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“Running with the Devil” is a rock song and the first track from Van Halen’s 1978 eponymous debut album.
The track fades in with the sound of a car horn. In many ways, this track is the song that started it all, being the first song from the first album and that it sets the tone [...]

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By Guest Writer Brad Finley
Although made popular recently by Eddie Van Halen, guitar tapping or right hand ‘legatos’ is a technique players have been executing for years. Country players know the benefit of laying down a nice subtle lead and just putting in those quick hammers with clear guitar tapping. And while it’s not the [...]

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Van Halen’s first single, You Really Got Me was a cover of the The Kinks first hit recorded in 1964. Eddie, who at the time was only 21 years old, did his own take on the song with impressive results.
The frontman of The Kinks and author of the song, Ray Davies was later to say [...]

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