How Eddie Van Halen transformed Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'

Eddie Van Halen's guitar riff is the centerpiece of Michael Jackson's 1982 number-one hit "Beat It." But Eddie Van Halen first thought the ...

Eddie Van Halen agreed to perform a guitar solo for one of Michael Jackson's biggest hits back in 1982.

I was buying something, and 'Beat It' was playing over the store sound system," Van Halen reminisced. "The solo comes on, and I hear these kids ...

Van Halen was a surprise guest on “Beat It,” the album's third single. His blazing guitar solo lasted all of 20 seconds and took half an hour to ...

When Eddie got to the session, MJ was in tears. from listening to the voice overs from the movie ET E. Being recorded in the studio next door, ...

Believe it or not, Eddie wasn't Jackson's first choice to be featured on “Beat It.” Shortly after EVH died, Pete Townshend told Rolling Stone ...

(Fast forward to 2:20 min to see Eddie Van Halen Jam out) Eddie Van Halen was not suppose to be the guitarist for Michael Jackson's song Beat It ...

Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It" is iconic, but Van Halen wasn't who the King of Pop first approached to ...

I was buying something, and 'Beat It' was playing over the store sound system," Van Halen reminisced. "The solo comes on, and I hear these kids ...

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But when Eddie Van Halen unexpectedly arrived at the Los Angeles studio, Jackson's producer Quincy Jones invited him to listen to Beat It. READ ...

Alex Van Halen has revealed he's still angry over Eddie Van Halen's legendary guest spot on Michael Jackson's Beat It, which the late electric ...

Eddie Van Halen wrote guitar solo for MJ. ... The music industry has been rocked by the recent passing of Eddie Van Halen, who died from cancer ...

The thing I always remembered most about Thriller was surprise guest Eddie Van Halen's nifty guitar wipeout on "Beat It". It took him half an ...

Michael Jackson was looking to broaden his audience base when he invited Eddie Van Halen to play on a track for the follow-up to his ...

So Michael Jackson rings up and says, Eddie, Eddie, you're the best guitarist in the world. Can you play on my song? Beat it is so smash it ...

I was buying something, and 'Beat It' was playing over the store sound system," Van Halen reminisced. "The solo comes on, and I hear these kids ...

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To create the track's ethereal throb, Van Halen plugged an old Fender Stratocaster into an echo unit and manipulated the way the device repeated ...

Eddie Van Halen received a phone call in 1982 from someone who introduced himself as "Quincy." That turned out to be Quincy Jones, ...