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Van Halen II is the second studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released by Warner Bros Records on March 23, 1979, it peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and yielded hit singles "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls." As of 2004, it had sold almost six million copies in the United States alone.
Van Halen (/ v æ n ˈ h eɪ l ə n / van HAY-len) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, [1] Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances [2] and for the virtuosity of its guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen was an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and 56 singles.
Van Halen II (1979) Van Halen II. You won’t find an album that oozes SoCal more than this one. You could be driving through North Dakota on a snowy January night, throw this one on, and easily ...
The 1978 World Tour was the first concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen.The world tour, which was in support of their debut album, covered mainly North America with 125 shows in the United States and two shows in Canada, 38 shows in Europe, and seven shows in Japan.
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born in Amsterdam on January 26, 1955, [5] the son of Jan van Halen and Eugenia (née van Beers).His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinettist, and saxophonist working for the Dutch Air Force, [6] while his mother was an Indo woman from Rangkasbitung on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). [7]
Wolfgang Van Halen appeared on the TODAY show to talk about his upcoming Mammoth WVH solo debut, featuring "Distance," the single that's a tribute to his late father Eddie Van Halen. Asked about ...
A 2011 Rolling Stone reader's poll placed the song at number one on a list of the 10 best Van Halen songs. [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."