Eddie was lauded for the speed, fluidity, and melodicism of his playing, as well as the two-handed tapping technique he perfected. The guitarist and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen, led their ...

However, there was one gig where Eddie Van Halen feared that they might not be enough ... “80,000 people in the crowd were just jumping up and down because they got that infectious sound.” Suddenly, ...

Van Halen was closer to Joel in the pop charts than they ever were by the late 1980s. Having won a dedicated fanbase as an antidote to punk, the introduction of synths on their monster ‘Jump‘ followed ...

The last of the definitive Roth-era albums was also the one that made Van Halen a household name on this side of the Atlantic when its lead single, Jump, hit No.7 on the UK chart. In playing this ...

Zappa was set to perform Runnin’ With the Devil at his middle school talent show, and was struggling with his guitar. Then, ...

Joe Satriani has worked and toured with a lot of different guitar players on his G3 tour. But the late Eddie Van Halen is one ...

With or without the supergroup, Eddie Van Halen is a legend already, and we don’t need to paint you a picture as to why. However, if Van Halen never discovered Hagar, the legacy of Eddie would ...

And when Eddie heard Vai apply his magic to his own songs in Roth’s band, he was duly impressed. “I’m going, ‘This guy is better at what I do than I am’, you know?” Eddie told interview Shaun Baxter ...

But, the King of Pop's ode to street life might have never charted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 if it wasn't for the memorable work of hard rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen. RFK Jr: I've prayed ...

Jan. 26, would have been guitarist Eddie Van Halen’s 70th birthday, and his family and bandmates marked the occasion on ...