On the latest episode of Tunesmate, listen to a conversation with author Greg Renoff and his retrospective on Eddie Van Halen. Greg is the author of The Big Tent: The Traveling Circus in Georgia, Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal, and Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music. During the interview, we contemplate why Eddie made specific decisions like not continuing Van Halen III and why the group is releasing a live album as the first remastered album from the Hagar era.