Carl Verheyen on the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed – and nearly destroyed – his Les Paul

Eddie Van Halen may be best known for his Frankenstein Strat — a guitar hat married Les Paul tonality with Stratocaster playability and Floyd Rose trickery — but he was always keen to test-drive other ...
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Van Halen's reunion tour was canceled because David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to Eddie, Alex Van Halen says

Van Halen rockers David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had a fraught relationship for decades, and that's what torpedoed a planned reunion tour following Eddie's death, the band's drummer Alex Van Halen ...
Los Angeles Times

Alex Van Halen doesn’t ‘sugar coat’ complex relationship he had with Eddie in new book ‘Brothers’

If rock music history has taught musicians anything, it is this: Don’t start a band with your sibling. Just ask Oasis co-founders Liam and Noel Gallagher, whose well-documented mutual enmity makes ...
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John 5 shares what he learned about Eddie Van Halen after playing through the guitarist's rig

John 5 says hearing Eddie Van Halen’s music for the first time as a teen made a huge impact on him . While making a guest appearance on the Vinyl Obsession Podcast, the Mötley Crüe’s recruit also ...