Eddie Van Halen RIP

[souljacker]

Gutted to hear this but I know he'd not been well with cancer. Legend on the guitar, invented tapping and brought metal guitar to the masses with Beat It. RIP

Eddie Van Halen: Tributes paid to rock guitarist following death at 65

The co-founder of Van Halen is remembered as a "Guitar God" following his death from cancer aged 65.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[danny la rouge]

I’m sorry to hear about Eddie. And I’ve no wish to diss him on his RIP thread; t’enfuyais certainly had chops. But he didn’t invent tapping. It’s been round a long, long time in string playing. As for guitar:

 

[skyscraper101]

He didn’t actually invent tapping but he certainly made everyone believe he did so that is good enough.

He was also clearly a massive influence on Slash and a lot of later 80s metal guitarists.

Hot For Teacher is such a lol video too. So wrong in many ways and yet undeniably ‘of its time’

Fair play.

 

[Sweet FA]

Loved his guitar sound early 80s.

 

[mx wcfc]

65 is too young these days, but I bet he lived. I saw then in '78 supporting Black Sabbath. I was a (part-time) punk by then, but my mate was a metal head and needed someone to go with. They were great at what they did, but I've never been a big fan of metal.

 

[hash tag]

My boy just told me..sad news. This has been clinging on to me for the last week or two

 

[hash tag]

I live my life like theres no tomorrow...

 

[billy_bob]

Fuck, man. The whiff of Spinal Tap about 'em doesn't even begin to detract from riffs like this...

 

[Aladdin]

RIP

Lots of memories of "Jump" and a friend who figured out how to played it .

 

[Saul Goodman]

Took a while but I figured out how to play it...

 

[Epona]

I know he'd been affected by cancer for a long time. 65 is nothing these days. Excellent guitarist. Van Halen was one of the sounds of my younger years. Seems like a lot of musicians that I like or that have provided some sort of musical backdrop to my life in some way have gone this year.

 

[Sprocket.]

Good guitarist, saw him twice. Cancer is a bastard.
RIP.

 

[Chilli.s]

He maybe didn't invent all the techniques but he definitely pulled them all together in the 70's to be one of the most influential guitarists ever. Defined the sound of his time. RIP EVH

 

[Elpenor]

Same type of cancer my mother is currently undergoing treatment for.

Not the biggest fan, but I had a listen to some VH this morning.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Fuck, man. The whiff of Spinal Tap about 'em doesn't even begin to detract from riffs like this...

You mean Spinal Tap had a whiff of VH about them

 

[Hollis]

Love this photo:

 

[JimW]

Didn't realise his mum was Indonesian: Immigrating to America: Half-Asian Eddie Van Halen - Asian Dawn

 

[Epona]

Didn't realise his mum was Indonesian: Immigrating to America: Half-Asian Eddie Van Halen - Asian Dawn

Yeah she was Dutch-Indonesian iirc

 

[billy_bob]

You mean Spinal Tap had a whiff of VH about them

What I meant was that they're that kind of band, not that they ripped Tap off!

But although obviously VH pre-date Tap, I think it's fair to say that the relationship between the parody and the various 'real' bands it was supposedly based most closely on wasn't entirely one-way once Tap became as successful as many of them in real life.

 

[editor]

Gutted to hear this but I know he'd not been well with cancer. Legend on the guitar, invented tapping and brought metal guitar to the masses with Beat It. RIP

Eddie Van Halen: Tributes paid to rock guitarist following death at 65

The co-founder of Van Halen is remembered as a "Guitar God" following his death from cancer aged 65.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pure showbiz. Love it!

 

[not-bono-ever]

whether you like HM or not, VH were always a good show with dave lee roth and EVH. RIP eddie

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Was never much into VH, but my mate who was a big fan dragged me to see them when we were about 16. Was the first big rock show I'd been to, complete with fireworks and elevating drum riser.