Genres: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock, Pop-Metal Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1974 in Pasadena, CA
Led Zeppelin, Cream, Bad Company, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, The Who, Vanilla Fudge, The Kinks, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, The Dave Clark Five, Black Sabbath, Black Oak Arkansas, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix Boston, Aerosmith, Queen, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, Quiet Riot, Rush, Scorpions, Tesla, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Warrant, Michael Angelo, Spinal Tap, Roxy Blue, Gary Hoey, Living Colour, Kiss David T. Chastain, Poison, Queensrÿche, Ratt, Blues Saraceno, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Company of Wolves, Vince Neil, Bad 4 Good, Giuffria, Winger, Y&T, Dweezil Zappa, Racer X, Kick Axe, Night Ranger, Mr. Big, Motley Crue |  |
With their 1978 eponymous debut, Van Halen simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen redefined what electric guitar could do, developing a blindingly fast technique with a variety of self-taught two-handed tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals. It was wildly inventive and over the top, equaled only by vocalist David Lee Roth, who brought the role of a metal singer to near-performance art standards. Roth wasn't blessed with great technique, unlike Eddie, but he had a flair for showmanship that was derived as much from lounge performers as Robert Plant.
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Release: February 5, 2008
Label: Classic Rock Legends
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Release: March 27, 2007
Label: Warner Bros.
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