Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Van Halen backstage in Atlanta, February 1984. George Orwell's novel 1984 envisioned a dystopian future where totalitarian ...

In 1949, George Orwell published his novel 1984, reversing the digits of the year he spent working on it to signify The Future. From then on, “1984” became the symbol of an ominous, ...

After more than a decade together since forming in Pasadena, California in 1973, and with six albums behind them, David Lee Roth parted ways with Van Halen in 1985 to pursue his solo career. When the ...

Van Halen was a band about to splinter, the differences between its lead singer and its guitarist simply too vast to bridge. Those differences actually helped to make 1984, the album the band released ...

While the outside world watched them soar to dazzling new heights, Van Halen secretly knew they were doomed. The keyboards that appeared on "Jump" and the follow-up No. 13 hit "I'll Wait," which not ...

George Orwell's novel 1984 envisioned a dystopian future where totalitarian governments ruled the world, and the average person's attempts to enjoy even the slightest personal pleasure were patrolled ...