Van Halen

==Info==
Van Halen is an exceptionally popular metal band whose lead singer in the eighties was controversially changed from David Lee Roth to former Montrose frontman Sammy Hagar. Their song Panama is about an Opel Kadett. One of their albums was deliberately named so the initials for its name would spell out an obscenity. Almost every album went at least gold, with their debut album and 1984 going diamond. Live album Right Here, Right Now went platinum. Best Of-Volume I went triple platinum. Numerous hit singles throughout their career, with the Hagar-era Jump making gold status.
== Genres ==
Sleaze Metal
Pop Rock
Rockabilly Revival
== Songs ==
Hot for Teacher
Runnin' with the Devil
Jump
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
You Really Got Me
Panama
Dance the Night Away
Unchained
Why Can't This Be Love
Jamie's Cryin'
Beautiful Girls
Pretty Woman
== Influences ==
The Kinks
Roy Orbison
== Parody ==
On the animated cartoon series Dexter's Laboratory, there is a segment known as Justice Friends. The character named "Val Hallen" is a cross between Valhalla and Van Halen. He is dubbed "The Viking God of Rock" and rides a rock guitar he calls his "mighty axe".Category:Sleaze Metal
Category:Seventies
Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Category:Hard Rock
Category:Rockabilly Revival
Category:Pop Rock