
Eddie Van Halen tapping away at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 8, 1982.
(Larry Marano/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Larry Marano/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Suddenly There Came a Tapping: Remembering Eddie Van Halen
The greatest guitarist of our lifetime shredded rock and roll and remade it in his loud as f***, finger-tapping, pop-friendly, joyous image. He wrote a few chapters of the classic-rock songbook and invented some guitar stuff along the way. RIP.