Eddie Van Halen was admittedly in a bad mood for much of the recording of 'Fair Warning' – chafing, among other things, at the no multi-tracking production rules put in place by producer Ted Templeman. Van Halen's frustration is palpable throughout the album, which is much darker, angrie...
Eddie Van Halen was admittedly in a bad mood for much of the recording of 'Fair Warning' – chafing, among other things, at the no multi-tracking production rules put in place by producer Ted Templeman. Van Halen's frustration is palpable throughout the album, which is much darker, angrie...
Despite the tepid response to their first album together, theIIIlineup of Van Halen began work on a second. "There were a lot of demos," Cherone told UCR. "We worked with a couple of different producers [including] Patrick Leonard, all different degrees of production. Most of them were ...
Incredibly, Van Halen did the gig as a favor, receiving no payment for his role in makingThriller, which went on to sell more than 30 million copies, becoming the most successful album in recorded history to that point. "Beat It" held the top spot in the Top 40 for three weeks, and ...
whose 1973 debut is just about as kick-rump delicious as ’70s rock ever gets (some even consider it the template for the first Van Halen LP). This track could have qualified as a B-side on that album, and I would have liked to hear Ronnie Montrose take a stab at it. Are these ...
When asked by Stern if he thought Alex Van Halen might eventually come around, the singer responded, "I would hope so. I reach out to Al about once a month for a couple of years now and he doesn't get back to me," adding a chuckle. When Stern asked him how he reached out to ...
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global earworm, the song that Alex claims “will be the one that we will be remembered by.” The video, an austere affair with the band lip-syncing in front of a white background, became ubiquitous; “1984” became the first Van Halen record to reach No. 1 on Billboard...
“We were just going to be Sammy Hagar.” Hagar also considered fulfilling his solo contract by giving Geffen one more album of new material, a best-of package and a live LP. In the meantime, the Hagarized Van Halen would hit the road with new material, doing small halls until Hagar’...
Firmly reestablished as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, Van Halen closed out the '80s on a high note, and when they returned withFor Unlawful Carnal Knowledgein 1991, they picked up right where they left off, debuting at No. 1 with a triple-platinum record that contained ...