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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
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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
David Lee Roth shares reflective new single, Pointing at the Moon – but who’s the guitarist?
Is this soulful slice of Americana another track taken from of his unreleased collaboration with John 5?
![[L-R] David Lee Roth and Eddie Trunk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8aMLEgbYCiwK87CLGqUJde-840-80.jpg.webp)
David Lee Roth is holding up Van Halen tribute project, according to Eddie Trunk
The veteran radio host – who says his information comes from a “very reliable source” – says Roth is a “difficult guy to get to sign off on anything”
Get to the roots of Eddie Van Halen’s groundbreaking playing with this lesson on his biggest influences
In six immersive studies, we approach Eddie’s playing style from the perspective of the players he idolized
