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Eddie Van Halen had a legion of copyists. But when one of his idols began to steal his solos, he put a stop to it
The guitarist refused to meet Ed's demands and paid the price for it
Wolfgang Van Halen says he kept the Frankenstein Strat in his car during the “doomsday energy” of the LA wildfires
He was ready to evacuate, but not without his dad’s most famous guitar
“I said, ‘What happened?’ He said he just got really nervous. Crazy, considering his future.” Allen Hinds on Jeff Buckley’s guitar genius, and his “stupid” question to Jaco Pastorius
L.A. legato master Allen Hinds reflects on his Musicians Institute years with Buckley, Scott Henderson, Don Mock, Joe Diorio and other guitar greats
Watch Eddie Van Halen perform in a blizzard as Sammy Hagar unearths never-seen video clip
The band rejected the chance to cancel, instead opting for a memorable, if stormy, evening
Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking
Slowhand highlighted one player as a champion of the genre — but their friendship wasn't built to last
How Eddie Van Halen and Metallica's Kirk Hammett pushed Primus bassist Les Claypool to his musical destiny
The Primus bandleader would later audition for Metallica after the death of Cliff Burton
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."
