Van Halen

1978 · Hard Rock · Warner Bros. Records

US · BSK 3075

Credits

Producer: Ted Templeman
Written by: Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Ray Davies, John Brim
Engineer: Donn Landee, Kent Nebergall, Peggy McCreary

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.