Eddie Van Halen

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

By Neville Marten Published

The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

Artists
Adrian Smith
“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!”

Guitarists
“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”?

Guitarists
Van Halen on 10/11/81 in Chicago
“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

Guitarists
Alex and Eddie Van Halen
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

Bands
Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony share a moment on the Best Of All Worlds Tour
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

Guitarists
Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani onstage in 2014, both in red, Satch playing a red Ibanez JS1
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?

Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen on stage performing. Photograph, 1978
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"

Guitarists
Patrick Bertinelli
Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters

By Rob Laing Published

And The Cradle Will Rockville

Bands
Eddie Van Halen, Dweezil Zappa, Brian May
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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