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The death of Eddie Van Halen from throat cancer, aged 65, brings to a close one of the most colourful and lucrative sagas in American rock music. If Aerosmith was the premier US hard rock band of the s, it was Van Halen who stepped into their shoes during the 80s. Formed around the Van Halen brothers, the guitarist Eddie and the drummer Alex, the band rode a tidal wave of multi-platinum albums over a year period. Few other acts have come close to matching their commercially combustible mixture of spectacular and addictive rock, flamboyant stage performances and outsized personal behaviour.

Already a rock star, Simmons was enjoying the perks of the VIP section of the balcony when an unheralded band took the stage. Eddie stepped up. Just one guitar player playing live making a symphony of guitar sounds — and beautifully. Simmons signed Van Halen on the spot and flew the band to New York to record a demo album.