Apollo Quote by Mike Portnoy

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

— Chuck Eddy

I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.

— Brad Paisley

Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

— Tony Iommi

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to…

— Eddie Van Halen

Back in the days, the groups and the bands that we listened to were like Earth, Wind and Fire, Santana and Grateful Dead. We…

— Sheila E

It's like this - these five members have been influenced of course by other groups, because that's where this generation's groups came from -…

— Alice Cooper

I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's the rhythm…

— Angus Young

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day always says we were influences on him, because he does melodic but distorted, like what we were doing.…

— Charlotte Caffey

Don't get me wrong, The Beatles are one of our all-time favourite bands, but there's a lot more we were influenced by.

— Ryan Ross

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.

— Dimebag Darrell

“I don’t know about other bands but the 5 of us are really more like brothers than band members.” — Aoi (Rock Read 038)”

— Aoi

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

— Dimebag Darrell