Bands like Van Halenfrom the other side of the world
Van Halen is from United States, tagged "hard rock", "rock", "glam metal" and "heavy metal" on MusicBrainz. These nine are not the usual sound-alikes. They come from 9 countries on 6 continents (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Oceania and Asia), listed west to east, and each one shares little or nothing with Van Halen's tags. Press play on any of them, or spin your own nine.

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Picked by the World 9 engine from a map of 6,143 lesser-known artists. Clips are Apple's 30-second previews. Spotify, YouTube and Bandcamp links are searches.