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Eddie Van Halen details the years of onstage trials and workshop tribulations that shaped the EVH Wolfgang guitar
By Chris Gill published
Back in 2009, GW sat down with a rejuvenated and re-energized Eddie Van Halen to get the full, twisty backstory of the signature model he referred to as “the culmination of 35 years of experimenting with guitars”
Alex Van Halen reveals the real reason David Lee Roth quit Van Halen
By Janelle Borg published
In his recently-released book, Brothers, the Van Halen drummer talks about the push-and-pull dynamic between Roth and the two brothers, and what eventually led to the singer's departure following the 1984 Tour
Eddie Van Halen’s soloing takes center stage once again as the last song he ever wrote with his brother is released
By Matt Owen published
Unfinished is a powerful, mournful instrumental epic that sees the late guitar legend let loose on six minutes of guitar action
Eddie Van Halen recorded his Beat It solo in secret and his brother is still mad about it 42 years later
By Phil Weller published
Alex Van Halen says Eddie’s legendary appearance on the pop smash was a waste of his finite talents – and the perfect excuse for David Lee Roth to leave the band
AI-aided Eddie Van Halen solos could be a possibility, according to Alex Van Halen
By Jackson Maxwell published
The late guitarist's older brother says that he reached out to OpenAI about potentially analyzing “the patterns of how Edward would have played something” to help round out unfinished material
“He started playing bass… He got so into it he started bleeding”: Alex Van Halen reveals his and Eddie’s secret jams with Chris Cornell
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Eddie Van Halen and his brother tried out the Soundgarden singer shortly before his death – and at one stage, an Ozzy Osbourne-fronted Van Halen album was also on the cards
Alex Van Halen reveals the real reason why the Van Halen tribute didn’t happen – and the advice Brian May gave him about the tour
By Janelle Borg published
Van Halen says that David Lee Roth's refusal to pay tribute to Eddie during the proposed tour was the straw that “broke the camel's back”
Alex Van Halen reveals the unease Eddie felt with being labeled the best guitar player on the planet in new excerpt from tell-all memoir
By Matt Owen published
Brothers, which will “set the record straight on Edward’s life and death”, has been previewed by an audio clip that finds Alex paying tribute to EVH's guitar talents
Nuno Bettencourt has been using his custom Washburn ‘Bumblebee’ to cover Eddie Van Halen with Extreme
By Phil Weller published
The virtuoso has tackled Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love and Mean Street over the past few weeks, with a little help from his custom-made 'Bumblebee' replica
Dweezil Zappa says he recorded Eddie Van Halen playing a “greatest hits guitar solo” at 5150 – and had to give EVH pointers
By Matt Parker published
The session was the result of an unreleased ‘audio movie’ concept of Zappa’s in which he envisioned solo contributions from Brian May and Angus Young
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