Latest about Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai on accepting his most impossible guitar gig: playing Eddie Van Halen to David Lee Roth
Vai says he approached the opportunity from a place of love and freedom, not to cut down one of the world’s greatest guitar players
“It shows you what you can do with two chords”: Did Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love really start life as a parody of the Ramones?
“The whole song is just that one lick throughout,” says Michael Anthony. "It was kind of like a nod to punk."
Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer expected to fetch $3 million at auction this fall
The guitar hasn’t been in public in over 40 years – but it did feature on a classic glam metal album in 1989
Mark Tremonti and falling in love with Dumble amps, and the legacy of Eddie Van Halen
The Alter Bridge guitarist on falling in love with Dumble amps, and breaking a decades-old Van Halen tradition with his band's new album
Why didn't Eddie Van Halen double-track his guitars? Recording engineer Ross Hogarth explains how he worked with the virtuoso
Hogarth broke an unspoken rule to make way for tonal play time. The results paid off in spades
Eddie Van Halen's comments against shredding come to light in a previously unheard interview
His attitude is reflected in Wolfgang Van Halen's recent statement that "not everything needs a guitar solo"
Jack White introduces his weirdest guitar yet, created by Eddie Van Halen's luthier
With three humbuckers, recessed bass strings, and a very peculiar double tuning setup, the Ugly Stick might be White’s weirdest guitar yet
Eddie Van Halen could play this Who album note for note says Michael Anthony
Eddie wasn't alone in his appreciation for the disc. Joe Satriani called it his number-one life-changing album
