Greg Renoff is the author of “Van Halen Rising: How A Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal” and “Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music”. This week, both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar celebrate birthdays and Greg is here to talk about the careers of both then, "right now" and in the future along with plenty of Van Halen discussion along the way.

Greg Renoff was born in Bronx, New York, grew up in New Jersey. He earned his Ph.D. in American history from Brandeis University. His writing has appeared in Guitar World, LA Weekly, Vulture, Spin, Salon, Maxim, Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Magazine, Oklahoma Magazine, Yahoo Entertainment, the Boston Herald and the Van Halen News Desk.

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