When Sammy Hagar entered the studio to record what he thought would be the contract-fulfilling closing chapter of his solo career with 1987's I Never Said Goodbye LP, he brought along his new Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen to play bass and co-produce.
Eddie Van Halen offers an in-depth look at how early guitar hacks taught him that the sound he was looking for was usually just a modification or two away.
Van Halen has announced their new world tour to start on July 5th and to make a big splash on TV and announce the North American leg, the band announced their first TV appearance with original lead singer David Lee Roth. Wait till you hear what they are going to do.
So many people would love to play like Eddie Van Halen. Eddie knows that and has tried to make gear he likes and that people want to play. He is always pushing the envelope with his equipment. His EVH line has followed his changing tastes.
Eddie Van Halen is credited with influencing music, bands, and the way the guitar was played. Not many people are aware of the influence he had on the making of guitars, and amps. He wired his own guitar, painted it, and now with his own line of guitars and amps he finally has what he wants to play.
Nobody else is getting into Eddie Van Halen's already sold-out talk about his life, music and career at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. on Feb. 12 -- but that doesn't mean you have to miss it.