When you watch Eddie Van Halen within the context of the physical capabilities of the piano, suddenly, his technique not only makes sense. One could reasonably expect this approach from someone ...

And when it did, the guitarist pointed to a few other guitarists with unusual picking techniques, including Eddie Van Halen. "I always tell everybody, King Edward would always hold the pick ...

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 ...

Eddie Van Halen was the master of shredding, but he was capable of so much more as well, says Testament’s longtime guitarist ...

Eddie figured that was always part of Van Halen’s appeal underneath the hammer-ons and flashy flair anyhow. “They are in a funny way very basic as I am, they’re no frills really, except that I do ...

Of course, I could never play like him. I never tried. Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen.” So said Steve Vai to Rolling Stone in 2020, as he reflected on his friendship with Eddie. Vai ...

One man particularly skilled at this was Eddie Van Halen ... If he was bold enough to pilfer techniques others had used before him and make them his own, Van Halen sure as hell wasn’t afraid to offer ...

The key to that new sound was the late, great Eddie Van Halen, whose innovative two-handed ‘tapping’ technique made him the most influential ... And at their best (with Roth), Van Halen ruled. Below, ...

As a teenager, he started playing “Spanish guitar” – that’s what everybody called acoustic guitars before electric guitars were invented. One day, while he picked the strings with his right hand as ...