About the photographer, Neil Zlozower –

A fixture in the rock n' roll photography business for more than 37 years, photographer Neil Zlozower has watched more than his fair share of rising stars from behind the camera.

Spending “quality time” with the likes of Whitesnake, Poison, Dokken, Motley Crue, Ratt, Gangstar, Extreme and Van Halen - as they made their way to the top of the charts - "Zloz" got to know the behind-the-music business of rock long before VH1. He is now one of rock's most prolific photographers, with his work appearing in countless magazine and on the album covers of major artists including Alice Cooper, Slipknot, Nickelback, Eric Burdon, Steve Vai, Paul Stanley, and many others.

As part of Van Halen's entourage, Zloz toured America with the band, becoming their primary photographer. He was their friend who had the intimate access to the band that no one else had. Whether on the stage of a football stadium, poolside at a Holiday Inn or at Diamond Dave's dad's house, Neil and his camera were there, and in everyone's face..

Book Press Release - Internationally renowned independent publisher Chronicle Books, based in San Francisco, is pleased to announce the November 26, 2007 release of Van Halen: A Visual History.

Van Halen has sold 56 million records in the U.S. and 75 million worldwide.

All eleven of their albums have broken the Billboard top 20, and four have hit number one. The band was among the top best-selling artists of all time and in 2007 Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band recently announced they were reuniting with the group’s original singer David Lee Roth for their first tour together in 20 years.  To coincide with the tour, Chronicle Books is publishing the very first photo retrospective of the band, as seen through the lens of photographer Neil Zlozower.

From 1978 to 1984, rock photographer Neil Zlozower was the “fifth member of Van Halen”, touring, partying with, and capturing images of the band during the David Lee Roth era, a time when the band was at the height of its powers. His photos capture the all-out, spandexed, high-kicking, high energy, blazing glory and backstage antics of the band as they became legends, and helped solidify their image as the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll party band. This visual history collects more than 250 live, session, candid, and backstage photos from Zlozower’s behind-the-scenes perspective, along with testimony from the rock pantheon paying homage to the band, including members of Led Zeppelin, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, KISS, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, and many more.  The book also includes an exclusive peek inside the band with a foreword by legendary frontman David Lee Roth.

Van Halen: A Visual History - Hardcover *  $35 * 232 pp * 260 color images * ISBN 0-8118-6304-9 * November

To pre-order an AUTOGRAPHED copy of the book, please visit - http://www.zloz.com/vhbook.htm

For more information about this and other Chronicle Books, visit www.chroniclebooks.com.

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