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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

Metal Hammer · Nov 8, 2023

“A painstaking tribute to the guitar that changed music forever”: Kramer’s MIJ 1983 Baretta reissue offers a detailed recreation of the shred guitar that, with a little help from Eddie Van Halen, made it the biggest guitar brand of the ’80s

Maple body, Floyd Rose and a Seymour Duncan ‘59 – what else does the discerning shredder need?

Guitar World · Nov 8, 2023

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

Metal Hammer · Nov 5, 2023

"My dad put on the song Big Balls by AC/DC. It made me laugh so hard." From System Of A Down to Peter Gabriel, these are the songs that have soundtracked Wolfgang Van Halen's life

It turns out Wolfgang Van Halen has one hell of an eclectic sonic palette.

Metal Hammer · Aug 28, 2023

From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

Metal Hammer · Aug 26, 2023

"Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla": How 1988's Monsters Of Rock tour was the making of Metallica

In 1988 Metallica released ...And Justice For All. Then they went out on the road to claim the throne of modern metal

Metal Hammer · Aug 25, 2023

Kramer’s Eruption humbucker aims to bottle Eddie Van Halen’s iconic ’80s guitar tone with the help of his former luthier Jim DeCola

Get a humbucker befitting the 'brown sound' in Gibson’s latest pickup shop drop

Guitar World · Aug 24, 2023

“People would tell me, ‘Oh, you sound and play just like Eddie Van Halen.’ It got under my skin enough that I called Eddie”: Vito Bratta, one of the definitive ’80s shredders, looks back on a career of world-beating solos with White Lion

The legendary White Lion guitarist sits down for a rare interview to share the stories behind the solos, what it’s like to record with Jimi Hendrix’s Strat plugged into Leslie West’s Marshall, and why his recording career began with disappointment

Guitar World · Aug 24, 2023

Watch Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and Taylor Hawkins' son Shane cover Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC and Van Halen classics in a pizza joint

Chevy Metal rocked a Californian pizza restaurant earlier this week with a few famous friends, including Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith

Metal Hammer · Aug 23, 2023

This year’s most unexpected guitar solo? Lil Wayne wields an Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein for a crossover collaboration you probably never expected to see

Jon Batiste's new single Uneasy, which hosts Weezy's solo, seems to tip its cap to Van Halen and Michael Jackson's watershed song, Beat It

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2023