RIP Eddie Van Halen

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https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-dies-cancer-65/
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,550
    edited October 2020
    OMFG !!! Talk about being BUMMED OUT! Tonight will be a loud VAN HALEN night as well as this weekend!!

    R.I.P. Mr. Guitar GOD!
    Thank you for all the music
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,784
    The man could play a guitar. RIP
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
    Legend. RIP.
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  • fish357
    fish357 Posts: 304
    edited October 2020
    Yeah, bad deal. Van Halen was my introduction to hard rock- outside of Led Zeppelin.
    He will be missed.
    @pitdogg2 yep
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,619
    edited October 2020
    Once of my most vivid memories from my youth was buying the first Van Halen album in 1978, looking at front and back cover thinking how cool is that, unwrapping it, then putting it on my Pioneer turntable playing it and thinking holy crap this is something incredible. RIP Eddie.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
    F1nut wrote: »
    The man could play a guitar. RIP

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,089
    I installed cellphones in his cars too! This loss hits hard. RIP Eddie!!!
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 4,958
    Those early VH albums were way under rated imo. RIP to a legend. 1984 was one of those albums that launch me into this hobby as a youth.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,432
    RIP Eddie.
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  • BinKY188_5
    BinKY188_5 Posts: 128
    edited October 2020
    Polkitup2 wrote: »
    Once of my most vivid memories from my youth was buying the first Van Halen album in 1978, looking at front and back cover thinking how cool is that, unwrapping it, then putting it on my Pioneer turntable playing it and thinking holy crap this is something incredible. RIP Eddie.

    I could have wrote the exact same thing...down to the Pioneer turntable. RIP

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,163
    Makes me sad 😢 he was magic for sure ! RIP Eddie
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Sad AF 65!
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,116
    Sad day, RIP.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,139
    RIP Eddie.
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  • Gerres26
    Gerres26 Posts: 862
    RIP, what a shame
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,255
    He could plunk that magic twanger.

    RIP Eddie. Dam
    Sal Palooza
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,826
    This is heartbreaking. I fell in love with VH in 1979, and they were the first "real" band I ever saw in concert. Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any worse.
    RIP Eddie :'(
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Wow. First thing I see when I logged into CP. Too young. RIP.
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,636
    RIP. Incredible talent. Saw them live on the 1984 tour. Never will forget it.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,013
    He went to the edge...and he stood and looked down...he lost a lot of friends there.
    I know he says "I".

    One of my favorite passages, ever!

    Yup...his and the groups songs got played many times as test tracks when I'd bring new stereo stuff home.

    I need to re-visit those songs soon.

    Thanks for the music Eddie! B)

    God needed an awesome guitarist up there. o:)

    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,619
    edited October 2020
    polrbehr wrote: »
    This is heartbreaking. I fell in love with VH in 1979, and they were the first "real" band I ever saw in concert. Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any worse.
    RIP Eddie :'(

    I remember seeing them at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN and Roth was stumbling around the stage holding a bottle of Jack Daniels and trying to sing and finally blurted out, " I'm so f'd up I can't remember the lyrics". Eddie definitely carried the show.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Never saw him, we left after this.

    https://youtu.be/cc11Og9Qmh0
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  • charley96
    charley96 Posts: 306
    I have to wonder if he and Sammy ever cleared their differences before he passed. RIP
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 523
    Saw him/them live on the VH2, Women and Children First, and Fair Warning tours. All great shows. What a huge loss. He certainly raised the bar. RIP

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,550
    Seen VanHagar on the 5150 tour two nights in the mid 80's two of the 3 nights in St. Louis Mo. Two of the best nights ever great concert.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    Don't smoke !!!!
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  • fish357
    fish357 Posts: 304
    https://youtu.be/yb26D8bBZB8
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  • invalid
    invalid Posts: 1,276
    butterbean wrote: »
    Very sad. He was a genius! Saw them twice in 1982 for diver down tour. AMAZING! Then again with Sammy H for OU812. I preferred VH with Sammy. Fair Warning a great representation of Eddies prowess.

    Sammy Hagar is definitely better live than David Lee Roth.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    Saw VH in 1979, I think this was their first tour.

    RIP Eddie.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 16,891
    edited October 2020
    2020 Suc/<s....

    RIP My childhood...
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