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He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen , which he founded with his brother Alex in Van Halen is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history [ 2 ] and was well known for popularizing the tapping guitar technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard.

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Van Halen dealt with numerous health issues beginning in the s. He died in October due to complications from throat cancer. His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinettist, and saxophonist working for the Dutch Air Force , [ 6 ] before the war and after returning from Indonesia with local acts like Jos Cleber and Snip en Snap.

After experiencing mistreatment for their mixed-race relationship in the s, [ 10 ] the parents moved the family to the US in They settled near family members in Pasadena, California , where his father worked as a janitor to supplement what he earned from playing music in venues like The Continental Club, La Miranda Country Club and The Alpine Haus.

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His mother worked as a maid to help make ends meet. Van Halen never learned to read music. Between and , he won first place in the annual piano competition at Long Beach City College. Initially, Alex began playing the guitar and Van Halen bought a drum kit; however, after he heard Alex's performance of the Surfaris ' drum solo on the song " Wipe Out ", he gave Alex the drums and began learning the electric guitar.

Eddie and Alex formed their first band with three other boys. Eddie cited this performance when he was in the fourth grade as key to his desire to become a professional musician. Now look where we are. If that's not the American dream, what is?