Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend
Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a ...
In 1992, Steve Lukather was still getting over meeting his Beatles icon – then there was a knock on the stage door
Steve Lukather has had the good fortune of playing alongside three of the Beatles – and could even go so far as to call them ...
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Les Paul & Leo Fender Perfected the Invention of the Electric Guitar in the ’50s
T he joke in This Is Spinal Tap about an amp that “goes to 11” has particular resonance for anybody who’s ever picked up a ...
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“He turned out to be the nicest, funniest guy I'd ever hung out with": Steve Lukather on meeting his hero, George Harrison
They say you should never meet your heroes. But Steve Lukather has been talking about the time he met one of his – George Harrison. And the ex Beatle didn’t disappoint. Far from it.
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Van Halen rocker Sammy Hagar, 77, quits touring for heartbreaking reason
He’s been in pain after touring extensively for years (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) He rose to fame with Van Halen in the late 80s (Picture: Paul Natkin ... was fired by Eddie Van Halen ...
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The classic Sammy Hagar thought Eddie Van Halen butchered: “He was too wasted”
There aren’t too many things that Eddie Van Halen couldn’t get under his fingers ... Hagar remembered everything coming to a grinding halt when Eddie offered to lend his skills to Paul Simon. Then ...
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“I Was a Complete Fool, According to the Rest of the Band”: Why Eddie Van Halen Never Made a Dime off Michael Jackson’s Hit “Beat It”
Did you know that Eddie Van Halen quietly and cheaply wrote and played the guitar solo for Michael Jackon’s “Beat It?” Well, if you didn’t, now you do, and you should also know that Eddie Van Halen ...
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The Eddie Van Halen Collaboration That Never Happened
Joe Satriani tells UCR during a February 2025 interview that he tried to get Eddie Van Halen to join him for a special tour.