Eddie Van Halen may have had every guitarist in the world stealing from him, but he wasn't safe from other genres taking a piece either.
Musician Nina DiGregorio of Femmes of Rock performed an incredibly badass cover of the iconic Eddie Van Halen solo from “Eruption” on a custom 7-string fretted electric violin. DiGregorio said ...
Most bands cut out for stardom, like Van Halen, don't have to worry about the crowds, but Eddie remembered shaking in his boots in his later years.
"I guess he went to the next best thing," said Wolfgang in response to Roth's recent disparaging YouTube video about him ...
After shelving his debut album as his dad’s health deteriorated, the guitarist found that working on the record helped him ...
Why is there a stop-motion animated video of a Jawa playing Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”? Explains the clip’s creator, Thomas J. Yagodinski: “This was an extremely FUN way to pay respects to a musical ...
There have of course been no shortage of excellent tributes to Eddie Van Halen since the legendary guitarist died this past October. Still, I hereby declare this violin cover of “Eruption,” by the ...
Credit: Martin Philbey/Redferns/Getty Images Peavey CEO Courtland Gray has shed new light on Eddie Van ... prompted the Eruption virtuoso to up sticks and leave. In 2004, Van Halen and Peavey ...
Eddie van Halen is one of the greatest rock musicians around, and his Eruption guitar solo alone puts him in the pantheon with the best of the best. Artist Ryan Humphrey was looking for a design ...
"Eruption" was nearing its conclusion, and listeners were losing their minds over what they just heard. The guitar pyrotechnics of Eddie Van Halen were virtuosic, as the band smartly devoted an ...
When Van Halen released their self-titled debut album in 1978, fans hadn’t heard a guitar hero with such singular style since Jimi Hendrix shuffled off onto his final experience. Eddie Van Halen ...
Robb Flynn tackles Eddie Van Halen's iconic Eruption solo in tribute to the late guitarist… and it's absolutely brilliant. "Music is supposed to bring us together, not divide us," says Wolfgang ...