Eddie Van Halen

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A screengrab from a home movie showing a young Eddie Van Halen.
Alex Van Halen shares video of a young Eddie Van Halen playing guitar

By Elizabeth Swann Published

The drummer shared the home movie clip to mark what would have been Ed's 71st bbirthday

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LEFT: Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen performs during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. RIGHT: Steve Lukather of Toto performs at Toyota Pavilion at Concord on August 25, 2025 in Concord, California.
Alex Van Halen says he and Steve Lukather will work on a new album

By Elizabeth Swann Published

The drummer previously announced he and Luke were working to make an album from Eddie Van Halen's unfinished demos

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Bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen and guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A new Van Halen album features Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen playing classic tracks without a vocalist

By Elizabeth Swann Published

The album features recordings made by filmmaker Andrew Bennett during his time documenting Van Halen from 2006 to 2007

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LEFT:Eddie Van Halen and Rock Group Van Halen performs at Madison Square Garden on May 22, 1998 in New York City. RIGHT: Jerry Cantrell of American rock band Alice in Chains, on stage at Lollapalooza, USA, 1993.
Jerry Cantrell on his friendship with Eddie Van Halen and how the rare guitar Ed gave him went missing

By Phil Weller Published

Getting his ultra-rare Music Man was a saga that lasted nearly two decades

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LEFT: Eddie Van Halen, displaying his guitar virtuousity during a concert in the late 1970s . RIGHT: American musician Ace Frehley of the group Kiss performs at the International Ampitheater, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 1979
A veteran guitarist says Eddie Van Halen copied Ace Frehley. We dismantle the claim with one simple fact

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist sees too many similarities between Ed's magnum opus and Ace's “Shock Me” solo from 'Alive II.' But the timelines don't add up

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LEFT: Ace Frehley, guitarist for the American rock & roll band Kiss, strikes some chords onstage in full Kiss regalia in 1978. RIGHT: Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 30, 1984.
Gene Simmons on the guitar solo Eddie Van Halen recorded for a Kiss hit — and Ace Frehley copied note for note

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Simmons was producing Van Halen at the time in the hope of turning the group into superstars

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LEFT: Musician Carl Verheyen, former member of Supertramp, performs onstage during the Get Together Foundation benefit for fire relief at The Canyon on January 28, 2025 in Agoura Hills, California. RIGHT: Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 30, 1984.
Carl Verheyen on the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed – and nearly destroyed – his Les Paul

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarists were performing the same venue when they crossed paths in the 1970s

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Eddie Van Halen circa 1984
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

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist refused to meet Ed's demands and paid the price for it

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LEFT: Wolfgang Van Halen of Mammoth performs at Little Caesars Arena on November 20, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. RIGHT: A Fender Custom Shop replica of Eddie Van Halen's famous Frankenstrat electric guitar, photographed during a studio shoot for Guitarist Magazine, June 29, 2006.
Wolfgang Van Halen says he kept the Frankenstein Strat in his car during the “doomsday energy” of the LA wildfires

By Phil Weller Published

He was ready to evacuate, but not without his dad’s most famous guitar

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LEFT: American Jazz musician Jaco Pastorius (1951 - 1987), of the group Weather Report, plays bass as he performs onstage at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, February 9, 1980. RIGHT: Jeff Buckley onstage at Wetlands, 1994. New York.
“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

By Jason Sidwell Published

L.A. legato master Allen Hinds reflects on his Musicians Institute years with Buckley, Scott Henderson, Don Mock, Joe Diorio and other guitar greats

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