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Understanding Eddie Van Halen's "Beat It" guitar solo

You probably can't tell, but Michael Jackson's infectious "Beat It" was his first-ever attempt at a rock song. But, the King ...
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Alex Van Halen Teams Up with Toto’s Steve Lukather for Mysterious New Album

Alex Van Halen says he and Toto star Steve Lukather are about to start work on a new album together. Van Halen‘s legendary drummer legend didn’t dig any further into the nature of the record, and ...
American Songwriter

Eddie Van Halen Had To Confront His Rock Idol for Copying His Guitar Parts (Twice)

Few people are lucky enough to meet their idols, and even fewer get the distinct displeasure of realizing that those idols are copying them—but Eddie Van Halen managed to experience both. Before the ...
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Every Van Halen Album, Ranked

“If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records,” was famously David Lee Roth’s sales pitch for the legendary California hard rock quartet he ...
Forbes

Van Halen’s Decades-Old Album Spikes Nearly 23,000% In Sales

Van Halen’s Balance reappears on the Top Album Sales chart and debuts at No. 7 on the Vinyl Albums list following a 23,000% sales spike. (MANDATORY CREDIT David Tan/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Van ...
Artnet

Eddie Van Halen’s Famed Guitar Poised to Hit a High Note at Auction

A legendary guitar personally customized and once wielded by arena-rock icon Eddie Van Halen is hitting the auction block at Sotheby’s in October. Its estimate? A whopping $2 million–$3 million. And ...
Yahoo! Sports

Eddie Van Halen guitar could fetch $2 million at auction

A Kramer electric guitar played by Eddie Van Halen on tour across North and South America in 1982 and 1983 will hit the auction block this fall, carrying a pre-sale estimate of $2 million to $3 ...
Robb Report

Eddie Van Halen’s Legendary 1982 Kramer Guitar Could Fetch Up to $3 Million at Auction

The 1982 Kramer axe graced the hands of not one but two legendary musicians, making it a true piece of rock ‘n’ roll history. It was extensively played by Van Halen on his rock band’s tours in 1982 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer Electric Guitar Expected to Fetch $2M-3M at Sotheby’s Auction

A previous Sotheby’s sale for a guitar owned by Van Halen — that one on display in the band’s “Hot for Teacher” music video — netted $3,932,000 in April 2023. By Chris Gardner A piece of rock history ...
Rolling Stone

Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Guitar Headed to Auction for First Time

Nearly five years after his death, one of Eddie Van Halen’s most recognizable guitars will be auctioned off for the first time this fall. As part of a rock collectibles sales by the auction house ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Eddie Van Halen Road-Worn Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch $2-3 Million at Auction

Another guitar previously owned by Eddie Van Halen — and later, Mick Mars — is expected to fetch big bucks when it goes up for auction this year. The Kramer guitar in question is modeled after Van ...