Van Halen Rising
How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal
2015·377 pages·Nonfiction
“It’s the tale of hardworking kids with nothing in common learning to fuse pop and heavy metal into a new sound that completely changed the music world. It also vividly shows that the personality clashes that would later destroy the band were there from Day One.”
— Rolling Stone
“Fascinating (even for non-VH fans) … A book almost anthropological in its level of detail.”
— Vulture
“If you’ve got it bad, got it bad, got it bad for Van Halen, get Van Halen Rising .”
— Martha Quinn, original MTV VJ, Sirius XM host
“The book is fantastic.”
— Ted Templeman, Grammy-winning music producer for Van Halen and David Lee Roth
“A fascinating read.”
— Pasadena Star News
Year
2015
Pages
377
Type
Nonfiction
Praise
“It’s the tale of hardworking kids with nothing in common learning to fuse pop and heavy metal into a new sound that completely changed the music world. It also vividly shows that the personality clashes that would later destroy the band were there from Day One.”
— Rolling Stone
“Fascinating (even for non-VH fans) … A book almost anthropological in its level of detail.”
— Vulture
“If you’ve got it bad, got it bad, got it bad for Van Halen, get Van Halen Rising .”
— Martha Quinn, original MTV VJ, Sirius XM host
“The book is fantastic.”
— Ted Templeman, Grammy-winning music producer for Van Halen and David Lee Roth
“A fascinating read.”
— Pasadena Star News
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