The guitarist sees too many similarities between Ed's magnum opus and Ace's “Shock Me” solo from 'Alive II.' But the ...

He cut a demo tape with the group — Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, singer David Lee Roth and bass guitar player ...

For someone synonymous with revamping lead guitar playing, Eddie Van Halen was never that in love with mindless shredding.

Four decades ago, Eddie Van Halen crafted one of his most iconic guitar solos under unexpected circumstances. Often in pop music, it's high-profile vocalists who join forces to create a memorable ...

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Van Halen's "Eruption." It's a ...

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 ...

Jimmy Page wasn’t just flying by the seat of his pants when he quickly formed Led Zeppelin. Page had a plan for the debut album, and he executed it brilliantly. His intricately planned approach to the ...

Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen formed the rock band Van Halen back in 1972. The group first experienced commercial success with their self-named debut that was released in 1978, which ...

Eddie Van Halen, a guitar virtuoso whose pyrotechnic riffs and solos expanded the vocabulary of hard rock, inspired legions of headbanging imitators and propelled his band Van Halen to four turbulent ...

Guitars come in all shapes and sizes and with everything from four strings — as in the tenor guitar — to 17, as in Gibson’s ...