Harvey Mandel was one of the pioneers of the two-handed tapping technique – yet he claims he was never properly credited for it
The technique reached new heights in the late '70s and early '80s thanks to Eddie Van Halen and his peers. However, Mandel ...
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Why Eddie Van Halen Broke Down Crying When Meeting Billie Joe Armstrong
Why Eddie Van Halen broke down in tears when he met Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong—"You're the only one who understands me." ...
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The Eddie Van Halen Collaboration That Never Happened
For nearly 30 years, Joe Satriani has worked and toured with a lot of different guitar players on his G3 tour. But the late ...
“Tear to my eyes”: Eddie Van Halen’s greatest on-stage moment
A look into the cult of personality surrounding Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen, along with how he coped with it all by focusing on his band as a family project.
The classic Sammy Hagar thought Eddie Van Halen butchered: “He was too wasted”
Van Halen might be a band of many strengths, but Sammy Hagar figured Eddie wasn't suited for every song ever created. Read ...
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Eddie Van Halen was a guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.He rose to fame in 1977 when his band caught the eye of Gene Simmons while performing at a local bar ...
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“I Was a Complete Fool, According to the Rest of the Band”: Why Eddie Van Halen Never Made a Dime off Michael Jackson’s Hit “Beat It”
Did you know that Eddie Van Halen quietly and cheaply wrote and played the guitar solo for Michael Jackon’s “Beat It?” Well, if you didn’t, now you do, and you should also know that Eddie Van Halen ...
Steve Lukather on his secret supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse
In a recent chat with Rick Beato, Luke tells the story of his all-star jam band based around a group of Ernie Ball Music Man ...
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Dweezil Zappa showcases the Kramer Eddie Van Halen gifted him when he was 12 years old
Dweezil Zappa has previously recounted the wild story of how he met Eddie Van Halen at just 12 years old. It's the stuff of a kid guitar player's dreams – after a sudden phone call, the guitar hero ...
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Why It Never Happened Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth 'Popped a Fuse' at Idea of Eddie Van Halen Tribute, Ending Future Tour Plans Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth's Digs at Wolfgang Van ...
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On the passing of Eddie Van Halen
For Gen Xers like myself and Baby Boomers “The Day the Music Died-2.0” may well be yesterday October 6, 2020, when Eddie Van Halen passed into eternity. As readers may know, I write about the ...