Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen Biographical information Date of birth January 26, 1955 Age (1955) born Age (1985) 30 Age (2015) 60 Physical description Gender Male Behind-the-scenes information
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Eddie Van Halen was a guitarist in the band Van Halen, which was led by singer David Lee Roth (and later Sammy Hagar). The band reached popular status and topped charts in the 1980s.

Marty McFly was a fan of Eddie Van Halen and had a tape of his music, which he listened to on his Walkman. As "Darth Vader", he tortured George McFly with the volume setting on maximum, as Eddie played a loud guitar solo.

Marty also imitated Eddie Van Halen's "tapping" technique while playing Johnny B. Goode at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

Contents 1 Behind the scenes 2 Appearances 3 References 4 See also

Behind the scenesEdit

Van Halen would not allow the name of their band to be used in Back to the Future, and for this reason, Marty's tape is labeled "Edward Van Halen", who wrote and played an untitled piece for this scene without pay as a favor for record producer Quincy Jones.^{[1] [2]}

AppearancesEdit

• Back to the Future

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ "Feature Commentary with Bob Gale and Neil Canton." Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy.
2. ↑ The "Universal Animated Anecdotes" on the DVD, and Internet Movie Database, state that the song is "Donut City" by Van Halen, but this is incorrect.

See alsoEdit

• Eddie Van Halen on Wikipedia