Latest about Eddie Van Halen
The keyboard legend also looks back on his collaborations with Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Tommy Bolin, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Neal Schon and Miles Davis
Ed's impressions of David Lee Roth’s new guitarist weren't entirely positive — he wondered if others saw him the same way
Two battle-scarred backup guitars built by longtime tech Zeke Clark carry $50,000 opening bids, while Backstage Auctions says they saw extensive studio use during the 5150 era
Slowhand highlighted one player as a champion of the genre — but their friendship wasn't built to last
Hagar even extended an invitation for Roth to join him onstage at his Las Vegas residency in September
Montrose had fired Hagar from his namesake band, but in 1983 he still believed his former singer was “adequate” at guitar and “just ends up using every cliché in the book”
The drummer says Roth’s chemistry with Van Halen “was brilliant soup” — and credits the singer with connecting to audiences like no one else could
Long before social media made technical perfection a currency, Young argued that feeling — not flawless technique — was the true measure of a great guitarist
Playing in subzero temperatures meant frozen fingers, failing tuning and some very unusual rules — including one gig where the audience had to wear headphones
