"Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm t…"

"I don't like doing interviews, I don't like doing what I'm doing right now. I'd rather be at home playing my guitar."

"In 1971, a young Eddie witnessed Page’s one-handed solo for Heartbreaker, “took the idea and ran with it”. And then s…"

"Eddie could play his borrowed Clapton licks at four times their original speed. But describing EVH’s guitar playing a…"

"[Eddie's solos are] short, concise and brilliantly crafted. They’re not just about speed. He can do a bit of somethin…"

"Like Jimi Hendrix a decade earlier, Van Halen caused guitarists to look at their instruments in an entirely new way, …"

"It’s an incredible technique for what he does. I can’t do it. I can’t smile like him either."

"Eddie’s smile reflects the sheer exuberance bursting from the grooves on the first Van Halen album. [...] Eddie’s lic…"

"In 1978, Edward Van Halen redefined virtuosity on the electric guitar."

""Eruption" changed everything. Sure, it clocked in at less than two minutes and never came close to being a hit. As p…"