Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Van Halen is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history [2] and was well known for popularizing the tapping guitar technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard. Eddie Van Halen was voted number one in a Guitar World Magazine poll for “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” poll. [3]
Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, whose band helped define the rock genre from the late 1970s through much of the 1980s, died Tuesday following a bout with cancer, his son said. Wolf Van Halen ...
Eddie Van Halen’s escalating drug abuse and alcoholism hastened his 2007 divorce from TV actress Valerie Bertinelli, his wife of 16 years, after a protracted separation. He entered rehab in 2007 ...
Eddie Van Halen, the self-taught guitarist for Van Halen who influenced generations of players with his legendary licks, died today of cancer. Famous for his signature red-white-and-back guitar ...
The tour was dubbed the "Ambulance" Tour by Eddie Van Halen due to his hip injury caused by avascular necrosis, and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen wearing a neck brace for most of the tour, due to rupturing three vertebrae in his neck. [1] Consequently, Eddie was a lot more static on stage. [2]
Legendary rock star and guitarist Eddie Van Halen died on Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Eddie's son and bandmate, Wolfgang -- whom he shared with ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli ...
Live Without a Net is a live video album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released by Warner Reprise Video on November 24, 1986. Recorded live at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut on August 27, 1986, the concert was the band's first video release and was part of the 5150 Tour, supporting the album of the same name, Van Halen's first with lead vocalist Sammy Hagar.
Upon the 1978 release of Van Halen’s self-titled album — considered one of the greatest debuts in rock history— Eddie was immediately revered as a guitar god, notably due to that album’s ...