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Van Halen is the self-titled debut studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen. Released on February 10, 1978, the album peaked at on the Billboard 200. The album became widely recognized as the band's popularity grew, selling more than 10 million copies in the United States by August 7, 1996 and being certified Diamond

VAN HALEN is a hard rock music artist. Van halen- van halen 1978 debut vinyl album.

1979 - Van Halen II. 1980 - Women And Children First.

Van Halen's magnificent 1978 self-titled debut album simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. It's one of those rare debut albums - think The Doors, Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced, Led Zeppelin- that simply announces itself. PROTOTYPE COVER: Shown here is a thick paper proof of the initial artwork for the debut album, featured the jagged Van Halen logo and Alex Van Halen out front. Sometime in late 1977 or early 1978, the band filmed three flashy lip-sync videos for the album at the Whisky A GoGo in West Hollywood, California, hoping to capture the dazzle of their live show so the videotape could travel places they couldn’t: Eruption / You Really Got Me , Runnin’ with the Devil , and Jamie’s Cryin’.

Complete Album stats. Last updated: 12 Jun 2019, 09:58 Etc/UTC. Van Halen Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA - Jun 10, 1977 Jun 10 1977. Van Halen Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA - Jun 11, 1977 Jun 11 1977. Van Halen Gig Timeline.

Van Halen revolutionised hard rock when they came shrieking out of Pasadena in the 1970s, and have sold millions of albums since. Here they are, ranked from disastrous to dazzling. If ever a rock band epitomised the American Dream, it’s Van Halen. Formed in Pasadena, California in 1974 by four teenage kids from families that had migrated across the Atlantic in the pursuit of happiness, Van Halen were loud, brash, shamelessly ambitious, larger than life, and classically all-American. So was their pioneering spirit. Van Halen revolutionised hard rock music. Giants such as Zeppelin and Sabbath were on their last legs.

VIDEO: Watch Van Halen perform in Las Vegas 35 years ago today, during the 1984 tour. Watch Van Halen LIVE in Las Vegas, May 15th, 1984. 12 May at 10:43 ·. Eddie Van Halen at age 12 with his mother, Eugenia, and his first guitar. Happy Mother's Day! Van Halen News Desk. Diver Down, Temperature Up - the making of Van Halen's oddest album.

But make no mistake, Van Halen is as monumental, as seismic as those records, but part of the reason it's never given the same due is that there's no pretension, nothing self-conscious about it. In the best sense, it is an artless record, in the sense that it doesn't seem contrived, but it's also a great work of art because it's an effortless, guileless expression of what the band is all about, and what it would continue to be over the years