RIP: Eddie Van Halen
Seriously bummed. He's the reason I took up guitar.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-dies-cancer-65/
October 6th, 2020 at 3:48 PM ^
Honestly, this is really bringing me down. I don't know what to say.
October 6th, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Ditto! This sucks
October 6th, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Eddie will always be unchained and running with the devil no matter how much Jaime, you or I are crying today!
October 6th, 2020 at 6:29 PM ^
And Hot for Teacher! Best guitar riff
October 6th, 2020 at 5:25 PM ^
Do the opposite of being "down". Like, physically. I think you know what I'm getting at....it might help a little bit.
October 6th, 2020 at 8:21 PM ^
I remember hearing VH I when it first came out and being blown away by the guitar (I could always do without "Diamond Dave" but Eddie was always awesome). RIP and thanks for all the great music.
October 6th, 2020 at 3:51 PM ^
2020.
October 6th, 2020 at 3:52 PM ^
Just saw this come across my phone and was hoping it wasn’t true.
Wasn’t ever a huge fan of Vanhalen’s style music but I always thought Eddie was extremely talented!
RIP to one of best “tapstyle” players ever!
October 6th, 2020 at 4:15 PM ^
He’s the original tap style. In the early days he would play with his back to the audience so nobody could copy him.
October 6th, 2020 at 3:53 PM ^
Cancer sucks.
October 6th, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
Valerie Bertinelli was one of my earliest crushes so fuck that guy for marrying her... seriously though, sad to hear, RIP
October 6th, 2020 at 4:06 PM ^
Everyone who grew up in the 80s wanted Van Halen to play at their Prom or Wedding!
Sad, but......Damn, can you imagine how many women he was with in his short life?
Diver Down!
October 6th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
Where have all the good times gone?
October 6th, 2020 at 4:47 PM ^
Dude chill. All consensual.
October 6th, 2020 at 6:42 PM ^
Chicks take of their clothes and throw themselves at him 5 at a time after a show ... and he’s treating them like meat?
go simp somewhere else
October 6th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
Yeah , but she sports his guitar really well!
October 6th, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
[In Wonder Years voice-over] And another piece of my childhood was gone.
To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
[Closing credits]
EDIT: someone please do a health check on Angus Young.
October 6th, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
I just read an interview with Angus (in Rolling Stone) today. AC/DC has a new album and ironically one of the things that got the group back together was the deaths of his older brothers, Malcolm and George (both died a few months apart in 2017 or so). The other band members, Brian (who had to fix his hearing and was a bit peeved at being unceremoniously replaced for a run of concerts by Axl Rose in 2016), Cliff (who ended the tour feeling he was too old for this shit) and Phil (who had a criminal situation and some addiction issues) all attended the funeral and got along well, were in reasonably good health, and decided to do one (last?) album. And they had fun doing it.
So if any good comes of Eddie dying before his time, maybe it will be Van Halen (the band) will finally let Warner Bros into the 5150 vaults and release some of the unreleased music that's supposedly there.
I have the feeling, though, there's not nearly as much there that's releasable as some, including Eddie, had said; Eddie was a genius, but he didn't have the organizational drive of, say, Prince. How one the biggest bands in the world went from 1978-1985 without apparently recording, professionally in a ready-to-release format, a single full live show is beyond me.
October 6th, 2020 at 6:50 PM ^
New AC/DC song tomorrow= yeah 2020!
Eddie dies today=Fuck 2020!
October 6th, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
Fuck Cancer, as always
October 6th, 2020 at 3:58 PM ^
Rock God.
So much of my youth centered around his music - - it was like you could listen to what might be described as modern-day (1980s) Beach Boys music with a "California-vibe" and dream about how cool the beach, your friends and your style was -- all via Van Halen.
Eddie - Eruption was genius.
Go Blue.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:16 PM ^
Ultimate summer time feel good music.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
Shocked, but not surprised, as he had battled cancer (and other issues) for a long time.
My favorite band of all-time, and my favorite musician.
I am very sad.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:01 PM ^
Well this is a dick punch with brass knuckles. I have no other words other than 2020 can go to hell. Dammit.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
What a bummer.... I don't even have words. Van Halen with Roth is the very definition of rock n roll. RIP to a guitar GOD!
October 6th, 2020 at 4:08 PM ^
RIP Van Halen
2020 and cancer can go take a long walk off a short pier
October 6th, 2020 at 4:08 PM ^
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!
October 6th, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
Damn 2020.
Eddie is one of my favorite guitarists ever. Never having played guitar myself, I have no idea technically how sound he may or may not have been, but as far as "shredders" go, his fingers could shred with the best, and other than Frank Zappa, there's few guitarists I'd rather listen to when it comes to guitar solos.
Fuck cancer.
Rest in Peace, Eddie Van Halen.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
Damn.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
#FUCK2020 , and always #FUCKCANCER
October 6th, 2020 at 4:19 PM ^
I get fuck cancer and all, but the dude was a heavy, heavy smoker all his life. It’s not like he didn’t contribute to what finally took him.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:20 PM ^
Most under-rated VH songs:
1. 5150
2. Little Guitars
3. Amsterdam
4. Dream is Over
5. Mine all mine
October 6th, 2020 at 4:42 PM ^
I would like to add D.O.A. (Dead or Alive) to that list.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:54 PM ^
Just listened to "D.O.A." on repeat recently. That's now my favorite VH song.
October 6th, 2020 at 5:28 PM ^
D.O.A is an absolute rocker that I think I have heard played on the radio precisely 2 times.
So, to make up for that, I have listened to this recording of that song form 1977 more than a few times when I need to get pumped up. The energy is just fantastic and it sounds like Eddie wants to break out of your speakers.
It also shows:
- how many songs Van Halen already had by 1977, before their first album was released
- how important their producer, Ted Templeman, was to their sound (this is a fun recording, but the studio version is even better in that it builds tension, has a bit of space, & doesn't go to the out-of-control stutter dun-duh-duh-dun-dun-DUH-dun-duh-duh-dun-dun until the end; live, Eddie was just erupting all over the place)
- DLR did his own thing (which I personally loved the vast majority of the time)
October 6th, 2020 at 11:16 PM ^
Very true, I liked the bands harder rock songs. The radio played more of the their light rock/pop type songs on the radio. Van Haggard really trended more to the light rock and pop sound. RIP Eddie!I wonder if Wolfie ever played the guitar as well as his Dad.
October 6th, 2020 at 11:16 PM ^
Very true, I liked the bands harder rock songs. The radio played more of the their light rock/pop type songs on the radio. Van Haggard really trended more to the light rock and pop sound. RIP Eddie!I wonder if Wolfie ever played the guitar as well as his Dad.
October 7th, 2020 at 11:45 AM ^
agree with 5150 - great song and album even though I prefer the DLR years.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^
I was a freshman at CMU (had to go there for a short time to get the old GPA up) when Van Halen I was released. To say that album got played a LOT in my dorm would be an understatement. What an fantastic collection of songs and each one deserved full volume it seemed.
Saw them multiple times through the years and they always put on one hell of a show. RIP Eddie, you were amazing.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:34 PM ^
I, too, have seen VH multiple times over the years. I've seen just about every incarnation of them, including Chicken Foot. I gotta say, the best was DLR solo about 15 years ago. He played all VH songs (except for A Little Aint Enough for Me) and I think his guitarist was Reb Beach (former Winger) at the time, so they could definitely keep up with most of EVH stuff.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:33 PM ^
RIP. One of my favorite guitarists.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:40 PM ^
Damn, RIP to a legend
October 6th, 2020 at 4:40 PM ^
Man this one stings. He was one of my all time favorites.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:51 PM ^
Rest in Powercords, Eddie VH.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:54 PM ^
Man, Dreams just came on in my truck and I got really, really sad.
Fly high, Eddie.
October 6th, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
RIP Eddie!
Loved Van Halen, Van Hagar not so much.
Saw them in 1984 at the Joe on their last tour with DLR and in 1986 with Hagar and their first tour with him, also at the Joe.
October 6th, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Same on Van Hagar.
Ironically though Sammy sang lead vocals on the only debut rock album BETTER (IMO) than Van Halen I, Montrose I. And Ronnie Montrose could definitely give Eddie a run for his money as a lead guitarist and also died too soon.
October 6th, 2020 at 5:24 PM ^
Montrose was an early idol/inspiration of Eddie's... it was quite a treat to see him rip through VH's version of 'Rock Candy" and "BMScooter" w/Hagar on vocals
October 6th, 2020 at 5:58 PM ^
Montrose was the man, one of the best ever!
October 6th, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
I'm having an ERUPTION of emotions! 2020 GO AWAY!!!!!!!