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| - Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26, 1955) is a Dutch-born Dutch/American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Eddie Van Halen is commonly known for his innovative performing and recording styles in blues-based rock, tapping, intense solos and high frequency feedback; he is also known for energetic and acrobatic stage performances. The All Music Guide has described him as "Second to only Jimi Hendrix...undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.". He is ranked 70th on the Rolling Stone list of Top 100 guitarists.
- Marty McFly was a fan of Eddie Van Halen and had a tape of his music, which he listened to on his Walkman. As "Darth Vader", he tortured George McFly with the volume setting on maximum, as Eddie played a loud guitar solo. Marty also imitated Eddie Van Halen's "tapping" technique while playing Johnny B. Goode at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
- Eddie Van Halen is a legendary rock guitarist and founder of Van Halen. In the episode "818-jklpuzo", Eddie has a brief cameo at the end. Here, he walks out of the bathroom of a recording studio (bad burritos) and plays a riff for Charlie.
- <default>Eddie Van Halen</default> First Appearance Genre Likes Dislikes Highway Nationality Eddie Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen in January 26, 1955, in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is the lead guitarist for the band Van Halen. He is one of two members of Van Halen that has been in the band for all its existence, even as Mammoth, the other being his brother Alex Van Halen, and he is Wolfgang's father. He also did the solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It". He is one of the first guitarists to use tapping and sliding, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Brian May.
- Edward Lodewijk Van Halen is a son of saxophonist/clarinetist Father Jan Van Halen and Mother Eugenia. Eugenia Van Halen was originally from Java, Indonesia. Edward's middle name was named after composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig and Lodewijk are the same name and Edward continued this naming tradition by naming his son Wolfgang Van Halen after composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Shortly after Edward was born in Amsterdam, the family moved to the city of Nijmegen. In 1962, at the age of seven, Edward emigrated with his family to the United States and shortly after the family moved to Pasadena, California.
- Edward Van Halen (born January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands), better know as Eddie, is a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and occasional police seargant most famous as the jacker offer of the hard rock band, Van Halen. He is known to get his incredible guitar powers from a combination of "your mom" jokes and and devouring children for breakfast. This has led to confusion amongst fellow guitarists, and the media. Eddie's reply was; "I did not have sex with that woman". Guitar World magazine has claimed him to be "alchaholic" saying that "his words were utter non-sense".
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