5150 - Van Halen

...hard rock band) This album 5150 was the first offering from new Halen. Hagar did not have Roth's persona but there was little doubt he was a more accomplished singer, he also brought more depth when writing the lyrics willing to turn away from the straight rock songs of the past and write love songs. Eddie Van Halen responded by throwing away the live sounding guitar driven production values and opted for more in depth musical arrangements with ...
...Incidentally 5150 is the Los Angeles police code for an escaped mental patient. It was a number Eddie Van Halen took to heart naming his home recording studio and his line of amplifiers after it. GOOD ENOUGH It is fitting Sammy Hagar leads the charge with a playful "Hello Baby" before Eddie Van Halen breaks out into tapped harmonics which in-turn lead to an energetic rock song where the band are clearly enjoying themselves. WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE ...

Lukejones1 16.05.2008 · Read full review
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...a new sound and match with a new sound from van halen. Btw its still cool for van halen! peace and luv heavy metal. So if u feel like i do first, find your van halen's cd, turn on 5150 album first, ok? see u, fivty one fivty...... yeah .... ...

sifazisyafath 31.07.2009 · Read full review
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