Eruption

About Eruption

Eruption is an instrumental by Van Halen from their first album, Van Halen. Written and primarily performed by Eddie Van Halen, this electric guitar solo showcase is considered one of the most influential rock instrumentals of all time, appearing on many 'greatest guitar solos' lists, including a second place in a recent Guitar World poll. Eruption starts with a short accompanied introduction with brother Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass. .

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About this song

Credited to

Van Halen

Album

Best of Volume 1 · Track 1 of 17 · Opens the album

Released

September 24, 1996

Duration

1:42

On Last.fm

486,542 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Best of Volume 1