Eddie Van Halen
Latest about Eddie Van Halen
“It was fun. He was a great player”: Mike Rutherford on his surprise collaboration with Eddie Van Halen
By Paul Elliott published
The bad news? “I can’t find the tape!”
“Eddie Van Halen and Gary Moore were kind of animal players!”: By Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith
By Paul Elliott published
For him, shredding is “like maths or something!”
“Why lend your talents to Michael Jackson?”: Alex Van Halen told Eddie not to play on Beat It
By Paul Elliott published
Was Eddie’s most famous solo really “a mistake”?
“The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. A dicey title”: A deep dive into the Van Halen catalogue
By Jenna Scaramanga published
EVH didn’t like being called the greatest. That doesn’t make it any less true
Alex Van Halen to release the last track he worked on with Eddie
By Will Simpson published
Alex Van Halen to release the last track he worked on with Eddie
Joe Satriani says his next big challenge on Best Of All Worlds Tour is Eddie Van Halen’s clean tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Having co-designed a custom amp with 3rd Power to replicate Eddie's hotrodded gain tone, Satch says he's exploring his options for cleans as they switch up the set
Sammy Hagar explains why no one is better than Joe Satriani at nailing Eddie Van Halen’s style
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Red Rocker's ringing endorsement of Satch's EVH guitar skills arrives as The Best Of All Worlds Tour revs up and video highlights emerge online. But what makes Satriani the man?
Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen
By Rob Laing published
He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"
Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters
By Rob Laing published
And The Cradle Will Rockville
Dweezil Zappa to finish all-star guitar track featuring epic “greatest hits” Eddie Van Halen solo
By Jonathan Horsley published
Zappa has been working on this instrumental piece for over 30 years and it features Joe Walsh, Eric Johnson, Angus and Malcolm Young and more, and two solos from Eddie Van Halen
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