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David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
It's alway... (more Eddie Van Halen quotes)
In 2006, Eddie's son Wolfgang was reported to have replaced Michael Anthony as the bassist for Van Halen. The group is still without a lead singer as of January 2007.
He named his son Wolfgang in honor of his favorite composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Eddie has signed a deal to record two songs for the erotic movie, Sacred Sin. The so... (more Eddie Van Halen trivia)
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Van Halen endorses Music Man guitars. (guitarist Eddie Van Halen): An article from: Music Trades |