Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs on the Hide Your Sheep Tour, at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 8th October 1982. In ...

Two-hand tapping is one of Eddie Van Halen's most iconic and enduring electric guitar innovations, but – as he acknowledged himself – it wasn't something he invented from the ground-up. Instead, the ...

Less than two minutes long, the groundbreaking rock masterpiece wasn’t even supposed to be on the album.

Jimmy Page wasn’t just flying by the seat of his pants when he quickly formed Led Zeppelin. Page had a plan for the debut album, and he executed it brilliantly. His intricately planned approach to the ...

Bettencourt set the scene with Guitar World, recalling, “The first time I met Eddie I was working on Dweezil Zappa’s album [1991’s Confessions], and he handed me his guitar and said, ‘You’ve gotta ...

White tipped his cap to the legend during a lean, funky power trio version of his 2014 song "Lazaretto." Around the 2:45 mark, he incorporates a brief section of tapping — the flashy technique Van ...

Tapped harmonics have been used by guitarists in many styles over the decades, from acoustic through to rock. Notable fans of this technique include Nuno Bettencourt, Michael Hedges, Jeff Beck, Tuck ...

The legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. One of the most influential guitarists of the modern age, Van Halen was known for his mastery of the two-handed tapping technique and for ...

Eddie Van Halen has been hailed as the “Hendrix of his generation.” As the co-founder of the legendary Van Halen, the guitarist popularized the “tapping” technique. Wolfgang Van Halen knows his dad ...

Eddie Van Halen was the type of musician who's only placed on this Earth once in a blue moon. The way he was able to work his instrument was so brilliant that he made it look effortless. He could go ...