Eddie Van Halen

Van Halen In 1972 the legendary hard rock band known as Van Halen was born in Pasadena, California. From 1974 until 1989, the band consisted of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony. Later in 1985 Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth. The band later became famous stars, and in the early 1980s they were one of the most successful and popular rock acts of the time. The album 1994 was their most famous one yet. Their best single, "Jump", became a worldwide hit and their only single to go number one on the Billboard 100. The songs "Panama" and "I'll Wait", both were on top number 13 on the United States charts. So back to what I stated in the beginning, in 1985, the band replaced lead singer David Lee Roth with now lead vocalist Sammy Hagar. While Sammy was the lead singer the group released four U.S. number one albums over a time of 11 years. Hagar left the band in 1996 right before the band released the first greatest hits collection. So Van Halen III was released in 1998, and thrived as an album.…

A Little Ain't Enough is the third full length studio album from , by David lee Roth, the then-former and now current vocalist of Van Halen. The album was released on January 15th, 1991 with producer extraordinaire Bob Rock (The Cult, Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Colin James) sitting behind the boards. Six years after the split with Van Halen, it looked Roth and former band mates could comfortable co-exist and share the air and video waves, as fans turned his first two solo efforts into hits right…

Mr. One Man Band Legendary guitarist Tommy Emmanuel is a two-time Grammy nominee and one of the greatest musicians in the world today. His love and dedication to the guitar, shows why he is one of the greatest players in the world. Emmanuel’s professional career has been going on for over fifty years and he continues to play over three hundred concerts a year. It is no small fact that this man is referred to as being the greatest acoustic guitar player alive with musicians such as; Steve Vai,…

appeared to me as a portal out of whatever type of hell I was in. Racing towards the door I tripped over two 25 pound dumbbells with “Sprinkle” written on them. I picked one of them up and threw it at the wall. The wall shattered into a million pieces and the rest of the walls around me followed suit. The falling of the walls revealed the hundreds of people seated in an arena cheering for me. Stunned at what i was looking at, water fell from my eyes harder than the water at Niagara Falls. Coming…

Michael Jackson’s sixth album, “Thriller,” is Michael's one of the most famous album. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records and have won eight Grammy Awards in 1984. Even till today it’s still the best selling album in music. It have a totally of nine songs, including, “Beat it,” “Billie Jean,” “The Girl is Mine,” “Thriller,” and many more. The songs on the album includes pop, rock, R&B, funk, and disco. Most of the songs are in the format of simple verse chorus where…

legend that amazed people was a man named Eddie Van Halen. Eddie was a Dutch-American guitarist that became famous in the 70’s and 80’s. Eddie was born in the Netherlands in January 1955 and moved to California in the early 1960’s. During his young age, Eddie and his brother, Alex, took classical piano lessons, (www.biography.com, 2016). Soon, him and his brother quit taking piano lessons and switch to playing the guitar while…

The lead singers of the band who often claim all the fame, however, lead guitarists are musicians who are masters of their craft. These legendary lead guitarists in rock bands that include Jimi Hendrix, and Slash, are famous in their own right. It’s true that the vocalist may have his lyrics, but, it is the rhythm section behind him, who truly make the sound. The list of legendary lead guitarists: 1. The top spot goes to the American rock guitarist and singer - Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix is…

known as the “devil’s note” in the Middle Ages and forbidden from being used in Gregorian chants, as well as the dark subject matter of the lyrics. The band examined the direction music had been taking over the course of the 1960s, looking at the gaining popularity of feel good pop music and the levity of psychedelic music and sought to create music that better reflected the harsh realities of a world in the peak of the Cold War. The result was a record that sounded almost sinister in nature…

People often walk up to me and ask “What makes you so freekin awesome?” Haha, no they don't. But people do ask how I make music theory seem so simple? I reply; “Because it is.” Let me start with a little story. I grew up in the golden age of guitar players. Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Alex Lifeson were staples in my CD player, and they played continuously. Like anyone my age, I had the dream of being a rock star with tens-of-thousands of fans screaming their adoration while the…

20s Music in the 1920's was commanded by jazz, soul and the peregrinating move groups that played what was well known at the time. Taking after the decimation of the main World War, Twenties music was entirely energetic and hopeful as the economy blasted and parties thundered in spite of banishment in the US. The music business as we probably am aware it was simply starting and all things appeared to be conceivable. Specialists, for example, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Sophie…