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Van Halen may have dealt with numerous lead singer changes, but Eddie Van Halen did manage to get behind the mic for one song ...
Eddie Van Halen might be one of the greatest guitarists ever to walk the Earth, but that didn't mean he had to be proud of ...
Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do ...
In one of the great “what ifs” of movie soundtrack history, Eddie Van Halen almost appeared on the soundtrack for a movie in ...
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic ...
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen. Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty "But after Ed died, I was more than willing to put myself in the grieving widow category for a man ...
A killer Eddie Van Halen solo has an air of rawness and immediacy, but what made the late pyrotechnic guitarist iconic was his ability to balance spontaneity with carefully-honed precision.
Eddie Van Halen, legendary guitarist and co-founder of rock band Van Halen, died of cancer at 65. His son, Wolfgang Van Halen, confirmed the news on Twitter on Tuesday. "I can't believe I'm having ...
Eddie Van Halen. Kevin Winter/Getty. Before his battle with throat cancer, Van Halen had a bout with tongue cancer in 2000. He defeated the illness in 2002. "He changed music.
"Eruption" is an instrumental Van Halen song from their debut album, released in 1978. It is a guitar solo performed by Eddie, who had been playing it in shows for a few years before recording it.
Tapping into the genius of Eddie Van Halen. Van Halen, who passed away this week at the age of 65, was one of the most important and joy-generating guitarists in rock history.