With Van Halen it was a lot of room for the guitar player to take up, and there just wasn’t that room unless we wanted to gut what Kiss was all about. And Eddie would have taken over.” ...

“At one point, we almost had Eddie Van Halen play on the John Wick theme, toward the end of his life,” Bates divulges in an interview with ScreenRant. “ [It was on John Wick 2 or 3.] ...

He noted that he did not get a chance to speak with Eddie Van Halen before his passing in 2020. "And at that point in Ed's life, I think he was a little bit more, like, 'Hey, the past is the past.

Roth was aware of the curiosity Eddie’s guitar playing was creating. Anthony says the frontman was concerned other guitarists would copy Eddie’s style and make their mark before Van Halen could.

Anthony says that the rift between Hagar and guitarist Eddie Van Halen began because Hagar started a club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and a tequila brand named Cabo Wabo, after the band’s 1988 song.

Guitar Hero: Van Halen lets you stand in the shoes of this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band as you perform 25 epic Van Halen tracks, three signature Eddie Van Halen solos and 19 guest act tracks ...