"I've ripped up my fingers to shreds, they bled, they blistered": Watch Nina DiGregorio's jaw-dropping version of Van Halen's Eruption, played on 7-string fretted violin By Fraser Lewry published 18 April 24 Nina DiGregorio spent years preparing for this moment
"I can't think of a Van Halen song that doesn't put a smile on my face – it's just a question of figuring out how to play them": How Joe Satriani is preparing to pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen By Gary Graff published 29 March 24 Exclusive: we talk to Joe Satriani as the setlist for Sammy Hagar's upcoming The Best of All Worlds tour begins to take shape
"I miss hearing you laugh. I miss laughing with you": Wolfgang Van Halen shares poignant birthday message to his late father Eddie, on what would have been the guitar legend's 69th birthday By Paul Brannigan published 26 January 24 "I'll do my best to keep a smile on my face and think of you today"
“He started crying, and goes, You're the only one that understands me”: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong recalls the day he made his childhood hero Eddie Van Halen cry By Paul Brannigan published 18 January 24 They say that you should never meet your heroes, but meeting Eddie Van Halen was an experience Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will never forget
"Kids came in their thousands, and the first two rows looked like Attila The Hun’s frontline troops – frothing at the mouth": four years on the road with America's ultimate party band, Van Halen By Johnny Black published 25 December 23 At the tag end of the 70s, Van Halen were poised to become one of the biggest-grossing acts on the planet... but the cracks were beginning to show
Sammy Hagar says it's "ugly" that a tribute concert in honour of Eddie Van Halen hasn't taken place By Stef Lach published 5 November 23 Red Rocker Sammy Hagar thinks a concert in Eddie Van Halen's memory should happen – but says it's not his job to arrange it
"It was fantastic – it was ridiculous how good it was": In 1987 Eddie Van Halen appeared on Saturday Night Live and displayed the full range of his talents By Fraser Lewry published 24 October 23 The less said about that Dinner At The Van Halens skit, the better
11 iconic guitars and the legendary guitarists who played them By Jenna Scaramanga published 6 October 23 From Jimmy Page’s double-necked Gibson to Brian May‘s Red Special, these are the guitars that became legends in their own right
Eddie Van Halen: game-changer, tone-chaser, riff machine, songwriter, composer, avant-garde artist and genius By Grant Moon published 6 October 23 Like Jimi Hendrix a decade earlier, Eddie Van Halen revolutionised the guitar. Three years on from his death, we continue to celebrate the late, great six-string icon who changed rock’n’roll forever
"It enabled me to be the fastest gun in the west for about five minutes:" Steve Hackett, Eddie Van Halen, and the murky origins of finger tapping By Fraser Lewry published 27 September 23 Eddie Van Halen famously popularised finger tapping, but Steve Hackett was doing it as long ago as 1971
"Big Balls made my dad laugh so hard": Wolfgang Van Halen on how he bonded with dad Eddie over Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap By Dave Everley published 6 September 23 Wolfgang Van Halen on Malcolm Young: "The groove that man had was untouchable"
“It was exhilarating – it felt like an illicit liaison”: the true story of Brian May and Eddie Van Halen’s Star Fleet Project collaboration By Dave Everley published 30 July 23 How a kids’ TV show inspired a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of rock’s greatest guitarists
Jason Becker is selling the guitar gifted to him by Eddie Van Halen to raise money for his ongoing medical care By Paul Brannigan published 24 July 23 A rare Wolfgang guitar given to Jason Becker by his friend Eddie Van Halen is up for sale to raise funds for Becker's care
Roger Waters said he “couldn’t care less” about Van Halen, forgetting that he once appeared on a song with Eddie Van Halen By Classic Rock published 10 July 23 Eddie Van Halen played guitar on a Roger Waters song back in 1990
Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time” By Classic Rock published 24 June 23 Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album
Watch Brian May enthuse about Star Fleet Project on kids' TV in 1983 By Fraser Lewry published 14 June 23 'Yeah! We've done it! Great!' - Brian May on the recording sessions that bequeathed Star Fleet Project (featuring Eddie Van Halen) to The World
Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project to be reissued as massively expanded box set By Fraser Lewry published 1 June 23 The long-awaited reissue of Brian May + Friends' Star Fleet Project will arrive next month – listen to new mix of Star Fleet single now
The Eddie Van Halen I knew, by Gene Simmons By Dave Ling published 15 May 23 "Our millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix" - Gene Simmons on the late Eddie Van Halen
Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips" By Joe Daly published 14 April 23 When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next
That time Eddie Van Halen appeared on Two And A Half Men exiting a bathroom with his guitar By Fraser Lewry published 29 March 23 "You never know when inspiration might strike" – Eddie Van Halen