Band Members

Mammoth (1972)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, lead vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Mammoth (1972-1973)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, lead vocals Mark Stone - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Mammoth/Van Halen (1973-1974)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, backing vocals Mark Stone - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Mammoth/Van Halen (1974)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Van Halen (1974-1985)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	Van Halen (1978) Van Halen II (1979) Women and Children First (1980) Fair Warning (1981) Diver Down (1982) 1984 (1984)
Van Halen (1985-1996)	Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Eddie Van Halen - lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	5150 (1986) Live Without a Net - video (1986) OU812 (1988) For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) Live: Right Here, Right Now - live (1993) Live: Right Here, Right Now - video (1993) Balance (1995)
On hiatus (1996)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Van Halen (1996)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	Best of Volume I (1996) Video Hits Volume I - video (1996)
Van Halen (1996-1999)	Gary Cherone - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	Van Halen III (1998) Video Hits Volume I - DVD (1999)
On hiatus (1999-2000)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2000)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2000)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2000)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2000-2001)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2001)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2001-2002)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2002-2003)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Van Halen (2003-2004)	Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Eddie Van Halen - lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Van Halen (2004-2005)	Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Eddie Van Halen - lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	The Best of Both Worlds (2004)
On hiatus (2005)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Michael Anthony - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2005-2006)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
On hiatus (2006)	Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Wolfgang Van Halen - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
Van Halen (2006-present)	David Lee Roth - lead vocals Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Wolfgang Van Halen - bass guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion	Guitar Hero: Van Halen

• Wolfgang Van Halen played rhythm guitar and sang backing vocals on some dates of the 2004 reunion tour.
• Alan Fitzgerald played keyboards offstage for Van Halen tours in the early 1990s and in 2004.
• Early in the band's career, they experimented with a keyboard player (somewhere between 1974 and 1978).
• A singer named Mitch Malloy claims to have been an official member of Van Halen for a few days in 1996.
• Alex Van Halen provides backing vocals in the studio.
• From 1967-1972, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen begin learning instruments together, performing in various small venues. They then joined various "Top 40" cover bands.
• Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen formed their first band, Trojan Rubber Company, in 1971, which lasted until the formation of Mammoth in 1972.
• From 1972–1973, Mammoth rented a PA system from David Lee Roth for 50 dollars a night. To save money, Roth joined the band.

• Alex Van Halen played keyboards on the track "Respect the Wind" from the film Twister, performed by Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen. This film also included the song "Humans Being", recorded by Van Halen in their entirety. This was the last song to be recorded by the Sammy Hagar/Eddie Van Halen/Michael Anthony/Alex Van Halen line-up.
• Eddie Van Halen played bass on 9 of the 12 tracks from the studio album Van Halen III, with Michael Anthony playing on "Without You", "One I Want", and "Fire in the Hole".
• The compilation album Best of Volume I introduced the 2 new tracks "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and "Me Wise Magic", featuring original lead vocalist David Lee Roth.
• The compilation album The Best of Both Worlds introduced the 3 new tracks "It's About Time", "Up for Breakfast", and "Learning to See", featuring Eddie Van Halen on bass.

Van Halen
David Lee Roth · Eddie Van Halen · Wolfgang Van Halen · Alex Van Halen Michael Anthony · Sammy Hagar · Gary Cherone · Mark Stone
Studio albums	Van Halen · Van Halen II · Women and Children First · Fair Warning · Diver Down · 1984 · 5150 · OU812 · For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge · Balance · Van Halen III
Compilations	Best of Volume I · The Best of Both Worlds
Live albums	Live: Right Here, Right Now
Videos and DVDs	Live Without a Net · Live: Right Here, Right Now · Video Hits Volume I
Concert tours	Van Halen World Tour (1978) · World Vacation Tour (1979) · World Invasion "Party 'til You Die Tour" Tour (1980) · Fair Warning Tour (1981) · Hide Your Sheep Tour (1982–1983) · 1984 Tour (1984) · Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 (1984) · 1986 Tour (1986) · Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 (1988) · OU812 Tour (1988–1989) · For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour (1991–1992) · Right Here Right Now Tour (1993) · The Balance "Ambulance" Tour (1995) · III Tour (1998) · Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 (2004) · Van Halen 2007–2008 Tour (2007-08)
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