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The Beatles

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Van Halen

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Sonny & Cher

45 min

NWA

45 min

Fleetwood Mac

45 min

The Eagles

45 min

The Beach Boys

45 min

The Supremes

45 min

Breaking the Band

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Van Halen

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Jun 17, 2018

At the height of their success they were the biggest rock band in the world infamous for their excess and raucous live performances. With their strutting frontmen, wild hair and penchant for spandex they are often portrayed as the archetypal 80's American rock band. The band went through two 'break ups' covered by our timeline owing to a variety of factors but most prominently conflicts over the Van Halen brother's desire for total control and the destructive impacts of substance/alcohol abuse. By 1984 they were the biggest band in the world but, behind the scenes, all was not well and a battle for control raged between the brothers at the heart of the band and it’s lead singer, David Lee Roth. Years of touring, drugs and personality clashes had left them on the brink. When Roth’s ambitions grew beyond the band, the brothers moved quickly to force him out. Their millions of fans were left devastated, but rising from the ashes the they would regroup with a new front man, Sammy Hagar.

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Breaking the Band

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Van Halen

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Jun 17, 2018

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