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As they sprinted toward a long-developing commercial breakthrough in 1987, they came to more fully understand their power as a band.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some play guitar left-handed in a band called the Spiders From Mars.

Diving deeply into one of rock's greatest albums.

Band's fifth album boasts only four full-length original songs.

Breaking down legendary singer-songwriter's first, and only, No. 1 album.

Wolfgang Van Halen breaks down the band's last album, song by song.

The stories behind the band's masterpiece.

Band's debut LP laid the groundwork for brief but electrifying career.

He'd already released three studio albums, but this LP introduced him to the world.

Album provided a hard shove against whatever you thought you knew about the band.