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In the late 1970s and on into the '80s, Eddie Van Halen's virtual re-invention of the guitar and David Lee Roth's horny circus performer stage presence were the core of one of Hard Rock's most enduring bands.
The album was released to widespread critical acclaim and compared with Montrose's debut in 1974.
The album name was derived from the police code for the criminally insane, as well as the name of Eddie Van Halen's recording studio.
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What Van Halen are really all about, however, is fun, and it was their role as irreverent saviors of good time rock 'n' roll that made them such an integral part of the rock lexicon.
For that, Van Halen should apologize (as they should for their recent work and the soap opera-esque storyline of revolving singers), but there is no denying that Van Halen 1 was a classic hard rock record..
Van Halen's secret is not doing anything that's original while having the hormones to do it better than all those bands who have become fat and self-indulgent and disgusting.
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 Van Halen Band Bio
Van Halen's next album, 1984 (released on January 9, 1984) was their commercial, and many claim, artistic pinnacle.
Van Halen with Sammy Hagar (circa 1995)During the recording of their contribution to the film Twister, escalating tension between Hagar and the Van Halen brothers boiled over publicly as Hagar departed on Father's Day, 1996.
The next day, Eddie and Alex Van Halen released their own statement, stressing that they were completely honest with Roth and never led him to believe that he was guaranteed to be the next lead singer.
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 Van Halen (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van Halen is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).
Van Halen's debut album is bursting with originality and draws influence from blues, classic British rock bands like The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Cream, Queen and The Who, as well as bands like ZZ Top and Rush along with elements of soul and funk.
Van Halen's first album in 1978 is no doubt one of the best debuts in rock history.
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Van Halen is a one of the most powerful and influential musician in the field of heavy rock; his music is a complete revelation of guitar music.
Van Halen started as a one-person band but later seeing the potential of his type of music David Lee Roth joined him and the combined efforts of both made Van Halen the number one band in the entire America.
The success of Van Halen was mainly due to constant touring, word of mouth and not to forget the immense talent which was being displayed at all its shows.
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 Uncle Joe's Record Guide - Van Halen
Van Halen worked the Southern California bar, club, school dance and party circuit for almost three years before they were signed by a major record label in May 1977.
Van Halen's unique sound emerged in a way that emphasized less their virtuosity and more the image of four guys having a good time.
During the final mixing, Van Halen decided to use a title that harkened back to the OU812 sessions; they felt Balance was a better indication of their frame of mind and a more accurate reflection of their music and their lives.
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 Van Halen
Van Halen is a hard rock band from the Los Angeles, California area.
The Van Halen brothers were born in the Netherlands, and trained as concert pianists.
album was released, and was one of the best-selling debut albums of all time.
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Van Halen's first album is essential listening to any rock and roll fan.
This was one Van Halen album that for some reason I never bought.
Van Halen changes singers again, and this time I was excited.
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Van Halen's subsequent album, ''1984'' (released December 1983) became their commercial and artistic pinnacle, as well the breaking point for the original group.
Van Halen's period with Sammy Hagar was marked by two somewhat opposing trends: expansion of the band's commercial success and acceptance by a wider audience while at the same time experiencing a growing sense of fan resentment regarding the departure of Roth.
Amazingly, Van Halen continued to enjoy tremendous popular success through the mid-90's, a period during which the anti-corporate rock, "Grunge Music" revolution, ended a decade of "Glam Metal" and dealt the final blow to many hard rock acts of the 1980s (Guns n' Roses and Poison to name a few).
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Van Halen proved to be the ultimate coming-of-age soundtrack to many a teenager since its release, resulting in sales of over ten million in the U.S. alone.
this album is the best of the best.eddie van halen is the bomb in eruption this guitar solo blew my mind with the fast continues finger tapping.
The first time I heard the debut album of Van Halen I was blown away all these genes of music coming together to make this awesome sounding cd.
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Although the album debuted high on the charts, crashing in at number three, it quickly slipped down the charts, since the reception to the album from fans, critics, and radio was mixed.
After Van Halen III proved to be the worst-selling album of Van Halen's long and illustrious career (the ensuing world tour was poorly attended as well), Cherone was dismissed from Van Halen in 1999.
In the summer of 2001, Eddie told MTV News that Van Halen's remaining members had penned a total of three albums worth of new material and that they were still unsure of who their next singer would be.
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Van Halen's debut isn't quite their best album, but it's not far off either.
Together, they, along with drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Michael Anthony, would rule the the rock roost from the time of their 1978 self titled debut (the album I'm reviewing here) until 1985, when Roth was fired for holding up the follow-up to the hugely successful 1984 album.
Regardless, this album was essential for any wannabe rock guitarist 20 years ago, and some might say it is just as essential to the wannabe guitarists of today.
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 1984 (Van Halen album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arguably, 1984 is Van Halen's most popular album, and their final album featuring singer David Lee Roth, who left the band later in the year over escalating tensions between him and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, as well as Roth's desire to pursue a solo career.
Additionally, 1984 was the first Van Halen album to be recorded at Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150, which lent its name to their follow-up effort, their first album with former Montrose vocalist/guitarist and solo artist Sammy Hagar.
One of Van Halen's most well known songs, "Panama" was used as the opening theme for the U.S. release of the 2005 videogame Gran Turismo 4.
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 Van Halen News Desk: Rumours
Eddie Van Halen attended the Britney Spears concert on 7/30 with Valerie and Wolfgang.
Van Halen and David Lee Roth will make their reunion official on September 7th, at the MTV Music Video Awards, according to reports airing on WWRX and WHJY yesterday.
Van Halen could be the band you see if you win the Miller Geniune Draft Blind Date competition.
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Van Halen is one band that is noted for turning a keyboard into a metal weapon, and still make it sound good.
Unlike Led Zeppelin, Van Halen only needed to name one album with roman numerals because they were way more creative and had more names in their frontal cerebral cortex than Zep had in their whole collective body.
Van Halen II took a step a whole different direction, instead of going in the heavy direction that ruled most of the first albums music, Van Halen II went with a more commercial pop-oriented sound, making Van Halen the most distinct hard rock band of it's time.
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Van Halen later became Van Hager and who knows (or cares) what they are now.
Anyway, this was Halen's first album featuring eleven great songs like the high SPL demanding drum and guitar duet "Eruption" which has so many awesome guitar licks it could melt your brain, tweeters, and amplifier output devices all at the same time!
Of course here is another chance to hear Eddie Van Halen's patented signature double hammering guitar style that initially gave him his claim to fame in the guitar world.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Van Halen: Remastered: Music: Van Halen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
At least half of the songs on Van Halen's eponymous 1978 debut are still considered classics, and the Eddie Van Halen instrumental "Eruption" revolutionised the guitar community by introducing a technique called finger-tapping into the heavy metal lexicon.
This album is a tour de force of two handed tapping, dive bombing and all executed with a truly pleasing rock guitar sound which for its time was revolutionary in itself.
In short, Van Halen's catchy song writing, jaw dropping new technique (which was widely copied in the 80's by many players) set the pace and turned rock guitar on its head in the late 70's/ealy 80's and it's all on display here.
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 Edie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen is unquestioningly one of the most influential rock guitar players of the late 20th century.
Eddie Van Halen has endorsed several electric guitar manufacturers over the years, including Peavey, Music Man (after it was bought by Ernie Ball), Kramer (now owned by Gibson) working with them to produce his signature models.
Eddie's guitar on the first Van Halen album was a homemade instrument that featured a Fender Strat-style body with the electronics of Gibson Les Paul.
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 Amazon.com: 1984: Music: Van Halen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It's come down to this album and their debut being the best albums, which is ironic given that 1984 is more polished, while maintaining the pulsing metal energy.
All of the melodies that Van Halen concocted after 1984 have been soiled by the uninteresting voices of Sammy and Gary, who incessantly degrade the incredible guitar-playing of Eddie Van Halen and ruin otherwise catchy melodies with their lame vocals.
Van Halen fans certainly ought to purchase this release if they don't have it already, and those who like classic rock should enjoy this CD also.
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The strength of the Van Halen brothers' musicianship could have made VAN HALEN 1 an essential record, but Michael Anthony's pounding eighth-note anchoring and David Lee Roth's Roger Daltry meets Wayne Newton wailing assured the group a spot in the annals of rock superiority.
In fact, Alex Van Halen is a fantastic drummer, Diamond Dave gave birth to a generation of hard-rock frontment with his falsetto screams and clownish, onstage persona, and Michael Anthony gave us a steady bass-guitar rhythm that, when the four of them combined, produced this stunning debut.
You see Van Halen created this extremely heavy and virtuosic song to reveal the kindergarten music talent of punk bands to the world by saying "we are punk, times 1000000").
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Van Halen has tapped Bob Marley's son Ky-Mani — whose 2001 album, "Many More Roads", was nominated for a Grammy — to open its upcoming reunion tour.
Beginning this September, in what promises to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a national concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer David Lee Roth for the first time in 22 years.
Van Halen and Roth have not performed or recorded together since 1984's classic multi-platinum album 1984 and subsequent tour, making this tour truly a historic event.
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This album was produced and mixed by Ted Templeman and Donn Landee.
A single from the E.P. was released in the U.K. The A-side is the "single re-mix" of Starfleet, and the B-side is called "Son-of-Starfleet." This is an instrumental version of the song.
A armor-wearing lunatic, while listening to Van Halen on his headphones, sets parts of Los Angeles ablaze with a flamethrower.
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Van Halen has long been my favorite band and Edward Van Halen my favorite guitarist.
The first two demonstrate some of the two-handed technique that Ed popularized while the last one is simply a cool riff from a recent Van Halen album.
It is the best overall Van Halen site with tons of information about the band including sound clips, pictures, history, and an up-to-date news section that contains all of the latest information.
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 Van Halen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band's first studio album, Van Halen, released in 1978 is commonly regarded as a milestone in rock music, and is widely considered to be ahead of its time.
Van Halen is one of six rock groups that have had 2 albums sell more than 10 million copies in the U.S. (the others being: Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, and The Beatles).
The album 1984 was praised by critics and fans alike, peaking at #2 on the Billboard charts behind the popular Thriller by Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on the hit song "Beat It," from that album).
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