Guitar World Presents Van Halen

There is possibly no guitar player of the modern era more influential than Eddie Van Halen. Now, from the pages of "Guitar World Magazine" comes this outstanding collection of interviews and insights. Whether you are a fan or a professional musician, you'll be entertained and educated by this comprehensive, in-depth collection.

A new series from Guitar World magazine! These books feature many articles organized in a logical manner to create a history of the artist or band. Covers their start to current day activities. Some titles include transcriptions of solos or riffs. Metallica, Van Halen, S.R. Vaughn and Kiss!

Featuring the brilliant soloing and rhythm playing of ultimate guitar hero Eddie Van Halen and the flamboyant lead vocals of David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, Van Halen have sold more than 60 million albums in the U.S. alone, racking up classic hits such as "Hot for Teacher," "Runnin' with the Devil" and "Jump," and their latest single, "Tattoo." Through the years, Guitar World magazine has been there to provide first-hand reports on Van Halen's extraordinary career, from their early days in the Seventies playing the Sunset Strip to their smash 2012 comeback album, A Different Kind of Truth. Now, for the first time, Guitar World presents the entire story in an incredible collector's edition packed with rare photos and colourful interviews with band members and group insiders.

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(Guitar Method). Guitarists of all levels will find a wealth of practical music knowledge in this special book. Veteran guitarist and author Tom Kolb dispels the mysteries of music theory using plain and simple terms and diagrams. The included audio provides 94 tracks of music examples, scales, modes, chords, ear training, and much more!

(Book). For 30 years, Guitar World magazine has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists and with more than 325 issues under its belt, the world's bestselling guitar magazine is showing no signs of slowing down. In this extraordinary book, the complete history of Guitar World is chronicled from July 1980, when the very first issue, which featured Johnny Winter on its cover, took the guitar-playing community by storm, to issues from 2010 featuring the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Keith Richards, and many other guitar icons. Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton are just some of the artists who have sat down with Guitar World over the years: the full transcripts of these legendary, revealing interviews are here. This lavishly illustrated edition takes you behind the scenes of such monumental events as Nirvana's Unplugged performance, Stevie Ray Vaughan's funeral, and the making of Led Zeppelin IV , and includes Guitar World 's great dual interviews: Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi and James Hetfield, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, and more. Rock music has gone through many changes since 1980 bands have come and gone, musical styles have shifted dramatically, heroes have fallen and through it all, Guitar World has been there, reporting on the events of the day and interviewing the musicians who keep the genre alive. It's all here, in The Complete History of Guitar World .

(Guitar Educational). Steve Vai reveals his path to virtuoso enlightenment with two challenging guitar workouts, which include scale and chord exercises, ear training, sight-reading, music theory and much more. These comprehensive workouts are reprinted by permission from Guitar World magazine.