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If you ever wondered how Rage Against The Machine would sound with Godfather of Soul James Brown on vocals and Eddie Van Halen on guitar, we finally have the answer
The funkiest, grooviest, most soulful piece of righteous rap-metal you'll hear today, or any other day, to be honest
Sammy Hagar says it's "ugly" that a tribute concert in honour of Eddie Van Halen hasn't taken place
Red Rocker Sammy Hagar thinks a concert in Eddie Van Halen's memory should happen – but says it's not his job to arrange it
David Lee Roth launches exuberant, previously unreleased track Manda Bala
Is there a hidden message to Sammy Hagar in the timing of the release of Manda Bala after 16 years in the David Lee Roth vault?
10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them
Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors
Eddie Van Halen: game-changer, tone-chaser, riff machine, songwriter, composer, avant-garde artist and genius
Like Jimi Hendrix a decade earlier, Eddie Van Halen revolutionised the guitar. Three years on from his death, we continue to celebrate the late, great six-string icon who changed rock’n’roll forever
The final word on Van Halen's Sammy Hagar era: it's a bit corporate, a bit rock-by-numbers, a bit... uneventful
A five disc roundup of Van Hagar: four studio albums and a disc of rarities, but every home shouldn't have one
The most played live songs by 25 iconic rock bands
Which songs have Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Queen and others played live the most? Spoiler: contains surprises
"It enabled me to be the fastest gun in the west for about five minutes:" Steve Hackett, Eddie Van Halen, and the murky origins of finger tapping
Eddie Van Halen famously popularised finger tapping, but Steve Hackett was doing it as long ago as 1971
