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Pasadena, California, United States (1972 – present)

Van Halen is a which formed in 1972 in Pasadena, California, United States. The band was originally called Mammoth and changed their name to Van Halen by 1974. 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. 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”, reached #1 in the United States and Canada in 1984 . 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”. The video for “Right Now” also received several awards, including MTV’s Best Video award. Van Halen is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records with the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock List. According to the Recording Industry Association of America Van Halen is #19 on the list of Top Selling Artists of all time (having sold more than 56 million albums in the U.
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  • Rubberbandman16

    Glad Diamond Dave's back in the fold, he's still got it. Luv the new CD!

    15 hours ago

  • Prognosis_X

    Hate to say it but VH sucks without Micheal Anthony's backup vocals. I liked both Roth and Hagar, but Anthony's backups really added to the songs. New album blows!

    yesterday morning

  • Mascoso

    VAN HALEN ftw

    Saturday afternoon

  • TheDarkSide73

    It Sucks they had to cancel their U.S. shows....Can't we all just get along.. :-)

    Saturday afternoon

  • KingsAndQueen

    One of the best hard rock bands ever! [2]

    Thursday evening

  • rizkianto

    thanks god the broken caps've already been fixed....

    last week

  • Jaepu

    Re-Kramer, indeed!

    8 days ago

  • Re-Kramer

    One of the best hard rock bands ever!

    9 days ago
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