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 ...

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks and explore what makes it truly unique. The vinyl of the week this ...

“If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records,” was famously David Lee Roth’s sales pitch for the legendary California hard rock quartet he ...

Van Halen's sixth studio album "1984" was released on January 9, 1984, and peaked at number two on the Billboard charts. The ...

After four intense rounds of voting, only AC/DC and Van Halen are left standing in our Best '80s Album March Madness bracket. That's right, it's Back in Black vs. 1984 for all the marbles. You've only ...

Just like the final moments of New Year’s Eve in 1999 did not close out the 20th Century or the millennium (despite what Prince sang in “1999”), musical eras of rock ’n’ roll do not align with decades ...

When Van Halen was working on their sixth album, 1984, the band was stuck on one track: “I’ll Wait.” Producer Ted Templeman, who worked with Michael McDonald when he was in the Doobie Brothers, asked ...

Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Van Halen all released defining albums. Meanwhile, U2 began their long relationship with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, which resulted in their biggest hit at ...

If you ever saw Van Halen live, hopefully you were enjoying the music in the moment and not thinking about which songs have gotten the most attention, set list-wise. But for those curious minds, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Van Halen in 1978. Left to Right: Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen. (Credit: Fin ...