This 1978 debut took about two weeks to record, drew mostly negative early reviews and still sits on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time.

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"The opening song on Van Halen's self-titled debut album signaled a changing of the guard as the '70s drew to a close. From ...

Throughout music history, a handful of guitarists have delivered iconic solos that were so extraordinary that they made them legends. Eddie Van Halen's masterpiece "Eruption" from Van Halen's 1978 ...