According to Alex Van Halen, Eddie’s decision to record the solo for Michael Jackson’s "Beat It" solo in secret proved the final straw for the singer. David Lee Roth saw red and headed for the exit.

Alex Van Halen said David Lee Roth used to tell Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos. The drummer asserted that Roth’s increasing jealousy over Eddie’s popularity led to the singer quitting the ...

It’s no secret that when David Lee Roth left Van Halen, he was hellbent on besting his old band and outshining the guitarist who kept stealing the limelight from him. While Eddie Van Halen and company ...

Alex Van Halen has revealed that David Lee Roth asked Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos. In his new memoire, Brothers, released last week, the former Van Halen drummer affirms that Roth's ...

Van Halen likely didn't write the song 'Panama' in the interest of it becoming a negotiation tool, but that's what happened.

Steve Vai says he came within an instant of performing with the rest of David Lee Roth’s original solo band at a club show in 2015. In fact, he had to fight the urge to hit the first notes. Then Vai ...

While you’ve been busy cranking “Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love” or “Panama” on repeat, you might have forgotten about these Van Halen deep cuts. Between 1978 and 2012, Van Halen released 12 studio albums ...

Sammy Hagar says David Lee Roth’s recent comments about him were an “olive branch moment.” After Roth seemingly poked fun at a story about Hagar claiming to have written a song with the ghost of late ...

Which was the better post Van Halen split album - David Lee Roth's Eat 'Em and Smile or Van Halen's 5150? That's our Chuck's Fight Club battle on Loudwire Nights this week. It was the breakup heard ...