A veteran guitarist says Eddie Van Halen copied Ace Frehley. We dismantle the claim with one simple fact

The guitarist sees too many similarities between Ed's magnum opus and Ace's “Shock Me” solo from 'Alive II.' But the ...
Yahoo

Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff

Mike McCready has described Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing as “music from another planet” in a recent conversation with SiriusXM, which saw the Pearl Jam icon try his hand at the late guitar ...

The legendary Van Halen song that was recorded by “mistake”

Van Halen may have given the world another guitar god, but one of the most mind-blowing moments of their debut was actually a mistake.
Rolling Stone

See Foo Fighters Pull ‘Eruption’ Prank With Wolfgang Van Halen at Welcome to Rockville

Foo Fighters pulled a prank on the Welcome to Rockville crowd Saturday, pretending to play a pair of Van Halen classics… only to reveal Mammoth WVH’s Wolfgang Van Halen was actually performing in the ...