Army Band Member (Guitar Player 42R) performs "Eruption" by Eddie Van Halen

"Eruption" is an instrumental rock guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen. The song often appears on many 'greatest guitar solos' lists It is often played together with the cover version of "You Really Got Me", which follows the piece on the album Van Halen. Eddie recalled, "I didn't even play it right. There's a mistake at the top end of it. To this day, whenever I hear it, I always think, 'Man, I could've played it better." In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Eruption" at number 29 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. "Eruption" has been named the 2nd greatest guitar solo by Guitar World magazine.