The one band nobody wanted to follow, according to Paul Stanley
“It was a game changer.”
Van Halen Archives: 12/2025
The fight that introduced Van Halen to David Lee Roth: “Causing nothing but trouble!”
“Appropriate and fitting…”
The one guitarist who changed Eddie Van Halen’s life: “He influenced me and everybody I know”
Shaping the way a generation played guitar.
The one band Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen both called the greatest
The clarion call of hard rock.
The guitarist Randy Rhoads regretted copying: “It kills me that I do that”
“I don’t think I have my own style”.
The guitarist Sammy Hagar thinks was better than Eddie Van Halen: “Probably the best guitar player in the world”
Able to pull songs out of the air.
The one song Sammy Hagar said helped save Van Halen: “I smell money!”
The magic striking all over again.
The singer Eddie Van Halen said never cared about music: “It was about the show”
More into the spectacle.