#Biography: Sammy Hagar

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An all-new "Biography" episode devoted to Sammy Hagar will make its debut June 30th on A&E.

FROM A&E:

A&E offers viewers a backstage pass to the celebrated careers of some of hard rock's greatest legends with new specials celebrating rock icons Bret Michaels, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, and Sebastian Bach. Produced by Banger Films in association with A+E Factual Studios group under the award-winning Biography banner, the specials will feature exclusive interviews with each and those closest to them. Beginning Sunday, June 16th at 9 pm ET, the nostalgia-inducing specials will go behind-the-scenes to the artists' journeys to fame, legendary careers, and iconic music that defined the genre then and now.

Premiering Sunday, June 30th at 9 pm ET, Biography: Sammy Hagar traces Hagar's path to fame, beginning as a poverty- stricken child, to the lead singer of the band Montrose, to launching a successful solo career, and ultimately joining Van Halen. The special explores how Hagar helped Van Halen get their first-ever No. 1 hit, uncovers what led a band that was on the top of the world to suddenly split apart, and how Hagar has continued to leave his mark on the hard rock genre.

All specials will be available on demand and to stream on the A&E App and aetv.com.

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SAMMY HAGAR Says ALEX VAN HALEN Doesn't Speak To Him Because Of His Upcoming Biography: 'I Guarantee You, That That Was Part Of The Deal'

Sammy Hagar recently spoke with the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his current tour featuring Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Jason Bonham. The tour, which heavily focuses on VAN HALEN music, comes over two years after Satriani was first approached to participate in a VAN HALEN tribute show. Hagar addressed whether Alex Van Halen was considered for “The Best Of All Worlds” prior to Bonham‘s…

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A&E ROCKS WITH SOME OF HARD ROCK’SGREATEST LEGENDS IN NEW "BIOGRAPHY®" SPECIALS FEATURING BRET MICHAELS, DEE SNIDER, ALICE COOPER,SAMMY HAGAR, AND SEBASTIAN BACH

BEGINNING SUNDAY, JUNE 16 AT 9PM ET EACH SPECIAL OFFERS A BACKSTAGE PASS INTO THE ICONS’ LIVES AND THEIR CELEBRATED MUSIC LIKE NEVER BEFORE New York, NY – May 7, 2024 – A&E offers viewers a backstage pass to the celebrated careers of some of hard rock’s greatest legends with new specials celebrating rock icons Bret Michaels, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, and Sebastian…

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15 Rocking Facts about Van Halen

When Van Halen entered the Southern California music scene in the 1970s, rock and roll was forever changed. From playing on top of a flatbed truck at backyard parties to headlining massive festivals, America has always been their stage—and the 56 million albums sold in the US alone prove it. Here are 15 fascinating facts about Van Halen.

Facts about Van Halen :

1. Eddie Van Halen couldn’t read sheet music. From his first piano lessons at the age of six, Eddie’s penchant for musical performance was clear. He would painstakingly memorize his teacher’s finger movements, developing his ear and playing until he could hear a record and replay it note for note. Eddie claimed that many years went by before anyone suspected he actually couldn’t read sheet music at all.

2. The band is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. In the spring of 1983, Van Halen headlined the US Festival in San Bernadino, CA. They performed on “Heavy Metal Day” for the stratospheric fee of $1.5 million. The Guinness Book of World Records created an all-new category just for them: the highest paid single appearance of a band.

3, Alex and Eddie Van Halen were the only consistent members. Other members have included David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Gary Cherone, Mitch Malloy, Mark Stone, and Wolfgang Van Halen.

4. They haven’t always been known as Van Halen. Starting out as The Broken Combs, they later became The Space Brothers, The Trojan Rubber Company, and then Genesis. Upon finding out the latter name was already taken, they changed their name yet again to Mammoth. Finally, in 1974, the band officially landed on Van Halen (although both Daddy Longlegs and Van Hagar were also considered).

5. Gene Simmons produced the band’s first demo tape. After radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer saw the band perform at Gazzari’s on the Sunset Strip, he invited KISS co-lead Gene Simmons to their next show. Simmons went on to produce a Van Halen demo tape, which he later took to his management team who rejected the band.

Read more Van Halen Dive Into Pop with meaningful affection ‘Can’t Stop Lovin’ You’

6. Though now regarded as one of the all-time best guitarists, Eddie Van Halen began on the drums. When the brothers started out together in the 1960s, Eddie played the drums while Alex was on guitar. Eddie only suggested they switch instruments after he found out his older brother had been secretly playing his drum set while he was at work.

7. 1984 went five-times platinum after only a year of release. Stylized as MCMLXXXIV, Van Halen’s sixth studio album garnered national praise. It was David Lee Roth’s last album with the band until 2012.

8. David Lee Roth left the band to make a movie. Roth’s departure from Van Halen was partly so that he could take a stab at the movie business. CBS Studios reportedly gave the musician $10 million to write, direct, and star in Crazy From the Heat—a film that shared a name with Roth’s debut solo album. Unfortunately, the project folded.

9. The album 5150 is named after a police code. Based on the California Welfare and Institutions Code, “5150” refers to a mentally disturbed person.

10. A College Student was expelled for writing an essay on “Hot for Teacher”. In 2011, Oakland University student Joseph Corlett penned a thesis about his professor based on the racy song. When the school took action, 56-year-old Corlett sued them for $2.2 million, claiming they violated his rights to free speech.

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11. Sammy Hagar wanted to name the band’s ninth album F***. Wanting to address America’s hot button issue of the time—censorship—Hagar had hopes of including a curse word in his band’s upcoming album title. In the end, the f-word became an acronym for their final title: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

12. The guitar term “brown sound” originated from Alex’s drum playing. Eddie’s unique guitar tone has garnered significant repute in the rock and roll world. In one interview, he said his goal was to sound like Alex’s snare: warm, big, majestic, and brown. This description clicked with guitar players, and the term is widely used today.

13. To generate the intro to “Poundcake,” Eddie held a power drill to his guitar pickup. Apparently, the scenario was a complete fluke: a maintenance worker accidentally left the tool in the studio, and upon picking it up, Eddie realized it was in the exact same key as the song. He uses that very drill every time Van Halen plays “Poundcake” live.

Read more for Songfacts Jump by Van Halen

14. “Jump” was Van Halen’s one and only No. 1. Their most famous song, the synth-heavy pop hit “Jump”, supposedly took only one day to finish. It leapt to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, earned Van Halen a Grammy nomination, and was listed by the The Rock and Roll hall of Fame and Museum as one of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.

15. Eddie is listed as an inventor on three US patents. The most exciting being a supporting board which attaches to the back of a guitar, holding it parallel to the floor during a performance—the perfect position for his famous finger-tapping techniques.

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VAN HALEN: 'A Visual Biography' Due In November

VAN HALEN: ‘A Visual Biography’ Due In November

Wymer Publishing has set a November 20 release date for “Van Halen: A Visual Biography”.

Millions of fans would attest that VAN HALEN is a band eminently deserving of a visual biography. From the single sleeves through the passes, posters and promo items and, of course, most especially David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen themselves (as well as Sammy Hagar, Gary…

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The 12 Days of Fieri: Guy Out of Bounds

While the vast majority of Guy Fieri’s television career has been food focused, sometimes he takes his on-camera work — ahem — totally out of bounds and cruises his muscle-car personality into other realms of entertainment. And on this, the sixth day of The 12 Days of Guy Fieri, it’s time to take a fond look back at Guy’s notable TV and movie cameos.

You know the Mayor of Flavortown is a car obsessive, right? Just look at that sweet ride that appears at the beginning of each Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode. That’s a ’68 Camaro, an original American hot rod. Boasting such a fine automobile, it’s no wonder Fieri received an invite to appear on Jay Leno’s Garage earlier this year. The comedian and former late-night host is an auto enthusiast himself, and these days he spends his time on television chatting and driving with like-minded celebrities. Fieri shocked Leno with a vehicle that was inspired by his supermarket game show, Guy’s Grocery Games: a giant, turbo-charged shopping cart.

Perhaps the most famous show on which Fieri has appeared was The Price Is Right, which was graced with his presence in 2010. (He was not one of the screaming competitors, instead introducing a signature kitchen showcase and a giveaway for a trip to the Bay Area and dinner at Johnny Garlic’s.) Fieri has tested his acting chops in some scripted work as well. He made a brief appearance in 2014’s The Interview, the notorious Seth Rogen-James Franco flick about a television interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. And in 2008, the Oakleys aficionado lent his voice to the animated children’s series Phineas and Ferb, playing a character known as “Pizza Guy” in one episode.

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Fieri has also dabbled in the world of documentary films. Last year, he showed up in Red Til I’m Dead: Sammy Hagar’s Rock-N-Roll Birthday Bash, which chronicles the former Van Halen frontman’s 70th birthday party. In I Am Evel Knievel, a 2014 biography of the famous stuntman, Fieri appeared alongside the likes of Matthew McConaughey and Kid Rock to gush about Knievel’s daredevil skills. “The guy knew no boundary,” he says, sporting some very Guy Fieri dirtbike garb in this trailer. “He only knew ‘go big or go home,’ and the dude never went home.”

All of these television and movie spots are nice, but they don’t hold a candle to Fieri’s greatest achievement on screen. In July, Discovery aired his very own Shark Week special. Just look at the explanation from Eater’s previous coverage of the show:

Guy Fieri’s new special for Discovery’s Shark Week begins with the celebrity chef and his son, Hunter, standing on the prow of a ship called the U.S.S. Flavortown with shark-bait bazookas in their hands aimed at the water — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg for this truly gonzo hour of television.

More than Triple D, Guys Grocery Games, or anything else, Guy’s Feeding Frenzy is the most Guy Fieri thing to ever be broadcast on a cable network.

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I am just taking everything Vince says with a grain of salt, and not necessarily from beef between him and Mötley Crüe but given statements from his ex wives as well, claiming him to be quite manipulative. But also, Vince himself states he hardly remembers anything or so he claims.

Plus, the timeline is off, unless he just messed up his wording, Sammy Hagar was with Van Halen before Vince went solo but he claims it lined up. But that I may forgive more so than the number of claims against him versus his own statements.

I'm not great with words.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate him, but after reading his biography he just seems a bit more like a manipulative asshole

Also, I do respect his chapter on Skylar, it was handled a lot more tastefully than the rest of the book

I have officially read all the mötley crüe autobiographies and I am.....conflicted.....

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Now streaming wherever podcasts are available: In this episode, a chat with music journalist Joel Selvin, author of “Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hell’s Angels and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day”. - I’m also sure some people are probably like, “Ryan, what the hell does this story have to do with the occult?” And to that I say this: as with anything occult, if you get caught up with the story on the surface, you’ve missed the message completely. - To be fair, though, this doesn’t have anything to do with occult study or philosophy, but this story does have an interesting place in the annals of not just rock music, but also American culture. The Altamont concert is not a forgotten moment, by any means, but I think it does merit some attention because of the time in which it took place and how the hippie movement was viewed afterward. - Joel is a San Francisco-based music critic and author best known for his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ran from 1972 to 2009. In addition to his book on Altamont, Joel has penned several books examining the cross-section of music and culture, including “Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Time in the Wild West”, as well as “Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music and the Most Famous Dance Club of the 60s”. He’s also authored or co-authored biographies on some notable musicians, including Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Ricky Nelson and Sammy Hagar. - But our focus here is the story surrounding a free concert held at Altamont Speedway in Northern California in December 1969. The Rolling Stones headlined a bill any fan of rock music would loved to have seen, but the day was marred by biker beatdowns, bad drugs and the death of a young black man named Meredith Hunter. - Whether you’ve heard the story before or not, I think you’ll learn a little something from this. It’s a fine chat with one of the premier chroniclers of the San Francisco music scene. #rollingstones #music #altamont #hellsangels #occult #occulture #occulturepodcast #podcast #listen #bookstagram #books

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Written By: Sammy Hagar Narrated By: Scott Shepherd Publisher: HarperAudio Date: March 2011 Duration: 7 hours 29 minutes

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Sammy Hagar Net Worth 2020 | Salary | Mansion | Cars | Biography

$ 120 Million Sammy Hagar Net Worth: Samuel Roy Hagar also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left the band in 1996. […]

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10 Stars Who Believe They Had Alien Encounters

10 Stars Who Believe They Had Alien Encounters

Date: 2019-11-21 19:00:04

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These are the top 10 stars who believed they had alien encounters. They wanted to believe. For this list, we’ll be ranking the most famous, well-known or established stories about celebrities who claimed extra-terrestrial contact. For the record, we’re not casting judgment on the credibility (or lack…

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  The first phase of my retirement plan fell into place with a call from an unknown number early this summer. Jellybean is gonna be a movie star. Well, I think the actual term is “featured extra,” but stars don’t fret with labels. That’s the job of their manager, or in this case – me.

I am serving as Jellybean’s manager … also her agent, publicist, assistant, press agent and eventual biographer.

But in my many roles as star-maker, I might have to add one other: World’s Worst Parent. This is a remarkable accomplishment in a business we call show that already includes the nightmarish likes of Kris Jenner, Michael Lohan, and that Mommie screaming about “no wire hangers … EVER!”

Back to the phone call.

I was doing yard work when the phone rang. Normally, I wouldn’t answer calls from unknown numbers, assuming it’s that automated call saying my car’s warranty was about to run out, and since my Kia had 220,000 miles on it, somebody’s scamming me. But I answered this call, because I just knew it was important.

It was destiny calling. (Damn, that’s good. I’ll use that for the biography).

Turns out is was one of Jellybean’s teachers from the Springer Summer Camp she’s attended for the past 4 years or so. There was movie being filmed in Columbus and the director was looking for some kids to serve as “featured extras,” meaning they wouldn’t have lines, but they would have a bit of screen time in which they would be … well … featured.

The first step was to come down to the studio and meet the director and to see what he thought.

“Did I think Abbey would be interested?”

“Totally,” I answered without a second thought.

I didn’t consider asking Jellybean if she wanted to be in a movie ‘cause – Duh? What kid, or hell, what grow-up for that matter, didn’t want to be in a movie?

Soon as I hung up, I texted the Lovely Mother of My Children with the news. Jellybean had been discovered. After the initial excitement wore off, she responded with a series of questions that prove that she is the level-headed one of the bunch:

What was the movie called?

What was it about?

What was Jellybean’s role going to be?

Would she miss school?

Were we supposed to be there?

How would we know if she was safe?

It was at this point that I realized that I hadn’t asked the caller a single question. This was how Linda Blair got cast in The Exorcist, because her parents never bothered to ask the title of the movie. Next thing they knew, their sweet little 5-year-old daughter is getting whiplash from a demon and doing unspeakable things with a crucifix.

Or it could be some trashy film with Showgirls-level nudity (or acting for that matter). But this was just a test, I rationalized. She probably won’t even get the part. Not that my daughter isn’t the most adorable and talented first-time actress the world’s seen since Tatum O’Neal, but Hollywood is a cruel mistress. It’s best not to get one’s hopes up.

She got the part.

It wasn’t until Jellybean’s Lovely Mother and I arrived on set for the casting, that we learned the movie’s title: “Electric Jesus.”

My honest first reaction – Oh, crap! I DO hope it’s not like one of those Left Behind movies, or, worse yet, one of those preachy movies staring Kirk Cameron. But, with a title like “Electric Jesus,” we’re at least safe in assuming it’s not gonna be a Tarantino film, or Kevin Smith cuss-fest. (Full Disclosure: Dogma is one of my favorite movies of all time. Alanis Morisette as God? Genius.)

According to electricjesus.com: “In 1986 hair, metal was king. Bands like Bon Jovi, Poison, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motley Crüe, and Ratt ruled the airwaves… and spawned a thousand copycat bands and millions of head-banging teenage fans. At the same time, evangelical Christians – in an attempt to distance themselves from the hedonistic subculture of metal and preach the Gospel – promoted a cottage industry of Christian metal bands. 1986 was the peak of this push. While super-group Stryper found fame outside of Evangelical circles, dozens of “white metal” bands thrived within the wholesome Christian youth group culture of sprawling suburban America. ELECTRIC JESUS is about one of those bands.”

Wow. Talk about perfect. I’m a child of hair metal, having once convinced my mother to buy Stryper’s cassette, “To Hell with the Devil,” because they were Christian and “to hell” meant that getting rid of the devil, so that had to be good, right? Granted, I also loved W.A.S.P. and the like, but a 12-year-old will say anything to get his rock-on.

I passed all my love and knowledge of metal on to Jellybean. Fortunately, her Lovely Mother also passed on all of her gifts for talent and stage presence.

Her favorite musical – Rock of Ages.

She’s watched Tommy Lee’s revolving drum solos from the “Girls, Girls, Girls” tour on YouTube.

She can name each member of KISS.

She’s known every word to “Jukebox Hero” since she was 5.

She knows that Van Halen’s had two lead singers (no, I don’t count Gary Cherone), and that David Lee Roth will always be the band’s TRUE frontman though Sammy Hagar was still pretty awesome.

She wears a Def Leppard T-shirt without irony and knows Rick Allen got his arm yanked off in a car wreck but that it didn’t stop him from continuing to be a righteous drummer.

She was the perfect choice to play Katie, the playful little sister to Scotty (Caleb Hoffmann) described as “surfer boy handsome drummer for a small town Christian heavy metal band; bit of a clown, not-too-smart, loves Jesus.”  It also didn’t hurt that Electric Jesus would be staring Brian Baumgartner, AKA Kevin Malone from The Office, Jellybean’s all-time favorite show, which she quotes often and irritatingly.

The first day of shooting came by surprise. I just happened to check my email at like 11 p.m. the night before to discover that she was to be “on set” by 8 a.m. Waking her up that morning to tell her the news, rather than excitement, Jellybean was concerned about missing school.

She got over that quickly.

On set, we soon discovered the true meaning of, “hurry up and wait.” That’s what she and I did. But even that was still pretty cool. She eventually sat in the make-up chair and had her hair professionally done. She got to go to the costume trailer and pick out some clothes to wear, and we got to eat lunch with the whole crew from craft services.

We were also within staring distance of “Kevin from The Office” as I continued to refer to Brian, but couldn’t convince Jellybean to go and ask for a photo. She wouldn’t do it even after I shared one of my life’s greatest regrets: Seeing Kip Winger reading Hit Parader in B. Dalton’s but being too nervous to get his autograph.

“Who’s Kip Winger?” she said. Clearly she missed the point. Turns out Jellybean is way cooler than her dad.

After a few hours she was called back for shooting and I was left to read and wait in the sanctuary of the church where they were shooting. This would be something of a running theme over her entire three days of filming, which was spread over a couple of months.

Jellybean’s Lovely Mother, pulled the shortest straw, however. She and Jellybean spent some eight hours in a stuffy church gym waiting for the weather to clear up, so they could shoot their outdoor scenes.

Just chillin’ while waiting for her call to set.

It never did.

Finally, on the third day – this time I was the one sitting around in a stuffy gym – Jellybean and the other featured child extra, emerged to the sound of applause and shouts of “that’s a wrap for the kids.” That was it. We went home and returned to our lives, just like regular people. Jellybean only begrudgingly told her best friends about it and was really annoyed when they “told everybody.”

My daughter is so grounded. That’ll serve her well as a superstar.

We don’t know exactly when Electric Jesus will hit the theaters, or the Blu-Ray rack, or Netflix/Hulu, but the coolest thing is that Jellybean finally got the nerve to ask Kevin from The Office for a photo (he also said Jellybean looked just like his sister when she was little). He was a very nice guy, just like you’d expect.

Oh, and Jellybean will get paid for her talents. As her manager, I’m only taking 15 percent. Retirement might have to wait, but at least we can afford plastic hangers.

It took some goading, but Jellybean got her photo taken with Kevin from The Office (AKA Brian Baumgartner).

A star is raised The first phase of my retirement plan fell into place with a call from an unknown number early this summer.

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WCA #198 with Fela Davis

Working Class Audio #198 with Fela Davis!!!

Fela Davis  is a graduate of Full Sail University and has over 17 years of experience in audio engineering. Her past experiences includes working for industry powerhouses Clair Broadcast and House of Blues. Fela is currently the front of house engineer for Christian McBride. Fela co-founded 23 db Productions with Denis Orynbekov. The company does a variety work including mastering, recording & mixing as well as video content.  23dB has been a gateway for Fela to begin producing, shooting and editing for endorsement and product videos for social media (Focusrite, Lewitt Microphones and Big Joe Stomp Box). Using the videos to teach the audio community about new products and hone her skills at video production. 23dB eventually created their own video series called The Art of Music Tech. The series featured audio giants Leslie Ann Jones (Head of Skywalker Audio) and Jeff Bova (Michael Jackson, Herbie Hancock). Each featured guest talked about their career in audio and the audio gear used on their biggest hits! They have since made The Art of Music Tech video series into a weekly podcast that Fela and Denis host together. When Fela is not creating content for 23dB Productions or working with SoundGirls, she's traveling the world mixing front of house for Christian McBride.

About this Interview:

Fela chats with me about her 8th grade career test that said audio engineering was a possibility, her time at Full Sail, folding airbags for Honda Accord's, paying her dues, driving long distance for low paying audio gigs and her willingness to never give up.  Enjoy! – Matt

Show Notes and Links

Velcro Straps I mentioned: https://goo.gl/u56WAZ

Fela's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1rNL-kPwYY

23db Productions: https://www.23dbproductions.com/

Sammy Hagar's Biography: https://goo.gl/5mnmwf

Check out this episode of Working Class Audio

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Eddie Van Halen Biography (1955–2020)

Guitarist Eddie Van Halen was best known as the founder of the band Van Halen, which dominated the hard rock scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

Who Was Eddie Van Halen? Guitarist and singer Eddie Van Halen formed the band Van Halen in 1974 with his brother Alex. His quick-fingered guitar riffs and singer David Lee Roth's onstage antics caught the eye of Kiss guitarist Gene Simmons in 1977, and he funded and produced their first recording session. The band's sixth album, 1984, featured smash hits "Panama" and "Jump," and made the hard rock quartet and household name.

Early Years Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born on January 26, 1955, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and moved with his family to California in the early 1960s. While growing up in Pasadena, Eddie and his brother, Alex, took classical piano lessons, playing mostly improvised classical, and Eddie, in particular, proved to be an early musical standout. As teenagers, Eddie switched to guitar and Alex to drums, leaving classical music behind and starting a rock band called Mammoth.

In 1974, the Van Halen brothers hooked up with vocalist David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony to form Van Halen. Within a few years, the band, on the back of Eddie's signature guitar sound and Roth's equally unique vocals, had become hugely popular in the Los Angeles rock scene.

Read more : Van Halen Dive Into Pop with meaningful affection ‘Can’t Stop Lovin’ You’

Early Success The band got a break in 1977 when Kiss bassist Gene Simmons discovered them at a local club and financed and recorded their first recording session. Soon after, Van Halen signed with Warner Bros, and in 1978, Van Halen put out its self-titled debut album, which featured the hit single "Runnin' With the Devil." The combination of Eddie 's electric guitar riffs and Roth's tongue-in-cheek antics launched the album to platinum status within six months of its release.

During the next few years, Van Halen became one of the hardest working and most profitable bands in the recording industry, releasing a string of multi-platinum albums in quick succession; 1979's Van Halen II, 1980's Women and Children First, 1981's Fair Warning and 1982's Diver Down. But true superstar status did not come until the release of 1984, which showcased the now classic mega-hits "Jump," "Panama" and "Hot for Teacher," with videos for each burning up MTV.

Read more : Jump by Van Halen , Album: 1984 (1984)

The Band Breaks Up (a Few Times) Despite, or because of, their newfound stardom, during this time, tension began to grow between Roth and the other band members. And in 1985, after recording his own successful solo album, Roth left the band to be replaced by former Montrose frontman Sammy Hagar. Showing a remarkable resiliency, Van Halen put out several successful albums with Hagar as frontman, including 1986's 5150 and 1991's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. In 1993, the band released its first double-live album, Van Halen Live: Right Here, Right Now.

By the mid-1990s, though, tension resurfaced. Eddie had a history of alcohol abuse, but the new decade found him sober, and the newly clean-and-sober Eddie and the unrepentant wild man Hagar butted heads continually. In the wake of these clashes, Hagar's last Van Halen record would be 1995's Balance. However, he returned to the band briefly in 2004 for a greatest hits release and tour.

Shortly after Hagar's departure, Roth returned for a much-publicized Van Halen reunion. But after recording two songs for a greatest hits album and making an appearance with the band at the MTV Music Awards, Roth left again. This time, he was replaced by Gary Cherone, formerly of the heavy metal band Extreme. Cherone's debut with the band, Van Halen III, was released in 1998, but slow sales ensured his departure.

Later Music and Personal Life Eddie married actress Valerie Bertinelli in 1981, and their son, Wolfgang, was born in 1990. The couple announced their separation in July 2002, and they divorced four years later. In 2009, Van Halen married girlfriend of three years Janie Liszewski.

In 2012, Roth was back in the fold, and the band released A Different Kind of Truth, their first record with Roth since 1984. In May 2015, Van Halen opened the Billboard Music Awards with Roth, performing their old hit "Panama," a performance that would serve as a prelude to the band's 2015 summer tour.

Death Van Halen passed away on October 6, 2020, after a long battle with cancer.

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