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Tony Iommi remembers co-writing a Black Sabbath song with Eddie Van Halen: “I said, ‘You’re playing that wrong’”
By Matt Mills published
Van Halen’s record label stopped him from getting a Black Sabbath songwriting credit in 1994

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
By Dave Everley published
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

Eddie Van Halen was a Meshuggah fan, according to son Wolfgang: “He said, ‘The drummer better be paid the most!’”
By Matt Mills published
Mammoth WVH leader Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed his dad was an admirer of tech-metal’s most brutal behemoths

Watch Nina DiGregorio's jaw-dropping version of Van Halen's Eruption
By Fraser Lewry published
Nina DiGregorio spent years preparing for this moment

“The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close”: The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime
By Paul Elliott published
With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore

"I guess I'm honoured he even thinks about me as much as he seems to": Wolfgang Van Halen responds to David Lee Roth's bizarre personal attacks with polite resignation
By Fraser Lewry published
Wolfgang Van Halen sounds prepared for a future in which he's a target for the occasional David Lee Roth outburst

This is what Van Halen’s Jump would sound like if it were recorded by Slayer (and no, it isn’t AI-generated)
By Matt Mills published
YouTuber Moonic Productions has imagined a beefed-up thrash metal redo of Van Halen’s signature song

“I was with him from day one”: Alex Van Halen's forthcoming memoir Brothers promises to offer “the definitive take on Edward Van Halen’s life and death from the one who knew and loved him best”
By Paul Brannigan published
Alex Van Halen will share "his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love" in forthcoming book Brothers

There may be something that delivers a more joyous, uplifting, feel-good hit than peak Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne mixed with Motown legends The Miracles, but if so, chances are it's already illegal
By Paul Brannigan published
Murder on the dancefloor? Blame mash-up maestro Bill McClintock, who's out here killing it yet again

"He's complaining the entire tour like I’m not paying enough attention to him on stage": David Lee Roth launches bizarre attack on Wolfgang Van Halen, complete with comedy voices
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth has launched a strangely spiteful recording in which he tells tales from Van Halen's final days on the road
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