And with this year’s Bill & Ted Face The Music bringing Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves’ wholesomely famous rockers back to movie screens far and wide, series co-writer/co-creator Ed Solomon would have liked to have Mr. Van Halen himself play a role in the film, before his untimely passing at the age of 65.
But sadly, this did not come to pass, as Solomon himself revealed recently.
Throughout the franchise history of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the musical legacy of artists like the late Eddie Van Halen has been a crucial part to the influences that William “Bill” S. Preston, Esq and Theodore “Ted” Logan have held dear.