To help in the relief efforts, Fandiem, a fan-driven charitable platform, has announced FanAid LA, with some of the biggest ...

The guitarist has no beef with Van Halen, but he wouldn't mind getting his due for using the technique long before Eddie and ...

Join Ferris professor Paul Kwant for a talk on Van Halen's influence on music history, part of the Festival of the Arts.

Why Eddie Van Halen broke down in tears when he met Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong—"You're the only one who understands me." ...

From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we cover the gamut of the decade's greatest players across the genres ...

With a name like “Beat It,” you might think MJ is trying to start up some mess, but in fact, he wrote the song to take a stance against violence. The song itself is Jackson telling a young boy who ...

The family of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roy Orbison has partnered with Compelling Pictures to develop a biopic and ...

Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a ...

It was obvious the moment he started playing that not only was Eddie Van Halen going to be a success, but he was going to change guitar music forever. Tony Iommi, who also pioneered movements in ...

There’s plenty of evidence on 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow and 2022’s We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong that Sharon Van Etten is no stranger to a synthesizer, but this collaboration with her ‘new’ ...

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 ...

Van Halen may be one of the most influential rock bands ever, but it's the group's behind the scenes antics that have made for the wildest headlines. California’s ‘unprecedented’ demographic ...