Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
713 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal is an audiobook by Greg Renoff: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released March 15, 2016, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- March 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781515974413
How to listen to Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal audiobook?
Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal?
Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.