“Super sad to hear about the passing of Eddie Van Halen,” Solomon tweeted. “He was a big influence on Chris & me as we were writing Bill & Ted. In fact, when director Stephen Herek was ...

DeVille raved about Van Halen's virtuosity and influence on guitar playing writ large in a 1989 Guitar World interview. "If guitar playing has turned into an athletic event, then Eddie Van Halen ...

Eddie was the most famous guitar player on the planet — the guy who had revolutionised the art of rock guitar in the late-'70s, and had got the call from Michael Jackson to play the solo on his ...

Heart, her Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame band with her big sister Ann Wilson, the band’s supersonic singer, resumes their latest ...

The guitarist’s death this week has prompted countless fans, fellow rockers, and imitators to pay tribute to his influence and share their favorite Eddie Van Halen stories. Photo: Paul Natkin ...

Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and ... Were it not for his titanic influence, hard rock after the late 1970s would have evolved in unimaginably different ways.

Eddie Van Halen was an explorer ... He exuded raw, uncurbed power a la Jimi Hendrix (someone he didn’t claim as an influence, surprisingly enough; he'd pledged allegiance to Eric Clapton ...

Rock legend Eddie Van Halen — the guitar god known for his ... and we know he will influence and shape rock music indefinitely.” Eddie’s career was marked by experimentation and ...

Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65 from Cancer," wrote KISS ... guys I ever worked with and we shared so many laughs together. His influence on music and especially the guitar has been immeasurable.

While Van Halen was their last name it wasn't Alex and Eddie who decided to call the ... At the time while trying to influence the choice David said to his bandmates: “Let’s make something ...

MOSLEY: Along with his late brother, Eddie, Alex is a founding member of the rock band Van Halen. Known for their ... from the Netherlands as kids to the influence of their father, who was a ...