Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Van Halen’s Balance arrives on the Official Album Sales chart for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This wasn't easy, but it was fun – like most things with Van Halen. Ranking any great band's discography is bound to irritate some ...

Let’s be blunt: Van Halen hasn’t released nearly enough live albums. In fact they just might be the most popular band in rock history without an undeniably great live album that sums up their entire ...

Van Halen’s 1995 album, Balance, was released 30 years ago this past January. Balance was the band’s 10th studio effort overall, and the last of its four albums featuring singer Sammy Hagar. To ...

The 1984 classic is the quintessential Van Halen song, and it's been revisited time and time again by the band and all its lead singers, including one who didn't even get hired for the gig ...

Wolfgang Van Halen says he doesn’t have any inside information about his uncle Alex‘s plans to release an archival Van Halen album, but that he’s happy to support the project in any way he can.

Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed Eddie Van Halen's favorite all-time album during a recent chat with Billy Corgan on The Magnificent Others podcast. The revelation came up as Corgan delved into the ...

Often considered one of the greatest hard rock bands by Billboard and VH1, Van Halen solidified its position in the music industry with hits like “Jump” and “Runnin’ With the Devil.” Releasing twelve ...

Which was the better post Van Halen split album - David Lee Roth's Eat 'Em and Smile or Van Halen's 5150? That's our Chuck's Fight Club battle on Loudwire Nights this week. It was the breakup heard ...

Despite Eddie Van Halen being a fairly straightforward guitarist, he felt that some of his records had a bit of an eccentric ...

While Eddie Van Halen could do pretty much whatever he wanted, he felt that some songs were better left off of their projects ...