Van Halen Van Halen

In only 1 minute and 42 seconds, Eddie Van Halen turned the guitar world upside down. When the instrumental Eruption was released in 1978, people were introduced to the virtuosity and the burning intensity of this modern day genius, famous for introducing tapping and dive bombing to the masses. More than thirty years later, the influence of Van Halen on hard rock, metal and popular culture as a whole remains unequalled.