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OT it is truly a sad day today. Eddie Van Halen lost his battle witn Cancer

billyben_0077a25354billyben_0077a25354 Posts: 771
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I just heard the sad news that Eddie Van Halen passed today.  He lost his long battle with Cancer.  Van Halen had a significant effect on my early life musicly.  REST IN PEACE BROTHER!

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  • arbee999arbee999 Posts: 104

    I just saw this as well - RIP

  • GazzalodiGazzalodi Posts: 50

    Second concert I ever went to was Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath in Tulsa in '77.  Good concert. RIP

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,783

    Bummer, he was an icon and influenced many a guitarist. I remember listening to "Women and children first" over and over again my senior year and then covering the "cradle will rock" in my first band.

    At least his music will live on! Rock on Eddie!

  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    The Women and Children First tour was the first concert I ever went to, I was 14, at the old Omni in Atlanta. I always though Alex Lifeson was the better guitarist but Eddie was still a great and he will be sorely missed in a world where most of the guys making "music" today don't even pick up an instrument much less play one.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,748

    Oh man... That's awful. We've lost a rock legend today. My heart goes out to his family and friends and everyone affected by his death. :(

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,842

    sad

    RIP

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,748

     

  • TheMysteryIsThePointTheMysteryIsThePoint Posts: 3,027

    One of the top five guys to ever pick up the instrument. Probably the most innovative ever. He invented new techniques faster than the guitar playing community could figure them out.

    I wish the best health to George, Yngwie, Steve, Joe, Tony, and Paul.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,172
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Bummer, he was an icon and influenced many a guitarist. I remember listening to "Women and children first" over and over again my senior year and then covering the "cradle will rock" in my first band.

    At least his music will live on! Rock on Eddie!

    My sister and I wore out all their records in high school. LOL. RIP

    Laurie

  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,766

    :( RIP

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679

    A real legend. RIP.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257

    ...sad

  • grinch2901grinch2901 Posts: 1,246
    edited October 2020

    If you were a kid in the 80s that aspired to someday be a rock god you were in the golden age of guitar. And the prince at the top of the 80s guitar god mountain was known simply as Eddie.  You could - and we did! - argue about who was the shreddiest of the shredders but in the end everyone, I mean everyone, listened to and copied Eddie to some extent. I'll tell you that if you visit guitar forums (as I do) then you will see an immense outpouring of dismay a the loss of Eddie because of what his playing meant to so many musicians.  He lives on through the music he left behind and in the hearts and hands of the people he inspired.  That's a hell of a legacy.  RIP, Eddie.

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,191
    kenshaw011267 said:

    The Women and Children First tour was the first concert I ever went to, I was 14, at the old Omni in Atlanta. I always though Alex Lifeson was the better guitarist but Eddie was still a great and he will be sorely missed in a world where most of the guys making "music" today don't even pick up an instrument much less play one.

    I love Rush to death, but Eddie was, in every respect, a much better guitarist than Alex.

  • butterflyfishbutterflyfish Posts: 1,274

    I saw them on the 1984 tour, and Eddie was just brilliant. It's a huge loss.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    I would say a little part of me died today when i heard this news. , Van Halen music was a big part of growing up in the 80's for me.  their music had a lot of influence on the type music I learn to play and properly why i started to play guitar.  lots of great memories. from those times.  another passing of a legend of my era . crying

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,172
    edited October 2020
    Gordig said:
    kenshaw011267 said:

    The Women and Children First tour was the first concert I ever went to, I was 14, at the old Omni in Atlanta. I always though Alex Lifeson was the better guitarist but Eddie was still a great and he will be sorely missed in a world where most of the guys making "music" today don't even pick up an instrument much less play one.

    I love Rush to death, but Eddie was, in every respect, a much better guitarist than Alex.

    Subjective. Because Rush is my favorite band in the world, I'm partial. But Eddie pretty much was THE guitarist of his generation :). I loved both bands :)

    2020 stinks for a lot of reasons, but we lost two of the best musicians in the world this year - Eddie and Neil Peart. Hell, I'm still trying to get over Neil :'(

    Laurie

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,602

    I think it was the whole package myself 

    I can think of plenty of guitarists that were better but Van Halen had a whole bigger than life feel to them that epitomised the hair band days

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