Band Of The Week - Van Halen

Alright, my boring weekend is coming soon, it's time for my band of the week again, this weekend the band I want to intro to you all is Van Halen.

Let's listen some of my favorite tunes from Van Halen, I'll start from Runnin' With The Devil, one of their biggest hit. Next will be Can't Stop Lovin' You, my favorite rock love song. I think Jump will be very familiar to you all, it's another biggest hit from Van Halen. Finally, this song was voted #2 on Guitar World Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos, it is Eruption.

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Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil


Van Halen - Can't Stop Lovin' You


Van Halen - Jump


Van Halen - Eruption

About Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band. In 1972, the Van Halen brothers formed a three-piece band were known as Mammoth, with Eddie Van Halen as lead vocalist and guitarist, Alex Van Halen on drums, and Mark Stone on bass. They rented a sound system from David Lee Roth, but decided they could save money by letting Roth and his P.A. system into the band. Michael Anthony was called over to David Lee Roth's father's basement (where the band rehearsed) to see how he compared. Anthony, the bassist and frontman of the band "Snake," had seen Mammoth performing at a festival. Eddie, Alex, and Anthony jammed late into the night and hired Anthony as the band's new bassist/backup vocalist.


They enjoyed immediate popularity and influence with the release of their debut album, Van Halen in 1978, and to date have selling more than 80 million albums worldwide and earning the band the Guinness Book of World Records title for the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock List. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen is #19 on the list of top selling artists of all time (having sold more than 56 million albums in the U.S.) and is one of only five rock groups that have had two albums sell more than 10 million copies in the U.S. The band and its best known former members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007.


In addition to being recognized for artistic contributions and success, the band is known for the drama surrounding its lead singer spot. Although the instrumentalists have remained the same (Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and until 2006, Michael Anthony), the band has recorded/toured with three different vocalists: David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone. Each departed (at least once) under cloudy circumstances. More recently Michael Anthony was replaced in the band by Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang, but this new lineup is not yet known to have performed or recorded.

Eddie Van Halen

Following their 2004 concert tour the band was on hiatus again until September 2006, when word that Wolfgang Van Halen was confirmed as a new member of the band replacing Michael Anthony on bass. Other than three new songs in 2004, the band has released no new material since their last album Van Halen III was released in 1998. After long speculation, in August 2007 it was finally confirmed that the band would do a tour with the Roth/Van Halen/Van Halen/Van Halen lineup in late 2007 across North America.

Van Halen - The Greatest Classic Rock Band Ever!!!

Happy Weekend!!!