When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jas Obrecht’s chance encounter with a then-unknown Eddie Van Halen on July 23, 1978 ...

A new mini-documentary charting Eddie Van Halen’s pre-Frankenstein electric guitar journey has been released online.

[Ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony] & i will keep it live, and alive.” The Red Rocker’s post also features a black-and-white photo of him with Eddie smiling and playing guitars together ...

and as a Van Halen super fan, he set on the classic scheme of Eddie's guitar for the look. The paint job is made up of a crisscrossing geometric pattern of black and white stripes with a red body.

When Van Halen released their self-titled debut album in 1978, fans hadn’t heard a guitar hero with such singular style since Jimi Hendrix shuffled off onto his final experience. Eddie Van Halen ...

in the ’80s he released a slew of masterpiece albums that changed the landscape of jazz and fusion guitar. His style was so influential that his name is mentioned by the likes of Van Halen ...

October 7, 2020 Eddie Van Halen at the National Museum of American History via Flickr Eddie Van Halen at the National Museum of American History in 2015. Photo via Flickr Dutch American guitar player ...