Alex and Eddie founded Van Halen in 1972 alongside David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony. As tensions grew between Alex and ...
When Jackson and Jones sought to revisit the sound they experimented with on Beat It, they turned to the Billy Idol guitarist ...
Michael Jackson once paid Steve Stevens a huge compliment. The guitarist only discovered later it was the same one Jackson had previously given Eddie Van Halen. Stevens had never worked with ...
Eddie Van Halen considered hanging up when producer Quincy Jones called to ask if he'd perform the now-famous solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It." Assuming that it was all a prank, Van Halen ...
Rock legend Eddie Van Halen’s brother has told how their band got cancelled in Australia – and why the famous Beat It collaboration with Michael Jackson backfired badly. In this edited extract ...
‘I was furious!’: Eddie Van Halen joins Michael Jackson on stage to perform Beat It during The Jacksons’ 1984 Victory Tour at Texas Stadium in Dallas. “(Dave) felt betrayed. And ...