Here’s Eddie Van Halen’s isolated guitar track for “Unchained.” This classic has long been considered one of the favorite songs of many Van Halen fans. It was voted favorite song by the fans in issue #7 (Winter 1997) of The Inside magazine. From the classic opening chords, the fast paced riff, to it’s conclusion, this song is a masterpiece, and simply shows VH at their peak.
The live version from the 1981 Fair Warning tour:
Here’s an old cover of “Unchained” from the 1990’s, with Dweezil Zappa on guitar, Great White’s Jack Russel on vocals, Marco Mendoza on bass and Eric Singer on drums.