This sucks pretty bad.
I have a few thousand watts in my listening room in the basement. I think me, and my neighbors, are going to hear Summer Nights, Atomic Punk, Best of Both Worlds, then the entire Diver Down album, then 5150 on repeat.
This sucks pretty bad.
I have a few thousand watts in my listening room in the basement. I think me, and my neighbors, are going to hear Summer Nights, Atomic Punk, Best of Both Worlds, then the entire Diver Down album, then 5150 on repeat.
Throat cancer.
Godspeed, Eddie Van. These two will have to wait til the afterlife to get you in their band.
Mr_Asa said:berkeley Cancer. berkeley 2020.
Exactly. My college roommate had the poster: Eddie Van Halen, big smile and that guitar.
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:It seems like just yesterday, I was writing Van Halen on my notebook...
You too, huh?
I am not a VanHalen fan.
I am a guitarist.
The guy was easily the most influential guitarist of all time. All of my heroes name Eddie as one of their biggest influences. Everyone I looked up to as a young teen, looked up to him. Talented, successful. A true prodigy. Always with a smile on. And while I'm not a big fan, I'll say that the tunes were timeless. Truly sorry to hear this. Berk cancer.
RIP, Eddie. You will be remembered. Go shred with Dime.
barefootskater said:RIP, Eddie. You will be remembered. Go shred with Dime.
And Randy, Jimi, Stevie Ray, etc.
This one hurts. I'm a huge Van Halen fan, I've seen them in every iteration. Eddie was more than a guitar god, though he certainly personified that. He was a true innovator. Not just in his style of play, but things he did with amplifiers and other electronics and the production side, as well.
But it has to be said, this wasn't unexpected. He's been fighting cancer for years, and all that smoking and drinking (and whatever else) takes it's toll.
In any case, rest in peace to the greatest of all time.
That's sad.
I blame Van Halen on much of my hearing loss. Might have to lose a little more this week.
Question for those who know:
Did he essentially invent double fretting (at least on an electric)? Or did he just popularize / perfect it?
I suspect someone was doing it before him, but just nearly as popular. It was clearly a next step kind of move either way and is still not seen much.
... there's not a lot of the people in the world, or ever, that can do that... the precision is pretty insane.
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