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Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and Alex Skolnick in 2024
What was underrated about Eddie Van Halen, according to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick

By Matt Mills Published

Eddie Van Halen was the master of shredding, but he was capable of so much more as well, says Testament’s longtime guitarist

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David Lee Roth on the red carpet at the 2021 MTV Awards
David Lee Roth continues to move in mysterious ways with new blues song Forgiveness

By Fraser Lewry Published

An unexpected festive gift arrives as David Lee Roth releases a standalone version of a song he originally attached to some Taylor Swift audio

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David Lee Roth dancing
David Lee Roth is having much more fun than you are

By Fraser Lewry Published

And he's proved it once again, paying tribute to New York City via the medium of dance

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Van Halen, with Sammy Hagar, pictured in 1986
Sammy Hagar determined not to take bad blood with Alex Van Halen to his grave

By Stef Lach Published

Hagar hopes to make peace with former Van Halen bandmate but admits they likely won't perform together again

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The cover of Classic Rock 334, featuring Van Halen
The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

By Siân Llewellyn Published

Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opeth, George Murray, Queen, Von Hertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

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Alex Van Halen reveals that David Lee Roth asked Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos: "He couldn’t handle the fact that Eddie was getting more attention than he was"

By Liz Scarlett Published

In his new memoire, Brothers, Alex Van Halen says that David Lee Roth was "convinced he was going to be a movie star" so didn't want the spotlight to shine too long on anyone else

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Alex and Eddie Van Halen in 1985
Alex Van Halen shares the last song he wrote with late brother Eddie Van Halen

By Fraser Lewry Published

Unfinished / Between Us Two is an epic, six-minute instrumental

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Alex Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony
Alex Van Halen on why he was "not interested" joining Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on The Best Of All Worlds tour: "They're not doing the band justice"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Alex Van Halen explains why he didn't join his former bandmates on the road for The Best Of All Worlds tour, performances which focused on Sammy Hagar's time in Van Halen

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Van Halen’s Michael Anthony posing with a custom Jack Daniel’s bass in 1986
The musicians that shaped Michael Anthony’s life, from Led Zeppelin to Eddie Van Halen

By Dave Ling Published

Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones and his ex-bandmate - these are former Van Halen man Michael Anthony’s biggest musical influences

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Alex and Eddie Van Halen on the Jimmy Kimmel show in 2015, and Robert Plant onstage
Alex Van Halen is thinking about finishing some Van Halen songs using Robert Plant and AI

By Fraser Lewry Published

Alex Van Halen has approached the makers of ChatGPT to explore the possibility of creating new guitar solos

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