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Oct 7, 2020 · Eddie Van Halen went into the family business: music. According to the Van Halen News Desk, his father, Jan Van Halen, was a clarinetist and saxophonist in the jazz and big band styles popular in the middle of the 20th century, and he performed with combos in his native Netherlands. When he moved to California, he took gigs playing in country ...
Oct 6, 2020 · Van Halen, ‘Beautiful Girls’ (1979) The second Van Halen album is the embodiment of don’t-fix-what-ain’t-broke, and it ends with this brazen come-on to the band’s favorite type of fan ...
Oct 7, 2020 · Eddie Van Halen wasn’t content with just being an influential guitar player – he was also instrumental in bringing synthesisers to mainstream hard rock, as he composed the neon-hued keyboard ...
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Oct 6, 2020 · Eddie and his drummer brother Alex formed a band in the early 1970s that would become Van Halen in 1974. The original classic line-up included David Lee Roth on vocals and Michael Anthony on bass.
Oct 6, 2022 · Maintaining that head-space, Eddie continued on his quest for the ultimate brown sound, which eventually gave birth to the Frankenstrat, the white guitar pictured on the cover of Van Halen’s debut album. When Van Halen was released in February of 1978, it was a shot in the arm for hard rock, musically, sonically and from a songwriting ...
