He was a pioneer for his era and inspired so many great artists that exist today but there was truly only 1 Edward Lodewijk Van Halen. 

While many well-known facts exist like his beginnings on the drums and eventual switch to guitar or the fact that his middle name paid homage to Beethoven and he would repay that favor by naming his son Wolfgang in tribute to Mozart, there are several facts that exist that you may not know.

Today we celebrate the life of Eddie with 5 amazing facts and the stories behind them.

We'll also go over the conclusion of our Best Guitarists tournament and more. 

So light a candle and crank it to 11 as we pay tribute in today's episode!