The guitarist has no beef with Van Halen, but he wouldn't mind getting his due for using the technique long before Eddie and ...

Join Ferris professor Paul Kwant for a talk on Van Halen's influence on music history, part of the Festival of the Arts.

The late virtuoso departed the firm in 2004 before starting up EVH with Fender. But his time with Peavey benefited the gear maker in more ways than one ...

Van Halen had developed his Wolfgang and 5150 with Peavey, but the firm’s current CEO reckons Satch’s arrival ultimately convinced him to leave ...

Anupam Shobhakar’s latest track Formless is a bold exploration of rhythm and melody, a seamless Indo-Western collaboration ...

Why Eddie Van Halen broke down in tears when he met Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong—"You're the only one who understands me." ...

With a name like “Beat It,” you might think MJ is trying to start up some mess, but in fact, he wrote the song to take a stance against violence. The song itself is Jackson telling a young boy who ...

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather recently revealed that he used to play in a supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee, and Steve Morse, back in the 1990s.

T he joke in This Is Spinal Tap about an amp that “goes to 11” has particular resonance for anybody who’s ever picked up a solid-body electric guitar. The history of rock mu ...

The Brooklyn-based musician-composer’s Kalima is a blend between guitar and sarod. He will launch his new album Liquid ...

Eddie Van Halen was an innovative guitarist, and naturally, he was drawn to other innovative guitarists such as Jeff Beck.

In a recent conversation with the UCR Podcast, Joe Satriani opened up about his efforts to collaborate with the legendary Eddie Van Halen, revealing that despite his repeated attempts, he never ...