But the truth is inescapable. Musical opinions are subjective, but the fact that Eddie Van Halen was the finest electric guitarist of his generation is a reality as irrefutable as gravity.

That, of course, was guitarist Edward Van Halen — Eddie to his fans, Ed to his familiars — who, along with his older brother ...

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Eddie Van Halen, who has died at the age of 65, opened up dozens of new possibilities for the electric guitar with his wildly inventive, and largely self-taught, techniques. Combining lightning ...