Born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen in Amsterdam in 1955, he forever redefined rock guitar playing and subsequently reinvented the whole damn thing. Now widely copied, his legendary guitar formed from a ...

“I put it down with a Linn drum machine", Eddie had said of an early demo, "but when I played it for the rest of the guys in the band they said, ‘Look, Edward, you’re a guitar hero. Don’t stretch ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jas Obrecht’s chance encounter with a then-unknown Eddie Van Halen on July 23, 1978, resulted in ...