AOR might have come truly blossoming into platinum-tinged life in the 1980s, but the genre had been holding lighters aloft ...

He explains why his guitars are numbered, not named, his warts-and-all approach to studio work – and why his “I won’t conform ...

The neoclassical guitar trailblazer celebrates the 40th anniversary of his influential Marching Out record this year ...

Valerie Bertinelli is not allowing her son Wolfgang Van Halen to create a Van Halen biopic until after she's dead. Bertinelli, who was married to Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007, recently spoke ...

Considering that Van Halen were named after their drummer and lead guitarist ... At worst, he would have tipped the band straight into the Steve Vai/ Yngwie Malmsteen world of stuffy “virtuosos” ...

few come more self-assured and mercurial than Yngwie Malmsteen. Born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, the Swedish axe whiz came of age in the mid-‘80s on the heels of Eddie Van Halen and Randy ...

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images,ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Alex Van Halen took no issue with David Lee Roth’s unsolicited digs at former bandmate Wolfgang Van Halen ...

Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen is hitting the road for a US tour as he prepares to celebrate four decades of his solo career. The Grammy-winning artist took to social media this Monday ...

Yngwie Malmsteen will embark on a North American tour to commemorate 40 years of his solo career. The trek begins on Sept. 26 in Fort Myers, Florida, and is currently set to run through Nov. 18 ...

And Eddie Van Halen’s influence on others has been immense. Following the 1978 debut, a stream of technique-driven rock guitar virtuosos followed—including Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, ...

Faulkner, in particular, brings it with passion and fire on this album, incorporating elements of some of the greatest guitar legends including Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen and Randy Rhoads.