BRISTOW, Va. – “Never say never, right?” says Sammy Hagar, who's beaming a huge grin as guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani plays the opening notes to "Panama," a song released 40 years ago by Van Halen, ...

In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why. By Jon Pareles The year 1984 was a watershed in pop music. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Van Halen in 1978. Left to Right: Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen. (Credit: Fin ...

What led you to do the book? Van Halen: There’s a lot of things that were left on the table, so to speak. I got the feeling Ed and I never got to complete what we came to the planet for -- that may be ...

If rock music history has taught musicians anything, it is this: Don’t start a band with your sibling. Just ask Oasis co-founders Liam and Noel Gallagher, whose well-documented mutual enmity makes ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. Today, we continue our series featuring interviews from 2024, this time with Selena Gomez and Alex Van Halen. MOSLEY: Along with his late brother, Eddie, Alex is a ...

From their barnstorming 1978 days as an opening act to their final shows as homecoming rock legends in 2015, Van Halen's set lists changed a lot over their touring career. Here's a chronological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

“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 ...