Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen Born: January 26th, 1955 Amsterdam, Netherlands Died: October 6th, 2020 (aged 65) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Genres: Hard rock • heavy metal • glam metal Occupation(s): Musician • songwriter Labels: Warner Records • Interscope Records Instruments: Guitar • keyboards Associated acts: Van Halen • Brian May • Steve Lukather

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (January 26th, 1955 - October 6th, 2020), known as Eddie Van Halen, was an American musician and songwriter who was best known as the main songwriter and guitarist of Van Halen.

Why He Rocked

1. He was considered to be the greatest guitarist of all time by almost everybody.
2. He was very innovative and pioneered several popular guitar techniques such as pinch harmonics.
3. He famously did a great guitar solo on the late Michael Jackson's "Beat It".
4. Despite the fact that the members of Van Halen hated each other, he got along with all of them very well for the most part.

Discography

Studio albums

With Van Halen:

• Van Halen (1978)
• Van Halen II (1979)
• Women and Children First (1980)
• Fair Warning (1981)
• Diver Down (1982)
• 1984 (1984)
• 5150 (1986)
• OU812 (1988)
• For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
• Balance (1995)
• Van Halen III (1998)
• A Different Kind of Truth (2012)

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