Eddie van Halen dead

Pinch Flat

RIP the sound of my teens. What a guitarist.

NcdJd

RIP Great guitarist and sound bloke.

No way!!! RIP!

RIP Eddie

A super-talented musician and writer. He played piano too...

Sheridan81

Berties_Horse wrote: »

What a technician. Look no further than the dazzling solo in "Billie Jean".

Good thing you're not giving the eulogy.

Sheridan81

Death is sad and all but we might as well jump.

lee_baby_simms

Absolute legend. Got to see him perform live once and he didn’t disappoint.

mrcheez

Nooooo

Made the best MJ song too: https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?t=191

NcdJd

Giblet

Legend.

mrcheez

Berties_Horse wrote: »

What a technician. Look no further than the dazzling solo in "Billie Jean".

I thought Billie Jean was Van Halen too, but it's David Williams.

He did the solo on Beat It which I linked earlier

xxyyzz

Rick Beato's tribute to him https://youtu.be/5MbR2e9J3WY

Gooey Looey

1984 what an album

NcdJd

mrcheez wrote: »

I thought Billie Jean was Van Halen too, but it's David Williams.

He did the solo on Beat It which I linked earlier

I was thinking of the solo in Beat It too.

2020 a year **** year in every respect.

Omackeral

Sheridan81 wrote: »

Death is sad and all but we might as well jump.

Ha ha like because that was the name of the song he sang wasn't it!?!?!?!?!??! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Rothko

Not usually into that kind of stuff but love Van Halen. R.I.P.

adox

RIP. A real innovator.

Lucky enough to see him with the classic line up at Castle Donnington in 1984.

lee_baby_simms

adox wrote: »

RIP. A real innovator.

Lucky enough to see him with the classic line up at Castle Donnington in 1984.

Wow. They were really at their peak at that point.

JohnnyFlash

Any man who could deal with David Lee Roth is worthy of respect.

PropJoe10

One of the all time greats. Rest in peace, Eddie.

Harry Palmr

Just reading the news article, I had no idea about cancer. A sad loss, if a "statement of intent" moment ever existed in rock music it's the opening two tracks on the debut album. Eruption then You Really Got Me.

Brilliant stuff.

COVID

Omackeral wrote: »

Ha ha like because that was the name of the song he sang wasn't it!?!?!?!?!??! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

No. It was David Lee Roth wot sang it.

irishguitarlad

Panama is awesome, i love those artificial harmonics he does before going into the main riff.

Gatling

For eeeefs sake a true legend of rock ,


Playing Air guitar in the car won't ever be the same


RIP Eddie

PTH2009

One of the greats of Rock and Guitar

Seen many bands over the years but sadly never Van Halen

Panama, ain't talking about love, hot for teacher and of course Jump all great songs. Another gem from a different era of the band 'Why Can't this be love'

artvanderlay

The original and best. RIP Eddie. Probably the most innovative and influential guitarist ever. An incredible rhythm player too: Dirty Movies - Van Halen has been one of my go-to songs during Covid, and Eddie's guitar is just incredible on it.


I gave up trying to learn Mean Street on guitar years ago, as I couldn't get past the intro! What an imagination this guy had to come up with the sounds he created on the guitar. A true musical genius has left us today. I burst into tears when I heard news of his death, and there's not too many people I'll do that for.

<<SNIP>>

This isn't the place to dig up the Michael Anthony files, but it was great that he got to tour with his son Wolfgang before the end. He had already beaten cancer once by the time the reunion tour happened. He had been fighting it 20 years until today.

rapul

Ah R.I.P Eddie oul son, dance the night away

Roanmore

artvanderlay wrote: »

The original and best. RIP Eddie. Probably the most innovative and influential guitarist ever. An incredible rhythm player too: Dirty Movies - Van Halen has been one of my go-to songs during Covid, and Eddie's guitar is just incredible on it.


I gave up trying to learn Mean Street on guitar years ago, as I couldn't get past the intro! What an imagination this guy had to come up with the sounds he created on the guitar. A true musical genius has left us today. I burst into tears when I heard news of his death, and there's not too many people I'll do that for.

A great album, darker than any of their others. Eddie wanted them to go more in that direction but DLR and Warner’s wanted more commercial.
Diver Down was the result

Thelonious Monk

God that sucks, I didn't realise he was sick. Hope he's slamming a few highballs and lines with Lemmy in the Great Sunset Strip Dive Bar in the Sky right now!

dasdog

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Panama is awesome, i love those artificial harmonics he does before going into the main riff.

Girl Gone Bad from the same album was the track which grew on me over the years for similar reasons. I knew he was sick but its still sad news - he invented in ways so few have the talent to do.

bazz26

Damn you 2020...

AllGunsBlazing

I remember seeing the video for 'jump' on MT-USA way back in the mid 80's. My sister used to record the best songs onto vhs and we'd play them back at our leisure. Van Halen were like nothing we'd seen or heard before - and pretty much encapsulated our notion of what living in a place like California would be like.

Rest in peace, EVH.

Arghus

Never got into them really, but there was no denying that Eddie could guitar real good.

-=al=-

Sad news. He really was a proper guitar hero and a game changer :-(

Rip EvH

TuringBot47

Gooey Looey wrote: »

1984 what an album

Absolutely.
Although the album cover had a child angel smoking on the cover and Eddie died from throat
cancer so there's a certain prophecy there.

bodhrandude

Was lucky to see Van Halen on their only British date during an American tour, subbing AC/DC at Castle Donnington 1984, twas some gig. RIP Eddie.

BeepBeep67

Another +1 for the Donnington gig, despite missing the last train from Derby and sleeping in a photo booth overnight, fun times. RIP EVH

mrcheez

Van Halen was the king of harmonics

Lewis_Benson

The greatest rock guitarist of all time, an innovator, a pioneer of his craft.

He was a massive influence on me as a guitarist.

Rest easy Ed.

Your Face

R.I.P.
Sad news.
He had that rare mix of feeling and technical virtuosity.
A huge influence on guitar that is still heard in music today.

Alejandro68

Very sad to hear a legend has passed. Also Johnny Nash has died.2020 has bit pure ****.

Mad_maxx

couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

Rothko

Mad_maxx wrote: »

couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

Not really. They've sold well over 70 million albums worldwide.

mehico

RIP Eddie. He looked to always have enjoyed just playing his guitar and made it look effortless and he always seemed so laid back.

His guitar riffs from Ain't Talkin' Bout Love have been in my head all day and to me it seems so modern, but the actual song is over 40 years old!

IrishHomer

Always loved Van Halen, in the late 80s early 90s I drank a lot in a classic rock bar in Dublin Bruxelles, I played Van Halen every day on the jukebox nobody else seemed to ever play them but me

rapul

Mad_maxx wrote: »

couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

Blasphemy!

Educate yourself

TP_CM

Did Van Halen ever play in Ireland, or was the UK the closest he got? I can't find any info about Irish gigs online

lee_baby_simms

Mad_maxx wrote: »

couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

Maybe you’re just a ****ing idiot? It’s entirely possible.

RIP Eddie.