Eddie Van Halen R.I.P.

F U 2020!


that is all

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: putnam6

I posted Van Halen covering Led Zepplin's the Rover on page one. From the 70's, but worth a listen.

Thanks brings back memories, camped out all night to get tickets, the Fair Warning tour I was in 9th grade and it was such a blast.

somewhere Eddie and Stevie Ray Vaughn are jamming

With Neil Peart on Drums.

a reply to: alldaylong


I don't play the guitar but damn it I have listened to music for 50 years and he was one of the greats.
I don't worship celebrities at all but there are a few people who when they pass I will sorely miss them in this world.

Eddie Van Halen is one of them and so was Tom Petty.

Steven Tyler is another I will miss when he is gone

RIP, Eddie! You will be sorely missed!

How many times I waited in line all night to see you guys. I was never disappointed.

SRV is looking for you; there's music to be made!

How truly tragic and sad...a legend lost.

I was there, at the US Festival, just to see Van Halen. Saw lots of other good bands, but was front row for Van Halen.

originally posted by: Bigburgh

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: putnam6

I posted Van Halen covering Led Zepplin's the Rover on page one. From the 70's, but worth a listen.

Thanks brings back memories, camped out all night to get tickets, the Fair Warning tour I was in 9th grade and it was such a blast.

somewhere Eddie and Stevie Ray Vaughn are jamming

With Neil Peart on Drums.

Hell ya!!, speaking of Hellyeah..I bet Dimebag Darrell is with him now, firing up his Dean and Krankenstein.

#%$&! Can this year get any worse.

Eddie meant so much to me, I spent hundreds if not thousands of hrs learning his music. I’d just started playing when VH 1 came out and he changed how the guitar was played literally overnight.

I had the opportunity to talk to him one on one for about 30 minutes when I lived in LA. Will always relish that conversation.

RIP EVH you influenced millions of guitarist around the world and will be missed dearly by millions😢

a reply to: alldaylong

I did a quick illustration in memory...

This is my favorite VH song with the original line up. It is understated, melodic, and lacks the “gimmick” stuff of metal music (and DLR).

(To my guitar player friends: you play the chords and tap the strings 12 frets up to play the ’solo’! )

originally posted by: LedermanStudio
a reply to: alldaylong

I did a quick illustration in memory...

That’s badass, did you just do that?

Well it’s midnight, I’m outside and have Eddie cranked (Mean Street/ Fair Warning) sure my neighbors are hating me right now but I don’t really GAF right now. I can go to 11 if they like.🙂

Van Halen had 3 different lead singers?

Who was the best?



I just watched all 13 minutes of 'eruption' for the first time. Wow. Its 6.40am and im sitting here in the dark, just been blown away by what he was doing with that guitar. That was something else that was. Alls i can say is his wife must have been one satisfied woman.

originally posted by: SecretKnowledge
Van Halen had 3 different lead singers?

Who was the best?

They all had their qualities, all good in their own right, I myself like the David Lee Roth years. It was heavier..for the most part.

originally posted by: SecretKnowledge
Van Halen had 3 different lead singers?

Who was the best?

3 you say?
Mitch Malloy?

a reply to: Bigburgh

Someone earlier posted that they had 3, im not into rock myself

originally posted by: SecretKnowledge
a reply to: Bigburgh

Someone earlier posted that they had 3, im not into rock myself

Hehe..
It's ok, even google left the 4th guy out and says 3 lead singers.

1: David Lee Roth
2: Sammy Hagar
3: Gary Cherone ( from Extreme )
4: Mitch Malloy ( whom was so brief in Van Halen ) nobody but Mitch remembers
And back to #1 David Lee Roth 😊

a reply to: Bigburgh

Just watched the video, he seems kinda bland, almost too clean to be in a rock band?

Come on now, this thread is to commemorate Eddie, not who was your preferred VH lineup, please...it’s been hashed out on every music forum out there.

I wasnt being that serious. And Eddie said.it was his pick he always kept in his mouth.

a reply to: HalWesten

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: alldaylong

RiP Eddie , one of the true greats.

Being dutch and very well aware about his talent at age 16 in 1978 it feels like I lost a friend from abroad. Of course very proud that he and his brother alex lived in the same city I still live in, Nijmegen. Despite these brothers live for most of their lives in the USA they always felt a strong connection with the netherlands.. Anyways....after trying for some 40 years I still can not play eruption...what a loss as a musician and not to forget inventor and innovator.

And then there was this... to my knowledge there isn't any other video with a better quality in which Michael Jackson and Eddie perform Beat It together. It is an indication of what kind of person Eddie was if you know that he never received or asked I dime for this worldwide hit.



Edward Lodewijk, Rust in Vrede broeder.

Just want to say "sorry for your loss" to the one ATS member I believe actually knows him well.