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“The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. It’s kind of a dicey title”: A deep dive into the Van Halen catalogue proves the point
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 ...
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“Why would you lend your talents to Michael Jackson?”: Alex Van Halen told Eddie not to play on Beat It
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 ...
In ‘Brothers,’ Alex Van Halen lovingly remembers life with Eddie
The rock drummer tells the siblings’ story from childhood in the Netherlands to the peak of their popular success in 1984.
Fox News25d
Eddie Van Halen's brother wants AI to complete the band's unreleased music
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 ...
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Eddie Van Halen took 1,000 steroid pills before death, ‘If two’s good, 20's better’: brother
Eddie Van Halen struggled with addiction his entire life. After doctors gave him steroid pills to combat swelling after surgery to remove a brain tumor near the end of his life, the legendary ...
LAist9d
Alex Van Halen memoir
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 ...
Rolling Stone29d
My Brother, Eddie Van Halen: Alex Van Halen Tells All
Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 in October 2020, leaving the world without its greatest post-Sixties guitar hero, and Alex without his brilliant, maddening, agonizingly sensitive baby brother ...
Billboard28d
Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth Tanked Van Halen Reunion Over Refusal to Honor Eddie Van Halen: ‘F–kin’ Popped a Fuse’
By Gil Kaufman The long-standing animus between former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth and band’s late guitar legend Eddie Van Halen was legendary, and apparently permanent. In a new interview ...
Forbes27d
The Failed Van Halen Reunion Tour, Explained
In 2022 a Van Halen reunion tour was rumored to be in the works to honor the late great guitarist Eddie Van Halen and the band’s legacy. The rumored tour supposedly was to feature the band’s ...
New York Post28d
How Ozzy Osbourne almost became lead singer of Van Halen
Redferns Van Halen sang about “Runnin’ with the ... cat,” Alex told Rolling Stone in his first interview since guitar god Eddie’s death in 2020. “When you get Ozzy, you get Ozzy.
USA Today21d
Alex Van Halen gets candid about brother's health struggles, tension with David Lee Roth
But to Alex Van Halen, he was Edward, maybe Ed, but never Eddie. He was also a best friend, the sensitive soul who “couldn’t filter out criticism” and a reluctant guitar hero with a boyish grin.