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Eddie Van Halen
(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Eddie Van Halen Van Halen striking a pose at the Kouseinennkinn-kaikan, Tokyo, June 1978. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)