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 ...

Revisit four songs from the late '70s, which all have iconic guitar riffs that more or less helped define heavy metal as we know it.

If there was one 70s rock band that seemed machine-tooled for the dawning new decade, it was Van Halen. Frontman David Lee Roth knew it back in 1978, with the debut album Van Halen going platinum.

Serving as the only Van Halen track to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Jump" was one of the group's most popular ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Paul Natkin In a much-discussed excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, ...

When Van Halen released their self-titled debut album in 1978, fans hadn’t heard a guitar hero with such singular style since Jimi Hendrix shuffled off onto his final experience. Eddie Van Halen did ...

Eddie Van Halen spent a lifetime chasing the sounds that he heard in his head. The encomiums that have proliferated since Van Halen's death on October 6 have made comparisons with Jimi Hendrix, Eric ...

“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 ...

Four-headed hard-rock beasts had long roamed the earth by the time the late '70s rolled around. Led Zeppelin, the Who and Black Sabbath, among others, left gargantuan footprints in establishing the ...

Legendary bands can come from anywhere. All it takes is the right amount of talent, hard work, and vision to become a world-class rocker. Van Halen is a prime example of that formula for success.