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Alex Van Halen offers fresh insight into the new Van Halen album – and Steve Lukather’s role in it
By Phil Weller published
The album project was revealed in March 2025, and Alex says they’re now looking for a vocalist

Eddie Van Halen on the one guitarist he said out–Van Halened him
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Ed's impressions of David Lee Roth’s new guitarist weren't entirely positive — he wondered if others saw him the same way

Kelly Garni sets the record straight on the rivalry between Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen
By Phil Weller published
The pair were regularly pitted against each other, but Rhoads' former bandmate says the guitarist respected, but didn't look to rival, Eddie 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
By Phil Weller published
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
By Elizabeth Swann published
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
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

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

Watch Eddie Van Halen perform in a blizzard as Sammy Hagar unearths never-seen video clip
By Phil Weller published
The band rejected the chance to cancel, instead opting for a memorable, if stormy, evening
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