It did, though, showcase Eddie Van Halen's squealing, pealing guitar sound. The style, which allowed him to play flights of arpeggios, was not unique to him but it was Eddie Van Halen who popularised it. He and Alex founded the band Van Halen in the mid-1970s while studying music in Pasadena. The group's profile began to dip in the late 1990s as tastes changed and Eddie Van Halen's health problems became more of a concern. In 2007 Eddie Van Halen divorced the actress Valerie Bertinelli, whom he had married in 1981.

Source: Irish Independent October 11, 2020 01:38 UTC