turning it so fast and hard that he ruined the mechanism. There was a lot of that kind of destructive friction in Van Halen at the time: Eddie hated cover songs; Roth despised Roth-free guitar
a personal triumph for the singer who had written the song three years earlier as a struggling wannabe. And Tramp was ecstatic when AC/DC’s Brian Johnson told him, “This is the first time we’ve seen a big amount of women in
With his book “Brothers,” Alex has written an elegy to Eddie, and their complex dynamic that was tested by drug abuse, power trips and all the other common traps that befall megastars who once shared the same bedroom. “This is a happy-sad moment for me,” says Alex abo...
“Daughter” on the 'SNL' stage, Eddie Vedder and company made a clear statement: Though Cobain was gone, grunge had not died along with him. While standing onstage during the closing credits, Vedder opened his jacket to reveal a shirt with the letter K written over his heart. The ...
When Eddie Van Halen gave an interview in Billboard magazine recently he dogged Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth, despite the fact that one of those guys is still actually in his band. But Eddie Van...Eddie Van Halen ‘Guitar God’ Title Slipping? Written by Mike Tuttle Monday, June ...
I do. That was co-written by Liz Myers. She’s my dear friend. Gary Ferguson plays drums on that and just really made it happen. It’s a great song. That was an absolute magic combination of players and engineers and producers, the whole thing. It’s really interesting....
Still, Vai found new challenges taking on the music written byEddie Van Halen, which he notes was "perfectly orchestrated." Now many albums removed from the experience, Vai continues to find new ways to challenge himself.Inviolate, his latest record, arrives Jan. 28 digitally and will be rel...
maybe the best-sounding Van Halen. The Hagar era shows another side of my father's playing as well. I like how he leaned more into the melodic stuff - some of the most beautiful melodies he's ever written have been in the Hagar era with things like 'Dreams' or the song 'Not Enough...
As frontman for Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong has written some of the catchiest rock songs of all time. And when it comes to a live show, the singer turns into a circus ringleader, maintaining an energy that few can match onstage. ...
Alex is now 71 and he's just written a book called Brothers about his life with Ed. Anderson Cooper 00:04:38 How has grief been for you. Alex Van Halen 00:04:40 I always thought of myself as kind of a stoic kind of guy, you know, tough. I was the elder in th...