Last night (11 May) at their Welcome To Rockville festival appearance at Daytona International Speedway, Florida, Dave Grohl ...

In 1978, Eddie Van Halen changed guitar playing forever with “Eruption,” an extended solo that basically dictated the direction of all lead rock guitar since. In barely more than a hundred seconds, ...

Van Halen should be commended for making some of the greatest hard rock for decades, but these tunes are far from what we expect out of the hard rock outfit.

One exception comes on Eruption, from Van Halen's debut album, which is simply 102 seconds of molten-hot finger work, as Eddie dive-bombs over the fretboard, incorporating both classical scales ...

I mean, I guess you have to take what he says with a grain of salt, considering he also said that he wrote 'Eruption,'" the ...

Eddie van Halen is one of the greatest rock musicians around, and his Eruption guitar solo alone puts him in the pantheon with the best of the best. Artist Ryan Humphrey was looking for a design ...

Angus Young had no problem sticking to the rules of rock and roll, but he knew something changed the guitar scene with this band's debut.

couldn’t escape Eddie Van Halen’s influence. Occasionally, Frusciante echoes Van Halen with the same two-hand tapping technique made famous on “Eruption.” (An example is heard in “Don ...

During the tribute on Sunday, a small portion of Eddie's iconic "Eruption" solo played. A post shared by Wolf Van Halen (@wolfvanhalen) "The Grammys asked me to play 'Eruption' for the 'In ...

"Eruption" was nearing its conclusion, and listeners were losing their minds over what they just heard. The guitar pyrotechnics of Eddie Van Halen were virtuosic, as the band smartly devoted an ...

Robb Flynn tackles Eddie Van Halen's iconic Eruption solo in tribute to the late guitarist… and it's absolutely brilliant. "Music is supposed to bring us together, not divide us," says Wolfgang ...

was created to convey on paper what Eddie was playing. Arguably the most well-known application of this playing style is in the introduction to "Eruption," the second track off Van Halen's debut ...