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Van Halen’s song “Jump” spent five weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100 list in 1984, driven by Eddie Van Halen’s synthesizer keyboard rift. Eddie had begun playing piano at age 6 ...
“I remember one night I went to see Harvey Mandel, the guitarist in Canned Heat, at the Starwood,” Lynch said. “Eddie Van ...
Eddie Van Halen was born and semi-raised in Amsterdam before his family moved to Pasadena in 1962, and not speaking English at first, he threw himself into music pretty much right away.
Eddie Van Halen's legacy is one of acting on instinct, and constantly evolving — even if doing so is merely for the sake of not being bored with oneself. "What is rock and roll?" ...
Eddie Van Halen, an innovator who turned himself into a new kind of guitar hero, died on Tuesday at 65. Reading about his contributions to rock is one thing; hearing them is another.
Eddie Van Halen stomps on effect boxes during a performance with Van Halen Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) G.J. McCarthy ...
Eddie Van Halen's son is protecting his father's legacy. The young musician, Wolfgang, took to social media on Monday after Sunday's broadcast of the 2021 Grammy Awards to speak out about the "In ...
Wolfgang Van Halen, son of the late pioneering rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen, said the Grammys' passing mention of his father, who died last October at 65, did not do his legacy, nor that of rock ...
Eddie Van Halen, the self-taught guitarist for Van Halen who influenced a generation of players with his legendary licks, has died. He was 65.
Eddie Van Halen (L) and son Wolfgang hug at the Van Halen press conference announcing their new tour at the Four Seasons Hotel on August 13, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael ...
Eddie Van Halen‘s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, says he declined an offer to play “Eruption” as a tribute to his dad during this year’s Grammy’s, he revealed on Twitter Monday. “I don’t ...