We have the power of the mighty Van Halen to thank for much of that. Considered by many – including Eddie Van Halen himself – as the band’s masterpiece, 1984 was one of Van Halen’s best-selling albums ...

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks and explore what makes it truly unique. The vinyl of the week this ...

The unique thing about a Black Jacket Symphony’s Van Halen 1984 show is that the entire house is always packed with Van Halen fans, both in the crowd and on the stage. “It’s an authentic show,” said ...

Just like the final moments of New Year’s Eve in 1999 did not close out the 20th Century or the millennium (despite what Prince sang in “1999”), musical eras of rock ’n’ roll do not align with decades ...

“If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records,” was famously David Lee Roth’s sales pitch for the legendary California hard rock quartet he ...

After four intense rounds of voting, only AC/DC and Van Halen are left standing in our Best '80s Album March Madness bracket. That's right, it's Back in Black vs. 1984 for all the marbles. You've only ...

It was 40 years ago today when Diamond Dave told the band to play. Rock band Van Halen was riding high on the success of its new single, "Jump," when it came to the old Jacksonville Coliseum on its ...

We’re not here to debate which era of Van Halen was better. But we are going to make a case that the band excelled in memorable album-opening songs while David Lee Roth was in the fold. The band ...

If you ever saw Van Halen live, hopefully you were enjoying the music in the moment and not thinking about which songs have gotten the most attention, set list-wise. But for those curious minds, ...

This wasn’t easy, but it was fun – like most things with Van Halen. Ranking any great band’s discography is bound to irritate some fans, especially a band like this, which enjoyed two highly ...