23 Facts About Van Halen

Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.

Van Halen then went on hiatus until reuniting with Hagar in 2003 for a worldwide tour in 2004 and the double-disc greatest hits collection The Best of Both Worlds.

Additionally, Van Halen has charted 13 number-one hits on Billboards Mainstream Rock chart.

Van Halen brothers formed their very first band, the Broken Combs, in 1964.

Van Halen felt it was a name that held long-term identity, artistic and marketing advantages, like Santana.

Related searches

Van Halen subsequently played clubs in Los Angeles and West Hollywood to growing audiences, increasing their popularity entirely through self-promotion, passing out flyers at local high schools.

Van Halen had sung and played bass in a number of less successful Arcadia backyard-party bands, including "Snake".

Roth hoped Van Halen would contribute the soundtrack; however, the film deal fell through when CBS Pictures was reorganized in 1986.

Van Halen's hit single "I Can't Drive 55" came from his 1984 album VOA, produced by Ted Templeman who had produced Montrose's first album Montrose, as well as all of Van Halen's albums up to that point.

In 1995, Van Halen released the album Balance and supported Bon Jovi on their European Summer stadium tour.

In September, Van Halen was asked to present an award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.

However, Van Halen III did produce the hit "Without You", and another album track, "Fire in the Hole", appeared on the Lethal Weapon 4 soundtrack.

The III Tour saw Van Halen playing in new countries, including first ever visits to Australia and New Zealand.

Shortly afterwards, Van Halen returned to the studio and in early 1999, they started work on a new album.

Lyrics that Cherone had written for the Van Halen III follow up would be used in his next project with Tribe of Judah.

The Van Halen brothers continued writing at 5150 Studios, Cherone recorded an album and toured with new band Tribe of Judah.

One of the songs that Cherone had written for the scrapped second album with Van Halen, titled "Left For Dead", would see its lyrics set to a new musical arrangement with Tribe of Judah.

Van Halen reunited with Montrose in 2003 and 2005 for a few performances and maintained contact with Anthony, often playing with him.

Van Halen became involved with the annual music industry NAMM Show.

However, the Van Halen website remained in the state it had been in since the Hagar reunion.

Eddie Van Halen was in rehab at the time, so neither he nor Alex attended the ceremony.

Van Halen's death came just ten days after original Van Halen bassist Mark Stone died of cancer.

Van Halen stated that Eddie had been excited about reuniting with Anthony, Hagar, and Cherone.