Yahoo

Hear the first known recording of Eddie Van Halen playing Jump's iconic, band-breaking synth part: "If I want to play Bavarian cheese whistle, I will do it"

“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 ...
American Songwriter

On the 40th Anniversary of “Jump” Reaching No. 1, Check Out Springsteen, Foo Fighters & More Covering the Van Halen Hit

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 ...
MetalSucks

Van Halen’s “Jump” Exceeds One Billion Streams on Spotify

I don’t know about you, but whenever I think of this modern age of streaming, I sure as shit don’t think about old school hard rock and glam metal as being part of that equation. It’s not that stuff ...
The Telegraph

Experience the David Lee Roth era at Wildey Theatre

EDWARDSVILLE — "Jump! Van Halen Experience" will make a return to the Wildey Theatre, 252 N. Main St. in Edwardsville, on Saturday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jump! captures the true excitement and ...