Alex Winter on How Eddie Van Halen Was the Guiding Light of ‘Bill & Ted’
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The actor and filmmaker talks discovering Van Halen as a teenager and the guitarist’s impact on the Bill and Ted series
Jimmy Page on Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Was the Real Deal’
Posted in: Music News“He pioneered a dazzling technique on guitar with taste and panache that I felt always placed him above his imitators,” Led Zeppelin guitarist writes
Eddie Van Halen on His Guitar Heroes and How He Found His Sound
Posted in: Music NewsIn a never-before-published 2011 interview, Eddie Van Halen looked back at some formative influences
Flashback: Van Halen Play ‘Jump’ at Their Final Concert
Posted in: Music News“The best years of my life were onstage with you, homeboy,” David Lee Roth told Eddie Van Halen at the 2015 Hollywood Bowl gig
Eddie Van Halen’s 20 Greatest Solos
Posted in: Music Lists“Eruption,” “Panama,” “Right Now” and more — the quintessential modern guitar god’s most memorable six-string feats
John Mayer Pays Tribute to Eddie Van Halen: ‘A True Virtuoso’
Posted in: Music News“Looking up to him as a young kid was one of the driving forces in my needing to pick up a guitar,” Mayer writes
Flea Pays Tribute to Eddie Van Halen: ‘The Undisputed King of All Wheedlers’
Posted in: Music News“I hope you jam with Jimi tonight and soar freely through the cosmos,” bassist wrote on Instagram
How Eddie Van Halen Reshaped Rock Guitar
Posted in: Music FeaturesFrom popularizing “finger tapping” to modding out his axes, here is how the iconic shredder changed music
Eddie Van Halen, Hall of Fame Guitarist Who Revolutionised Instrument, Dead at 65
Posted in: Music News“My father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” Wolfgang Van Halen wrote. “My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss”
