“Eddie was always experimenting. Keyboards entered the mix, but it didn’t sound like a keyboard because Eddie played this cheap little Wurlitzer blazing through Marshalls”: Van Halen's Michael Anthony on the band’s cult classic Women And Children First

Van Halen in 1980.

The impact and influence of Van Halen’s debut album was nothing short of phenomenal – with Eddie Van Halen revolutionising the art of rock guitar playing with a level of technique and innovation not heard since Hendrix. But as Van Halen’s bassist Michael Anthony stated, EVH continued to experiment long after that debut album was released in 1978.

In an interview with Classic Rock in 2010, Anthony celebrated the 30th anniversary of Van Halen’s third album Women And Children First – a fan favourite featuring some of the band’s most powerful songs and some of Eddie’s most explosive performances.