Eddie Van Halen

Known for ActingBorn 1955-01-26Died 2020-10-06Amsterdam, Netherlands

Eddie Van Halen (26 January 1955 – 6 October 2020) was a Dutch-American musician, songwriter, producer, and inventor. Moving with his family (headed by musician Jan Van Halen) to Pasadena, California as a boy, Eddie and brother Alex were both trained on classical piano. Eddie got a paper route to pay for a drum set, but Alex spent far more time playing it while Eddie was at work, so Eddie "stole" Alex's guitar to get back at him, and they continued to play those instruments for the rest of their careers. The Van Halen brothers started a band called Mammoth, eventually recruiting frontman David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony, and renamed the band Van Halen at Roth's insistence. Van Halen's debut album is one of the most influential and best-selling rock debut albums in history, and Eddie's innovative guitar playing had a massive influence on rock musicians worldwide, with Eddie being hailed as a guitar god and routinely being featured on and in guitar magazines. After a decade with Roth as frontman, he was fired and was successfully replaced by Sammy Hagar, bringing another decade of success for the band before Hagar's departure. A third lineup featuring Gary Cherone was not successful, and Van Halen reunited with both Hagar and Roth for brief periods, replacing Anthony with Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass. Eddie developed tongue cancer in the 2000s, had surgery and was in remission for a number of years, but it eventually returned, and he passed away in 2020, with an outpouring of support and appreciation from musicians the world over.Read more

Movies & web series

Van Halen: Live in Largo Oct 12, 1982

Thriller 40

Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1

Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World

Van Halen - In Concert

Van Halen - Live From The Molson 1995

Van Halen : Live In Japan Tokyo Dome 1989

Van Halen: Largo Oct 11, 1982

MTV Video Music Awards

The Dirt

Frasier

Van Halen - Live: Right Here, Right Now

Two and a Half Men

Van Halen : Live from Australia

Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon

Van Halen: The Van Halen Story

Van Halen - Live Without a Net

Cafe Americain

MTV Rockumentary

Saturday Night Live

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

Late Show with David Letterman

The Wild Life

The Seduction of Gina

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Van Halen The Downtown Sessions

Van Halen Live at Monsters of Rock, Donington Park 1984

Van Halen: A Definitive Kind Of Tokyo

Van Halen - Live Rarities

Sacred Sin

Van Halen: Live in Pensacola, Florida

Van Halen: Dallas Free Show

Van Halen - The Early Days 1978-1980

Van Halen - Live 1986 New Haven

Van Halen Live at US Festival

Van Halen: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena 1981

Van Halen - Live In Largo