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VAN HALEN
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 1974	+ 2020

Line-Up (2012):

David Lee Roth - voc
Eddie Van Halen - g
Wolfgang Van Halen - bg
Alex Van Halen - ds

Former Members:

David Lee Roth (voc, 1974-6/85, 4/00-?); Sammy Hagar (voc, 9/85-7/96, cca 5/04); Gary Cherone (voc, cca 4/97-10/99)
Mark Stone (bg, 1974); Michael Anthony (bg, 1974-2006)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Van Halen	10.02.1978	Warner Bros		34	16
2.	Van Halen II	30.03.1979	Warner Bros		23	5
3.	Women And Children First	26.03.1980	Warner Bros		15	6
4.	Fair Warning	29.04.1981	Warner Bros		49	6
5.	Diver Down produced by: Tod Templeman	23.04.1982	Warner Bros		36	3
6.	1984	1/1984	Warner Bros		15	2
7.	5150	4/1986	Warner Bros		16	1
8.	OU 812	6/1988	Warner Bros		16	1
9.	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	7/1991	Warner Bros		12	1
10.	Right Here Right Now	2/1993	Warner Bros		24	5
11.	Balance	23.01.1995	Warner Bros		8	1
12.	Best Of Van Halen Volume 1	14.10.1996	Warner Bros		45	1
13.	Van Halen III	16.03.1998	Warner Bros		43	4
14.	Box 1986-93 (box set, in Japan)	23.03.1999
15.	The Very Best Of Van Halen (2CD)	2004	Warner Music		86
16.	The Best of Both Worlds	20.07.2004	Rhino		15	3
17.	Panama: A Millennium Tribute to Van Halen	21.11.2006	Versailles
18.	Best Of Van Halen (1978-1984)	13.03.2007	Rhino
19.	A Different Kind Of Truth	06.02.2012	Interscope		6	2
20.	The Studio Albums 1978-1984	26.03.2013	Rhino
21.	Everybody Wants Some	16.04.2013
22.	You Got Roth: The Ultimate David Lee Roth Story	02.07.2013	Blueline
23.	Tokyo Dome Live In Concert (2CD)	31.03.2015	Rhino		74	20
24.	Live in Japan	14.04.2015
25.	Running With the Devil: Music Documentary	11.03.2016	Blue Line Music
26.	Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo Radio Broadcast	15.04.2016	Laser Media
27.	Caracas Venezuela, 1983	11.11.2016	Go Faster
28.	One Way to Rock	03.03.2017	Laser Media
29.	The Collection II	10/2023	Rhino			62

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	You Really Got Me / Atomic Rock Punk (v GB 10.3.78)	1/1978	Warner Bros		36
2.	Running With The Devil / Eruption (v GB 19.5.78)	4/1978	Warner Bros		84
3.	Jamie's Cryin' / I'm The Same	7/1978	Warner Bros
4.	Ain't Talkin' Bout Love / Feel Your Love Tonight	9/1978	Warner Bros
5.	Dance The Night Away / Outta Love Again	4/1979	Warner Bros		15
6.	Beautiful Girls / D.O.A.	9/1979	Warner Bros		84
7.	And The Cradle Will Rock / Could This Be Magic	4/1980	Warner Bros		55
8.	Runnin' With The Devil / D.O.A.	27.06.1980	Atlantic	52
9.	And The Cradle Will Rock / Everybody Wants Some (v GB)	8/1980	Warner Bros
10.	So This Is Love / Hear About It Later	5/1981	Warner Bros		110
11.	(Oh) Pretty Woman / Happy Trails	12.02.1982	Warner Bros		10
12.	Dancing In The Street / The Bull Bug	5/1982	Warner Bros		38
13.	Dancing In The Street / Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) (v GB)	5/1982	Warner Bros
14.	Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now) / Secrets	8/1982	Warner Bros
15.	Jump / House Of Pain 12" + Runnin' With The Devil	20.01.1984	Warner Bros	5	1
16.	I'll Wait / Girl Gone Bad	4/1984	Warner Bros		13
17.	Panama / Girl Gone Bad 12" + Dance The Night Away	04.05.1984	Warner Bros	61	13
18.	I'll Wait / Drop Dead Legs 12" + And The Cradle Will Rock / (Oh) Pretty Woman (v GB)	03.08.1984	Warner Bros	85
19.	Hot For Teacher / Little Preacher 12" + Hear About It Later	10/1984	Warner Bros	87	56
20.	Why Can't This Be Love / Get Up	3/1986	Warner Bros	4	3
21.	Dreams / Inside	5/1986	Warner Bros	62	22
22.	Love Walks In / Summer Nights	8/1986	Warner Bros		22
23.	Best Of Both Worlds / Best Of Both Worlds (live)	10/1986	Warner Bros
24.	Black And Blue / Apolitical Blues	5/1988	Warner Bros		34
25.	When It's Love / Cabo Wabo	6/1988	Warner Bros		5
26.	When It's Love / Apolitical Blues 12",CD + Why Can't This Be Love	7/1988	Warner Bros	28
27.	Finish What Ya Started / Sucker In A 3-Piece	9/1988	Warner Bros		13
28.	Feels So Good / Sucker In A 3-Piece 12",CD + Best Of Both Worlds (live)	1/1989	Warner Bros	63	35
29.	Poundcake / Pleasure Dome	6/1991	Warner Bros	74
30.	Top Of The World / Poundcake	9/1991	Warner Bros		27
31.	Top Of The World / In'n'Out 12",CD + Why Can't This Be Love (extended) / When It's Love / Dreams	10/1991	Warner Bros	63
32.	Right Now	12/1991	Warner Bros		55
33.	Jump (live) / Love Walks In (live) CD + Eagles Fly (live) / Mine, All Mine (live)	15.03.1993	Warner Bros	26
34.	Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) / Baluchitherium CD1 + Why Can't This Be Love / Poundcake / Panama (all live) CD2 + Judgement Day / Dreams / Top Of The World (all live)	02.01.1995	Warner Bros	27
35.	Can't Stop Lovin' You / Crossing Over CD1 + Man On A Mission / Right Now CD2 + Best Of Both Worlds / One Way To Rock / When It's Love (all live)	3/1995	Warner Bros	33	30
36.	Amsterdam / Runaround (live) CD + Finish What You Started (live)	6/1995	Warner Bros
37.	Not Enough	8/1995	Warner Bros		97
38.	Jump - The Remix	14.10.1996	Warner Bros
39.	Without You	3/1998
40.	Tattoo	1/2012			67

Videos:

1. Live Without A Net - 1986, live
2. Live: Right Here, Right Now - 3/1993, live
3. Video Hits Volume 1 - 11/1996, Warner Music

Bibliography:

Alex Van Halen: Brothers (22.10.2024, biografie)

Awards:

1991 Grammy Awards - Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal (LP "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge")
1992 MTV Video Music Awards

- Best Direction ("Right Now")
- Best Video of the Year ("Right Now")

1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "Van Halen", 10 mil. copies)
1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "1984", 10 mil. copies)
2007 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

www.van-halen.com

produced by SP:

Dweezil Zappa: My Mother Is A Space Cadet (1982, Barking Pumpkin)

produced by LP:

Private Life: Shadows (11/88, Warner Bros)
Private Life: Private Life (1990, Warner Bros)
Dweezil Zappa: What The Hell Was I Thinking (9/96)

appeared on the LP:

Brian May And Friends: Star Fleet Project (10/83, EMI)

Awards:

2012 Greatest Guitarist of All Time (Guitar World)

Michael Anthony:

appeared on the LP:

Sammy Hagar: Cosmic Universal Fashion (18.11.08, Loud & Proud)
Sammy Hagar: Sammy Hagar & Friends (24.9.13)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	2	25.01.1995	28		profile, interview
1995	3	08.02.1995	11	CD,MC Bang	album review
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1996	12	08.08.1996	8	Infokus
1996	15	12.09.1996	6	Infokus
1996	20	17.10.1996	7	Infokus
1996	24	14.11.1996	4		interview
1996	28	12.12.1996	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1997	6	13.02.1997	6	Infokus
1997	45	18.12.1997	7	Infokus
1998	7	19.02.1998	7	Infokus
1998	14	09.04.1998	17		interview
1998	14	09.04.1998	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	40	18.11.1999	7	Infokus
1999	43	09.12.1999	6	Infokus
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	1		9		profile
1988	5		27	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1978	10	11.03.1978	20	Singles	single review
1978	14	08.04.1978	6	US News
1978	22	03.06.1978	14	Singles	single review
1978	22	03.06.1978	18	Albums	album review
1979	14	14.04.1979	29	Albums	album review
1979	21	02.06.1979	15		interview
1979	25	07.07.1979	34	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	19	28.06.1980	16	Singles	single review
1980	19	28.06.1980	24		profile
1981	22	30.05.1981	17	Albums	album review
1982	7	13.02.1982	16	Singles	single review
1982	19	08.05.1982	21	Albums	album review
1984	3	21.01.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	5	04.02.1984	45	Albums	album review
1984	9	03.03.1984	30	Video
1984	12	24.03.1984	3	Fast Forward
1984	13	31.03.1984	5	Fast Forward
1984	15	14.04.1984	16		interview
1984	17	28.04.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	19	12.05.1984	30	Singles	single review
1984	24	28.07.1984	3	Fast Forward
1984	28	25.08.1984	16	It's Alive - Monsters Of Rock	gig review
1992	10	07.03.1992	2	News
1995	2	14.01.1995	29	Singles	single review
1995	6	11.02.1995	35	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	24	06.12.1991	14		profile
1992	14	13.07.1992	13	Hard & Heavy
1993	17	06.09.1993	15		gig review
1995	10	23.05.1995	27	Recenze	album review
1996	11		13	Pelmel - Natvrdo
1997	3		111	Recenze	album review
1997	12		14	Pelmel
1998	4		42		interview
1998	6		111	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	2		14	Pelmel
1999	12		13	Pelmel
2000	12		12	Pelmel
2001	8		14	Pelmel
2004	9		83	Recenze	album review
2004	11		87	DVD
2007	3		12	Rock & Top - News