The Boston Herald, May 17th, 1998
"Van Halen III," the CD that introduced former Extreme frontman and Malden native Gary Cherone as the band's third lead singer, isn't quite the kind of party-hearty manifesto that secured Van Halen's status as hard-rock heroes.
Tangled with stylistic departures and tempered by serious introspection, the debut of what Van Halen has called its "third and final incarnation" shows a band in transition, heading away from the guitar-driven power rock it helped to define and into more eclectic musical territory.
If "Van Halen III," now charting at No. 92 after seven weeks on Billboard's Top 200, ...
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