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Van Halen is an international hard rock band formed in the early-1970s, originally called Mammoth (before being called Van Halen, one of the band’s ideas for a name was Rat Salade). The band’s first studio album, “Van Halen”, released in 1978 is widely regarded as a milestone in rock music. With this first release, the band, featuring David Lee Roth on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass, and Dutch-born Edward Van Halen on guitars (and also keyboards later) and brother Alex Van Halen on drums, established itself as a leader in the emerging and commercially successful U.
S. heavy metal music genre of the 1980s. In particular, Eddie Van Halen quickly gained widespread notoriety for his technical prowess and musical sensibility. Almost overnight, he was touted as one of the most innovative and influential American rock and roll guitarists.
From 1978 to 1998 the band released 11 studio albums (with David Lee Roth until 1984, Sammy Hagar from 1986 to 1995 and Gary Cherone from 1998 to 1999), all of which broke the Top 20 spot of the Billboard 200 music charts. Their biggest hit, “Jump”, never made it to #1 as Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” always held that spot (incidently, this song includes one of the most memorables guitar solos by Eddie, who refused to appear in the video as he expected the song would never become a hit). The band has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide and has received several Grammy nominations, winning the award with their 1991 album “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”.
From 1978 to 1998 the band released 11 studio albums (with David Lee Roth until 1984, Sammy Hagar from 1986 to 1995 and Gary Cherone from 1998 to 1999), all of which broke the Top 20 spot of the Billboard 200 music charts. Their biggest hit, “
Jump”, never made it to #1 as Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” always held that spot (incidently, this song includes one of the most memorables guitar solos by Eddie, who refused to appear in the video as he expected the song would never become a hit). The band has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide and has received several Grammy nominations, winning the award with their 1991 album “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”.
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Epsilon_X2008 wrote:
All the other songs are better than Tattoo. [4] I really like china town
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cbujnak wrote:
Mainstream rock really needed this album.
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Nando1969 wrote:
Heard the new album and was pleasantly surprised, still miss the Michael chorus though.
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ViniciusLuccas wrote:
new album is very good
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Ilan_Negao wrote:
new album is awesome! Fuck yeah, they are back!
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SexWithMinors wrote:
surprised. should i be? probably, considering they're old as fuck. it's a really good album though. miss anthony michael's backup vox :(
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rdeyahlxp wrote:
New album delivers!
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h3atseaker wrote:
nice new album
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morecheesy wrote:
Van Halen's new album is suprisingly very good. It feels like they never left.
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jriron wrote:
All the other songs are better than Tattoo. [3] superou minhas espectativas q nao eram nada boas... porem acabo saindo bem legal msm...[3]
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albertlespaul wrote:
All the other songs are better than Tattoo. [2]
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HenriOsbourne wrote:
New album is nice![3] superou minhas espectativas q nao eram nada boas... porem acabo saindo bem legal msm...[2]
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JLucasACDC wrote:
New album is nice![2] superou minhas espectativas q nao eram nada boas... porem acabo saindo bem legal msm...
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raziel871 wrote:
just fucking entertaining... got nothin' more to say!!
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q87654321q wrote:
Годы ожиданий не напрасны, восторгу нет предела!!!!
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jhansennueve wrote:
All the other songs are better than Tattoo.
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HardRockHideout wrote:
A Different Kind of Truth is the heaviest Van Halen record since the first Roth Era of Van Halen. Eddie has unleashed his fury on this album.
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ShowNoMercy9786 wrote:
new record is fuckin heavy, believe it or not. I dig it.
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ROH_Fan wrote:
New album kicks so much ass. Pure Van Halen and the Downtown sessions are awesome.
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gevve wrote:
Check out new Pic (1978): http://www.last.fm/music/Van+Halen/+images/73943274
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