Eddie Van Halen

When Sammy Hagar entered the studio to record what he thought would be the contract-fulfilling closing chapter of his solo career with 1987's I Never Said Goodbye LP, he brought along his new Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen to play bass and co-produce.

Sammy Hagar fiercely defends former Van Halen / current Chickenfoot bassist Michael Anthony after Eddie Van Halen’s Billboard interview. Hagar got so pissed that Ed said he had to show Anthony how to play all his parts and that this is a big part of why he's no longer in the band, that Sammy had to call out Ed...

Eddie Van Halen offers an in-depth look at how early guitar hacks taught him that the sound he was looking for was usually just a modification or two away.

This unlikely pairing worked like a charm.

If Wolfgang Van Halen's upcoming album isn't a hit, it certainly won't be due to a lack of effort on his dad's part.

The guitarist revealed that he is unaware of his lead singer's current whereabouts.

Eddie Van Halen is one of the world's biggest rock stars, but as a kid, he was just a kid whose parents "showed up here with the equivalent of $50 and a piano."

Even the great ones get things wrong sometimes.

We all know Eddie Van Halen is good with his hands -- and if a story making the rounds about the Van Halen guitarist is accurate, he's been blessed with some pretty sharp ears, too.

While the rest of us sit around wondering whether we're going to hear any new (or old) music from Van Halen anytime soon, Alex and Eddie Van Halen are out doing more important stuff.

"Ted just didn't see eye to eye with the way I looked at things. That was my whole premise for building the studio."

Randy Rhoads was a phenomenal musician whose skill reduced many budding guitarists to tears of frustration, but even he could be intimidated on occasion. According to Rhoads biographer Andrew Klein, one of those occasions included the first time he watched Eddie Van Halen perform.