Eddie Van Halen
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Jason Becker is selling the guitar gifted to him by Eddie Van Halen to raise money for his ongoing medical care
By Paul Brannigan published
A rare Wolfgang guitar given to Jason Becker by his friend Eddie Van Halen is up for sale to raise funds for Becker's care

Roger Waters said he “couldn’t care less” about Van Halen, forgetting that he once appeared on a song with Eddie Van Halen
By Classic Rock published
Eddie Van Halen played guitar on a Roger Waters song back in 1990

Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time”
By Classic Rock published
Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album

Watch Brian May enthuse about Star Fleet Project on kids' TV in 1983
By Fraser Lewry published
'Yeah! We've done it! Great!' - Brian May on the recording sessions that bequeathed Star Fleet Project (featuring Eddie Van Halen) to The World

Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project to be reissued as massively expanded box set
By Fraser Lewry published
The long-awaited reissue of Brian May + Friends' Star Fleet Project will arrive next month – listen to new mix of Star Fleet single now

The Eddie Van Halen I knew, by Gene Simmons
By Dave Ling published
"Our millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix" - Gene Simmons on the late Eddie Van Halen

Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips"
By Joe Daly published
When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next

That time Eddie Van Halen appeared on Two And A Half Men exiting a bathroom with his guitar
By Fraser Lewry published
"You never know when inspiration might strike" – Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen once drove a tank through Beverly Hills to Fred Durst's house and pulled a gun on him
By Liz Scarlett published
Following Eddie Van Halen's unlikely jam with Fred Durst, which he described as like "being a scholar amongst kindergartners", the guitarist returned to the Limp Bizkit frontman's house, armed and in a tank
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