Eruption
eBook - ePub

Eruption

The Eddie Van Halen Story

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Eruption

The Eddie Van Halen Story

About this book

'The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves ... Diligently researched, perceptive and well-written.' 8/10, Classic Rock

'An affectionate and unflinching portrait of metal guitar's Mount Everest.' Mojo


Arriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons of a Dutch, saxophone-playing father, the brothers discovered the Beatles, Cream and others.

From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and becoming the quintessential Californian band of the 1980s. But there was also an undercurrent of tragedy to their story, as Eddie's struggles played out in public, from his difficult relationship with the band's original singer, Dave Lee Roth, to substance abuse, divorce and his long-running battle with cancer.

With unique insights, Paul Brannigan's Eruption reaches beyond the headlines to explore the cultural and social contexts that shaped this iconic guitarist, while also turning up the dial on a life lived at volume eleven.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9780571311484
Edition
0
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Prelude
  5. 1: Little Dreamer
  6. 2: Eruption
  7. 3: On Fire
  8. 4: Dance the Night Away
  9. 5: Loss of Control
  10. 6: Jump
  11. 7: Love Walks In
  12. 8: Feels So Good
  13. 9: Fire in the Hole
  14. 10: Distance
  15. Acknowledgements
  16. Sources
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. Plates
  20. About the Author
  21. Also by Paul Brannigan
  22. Copyright