Credit: Screengrab from Gibson TV Having Frank Zappa as your dad has its benefits. At 12 years old, Dweezil Zappa found that out when his guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, showed up unannounced at the ...

The guitarist says Eddie's quickfire lesson is “burned into” his mind and reveals an important aspect of Van Halen's personality ...

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most memorable friendships ...

But while most people weren’t ready for Eddie Van Halen to start warping minds when he first ... and even outside of the hard rock realm, Frank Zappa had started crafting solos that took people ages ...

Flashy guitar solos by anybody but Eddie Van Halen were falling out of fashion ... He initially held the coveted “stunt guitar” slot in Frank Zappa’s band, where his offstage exploits ...

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 Van Halen ...

Joe Satriani tells UCR during a February 2025 interview that he tried to get Eddie Van Halen to join him for a special tour.

But the late Eddie Van Halen is one major name who never was on the bill. Though it never happened, Satriani made numerous attempts to make contact. "I called Eddie's number, office, whatever ...

He exited the group on Father’s Day 1996, with conflicting details about whether he was fired by Eddie Van Halen or opted to step down. Sammy returned to Van Halen in 2004 for one tour only ...

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most ...