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Alex Van Halen shares a snippet of the accurately-titled final track he recorded with his brother Eddie

Alex shares final track he recorded with Eddie

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"No minor chords here, just major chords hitting you in the balls! I was just mesmerised!": What AC/DC mean to me, by Kiss's Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons pays tribute to the longevity of AC/DC, a band he first saw at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood in 1976

Metal Hammer

“That was like Van Halen reincarnated... you're amazing on that thing!”: 11-year-old guitarist wows America’s Got Talent judges

11 year old guitarist impresses America's Got Talent judges

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“He’s like, ‘What color do you like?’ I said, ‘Black.’ The next day, he brings me a black Wolfgang. It’s one of my prized possessions”: Mark Tremonti on how Eddie Van Halen supported him during his early Creed years

A young Tremonti was supporting Van Halen in the late 1990s, and came away with a guitar gifted to him by Eddie

Guitar World

"Like Van Halen reincarnated": Watch 10-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan blaze through her Metallica-approved performance of Master Of Puppets on America's Got Talent

Child YouTube guitar sensation Maya Neelakantan was granted permission from Metallica to play Master Of Puppets on America's Got Talent, and wowed the judges with her sitar-infused axe-slinging skills

Metal Hammer

“We shared the experience of spending more hours in the studio than I’ve spent doing anything else in this life”: The final track Eddie and Alex Van Halen wrote together will feature on highly anticipated new audiobook memoir

The drummer's upcoming book is a “love letter” to his brother, offering an “intimate and open account” of their personal and musical relationship – and it will include the last song they worked on together

Guitar World

Last Alex and Eddie Van Halen track ever to debut on AVH's memoir audiobook

Alex Van Halen to release the last track he worked on with Eddie

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“You seem like a mild-mannered guy. I'm sorry, I didn't think, ‘Oh, here comes a rock god’”: 64-year-old grandpa shredder goes viral (again) after his Van Halen-influenced Britain’s Got Talent audition resurfaces

The unassuming guitarist could well be the OG veteran talent show shredder, and won over the audience with his two-hand tapping licks during a dazzling audition in 2022

Guitar World

“He goes, ‘You’re not going to believe it. Eddie Van Halen is at our friend’s house. I was hanging out with him!’ I was like, ‘I have to go over there’”: Michael Lemmo on the surreal time he met Eddie Van Halen – who was dating his friend’s mom

Norms’ Rare Guitars’ resident virtuoso idolized Van Halen as a youngster, and miraculously crossed paths with him when a new kid arrived in town…

Guitar World

“You had big everything. Big drugs, big money, big parties. And it’s all free, the more the merrier”: The fast rise, sudden fall and messy afterlife of glam metal heroes Ratt

Ratt were kings of the 80s hair metal scene, only for it all to go very wrong

Metal Hammer

"I'm sure this sounded perfectly bitchin' blasting out of a Camaro's hi-fi": Sammy Hagar provides the late-70s party soundtrack on All Night Long

Sammy Hagar's puffed-up personality oozes from every pore during a short, sharp, scintillating set

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“People focus on the guitar playing but it's not about the flashy stuff”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains how Eddie’s game-changing talents “kind of ruined” the ’80s guitar scene

The Mammoth WVH frontman reflects on the guitar playing trap that emerged as a result of his father's groundbreaking style – and names one player who managed to avoid it

Guitar World

“He was, ‘I don't even understand how you're playing. I can never play that.’ It was a total role reversal”: Dweezil Zappa reveals the one Frank Zappa song that stumped Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen's decades-long friendship with the younger Zappa included gifting the 12-year-old Dweezil a 1982 Kramer guitar

Guitar World

"A load of big names kicked us off tours. We frightened them": Cactus should have been huge but it never happened - so we asked them to tell us why

Born out of hard rock pioneers Vanilla Fudge and contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, Cactus are the unsung innovators of 70s US rock

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What Hi-Fi?

10 of the best instrumental test tracks to give your hi-fi a vocal-free workout

Our pick of the best instrumental tracks to test out the talents of your hi-fi

Guitar World

“I’m sure our paths will cross”: Sammy Hagar on whether we’ll ever see Wolfgang Van Halen join the Best Of All Worlds tour

Hagar hopes to take the tour to South America and Europe, which could increase the chances of a Wolfgang guest spot in the future

Guitar World

“I couldn’t find one live clip of Eddie playing the same song that was remotely similar”: Joe Satriani watched other guitarists cover Eddie Van Halen to prepare for the Best of All Worlds tour

Satch may have overhauled his gear for the Best of All Worlds tour, but he says there’s one aspect of EVH's playing that no one can replicate

Guitar World

“Three songs in, we got into a physical altercation and I decided, ‘I’m done playing this show.’ I took all my Ibanez guitars and threw them into the audience”: Dave Navarro on why he switched to PRS – and Jane’s Addiction’s unlikely rebirth

Navarro stopped playing guitar after his battle with long Covid was compounded by grief following the passing of his friend and bandmate Taylor Hawkins. He reveals how he came back from the brink to join a once-more reunited Jane’s Addiction for new music and a new sonic approach

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“There’s nothing quite like it. It’s my favorite new amp”: Joe Satriani devised the perfect amp to harness Eddie Van Halen’s greatest tones – and you can get a plugin version right now

While 3rd Power’s Dragon 100 goes up for preorder, IK Multimedia has bolstered its Joe Satriani Amp Vault with models of the very amp Satch is using to shred EVH on the Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar

Guitar World

“He was like, ‘Come on down to rehearsals.’ I’ll never forget it. I was blown away”: John 5 on the time he got to watch Van Halen at an intimate reunion rehearsal – and played through Eddie Van Halen’s guitar rig

In a new interview, the Mötley Crüe guitarist also revealed another signature Fender Telecaster – dubbed 'The Phantom' – is in the works

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Hoarders rejoice: Expert reveals which items lurking in your closet could be worth thousands

Ken Goldin has been trading collectibles for decades and built a business on memorabilia that sparked a Netflix reality show. He tells Sheila Flynn what treasures just might be lurking in your home

Guitar World

“Joe has taken the essence of Eddie's guitar solos, and he puts his heart and soul into it… it's so much better than a guy just mimicking him exactly”: Sammy Hagar can’t believe how good Joe Satriani sounds playing Van Halen songs

The frontman has spoken in depth about the Best of All Worlds tour so far, including Satriani’s immense dedication to the cause – and how these gigs are proving to be some of the best shows of his life

Metal Hammer

The 100 songs that changed metal

From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre

Guitar World

“A million guys could have done it. Walk into a music store and you see a 12-year-old playing Eruption, but he doesn’t necessarily know what he’s doing”: Sammy Hagar on why Joe Satriani is the perfect player to step into Van Halen’s shoes

The Best of All Worlds tour is finally underway, with Hagar and Satriani partnering up for a Van Halen-heavy setlist, and the vocalist has championed Satch's understanding of Eddie's style

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“It still sounds and feels like Eddie but you’re listening and going, ‘Oh! That’s Joe!’”: Sammy Hagar explains why no one is better than “the professor” Joe Satriani at nailing Eddie Van Halen’s playing style

The Red Rocker's ringing endorsement of Satch's EVH guitar skills arrives as The Best Of All Worlds Tour revs up and video highlights emerge online. But what makes Satriani the man?

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