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5150 (Album) by Van Halen

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Van Halen Was An American Rock Band Formed In Pasadena California In 1972. Credited With "restoring Hard Rock To The Forefront Of The Music Scene" Van Halen Was Known For Its Energetic Live Shows And For The Virtuosity Of Its Lead Guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2007. From 1974 Until 1985 Van Halen Consisted Of Eddie Van Halen Eddie's Brother Drummer Alex Van Halen Vocalist David Lee Roth And Bassist/vocalist Michael Anthony. Upon Its Release In 1978 The Band's Self-Titled Debut Album Reached No. 19 On The Billboard Pop Music Charts And Would Sell Over 10 Million Copies In The U.S. By 1982 The Band Released Four More Albums Van Halen II Women And Children First Fair Warning And Diver Down All Of Which Have Since Been Certified Multi-Platinum. By The Early 1980s Van Halen Was One Of The Most Successful Rock Acts Of The Day. The Album 1984 Was A Commercial Success With U.S. Sales Of 10 Million Copies And Four Hit Singles Its Lead Single "Jump" Was The Band's Only U.S. Number One Single. In 1985 Roth Left The Band To Embark On A Solo Career And Was Replaced By Former Montrose Lead Vocalist Sammy Hagar. With Hagar The Group Released Four U.S. Number-One Multi-Platinum Albums Over The Course Of 11 Years 5150 In 1986 OU812 In 1988 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge In 1991 And Balance In 1995 . Hagar Left The Band In 1996 Shortly Before The Release Of The Band's First Greatest Hits Collection Best Of Volume 1. Former Extreme Frontman Gary Cherone Replaced Hagar And Recorded The Commercially Unsuccessful Album Van Halen III With The Band In 1998 Before Parting Ways In 1999. Van Halen Then Went On Hiatus Until Reuniting With Hagar In 2003 For A Worldwide Tour In 2004 And The Double-Disc Greatest Hits Collection The Best Of Both Worlds. Hagar Again Left Van Halen In 2005. In 2006 Roth Returned But Anthony Was Replaced On Bass Guitar By Eddie's Son Wolfgang Van Halen. In 2012 The Band Released Their Final Studio Album A Different Kind Of Truth Which Was Commercially And Critically Successful It Was Also Van Halen's First Album With Roth In 28 Years And The Only One To Feature Wolfgang. As Of March 2019 Van Halen Is 20th On The RIAA List Of Best-Selling Artists In The United States The Band Has Sold 56 Million Albums In The States And More Than 80 Million Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Groups Of All Time. As Of 2007 Van Halen Is One Of Only Five Rock Bands With Two Studio Albums To Sell More Than 10 Million Copies In The United States And Is Tied For The Most Multi-Platinum Albums By An American Band. Additionally Van Halen Has Charted 13 Number-One Hits On Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart. VH1 Ranked The Band Seventh On A List Of The Top 100 Hard Rock Artists Of All Time. Eddie Was Diagnosed With Cancer In 2001 And Died Of The Disease On October 6 2020. A Month After His Father's Death Wolfgang Confirmed That Van Halen Had Disbanded. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Van_Halen Studio Albums
Van Halen 1978 Van Halen II 1979 Women And Children First 1980 Fair Warning 1981 Diver Down 1982 1984 1984 5150 1986 OU812 1988 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 1991 Balance 1995 Van Halen III 1998 A Different Kind Of Truth 2012

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5150 Is The Seventh Album By American Hard Rock Band Van Halen Released In 1986. This Was The First Album Recorded With New Lead Singer Sammy Hagar Who Replaced David Lee Roth. It Was Named After Eddie Van Halen's Home Studio 5150 Which Is A California Police Term For A Mentally Disturbed Person A Reference To Section 5150 Of The California Welfare And Institutions Code . The 5150 Name Has Been Used Several Times By Van Halen. It Is The Name Of Eddie Van Halen's Private Studio The Name Of A Custom Frankenstein Striped Kramer Pacer Special Used By Eddie Van Halen Throughout The 80s And It Is The Model Name Of A Signature Guitar Amplifier Endorsed By Eddie For Peavey Electronics. Before The Album Was Released Van Halen Was Having Considerable Difficulty Finding A Replacement For The Popular Roth. The Trio Even Considered A Series Of Temporary Singers To Replace Him. However Edward Met Former Montrose Singer Sammy Hagar While Getting A Mechanic To Work On His Lamborghini. The Pair Hit It Off And The New Singer And Band Immediately Began Work On New Songs. The Album Was Notable For A Number Of Love Songs And Ballads Which Was Not A Feature Of The Straight-Forward Rock Stylings Of The Roth Fronted Era Of The Band. Many Who Had Heard The Previous Incarnation Of Van Halen Called The New Iteration "Van Hagar" Either Derisively Or Affectionately. Further Increasing Criticism Was The Loss Of Ted Templeman Who Left Van Halen After Producing Every Previous Van Halen Album To Produce David Lee Roth's Solo LP Debut Eat 'Em And Smile Although Templeman Would Return To Produce The For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Album A Few Years Later. Donn Landee Took Over Producer Duties After Having Served As An Engineer On The Previous Albums. However Many Noticed That The Production On This Album Was Markedly Different From Their Earlier Albums With Templeman. Eddie's Guitar Which Previously Sat High In The Mix And Frequently Pushed To The Left Channel To Simulate A "live" Sound" Now Sat Equal In The Mix And Its Overall Sound Had Changed. This May Have Been His Doing As He Was Not A Fan Of The "live Mix" That Templeman Created With The Roth Band. To Further Introduce The New Era For The Band A New Van Halen Logo Was Introduced On The Cover Of The Album. The New Icon Retained The VH Of The Original Logo But Now It Had Curved "wings" Instead Of Straight. Despite The Controversy Associated With Replacing A Legendary Frontman The Album Itself Was The First Album By The Band To Hit #1 In Sales. Although Each Prior Van Halen Album Had Gone Platinum The Band Had Not Managed Previously To Top The Album Sales Chart. The 1984 Album Certainly Had The Sales And Momentum To Do So But Had The Unfortunate Timing Of Being Released At A Time When Michael Jackson's Thriller Album The Best Selling Album Of All Time Was At Its Commercial Peak. The Album Was Also Hagar's First #1 Album As Stated By Hagar On The "Live Without A Net" Concert Video. A Live Video Was Created During The Tour For This Album Which Was Released As Van Halen - Live Without A Net Which Is Today Available On DVD. The Tour Itself Was A Significant Change From Previous Tours. Where Van Halen Had Previously Had Years Of Material To Work With Even On Tour Supporting The First Album Sammy Hagar Was Uncomfortable Performing A Number Of Van Halen's Roth-Penned Hits. Therefore Almost All Of The Band's Back Catalog Was Dropped From The Setlists. Instead The Band's Live Shows Consisted Almost The Entire 5150 Tracklist A Few Sammy Hagar Solo Hits "I Can't Drive 55" And "There's Only One Way To Rock" And Assorted Covers Such As Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love" And Led Zeppelin's "Rock And Roll" . The Only Roth Era Hits Commonly Performed Were "Jump" The Band's Lone #1 Billboard Hot 100 Single "Panama" And "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" Although "You Really Got Me" Originally By The Kinks And The Bands First Single In The Roth Era Was Also Done. However Unlike Roth Hagar Was A Technically Proficient Lead Guitarist And This Allowed Edward To Display His Talents On Keyboard Live While Sammy Hagar Played The Guitar Parts As Seen In The "LWAN" Video During "Why Can't This Be Love" And "Love Walks In." The Opening Song "Good Enough" Can Be Heard In The Movie Spaceballs. Furthermore This Is Only One Of Two Van Halen Albums With A Title Track The Other Being 1984 And Not Counting "The Best Of Both Worlds" Compilation . However It Should Be Noted That The Titles Of "Women And Children First" And "Fair Warning" Are Mentioned In Songs From Those Albums "Could This Be Magic?" And "Mean Street" Respectively.

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