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Leslie West and Eddie Van Halen onstage
Watch unseen footage of late guitar icons Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West backstage and jamming

By Fraser Lewry Published

The extraordinary footage comes from a Los Angeles club show in 2002

Concerts & Shows
Michael Anthony, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward
Van Halen's Michael Anthony recalls watching Ozzy Osbourne set Bill Ward on fire: "He didn't even flinch. He just kept drinking his beer"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony looks back on the time his band toured with Black Sabbath, as well as the sometimes dangerous shenanigans that took place on the road

Bands & Artists
Dave Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen onstage at the US Festival
The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave

By Joe Daly Published

It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever, with a little help from Van Halen

Music Festivals
Tony Iommi onstage in 2012 and Eddie Van Halen onstage in 2015
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

Albums
A montage of Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and Jim Morrison
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

Bands & Artists
Photos of Van Halen and Meshuggah performing live
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

Bands & Artists
Nina DiGregorio playing violin
Watch Nina DiGregorio's jaw-dropping version of Van Halen's Eruption

By Fraser Lewry Published

Nina DiGregorio spent years preparing for this moment

Bands & Artists
David Lee Roth on the ramp at Donington 1988, arm aloft
“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

Concerts & Shows
Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth press shots
"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

Bands & Artists
David Lee Roth of Van Halen in front of the Slayer logo
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

Bands & Artists
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