Van Halen’s ninth studio album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, debuted at #1 and stayed there for three weeks during the summer of 1991. It was the third consecutive #1 album from singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony. An Expanded...
Alex Van Halen was excited to share the news on social media, exclaiming, “Thanks to all the fans for listening!” A pretty incredible feat, as only around 100 rock songs have reached […] 1980’s Home Video: Paul & His Sister Perform ‘JUMP’ by Van Halen ...
not just the top song from1984. Only one song from this album never got played, "Top Jimmy," which Roth wrote about a taco stand employee he knew in real life. As far as songs that actually made set lists, every last one of Van Halen's performances of "Drop ...
” and Eddie Van Halen’s finger-tapping tour de force, “Eruption.” Six years and five albums later, Van Halen had become one of the biggest bands in world around the release of 1984, which includes a number of the band’s most legendary songs such as the #1 hit, “Jump,”“...
Van Halen Rising book signing/launch party gig in Pasadena, CA, with tribute band Fan Halen and a lot of the old San Gabriel Valley rockers who were in bands back in the day, the original bassist for Van Halen joined the tribute band for a few songs and one of the bands had the ...
Van Halen’s colossal hit “Jump” is the band's only number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. “Jump” knocked out Culture Club’s “Karma Chameleon” to hold the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for an impressive FIVE straight weeks!
Album: Van Halen Released: 1978 Solo: 0:00-1:42 2 Hot for Teacher 144 votes Album: 1984 Released: 1984 Solo: 3:02-3:36 Also ranks #2 on The Best Songs About Teachers of All Time Also ranks #3 on The Best Songs About Education And Learning Also ranks #7 on Fun Songs To Pla...
5. "Runaround" (Van Halen) From:For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge(1991) Sammy Hagar played a large songwriting role during his time in Van Halen. Many of the songs on their third albumFor Unlawful Carnal Knowledgesound like extremely souped-up cousins to tracks from his 1982 solo albumStanding Ha...
"Back to basics" was the rallying cry for Van Halen's third album with Sammy Hagar, with only "Right Now" built on anything except electric guitars. The most innovative of the rock songs, "Poundcake" is also clearly the best. Eddie's use of a power drill on the intro got all the ...
This is the album that turned Van Halen from rock superstars into a household name, and which found Eddie Van Halen’s keyboard skills bursting out of the closet with the worldwide smash "Jump." The band’s songwriting, musicianship and wit hit such dizzying new heights on songs like "Hot...