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Van Halen's 1986 track Why Can't This Be Love proved to be one of their biggest and most debated hits.

Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. Back in 1986, Van Halen launched a new chapter with the ...

Back in 1986, Van Halen was hot off the release of its latest studio album "5150" with new frontman Sammy Hagar. A best-selling album for the group after its run with lead singer David Lee Roth, "5150 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 27, just three days after the album’s actual 40th anniversary, the band will release an expanded edition of the album as ...

When modern artists recycle the sound of the 1980s, they often borrow from new wave and synth-pop hits, as well as sci-fi and horror soundtracks, to evoke a feeling of nostalgia. However, there was ...

Wolfgang Van Halen is determined to forge his own musical identity. The 34-year-old musician - the son of late guitarist Eddie Van Halen and nephew of rocker Alex Van Halen - has revealed that he ...

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 ...

Music fans didn’t know quite what to make of Wolfgang Van Halen back in 2007, when he popped up playing bass -- at just 16 years old -- in the band Van Halen, rocking with his father, guitarist Eddie ...