You'd expect the first song written for any Van Halen album to be a blazing rocker. Not so with 1988's OU812. "'We want you to hear something,' Eddie said. They played me the keyboard part for 'When ...

Released in June 1981 as Fair Warning's first single, the song shows off Roth's love of cheeky pop, Eddie Van Halen’s talent for pop hooks and the band’s ability to simultaneously swing and stomp. “So ...

Serving as the only Van Halen track to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Jump" was one of the group's most popular songs. Van Halen was already a massive success, but this song and the album ...

Straight outta Pasadena, Van Halen were America's ultimate party band, monstrously entertaining and gleefully ambitious, a classically Californian quartet formed by two Dutch immigrants. They also ...