The one guitarist Eddie Van Halen always wanted to play like: “He’s a real artist”
Not fitting the rock and roll aesthetic.
Eddie Van Halen
The one band Eddie Van Halen never wanted to play like: “Make you horny”
A bit too pristine for his taste.
The Van Halen song that happily ripped off AC/DC: “I was grooving on that beat”
Taking cues from the Aussie rockers.
The hardest Van Halen song to play on guitar: “I get pretty damn close”
Not translating to the stage.
The album Eddie Van Halen could never make again: “It’s very unique”
The perfect storm of rock and roll.
The greatest guitar riff of the 1960s, according to Eddie Van Halen
An iconic guitar line to this day.