Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” solo popularized the tapping style of guitar playing, and in doing so revolutionized the sound of rock. Not bad for a song that wasn't even intended to be released. On ...

Eddie Van Halen, who died on Tuesday at age 65, was one of the most confounding musicians of the rock ’n’ roll era. He was a full-blown musical genius whose last name would, for fans and detractors ...

It’s almost like speaking another language. That’s the way Allen Garber describes his journey of discovery as an official, published transcriber of an Eddie Van Halen solo. Allen, a 1990 Clear Lake ...

The man behind the painstakingly crafted Van Halen documentary that charted Eddie Van Halen’s pre-Frankenstein electric guitar journey is back with another free-to-view doc – and this time, he's ...

DULUTH — The deaths of rock guitar legends hit me hard. No other performances elicit as much emotion and personality as musicians playing a guitar from the soul. I know these musicians chiefly — and ...

Apart from all the other things for which he is now being remembered and mourned, Eddie Van Halen – who passed away Tuesday at the age of 65 – was among the most important figures in the development ...

A YouTuber who’s made a series of videos that show him performing classic-rock songs on Stylophones released his version of Eddie Van Halen’s signature solo track ...

Born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen in Amsterdam in 1955, he forever redefined rock guitar playing and subsequently reinvented the whole damn thing. Now widely copied, his legendary guitar formed from a ...