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How Eddie Van Halen became a superstar and the real story of Van Halen's biggest-selling album
By Chris Gill published
Welcome to 1984: it was the album that would see Van Halen straddle the planet like a rock colossus, but it would also mark the end of the original line-up

David Lee Roth continues to move in mysterious ways with new blues song Forgiveness
By Fraser Lewry published
An unexpected festive gift arrives as David Lee Roth releases a standalone version of a song he originally attached to some Taylor Swift audio

David Lee Roth is having much more fun than you are
By Fraser Lewry published
And he's proved it once again, paying tribute to New York City via the medium of dance

Sammy Hagar determined not to take bad blood with Alex Van Halen to his grave
By Stef Lach published
Hagar hopes to make peace with former Van Halen bandmate but admits they likely won't perform together again

The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opeth, George Murray, Queen, Von Hertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

Alex Van Halen reveals that David Lee Roth asked Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos: "He couldn’t handle the fact that Eddie was getting more attention than he was"
By Liz Scarlett published
In his new memoire, Brothers, Alex Van Halen says that David Lee Roth was "convinced he was going to be a movie star" so didn't want the spotlight to shine too long on anyone else

Alex Van Halen shares the last song he wrote with late brother Eddie Van Halen
By Fraser Lewry published
Unfinished / Between Us Two is an epic, six-minute instrumental

Alex Van Halen on why he was "not interested" joining Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on The Best Of All Worlds tour: "They're not doing the band justice"
By Liz Scarlett published
Alex Van Halen explains why he didn't join his former bandmates on the road for The Best Of All Worlds tour, performances which focused on Sammy Hagar's time in Van Halen
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