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"Eruption" starts with a short accompanied intro with Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass.The highlight of the solo is the use of two-handed tapping. "Eruption" was played on the Frankenstrat, with an MXR Phase 90, an Echoplex, a Univox echo unit and a 1968 Marshall 1959 Super Lead tube amp.
Van Halen was an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and 56 singles.
Van Halen (/ v æ n ˈ h eɪ l ə n / van HAY-len) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973. Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, [1] Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances [2] and the virtuosity of their guitarist, Eddie Van Halen. [3] [4]
Dark, sordid, and often angry, Van Halen’s worst-selling album from its original lineup reflected the band’s growing disunity by 1981. Despite the friction – or maybe because of it – Fair ...
The band's 1978 album Van Halen reached No. 19 on the Billboard pop music charts and was one of rock's most commercially successful debuts, [31] highly regarded as both a heavy metal and hard rock album. [32] By the early 1980s, Van Halen was one of the most successful rock acts of the time. [33]
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Chuck Klosterman of Vulture ranked it the eighth-best Van Halen song, praising the staccato bass playing as well as David Lee Roth's vocal performance. [4] "Runnin' with the Devil" remains a staple track of classic rock radio and Van Halen's discography. [5] [6] Alex Van Halen has stated that this song best epitomizes why Eddie Van Halen was ...
The glam metal band Autograph supported Van Halen on a majority of their North American shows. [3] At the time of the final three North American shows, Eddie Van Halen made a guest appearance on the Jacksons' Victory Tour, performing "Beat It" alongside Michael Jackson, when he and the rest of Van Halen were in Irving, Texas. [4]