography is bound to irritate some fans, especially a band like this, which enjoyed two highly ...

Wolfgang Van Halen has weighed in with a new message marking the fifth anniversary of Eddie Van Halen's death. In the years prior to launching his solo career, Wolfgang was instrumental in keeping the ...

If rock music history has taught musicians anything, it is this: Don’t start a band with your sibling. Just ask Oasis co-founders Liam and Noel Gallagher, whose well-documented mutual enmity makes ...