Van Halen was a huge band in their day, and are still considered by many to be one of the greatest bands of all time. Their self titled debut was on every kid’s stereo when I was growing up; I remember staring at the album cover wondering where the brothers, guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, were from. He was the first musician in my experience that made even scratching the strings sound musical and awesome.  I was an obsessed kid and wanted to know what I had to do to blaze a trail like Eddie did.