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But by the early 1990s Eddie had changed his approach. That's not to say he stopped performing two-handed tapping — a ...
Alex Van Halen says David Lee Roth balked at the idea of paying tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died in 2020. "The vitriol that came out was unbelievable," he told Rolling Stone.
Eddie Van Halen’s younger brother Alex Van Halen is opening up about his late sibling’s addiction to pills in a rare interview, his first since the rocker’s 2020 death.
Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a clip of him using his father's iconic electric to record his latest song – which channels his love for contemporary greats while keeping Eddie’s guitar flame ...
Eddie Van Halen died in October 2020 after a massive stroke after a battle with throat cancer. "You know, he fought until the end," Alex told Rolling Stone. "Anybody who thought he was anything ...
Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.
Van Halen's reunion tour didn't happen because David Lee Roth didn't want to pay tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex Van Halen says.
Eddie Van Halen, left, and brother Alex perform as Van Halen rocks at Staples Center on June 1, 2012. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) By Marc Weingarten. Oct. 21, 2024 3:38 PM PT .
We’d just come off a big tour where he’d been playing 14 Van Halen songs every night, so he knew Eddie’s s— inside and out. It was in his fingers. It was in his soul .
When guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer in 2020, his older brother Alex was overwhelmed by grief. Only 20 months apart in age, they had grown up together as "a yin and yang ...