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Fresh from speaking up for his father’s legacy after the Grammys’ solemn but brief Eddie Van Halen tribute, Wolfgang Van Halen is moving on with his own musical career, releasing two new songs and a video. The heavy, fuzzed-out riff-rocker “Don’t Back Down” (which had the working title “Sabbath”) and …

Foreigner and Van Halen released their debut albums within a year of each other and both bands dominated the singles charts for years to come. So when Van Halen enlisted Foreigner guitarist and kindred spirit Mick Jones to produce 5150, their first record with Sammy Hagar singing, they knew they …