The only artist who beat Eddie Van Halen in Sammy Hagar's view

The only artist who beat Eddie Van Halen in Sammy Hagar's view

Really? Did Sammy Hagar honestly think another guitarist towered over the likes of Eddie Van Halen in inspiration? It’s fair to say that Eddie’s flashy style of tapping shred proved immortal in the world of hard rock, leaving many deathly cold. From the word go on Van Halen’s eponymous debut in 1978, Pasadena’s most lucrative musical export owed plenty to Eddie’s axe lightning bolt, coupled with frontman David Lee Roth’s animated showboating tha…