RIP Eddie Van Halen

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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    edited October 2020
    I agree, so far 2020 sucks hard. I can't even get an RTX3080

    R.I.P. Eddie you gave us the gift that will last for ever, your music will never die.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,603
    Saw VH in Ames, IA. In 1979. I'll never forget DLR drinking a fifth of Jack and passing out on stage. Awesome!
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  • sbb2112
    sbb2112 Posts: 134
    Rode my motorcycle home from the local record store with the new VH album inside my jacket. I don’t think it left the turntable for a month. RIP Eddie.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    edited October 2020
    Saw VH off the WACF and FW tours great shows R.I.P. .I bet classic Rock stations every where are playing VH, and I'm pretty sure this very moment one of them are playing Eruption and You really got me right now. I remember bringing the debut album from San Diego Tower Records purchase to Northern Minnesota with me when it came out, played it at a party up there no one had heard of them yet was great watching everyone's jaw Drop wanting to hear it multiple times.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    @fish357
    Thanks for posting up that worthwhile and very good interview. The interview was an in site into who he really was as a person and a musician. A true evolutionist.
    I saw 1984, 5150, OU812, and one other show...Van Halen was a big part of my rock days and still is. Lot of good memories
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    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,806
    Very sad, wow, their early albums for sure take me back to my portable mono cassette players as a youth.

    RIP
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    RIP Eddie! I forgot they were married! Valerie B. She had their son Wolf.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,952
    RIP to one of the greats.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited October 2020
    Disturbing. https://youtu.be/ShV2Hu8veoE

    I was looking for the interview where he talked about taking the gig. I knew it was him the first time I heard that rekkid. I don't think he is credited on the album.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    According to Valarie he passed from lung cancer.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    edited October 2020
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Just wow... Many guitar players equate his rock star status with Elvis.... So sad... RIP Eddie, prayers to Valerie and Wolfgang
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,530
    edited October 2020
    The first time I heard the first Van Halen album was when a friend had just bought a Harman Kardon integrated, a Nakamichi tape deck, and some Advent speakers. My jaw was hanging open for the whole first side of the tape when he was blasting it in his dorm room. That was actually a main factor in what got me looking to improve my own music listening experience.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    A true pioneer. An innovator. A man who changed the way the world saw/heard/played/wrote music. A man who came from a diverse background and made the most of what he had because he couldn’t afford to buy the equipment used by other musicians. Thank you EVH. RIP.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,530
    Good point on the diverse background. I had almost forgotten his parents were Dutch and Indonesian, he was born in the Netherlands, and his family didn't settle in California until little Edward was 7 years old. He and his older brother hit the ground running.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    Emlyn wrote: »
    Good point on the diverse background. I had almost forgotten his parents were Dutch and Indonesian, he was born in the Netherlands, and his family didn't settle in California until little Edward was 7 years old. He and his older brother hit the ground running with the devil.

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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,510
    Wow! Did not know he was sick.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,162
    A virtuoso, for sure, but also a gifted songwriter. Women and Children First was one of the first cassettes I ever purchased. Who among us has NOT ever played air guitar with EVH? Eruption is such a classic.

    Here's an interesting article from a Classical Music website: https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen That acoustic Spanish Fly song is amazing, and really showcases his talent. The Für Elise video is cool as well, but you have to get to about the 1:15 mark to recognize the tune.

    RIP EVH
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 533
    Women and Children First - my favorite VH album. Eddie got down in the sludge chords for that one ("have you seen Junior's grades...?").
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    jdjohn wrote: »
    A virtuoso, for sure, but also a gifted songwriter. Women and Children First was one of the first cassettes I ever purchased. Who among us has NOT ever played air guitar with EVH? Eruption is such a classic.

    Here's an interesting article from a Classical Music website: https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen That acoustic Spanish Fly song is amazing, and really showcases his talent. The Für Elise video is cool as well, but you have to get to about the 1:15 mark to recognize the tune.

    RIP EVH

    That's why many people reference Eddie as Mozart of the guitar

    As his Diver Down "Cathedral" solo

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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,162
    edited October 2020
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    That's why many people reference Eddie as Mozart of the guitar
    I think most folks know he and Valerie named their son 'Wolf', as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    EDIT: And since no one else has mentioned it yet, Eddie's middle name is actually Ludwig, or Lodewijk in Dutch. The musical roots run deep!
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  • fish357
    fish357 Posts: 304
    edited October 2020
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    RIP Eddie! I forgot they were married! Valerie B. She had their son Wolf.

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    David’s constant smack talking of Val, and what he wanted to do with her, is what began making their relationship rocky. I have a cousin in the Valley who used to do all their irrigation.
    Edit- Eddie and David, not Eddie and Val. 🙄
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    Jan Van Halen was an accomplished jazz clarinet and sax musician. Music is in their blood.
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    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    https://youtu.be/3qE2cEh_eZk

    Yep.... That's Dad on the clarinet
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    My older brothers introduced me to VH when their first album debuted. From then on, they were #1 with me and all throughout my highschool years especially. It was mind blowing hearing what he was doing with a guitar. To this day, I still go on YouTube to find videos showing how he got those crazy sounds out of that guitar.

    The most recent song I had to research was "Atomic Punk." That evil scratching sound he did is still among my very favorites!

    RIP Eddie, you did great!
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  • Mikey081057
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    charley96 wrote: »
    I have to wonder if he and Sammy ever cleared their differences before he passed. RIP

    Eddie and Sammy reconciled earlier this year....

    https://people.com/music/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-reconciled-before-his-death/

    I believe Eddie also reconciled with Michael Anthony as well.

    https://youtu.be/hZtQR24ouV8

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    Emlyn wrote: »
    Good point on the diverse background. I had almost forgotten his parents were Dutch and Indonesian, he was born in the Netherlands, and his family didn't settle in California until little Edward was 7 years old. He and his older brother hit the ground running.

    According to Diamond Dave, Van Halen family faced "horrifying racist environment"....

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/van-halen-family-faced-horrifying-185008570.html
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  • Tony M
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