Van Halen knew how to make a strong first impression. Eddie Van Halen and his bandmates always took care to put their best foot forward, launching their studio albums with an opening track that ...

Finding a good Van Halen summer song is about as difficult as finding sand on the beach. The group got their start backyard parties in and around perpetually sunny Los Angeles, and remained the living ...

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 ...

BRISTOW, Va. – “Never say never, right?” says Sammy Hagar, who's beaming a huge grin as guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani plays the opening notes to "Panama," a song released 40 years ago by Van Halen, ...

Even though Eddie Van Halen was the gold standard for most guitarists, he felt that some songs stood out a lot more than ...

The '90s were a turbulent time for Van Halen. After soaring through the previous decade as quite possibly the most universally beloved rock band on the planet, the group hit bumpier terrain in the ...

Even if Eddie Van Halen was the benchmark of what virtuoso guitarists are supposed to sound like, not everything that he ...