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Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2007) • Grammy Award (1991)
Notable Works “1984” • “A Different Kind of Truth” • “Van Halen”
Date c. 1978
Related People Eddie Van Halen

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Van Halen, 1978
David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform energetically on stage in front of a large crowd at an outdoor concert in Orlando, Florida in 1981.
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