Then came “Eruption.” In just 102 seconds, Eddie Van Halen redefined the vocabulary of rock guitar — like Jimi Hendrix and his personal hero, Eric Clapton, had done a decade earlier — with ...

A guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen was indeed an eruption. The legendary Van Halen guitarist, who died Tuesday after a long battle with throat cancer at age 65, will forever live on through solos ...

Eddie Van Halen – who passed away Tuesday at the age of 65 – was among the most important figures in the development of electric guitar playing in the second half of the 20th century.

Have a look as we share photos of the legendary guitar great Eddie Van Halen through the years. Of all of the celebratory photo galleries we've done of rockers, this one hits a bit different.

Eddie Van Halen's iconic red, white and black custom-made Kramer guitar was sold to an unnamed buyer at auction for $3.932 million, blasting past its pre-auction estimate of $2 to 3 million.

Eddie Van Halen, of course, didn’t give up his guitar entirely; the album where the piano-heavy "Right Now" appears, 1991's "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," opens with the sound of a power drill ...

Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso who led Van Halen through five decades and three lead singers, establishing himself as one of the all-time great players in rock ...

With a road-battered guitar, lightning-quick fingers and a welcoming good-time grin, Eddie Van Halen and his band Van Halen may have been just what the 1970s needed. Amid a sea of aging ’60s ...

Sponsor Message No matter the singer, Eddie Van Halen's high-flying guitar sound — heavy on tapping, with both hands on the neck of the instrument — was deeply influential, but also hard to ...

Rock legend Eddie Van Halen — the guitar god known for his astounding solos and superstar band — died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. The iconic Dutch-born rock-and ...

Eddie Van Halen's original guitar from the 1984 "Hot for Teacher" music video was sold at auction on Tuesday, bringing in an impressive $3,932,000. The auction on Sotheby's website billed the ...

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