“I put it down with a Linn drum machine", Eddie had said of an early demo, "but when I played it for the rest of the guys in the band they said, ‘Look, Edward, you’re a guitar hero. Don’t stretch ...
Longtime Van Halen producer Ted Templeman stuck to his guns about not being a fan of the band's classic song “Jump,” though he admitted his assessment of the song was wrong. After working on the ...
Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin marked the fourth night of Hanukkah with a spirited rendition of Van Halen’s “Jump” — complete with a keytar solo. Naturally, Kurstin jumped behind the synthesizer ...
Forty years ago this week, Van Halen’s classic song “Jump” began a five-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The tune, which was the band’s one and only song ever to top the chart, saw Van ...