Eddie Van Halen has died following a battle with cancer. The legendary guitarist and Van Halen co-founder was 65. His son Wolfgang Van Halen confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: "He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I've shared with him on and off stage was a gift.

My phone call with Patty Smyth is cut off just as the former Scandal singer starts talking about living on the same East Village street as her name-doppelgänger Patti Smith in the '70s. "I was getting Patti Smith's mail, and I didn't know who that was at that time," she says before the line abruptly…

Eddie Van Halen allegedly once put a gun up to Fred Durst's head, per an anecdote that's told in the new coffee table book Eruption In The Canyon: 212 Days And Nights With The Genius Of Eddie Van Halen and as first reported by Ultimate Classic Rock. The book was made by Andrew Bennett, who…

Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth will be Kiss' special guest on their End Of The Road tour in 2020

A few weeks ago, Billie Eilish went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and, during, her sit-down interview, admitted that she had no idea who Van Halen were. (Billie Eilish is 17. Van Halen have released exactly one studio album during her entire lifetime. It checks out.) For some godforsaken reason, this became a subject of intense…