I remember hearing a DJ on the radio saying that we made so much money per second, what he didn't realize is that we put every penny of that into the production.

Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (Dutch: [??dvart ?lo?d????i?k f?n ??a?l?(n)], van HAY-len; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician, songwriter, producer, and inventor. He was the main songwriter and lead guitarist of the American rock band Van Halen, which he co-founded in 1972 with his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen, bassist Mark Stone, and singer David Lee Roth. He was well known for popularizing the tapping guitar solo technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard. In 2012, he was voted number one in a Guitar World magazine reader's poll for "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

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