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 ...
According to his brother Alex Van Halen, there's a nickname that Eddie Van Halen hated, and that was actually what those ...
When Jackson and Jones sought to revisit the sound they experimented with on Beat It, they turned to the Billy Idol guitarist ...
The vocalist says the song will be “a tribute to him, the fans, and that era” – if only he can nail his vocal parts ...
Eddie Van Halen broke a Van Halen "band rule" to play the iconic guitar solo on Michael Jackson's 1982 hit "Beat It." Jackson enlisted Toto musicians Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro ...
Eddie Van Halen famously provided the guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s 1982 hit song “Beat It,” but the Van Halen legend had to break a band rule to do it. Jackson enlisted a cavalcade of ...
‘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 ...