RIP to a legend EVH

[southparkcpa]

One of the freshest new sounds in rock in 1978. When we as young musicians thought it was all covered... Eddie came along and pushed the envelope.

 

 

[HighPitch]

Wow 2020

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

 

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

 

[Jetsfan80]

F**kin f**k.

Glad I was able to see him live, even if it was just once.

[Panzer Division Marduk]

S**t. F**K 2020.

RIP EVH.

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

2020 is a real b-tch .

[joewilly12]

18 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Glad I was able to see him live, even if it was just once.

RIP

Same here. 

[maury77]

Some people don't realize he played the solo on this, RIP to a guitar god

 

[munchmemory]

Just saw this a second ago.   RIP Eddie.  You changed how the guitar was played and expanded its sonic range/capability like only a few others have done.   You died too young and my condolences to your family, friends and fans.   Geez, what a loss.

[JiFtheOracle]

RIP - this is one my favorite songs of all time.

That EVH riff, unreal

 

 

[JiFtheOracle]

Oh yea, **** cancer

[munchmemory]

Eddie Van Halen, the guitarist and songwriter who helped give the radio-rock band Van Halen its name and sound, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

His death was announced by his son, Wolf Van Halen, on Twitter.

"I can't believe I'm having to write this," the statement said, "but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I've shared with him on and off stage was a gift."

In a band known for its instability — due in part to a rotating cast of lead singers that most notably includes David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar — Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex remained constants, appearing on 12 studio albums that reached across five decades and sold tens of millions of copies.

No matter the singer, Eddie Van Halen's high-flying guitar sound — heavy on tapping, with both hands on the neck of the instrument — was deeply influential, but also hard to imitate. He grew up obsessed with Eric Clapton, only to himself become a lodestar for generations of guitarists.

 

In 1972, with Alex on drums, Eddie Van Halen formed the band that would become Van Halen. By 1974, it had the lineup that would make it one of the biggest groups in rock history: the two Dutch-born brothers, plus bassist Michael Anthony and singer David Lee Roth. From there, Eddie Van Halen stood at the center of an era-spanning — but unmistakably volatile — rock-and-roll juggernaut.

Throughout the late '70s and early '80s, Van Halen became increasingly successful. Early hits such as 1979's "Dance the Night Away" eventually gave way to the best-selling 1984 — the band's sixth album — which spawned the chart-topping "Jump," as well as flamboyant hits like "Panama" and "Hot for Teacher." Peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart, 1984 was held back only by Michael Jackson's Thriller, whose iconic "Beat It" just happened to feature a guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen.

But 1984's success only intensified tensions between the Van Halen brothers and David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 for a solo career that capitalized on his cheerful, outsize persona. The remaining members of Van Halen regrouped around former Montrose frontman Sammy Hagar, who helped the group top the charts with its next four albums: 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge(1991) and Balance (1995).

From there, the band's output slowed. Hagar left Van Halen in 1996, citing creative differences, which led Roth to rejoin briefly — only to give way to former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone, whose one album with Van Halen (1998's Van Halen III) was a critical and commercial disappointment. Hagar and Roth both rejoined the group at various points since, with the latter presiding over Van Halen's final album, 2012's A Different Kind of Truth.

Long known for his reclusiveness, Eddie Van Halen battled an assortment of issues with his health in recent years, including hip-replacement surgery in 1999, a bout with tongue cancer in the early 2000s, a history of drug and alcohol abuse that led him to enter a rehabilitation facility in 2007, and surgery for diverticulitis in 2012.

Though the guitarist often had contentious relationships with bandmates — particularly Roth and Hagar, each of whom criticized him heavily in books and interviews — Eddie Van Halen remained extremely close with family. In addition to a lifelong working relationship with his brother Alex, he tirelessly championed his son Wolf, who joined Van Halen as bassist after the departure of Michael Anthony in 2006.

Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/834995224/eddie-van-halen-guitar-hero-dies-at-65

[Larz]

In 1985 I had a car with a cassette player (lol) and a copy of diver down stuck in it. It’s all I could play for a month 

didnt mind at all

RIP to a true master 

[munchmemory]

 

[munchmemory]

Saw VH a few times, once when they opened for Sabbath on their first tour.   Won over the audience in about two seconds and blew Sabbath off the stage at will. 

[JiFtheOracle]

51 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

Just saw this a second ago.   RIP Eddie.  You changed how the guitar was played and expanded its sonic range/capability like only a few others have done.   You died too young and my condolences to your family, friends and fans.   Geez, what a loss.

So well said.  The genre spent a decade trying to be EVH.   Every kid I knew growing up that had a guitar wanted to be EVH.

We've lost so absolute titans of the industry over the past few years, some of my all time favs.  Wow, EVH man...ugh.  Unreal

[JiFtheOracle]

3 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

Saw VH a few times, once when they opened for Sabbath on their first tour.   Won over the audience in about two seconds and blew Sabbath off the stage at will. 

....blowing away Tony Iommi is mind blowing in itself. 

[munchmemory]

 

[JiFtheOracle]

 

[munchmemory]

1 minute ago, JiF said:

....blowing away Tony Iommi is mind blowing in itself. 

And NO ONE knew who they were.  These were the days when the band came out just dressed in jeans and just let the rock speak for itself.  What EVH was doing on stage was shockingly new.  

[southparkcpa]

43 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

F**kin f**k.

Glad I was able to see him live, even if it was just once.

I saw them OPEN for Black Sabbath at MSG in 1978 after the 1st album.  Saw them again at the garden a year later. 

[southparkcpa]

1 minute ago, munchmemory said:

And NO ONE knew who they were.  These were the days when the band came out just dressed in jeans and just let the rock speak for itself.  What EVH was doing on stage was shockingly new.  

I remember a college classical guitar teacher talking about how he was so impressed with EVH and what he was doing....  he was well respected and I am not that big a VH fan.   

[munchmemory]

Just now, southparkcpa said:

I saw them OPEN for Black Sabbath at MSG in 1978 after the 1st album.  Saw them again at the garden a year later. 

Was just talking about this.  I was there, too.  Tell me how insane it was to hear "Eruption" live for the first time.  I had no idea what was happening.  If he was playing a new instrument.

[CTJetsFan]

First Neil Peart and now this. RIP Eddie. I want to believe you and Neil will be tearing it up for the angels.

F*ck 2020.

[CTJetsFan]

48 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

F**kin f**k.

Glad I was able to see him live, even if it was just once.

Amen. 2x for me.

[Barry McCockinner]

goat

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[JiFtheOracle]

 

[munchmemory]

 

[Larz]

Only saw him At monsters of rock at giants stadium. Metallica on the bill ad well 

 

[#27TheDominator]

RIP

I also only saw them once. Only Van Hagar at that - at Jones Beach.  Vince Neill opened with  Steve Stephens from Billy Idol's band.  Stephens was born in Brooklyn, but I think he was from Far Rock.  We had sh*t seats, but it started raining and we actually had an overhang while all the people with better seats got soaked.  Eddie was great, but the show was a little old by then with the drill on Poundcake, etc.  Eddie and Neal Peart in the same year?  The big band in the sky just got a bunch louder.  I will leave our consensus fave here:

 

EDIT to say JiF beat me to it!

[JiFtheOracle]

If you've never seen this acoustic sessions, they are ******* awesome, just shows how much range EVH had....incredible...

 

[munchmemory]

 

[Larz]