Van Halen by Michael Christopher, Michael Christopher - 9781493062096

Van HalenThe Eruption and the Aftershock\nAuthor(s): Michael Christopher, Michael Christopher\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, United Kingdom\nImprint: Backbeat Books\nISBN-13: 9781493062096, 978-1493062096\nSynopsis\nCome the late '70s, the rock music landscape was littered with the bloated carcasses of bands who partied too hard, burned out, or became complacent in success. The door was open for something fresh, wild, and enrapturing. Enter Van Halen. Made up of two Dutch-born brothers, one on drums and the other whose guitar was an extension of his very being, a bass player with a golden throat, and a frontman who made up for his lack of singing ability with attitude and gravity-defying acrobatics onstage, they were unlike anything ever seen before.\nAlex and Edward Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and David Lee Roth put a cap on one decade and exploded into the next with a brand of music not quite punk, not quite metal, and not at all subtle. They went from head.