Eddie Van Halen 01/26/1955 - 10/06/2020

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I know I already posted on this but his passing really hits home for me.
I'm really not ready for this now since 2020 has sucked so bad. But I have no choice. One of the greatest rock guitarists ever. I spent so many hours in high school standing on my bed playing air guitar to Van Halen songs. Huge loss today. RIP, Eddie. You are the best. Thanks for all the great riffs.

 
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RIP Eddie Van Halen. A true legend. What he could do with a guitar was just unbelievable...you will be missed.

Van Halen - Live Without a Net 1986

Wanted to share what I've been watching tonight.
 
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Brings back my days in Germany, my roommate was into stereos and on the weekends we would have cookouts in the back yard of our apartment and he would set his speakers on the balcony and provide the music. Every time we would ask our German neighbor what to play, he always wanted Van Halen. Jump was his favorite.
 

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RIP EVH. He inadvertantly and absolutely left an incredible mark on metal with the 5150 amps.

While clearly intended as Eddie's hard rock amp, the 5150s went on to define heavy metal tone right up to today. Both the namesake EVH 5150 line and the original renamed Peavy 6505 are monsters. Put an Ibanez overdrive pedal in front with a good noise gate and sweet jesus you're crushing some tone!

Eddie, your mark on Rock n Roll will never be forgotten. You are an absolute legend who has inspired legends. The world of music is a better place having had you in it. Even if you did replace David Lee Roth with Sammy Haggar.... :D
 

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one of my favorite bands of all time. grew up with VH! one of my favorite songs and videos period!


This is my all time favorite VH song. I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was in High School, sitting in the stairwell of an outside building having lunch with my GF. A car drives by during the Eddie solo. He was shredding it and I was like WTF is that tune? Bad@$$!!! I must find this song LMAO!!! Been listening to Hot for Teacher ever since!!!!

It reminds me of the Back to the Future scene where McFly places the headphones on his dad's head and plays VH with Eddie shredding to wake his dad up. Classic!!!

RIP Eddie!!!

 
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First concert I ever remember seeing. Loved all variations of the band with the changes over the years. Local station since the news broke has been constantly playing VH. Feel like I'm in a time capsule
 

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****ing sad. RIP to a legend. Shred hard in heaven my dude.
 

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and a well known car guy as well. cool article in C&D about him and his cars.

love this line:
We get home and I get a letter from my office; the patrol guy who gave me the ticket, his captain voided it. He said, “You don’t give Eddie Van Halen a ticket,” and I had a letter to prove it. The letter came straight from the captain.


Runnin' with the Devil: Eddie Van Halen Shreds Tires, Too


Runnin’ with the Devil: Eddie Van Halen Shreds Tires, Too
Guitar great Eddie Van Halen, who has died at age 65, was an avid collector of cars including the Lamborghini Miura which can be heard in the song "Panama."


Update 10/6/20: Eddie Van Halen, musical director, lead guitarist, the band Van Halen’s namesake, and an avid car collector, died today at age 65 after a long battle with lung cancer. His Lamborghini Miura is the revving car in the song “Panama” from the band’s 1984 album. He was known for his innovative guitar playing which, along with his brother Alex on drums, Michael Anthony on bass, and flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth, pushed the band to stardom in the late 70s, early 80s. This piece was originally published in the July 2016 issue and we are bringing it back in his memory.

Like any red-blooded kid growing up in Pasadena, California—hometown of that famous little old lady—Eddie Van Halen had a taste for hot cars. After his band’s self-titled debut album went platinum in 1978, he cycled through a collection nearly as exceptional as his guitar playing, from a succession of 12-cylinder Lamborghinis and Ferraris to his current favorite, a new Porsche 911 GT3 RS.

C/D: Are there any similarities between the stage and the track?

EVH: Practice, obviously. The adrenaline rush is similar. You’re always pushing the edge, on stage live and driving on a track. But improvising at the drop of a hat is the biggest thing. There are no do-overs. If you spin out, you spin out. If you mess up live, you smile your way through it or improvise quick, just like if there’s an accident in front of you or somebody’s trying to pass you.

C/D: Your new 911 GT3 RS, that’s a hard-core purist’s choice. What do you love about it?

EVH: For one, it’s just so light. But really, it’s the handling. I don’t know how Porsche did it. We raced in the rain at Buttonwillow, which is my favorite track. We raced in the ****ing rain and we never lost it, never spun out. BBI [Autosport] did my suspension. I set it up so you can feel it go and you can actually slide the damn car. It’s the first time ever I’ve been able to four-wheel-drift a Porsche. Every other Porsche I’ve ever had, I’ve spun them all. Well, every 911, anyway.

C/D: What’s your most memorable drive?

EVH: That’s easy. Since I bought the V-8 R8, Audi contacted me and offered for us to go up to Infineon [Sonoma Raceway] to test-drive the V-10 on the track. You know, just go crazy. So [my wife] Janie and I drove up in her Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG. It’s a long drive and we’re doing about 90, 95 in a 65, and I get pulled over and the guy writes me up for a ticket. I’m going, “The last thing I need is a speeding ticket for that much over the speed limit.” We get home and I get a letter from my office; the patrol guy who gave me the ticket, his captain voided it. He said, “You don’t give Eddie Van Halen a ticket,” and I had a letter to prove it. The letter came straight from the captain.

Van Halen’s current collection includes a Lamborghini Miura, a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and two Audi R8s, a V-8 and a V-10. Both R8s are supercharged and fitted with custom exhaust systems. And then there’s a 1947 Dodge flatbed for slow rides.



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I remember when Nickelodeon had music videos after school. Van Halen and Motley Crue ruled the daily 10 countdown.

And for those that remember, it came on right before "You Cant Do that on Television"

All my childhood heros are dying....eddie, tom petty, etc
one of my favorite bands of all time. grew up with VH! one of my favorite songs and videos period!


soo glad i finally got to see them in concert during their last tour. was sooo hoping to see them again. i definitely will but it wont be the same. RIP eddie!

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Bowie really gutted me. I was bummed out for days.
This is my circle of people right now.

EVH meant alot to our family, and there are many great Van Halen stories that will never see the light of day beyond my family.

Seriously tragic, and totally avoidable if he had put the cancer sticks down.

Then again, my pops used to lament that smoking was ‘just a part of my generation. We all thought it was cool. Ads saying it was safe and cool were everywhere.’

Btw, some of EVH’s greatest played stuff is found in the soundchecks. Youtube them, they’re out there.

If you were a new roadie, you were given the green light to take in a full Eddie soundcheck. Most would agree that it was a better experience than the concert itself, because he was fully unleashed and could play whatever the **** he wanted with no constraints.

In my massively biased opinion, he was the GOAT.
 

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