Eddie Van Halen
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Dweezil Zappa on the time he taught Eddie Van Halen how to play one of his dad’s most difficult riffs
By Phil Weller published
Dweezil had looked up to Eddie all his life, but the apprentice became the master one night in 2010
Joe Satriani’s custom Eddie Van Halen-flavored 3rd Power amp is now available as a plugin – with real amps on the way
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist worked with 3rd Power chief designer Dylana Scott to capture his favorite Van Halen guitar tone, and it's quickly become his “favorite amp”
Joe Satriani on the key mod he’s made to his Best Of All Worlds EVH guitars
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist has given a rundown of the guitar arsenal he’s assembled for the Van Halen-honoring tour, which kicks off this weekend
Slash says Eddie Van Halen was a blues player at heart – and that's what made him so good
By Phil Weller published
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist says he’s “always been attracted” to guitarists who take the blues in new directions – and no one was better at it than Eddie
Wolfgang Van Halen doesn't want to sound like his dad – but holds one soloing lesson from him to heart
By Phil Weller published
Wolfgang likened his approach to guitar solos to Intervals’ Aaron Marshall, who he says is “incredibly influential”
Michael Anthony says there’s unreleased Van Halen material – but we “probably” won't hear it
By Phil Weller published
Though the band’s final album was the only record the bassist didn’t feature on, Anthony says ideas he helped develop in Van Halen's early days were revisited for the album
Watch newly unearthed footage of Van Halen performing Top of the World in 1991
By Phil Weller published
The previously unreleased video shows Van Halen shred the biggest hit from ‘91’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge at the West End Marketplace in Dallas, with a newly remastered extended version of the album set for release next month
Pro-shot footage of Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West jamming emerges online
By Phil Weller published
The pair were joined onstage by Mountain drummer Corky Laing for a rendition of Mountain's Never In My Life, with West later revealing that Van Halen knew the track better than he did
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