From GuitarPlayer.com: By Jude Gold. MANY GUITARISTS WHO WERE ACTIVE IN the late ’70s remember exactly where they were standing when they first heard Van Halen. Like film footage of an erupting volcano, the band’s eponymous 1978 debut captured in real time a stunningly explosive and organic spectacle—four hard-rocking, hard-partying adrenaline junkies whose sound was … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
More Van Halen isolated guitar tracks
Eddie Van Halen's isolated guitar tracks for "Hear About It Later", "Intruder," "Pretty Woman", Somebody get Me A Doctor", and the "Beat It" guitar solo. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Van Halen on Clapton
This is from the "30 on 30" article in Guitar World's current (March 2010) issue. As their 30th Anniversary celebration continues, they chose 30 of the greatest living guitarists to tell them who they would pick as the greatest guitarists of all time. Our man Eddie picked Eric Clapton, and Richie Kotzen chose Eddie. … [Read more...]
EVH D-Tuna now available in Black & Gold, as well as Chrome
The EVH D-tuna is now available in two new colors - Black and Gold, as well as Chrome. The D-Tuna is Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back again, in an instant. The D-Tuna was designed to adapt to a double-locking tremolo, such as a Floyd Rose or Floyd Rose-licensed tremolo. The patented design allows for precise … [Read more...]
Audio from 1974: Earliest circulated recording of Eddie Van Halen playing guitar
This is the earliest know recording of Eddie Van Halen playing guitar. He is basically noodling and working out ideas. Recorded at home (in his parent's house) in 1974, when he was only 19 years old! The genesis of "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" and other great ideas. The guitar playing ends at 7:16, and then you can hear a short recording of David, Eddie and Michael hanging out … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Eddie Van Halen: Wake-Up Video
From MTV: Band names are difficult. Some of them are naturally iconic and sound instantly classic, like U2, Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. Others sound legendary only because the bands transcended them (yesterday, Chris Jericho pointed out that Audioslave really doesn't work without those particular band members, and is there really a sillier band name than the Beatles?). … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Eddie
Today, January 26, 2010, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen celebrates his 55th birthday. We thank him and the band for all the wonderful music they've given us (over 100 songs!) and for touring the world no less than 14 times to play it for us. Here's a soundboard recording of Eddie, Alex & Michael jamming. This was probably recorded during a full-stage rehearsal for Van Halen's … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen at NAMM; New EVH products coming in 2010
Eddie at NAMM, Jan. 14th 2010, with Scott Ian from Anthrax: From PremierGuitar.com: EVH Now Offering Wolfgang Pickups & Low-Friction Pots, Plus New Finishes Anaheim, CA (January 14, 2010) -- EVH is proud to introduce a pair of new products for 2010 and new finish options for the Wolfgang guitar model. New this year are EVH Wolfgang pickups, which capitalize on … [Read more...]
“Boyd’s Hauler” at Barrett-Jackson
1/18-24: Barrett-Jackson set to roll out auction extravaganza by Kellie Hwang - Jan. 11, 2010 03:25 PM The Arizona Republic More than 200,000 people from around the world will come together next week for the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction. Important cars up for auction are the 1930 Ford Model A Coupe used by infamous gangster John Dillinger and a Boyd's Hauler 1993 … [Read more...]
Van Halen GUITAR-ONLY tracks!
Here's something that no one has ever heard before - GUITAR-ONLY versions of some classic Van Halen tracks, courtesy of Youtube user MasterTracks18. Featured here are "I'm The One," "Panama," "Unchained," & "Little Guitars." More to come. Enjoy! Check them out HERE! … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen: Prime Cuts
Article from GuitarWorld.com. 2009 Photo by Clay Patrick McBride. Old photos from VHND.com & Warner Bros. “Eruption” Van Halen (1978) “I like the way ‘Eruption’ sounds. I’d never heard a guitar sound like that before—like some classical instrument. “The story behind ‘Eruption’ is strange. It wasn’t even supposed to be on Van Halen. While we were recording … [Read more...]
The Seduction of Gina score, by Eddie Van Halen
In 1983, Eddie Van Halen wrote three synthesizer songs (one of which included a guitar solo) for this made-for-TV movie, The Seduction of Gina, which starred Valerie Bertinelli as a compulsive gambler who cheats on her husband to earn money to gamble. The remainder of the music was done by Tom neuman. Eddie wrote the opening composition without seeing any footage from the … [Read more...]