Latest about Van Halen
“I was embarrassingly inexperienced.” Steve Vai on the guitarist who “saved his bacon” with a vital piece of gear when he was a greenhorn in David Lee Roth’s band
Vai had the talent to launch the Roth’s solo career, but it took a more experienced hand to help him out
A new Van Halen album features Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen playing classic tracks without a vocalist
The album features recordings made by filmmaker Andrew Bennett during his time documenting Van Halen from 2006 to 2007
A veteran guitarist says Eddie Van Halen copied Ace Frehley. We dismantle the claim with one simple fact
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
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
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
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
