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Eddie van Halen dead

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    #32
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,157 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Damn you 2020...


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    #33
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭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.


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    #34
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,369 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


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


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    #35
    -=al=-
    Registered Users Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭-=al=-


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

    Rip EvH


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    #36
    TuringBot47
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭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.


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    #37
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,423 ✭✭✭✭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.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #38
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭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


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    #39
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,642 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Van Halen was the king of harmonics


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    #40
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭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.


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    #41
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭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.



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    #42
    Alejandro68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Alejandro68


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


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    #43
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #44
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,846 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #45
    mehico
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭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!


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    #46
    IrishHomer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,940 ✭✭✭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 :)


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    #47
    rapul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭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


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    #48
    TP_CM
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭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


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    #49
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭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.


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