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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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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 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 ...

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.