Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan was one of the fortunate ones who had the chance to watch Eddie Van Halen perform in the studio up close and personal. It's a moment he'll never forget. In fact, he referred to it as "a religious experience". "Oh my God! For American guitar players, he was the supreme thing. He's the one who pushed us to be better than we probably … [Read more...]
Anthrax’s Scott Ian Calls Eddie Van Halen ‘The John Lennon And Paul McCartney Of Hard Rock’
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has paid Eddie Van Halen the ultimate tribute by saying his musical skills were those of both John Lennon and Paul McCartney combined. Ian talked about Eddie's legacy during a recent appearance on Dean Delray's "Let There Be Talk" podcast. "There's not a bad song from 'Van Halen I' to '1984' -- for me, there's nothing that I don't love. Every … [Read more...]
Listen To Tom Morello’s Eddie Van Halen Tribute Song
Guitarist Tom Morello has just released a new EP which includes a song dedicated to Eddie Van Halen. Below is the 68-second EVH tribute track titled "Secretariat" from Morello's five-track release "Comandante" which is available now: Morello spoke of Eddie's legacy on the day of his passing to Rolling Stone: Eddie Van Halen was one of the greatest, most … [Read more...]
Engineer Brian Kehew Talks Unreleased Van Halen Songs With The Van Halen News Desk
Ah, wow, man. Wait a second, man. Waddaya think “Hot For Teacher” is gonna sound like this time? It’s hard to imagine hearing Van Halen’s classic “Hot For Teacher” and not being able to recite every lyric word for word. Even harder to imagine is hearing the song with an entirely different set of lyrics but that's exactly what engineer Brian Kehew has revealed. In a recent … [Read more...]
Canadian Artist Honors Eddie Van Halen With Airbrush Wall Painting
An airbrush artist from Victoria, British Columbia has found his own creative way of making sure Eddie Van Halen will never be forgotten. Paul Archer recently completed the airbrush painting of Eddie on the back of his shop Archer Airbrushing. Soon after he posted the result to his Facebook page with the the comment: "RIP Eddie Van Halen. Everyone said it couldn't happen, … [Read more...]