Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” solo popularized the tapping style of guitar playing, and in doing so revolutionized the sound of rock. Not bad for a song that wasn't even intended to be released. On ...

Van Halen may have given the world another guitar god, but one of the most mind-blowing moments of their debut was actually a mistake.

The post Wolfgang Van Halen Shares Clip of Himself Shredding “Eruption” to Mark Anniversary of Van Halen Classic: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Eddie Van Halen recorded his legendary shred ...

Mike McCready has described Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing as “music from another planet” in a recent conversation with SiriusXM, which saw the Pearl Jam icon try his hand at the late guitar ...

Wolfgang Van Halen made an unexpected appearance during the Foo Fighters’ headlining set at Welcome to Rockville on May 11, performing parts of the classic Van Halen tunes “Eruption” and “Hot for ...

Happy anniversary to Van Halen's self-titled debut album. The mid-'70s were a transformative time for rock 'n' roll music. The psychedelic phase was coming to an end, glam and punk were on the rise, ...

“Clearly, the guitar world and the music world lost a giant,” Tolinski says of Van Halen. “But I also felt sad on a personal level.” For Gill, the emotional wallop of Van Halen’s death felt much the ...

For journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill, several decades of conversations with guitar legend Eddie Van Halen led to a friendship with the musician. When he died on Oct. 6, 2020, the news hit hard ...