Wishing a very Happy Birthday to longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who turned the big 7-0 on June 20. Anthony joined Van Halen in 1974, when the band was still known as Mammoth, taking over ...

Before Van Halen, it was rare to hear the sounds of a hard rock band in most places, unless you were running with a crowd that particularly enjoyed that niche genre of music. But when the Van Halen ...

Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen in 1978. (Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns) “If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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 ...