Paul Brannigan

Titled ‘Eruption’ in the UK, and 'Unchained’ in the US, Paul Brannigan’s acclaimed biography of Eddie Van Halen, is out now via Faber & Faber (UK), Permuted Press (US), Ullstein (GER, titled ‘Eddie Van Halen: Ein Leben’) and Bazar (FIN, titled 'Eruption: Eddie Van Halenin Tarina') “The game-changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves… diligently researched, perceptive and well-written.” CLASSIC ROCK 8/10 “Affectionate and unflinching portrait of heavy metal’s Mount Everest… Paul Brannigan goes deep here, his detailed biography probing Van Halen’s psyche as well as his music.” MOJO 4 Stars "The book of the year for Van Halen fans, who will treasure this extended look at EVH before and beyond the stage. Read it. Know it. Live it. Highly recommended." rockandbluesmuse.com “Van Halen’s 1978 debut LP was, as former Kerrang! editor Brannigan puts it, the essence of teenage: ‘Fast cars and loose morals, cheerleaders, cheeseburgers and cocaine, Daisy Dukes, bikini tops, bongs and broken curfews’.” UNCUT 7/10 Look out too for Brannigan’s fully updated and expanded 2021 edition of his best-selling Dave Grohl biography This Is A Call : The Life and Times of Dave Grohl, available now.