Harvey Mandel wants credit for introducing Eddie Van Halen to tapping
The guitarist has no beef with Van Halen, but he wouldn't mind getting his due for using the technique long before Eddie and ...
Guitar Player presents the top guitarists of the 1980s you need to know
From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we cover the gamut of the decade's greatest players across the genres ...
American Songwriter17d
“I Was a Complete Fool, According to the Rest of the Band”: Why Eddie Van Halen Never Made a Dime off Michael Jackson’s Hit “Beat It”
Did you know that Eddie Van Halen quietly and cheaply wrote and played the guitar solo for Michael Jackon’s “Beat It?” Well, if you didn’t, now you do, and you should also know that Eddie ...
Wall Street Journal24d
Was That a Real Van Gogh at the Garage Sale?
In 1889, Vincent van Gogh committed himself to a psychiatric asylum in Southern France, where he spent a turbulent year creating roughly 150 paintings, including masterpieces such as “Irises ...
Far Out Magazine29d
Eddie Van Halen on the most powerful album he made with Sammy Hagar
Although it’s easy for someone to take a bunch of catchy tunes and throw them together in a decent order, a band like Van Halen were always trying to make tracks that hit someone in the face the ...