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Case in point: Van Halen’s 1996 reunion with original lead singer David Lee Roth that somehow fell apart almost before it started. It was one of the legendary band’s most controversial, yet ...
While Sammy Hagar joined Van Halen in 1985 after David Lee Roth, the original lead singer, left, he was a part of the rock band from 1985 to 1996 and from 2003 to 2005.
Indeed, during Hagar's time with Van Halen — which was between 1985 and 1996 and again between 2003 and 2005 — he acted as the lead singer and penned the band’s songs.
They don’t rock with each other anymore. Alex Van Halen hasn’t spoken to his former Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar in 21 years. And he didn’t even mention the singer’s name in his 2024 ...
The former lead singer of rock band Van Halen, 66, revealed the news in a Las Vegas Review-Journal article Friday, saying he is "throwing in the shoes" and stepping back from his prolific music ...
Alex Van Halen reveals Ozzy Osbourne was in talks to bring his signature wail to their band when they were between singers circa 2001. Here's why it didn't work out.
Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 in October 2020, leaving the world without its greatest post-Sixties guitar hero, and Alex without his brilliant, maddening, agonizingly sensitive baby brother, his ...
Among those considered for the role, drummer Alex Van Halen says, were Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Cornell. In approximately 2001, singer-less Van Halen eyed Osbourne.
This Jan. 17, 1993, file photo shows the band Van Halen, from left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar, in Los Angeles.
Sammy Hagar, Van Halen's lead singer, works hard at his job. It can't be easy for a 47-year-old man who has been in the music business for more than 20 years to pretend he's a rowdy high-school boy.
Wolfgang Van Halen is convinced David Lee Roth no longer likes him following a series of YouTube videos that were released by the Van Halen lead singer in recent months.
This Jan. 17, 1993 file photo shows the band Van Halen, from left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar in Los Angeles.