Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen (1955) is a legendary rock guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen. Signed to Warner Bros. Records, key albums include 1984 (1984), Balance (1995), and A Different Kind of Truth (2012). He has won a Grammy Award and multiple MTV Video Music Awards.

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Wolfgang Van Halen and Eddie's Frankenstein Guitar

“It was like having my dad right there with me” Wolfgang Van Halen on how it felt to use Eddie’s original Frankenstein guitar in the studio

“I have to get over arguing with myself that it doesn’t sound right”: Joe Satriani on the challenge of taking on Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts for The Best Of All Worlds tour

Joe Satriani on the “really frightening” prospect of playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts for the upcoming tour

This is Eddie Van Halen’s most difficult guitar riff ever, according to Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar

The Wolfgang guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted to Jason Becker is going up for auction

Eddie Van Halen once asked Alice Cooper to get Glen Campbell to give him a guitar lesson

Eddie Van Halen’s rig builder recalls “torture test” late guitarist used to put his amps through