Van Halen’s irresistible appeal came from the fact they were fun, and everything about Little Guitars is fun: the preposterous mini Les Paul that Eddie played it on, that irrepressible riff, Eddie ...

Eddie Van Halen almost hung up on producer Quincy Jones when he called to ask the guitarist to perform on Michael Jackson's ...

Eddie Van Halen’s performance on the Michael Jackson classic Beat It is widely recognised as one of the greatest guitar solos of all time. But his brother Alex, the drummer for Van Halen, wishes it ...

The rock drummer tells the siblings’ story from childhood in the Netherlands to the peak of their popular success in 1984.

Alex Van Halen ... guitar solos in his brother’s signature style. "You’re gonna think I’m out of my f---ing mind," Alex said. "But when conditions are right, things will manifest." Eddie ...

The idea was to eventually bring in Joe Satriani on guitar, and maybe even original bassist Michael Anthony, who hadn’t played with Van Halen since 2004, after which Alex and Eddie replaced him ...

His brother's link to the guitar, on the other hand, felt like fate. It was decided that Eddie Van Halen would play guitar, and Alex drums. Van Halen's legacy: Known for their extravagant ...

When guitarist Eddie Van Halen died ... [I said,] 'Ed, you're playing guitar. I want drums.' " Known for their extravagant, high-energy performances, Van Halen would go on to produce 12 studio ...

Eddie Van Halen got the call one day in 1982, to add a pyrotechnic guitar solo to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” He declined credit for it, but after Jackson’s death in 2009, Van Halen said ...