Eddie Van Halen has died

**billyk** · 10-06-2020, 03:46 PM

Damn, going to miss you Eddie. Fuck cancer!

**Buster Highmen** · 10-06-2020, 03:48 PM

EVH "reinvented electric guitar" - FZ.

RIP

**teleee** · 10-06-2020, 03:48 PM

RIP Eddie! One of my favorite concert memories of all time is of Eddie pounding Jack Daniels and getting to the point of not being able to stand at the end of the show, but he could still make the guitar his bitch! Safe travels to the other side Mr Van Halen you are and were truly a guitar GOD

**ncskier** · 10-06-2020, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by riser3

That makes three.

Well one is Van Halen one is for van haggar and one is for the Gary cherone lineup. Are you even a fan?

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**XXX-er** · 10-06-2020, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Striker

Can't say I was a huge fan of the band, and Eddie was reputedly an asshole, but the immense talent, skill, and innovation are undeniable. The brown sound was beautiful.

Music on the car 8-track that would get you a ticket for sure, I liked it

might be easier to count how many of them weren't assholes

cuz its fucking rock role and that was the territory

and statisticaly we are going to lose all of them rockers pretty quick due to age/ lifestyle

and then just after that ... its you n me

**Benny Profane** · 10-06-2020, 04:50 PM

And then there's Keith.

**liv2ski** · 10-06-2020, 05:13 PM

Vampires don't die easily Benny

**Cono Este** · 10-06-2020, 05:13 PM

The 80’s were great with guys like Eddie, I don’t jack shit about guitar, but those who do had him up there with the greatest. I believe it. Rip

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**Benny Profane** · 10-06-2020, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by liv2ski

Vampires don't die easily Benny

Vampiring is work. Keith don't work.

**CarlMega** · 10-06-2020, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by billyk

Damn, going to miss you Eddie. Fuck cancer!

Phys Ed.

Watching that remined me that DLR was the front man they needed. RIP Eddie.

**XXX-er** · 10-06-2020, 05:29 PM

Keith is 77 and still living the R & R lifestyle but thats what they do what else they gona do ?

**DaveTV** · 10-06-2020, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by ~mikey b

gotta admit - I never liked Van Halen - not one bit

Thanks for sharing

**Wrecked** · 10-06-2020, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker

Will be pouring out one tonight.

https://vimeo.com/169759649

FUCK YES!!

Schmitts gay is one of the last funniest things on SNL!!

We quote the phil Hartman pitch at the end regularly when drinking beers after work.

And Eddie Van Halen was a really good guitar player.

And Van Halen was good because they were Van Halen... without them... there would be no Van Halen.

**riser4** · 10-06-2020, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by ncskier

Well one is Van Halen one is for van haggar and one is for the Gary cherone lineup. Are you even a fan?

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I was at the time the first 5 albums came out. Its history, but not really my thing anymore.

**SkiBall** · 10-06-2020, 05:58 PM

I remember my elementary school friend busted out that first VH record and it was opening up a whole new world along with some other great stuff. Before it was like Santana, The Mac, and Eagles. Heavy metal or whatever you want to call it took hold big time.
So thank you Eddie for being a big part of that. RIP

**Bobcat Sig** · 10-06-2020, 06:01 PM

Well fuck. RIP, Eddie.

While I never saw the original line-up, I did catch Van Halen (Haggar?) on the Balance tour when it hit Civic Stadium. I think it was my first concert, ever. Eddie melted faces even then.

That Poundcake video brought back some strong middle and high school memories.

**east or bust** · 10-06-2020, 06:08 PM

First concert of my life was Valen Halen at Continental Airlines Arena. Still remember the Panama performance clear as day.

RIP

**CountryFunk** · 10-06-2020, 06:28 PM

1978, leaving the bay area to ski Alpine at 430 am with 3 buddies. We fired up a J and put in the cassette of a new band that was on the radio called Van Halen ... never will forget that drive.

**SkiBall** · 10-06-2020, 06:40 PM

Sure that wasn’t an 8track?

**m2711c** · 10-06-2020, 06:43 PM

oh.... i thought his name was van hagar.

**hatchgreenchile** · 10-06-2020, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker

Classmate from boarding/reform school could play eruption note-for-note. this was 1980. He said the "flaimingo shit" on women and children (spanish fly?) He said that was the hardest. By far.

He was Amy Grant's guitarist for many years.

Spanish Fly and Eruption ... both are extremely challenging. Eruption was a game changer though - that’s when whammy bars, heavy phaser and tapping hit the mainstream.

I think the drill thing from Poundcake was beyond cool. Not a crazy lick ( he might use it again on the main solo) , but it stands out . He had so many unique techniques - RIP!

**Johnny P** · 10-06-2020, 07:15 PM

Sad day indeed. The first cassette I ever bought was Diver Down. Stopped listening after Diamond Dave split. They were never the same.

**XXX-er** · 10-06-2020, 07:18 PM

I duno anything about guitar but i read something about how he did it all without effects pedals, he was the effect ?

they been playing his stuff on CBC all day

**fatnslow** · 10-06-2020, 07:27 PM

Waited in line overnight at Memorial Coliseum in 82' and got 12th row tripping on some window pane. Thought the glass exterior was melting around 2 am....