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Eddie Van Halen in his own words: "I locked myself in my room, played guitar, wrote songs, and hoped to God I got somewhere"
In these revealing quotes taken from interviews through the years, Eddie reflects on a career spent chasing fresh tones, new songs and good times
Wolfgang Van Halen discusses nerves over covering Eddie's guitar parts at Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: “I didn’t even know if I could do it”
The multi-instrumentalist details his fast-tracked rehearsal process with Dave Grohl, Josh Freese and Justin Hawkins, and why the tribute marked the perfect moment to play Van Halen music onstage
![[L-R] Justin Hawkins, Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BkA8oH28gaGi4Q5U2J29NR-840-80.jpg.webp)
Wolfgang Van Halen nails Panama at LA Taylor Hawkins tribute concert – after promising he'd never play the track live
The multi-instrumentalist and Mammoth WVH mastermind pokes fun at himself in a new social media post, saying that he'll instead never play the track “twice”
W.A.S.P.’s Chris Holmes recalls the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed his Ibanez Destroyer – and made some radical surprise modifications
Holmes retrieved the guitar while Van Halen was on tour, and was left asking himself one question: “How in the eff did he play this?”
The Van Halen Stage officially opened in the Van Halen family’s hometown of Pasadena
Located in the newly built Playhouse Village Park, the stage pays tribute to Van Halen, who formed in Pasadena in the early 1970s
Rick Beato debunks claims that Wolfgang Van Halen was playing to a backing track of Eddie at Taylor Hawkins tribute
Wolfgang's timing, tone and delivery on Hot for Teacher and On Fire was so good some viewers couldn't quite believe it
![[L-R] Wolfgang Van Halen and Justin Hawkins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NmUw6SeF6xT4p6w43qFjYB-840-80.jpg.webp)
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen nail classic Van Halen tracks at Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins tribute show
Accompanied by Dave Grohl on bass, The Darkness's Justin Hawkins on vocals and session ace Josh Freese on drums, Wolfgang paid homage to his father Eddie with killer renditions of Hot For Teacher and On Fire
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Vinnie Moore says Eddie Van Halen inspired him to take a chisel to his Strat
“That didn't go very well – at all,” says the affable virtuoso, reminding us all that oftentimes retro-fitting a Floyd is best left to the professionals, especially when you're just starting out
David Lee Roth gets nostalgic for Van Halen high-jinks on new single, Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway
Featuring John 5, the track finds the former Van Halen frontman wistfully recall throwing a TV off a balcony, and that one time his bandmates safety-pinned a tablecloth to his pants
