RIP Eddie Van Halen

SmallestOceans

“We Love You Eddie”

https://youtu.be/hZtQR24ouV8

Some things just happen inexplicably at the craziest times. Looking forward to Sammy’s Birthday Bash stream on the 17th. I’m sure the spirit of EVH will be present as they play these songs with heavy hearts.

cp3iverson

The nice thing is that Hagar and Eddie made up this year and had been chatting.  

HughFreakingDillon

cp3iverson said:

The nice thing is that Hagar and Eddie made up this year and had been chatting.  

really? i didn't know that. 

on the morbid side, i guess that means no more VH tour "which vocalist" speculation. 

Poncier

HughFreakingDillon said:

cp3iverson said:

The nice thing is that Hagar and Eddie made up this year and had been chatting.  

really? i didn't know that. 

on the morbid side, i guess that means no more VH tour "which vocalist" speculation. 

My son asked me "what happens to the band?"
Told him "there is no more Van Halen"

cp3iverson

HughFreakingDillon said:

cp3iverson said:

The nice thing is that Hagar and Eddie made up this year and had been chatting.  

really? i didn't know that. 

on the morbid side, i guess that means no more VH tour "which vocalist" speculation. 

Sammy sent a note to Howard stern talking about how they had been texting all year and had kept it private.  He said that when he stopped getting responses this past month but he knew that something bad was going on

eeriepadave

We shared the same birthday (Jan. 26th)

tempo_n_groove

This is my favorite EVH story from the past few months.

Atomic Punk is still my favorite song he ever wrote.

https://instagram.com/p/B37tJsyFW-D/embed/

wolfvanhalenVerified

A guy asked my dad if he could take a picture of him with the stage behind him, having no idea who he just asked, and that was my favorite moment from the #Tool show last night.

Ledbetterman10

Collection of his appearances on Letterman sitting in with the band. Great channel for Letterman fans by the way. Whoever runs the channel must've recorded every single episode in the 80's. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHL4gyYjnY

MedozK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrFxKY6aFrQ

MedozK

Great Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb26D8bBZB8

SmallestOceans

This was classic... two burritos and a root beer float lol
https://youtu.be/e1fYpkbq8jM

josevolution

https://apple.news/AhAPfyftlRWOjREBv4ZLSYQ
Just reading this I felt a connection! Me being an immigrant too damn...

Poncier

We'll see what fruit this bears:
https://www.vhnd.com/2020/10/09/wolfgang-and-alex-van-halen-to-search-5150-vaults-for-possible-future-releases/

I remember Gary Cherone saying once Eddie had massive quantities of recorded stuff at 5150. No idea what state it is in, but hopefully Wolf and Alex can find some nuggets to release.

Poncier

And sounds like cancer robbed us a final tour with the entire original lineup:

https://www.facebook.com/nunorocks/photos/a.453187797984/10159566417432985/?type=3

As a kid who’s life was forever altered when the needle dropped on the fade in of Running With The Devil.
I dreamed that one day I could earn my own stripes.
But those stripes are only and forever Edward’s.
Today, 40 years later, I can only mourn those Stripes.

Once upon a time in Hollywood, recently, while recording the latest Extreme album in my home studio I got a call to come down to the front of my house, that someone is asking for me.

I was like, damn that’s annoying as I was in the zone cutting a guitar solo to a new song called RISE.
I dropped my guitar and headed down.

I walk out and... I was being summoned by the one and only... Edward.

As usual I got a warm hug and kiss from Eddie.
Even as a God, he always made you feel important.

He was in great spirits.
A proud dad, bragging about how Wolfie’s new solo album is gonna blow minds, etc...

What’s cool though, was the last thing Eddie talked about.

He said he was super excited about reaching out to Michael Anthony to finally put the original VH lineup back together. Saying that he wanted to do one final tour and have Van Halen go out the way they came in . Together... Guns Blazing!

Finally as Eddie said his goodbye, he asked about the new Extreme album that we were recording up in the house.
As we hugged, he says: “I’ll be back to listen to it when you’re done, and with a sinister raspy laugh , adds “it better be good “.

Finished it. Then. PANDEMIC.

Man, I was like a kid, counting the Covid Days down to when I could blare the new Extreme album in the studio, sitting side by side with My Hero, the GOAT, selfishly wanting to play him all the new guitar work that shamelessly, but with pride has his DNA all over my playing.

I guess that moment wasn’t meant to be...

It’s incredible how as a young player, your guitar chord, is the umbilical chord that initmately connects you to someone you may never meet, moreso than even someone in your own family.

At the drop of a needle or the touch of a space bar. They are there for you 24/7.

As Eddie was... and forever will be.
Thank you for shaping who I am today.

Love you, Edward.

You are the ONE.

tempo_n_groove

Poncier said:

And sounds like cancer robbed us a final tour with the entire original lineup:

https://www.facebook.com/nunorocks/photos/a.453187797984/10159566417432985/?type=3

As a kid who’s life was forever altered when the needle dropped on the fade in of Running With The Devil.
I dreamed that one day I could earn my own stripes.
But those stripes are only and forever Edward’s.
Today, 40 years later, I can only mourn those Stripes.

Once upon a time in Hollywood, recently, while recording the latest Extreme album in my home studio I got a call to come down to the front of my house, that someone is asking for me.

I was like, damn that’s annoying as I was in the zone cutting a guitar solo to a new song called RISE.
I dropped my guitar and headed down.

I walk out and... I was being summoned by the one and only... Edward.

As usual I got a warm hug and kiss from Eddie.
Even as a God, he always made you feel important.

He was in great spirits.
A proud dad, bragging about how Wolfie’s new solo album is gonna blow minds, etc...

What’s cool though, was the last thing Eddie talked about.

He said he was super excited about reaching out to Michael Anthony to finally put the original VH lineup back together. Saying that he wanted to do one final tour and have Van Halen go out the way they came in . Together... Guns Blazing!

Finally as Eddie said his goodbye, he asked about the new Extreme album that we were recording up in the house.
As we hugged, he says: “I’ll be back to listen to it when you’re done, and with a sinister raspy laugh , adds “it better be good “.

Finished it. Then. PANDEMIC.

Man, I was like a kid, counting the Covid Days down to when I could blare the new Extreme album in the studio, sitting side by side with My Hero, the GOAT, selfishly wanting to play him all the new guitar work that shamelessly, but with pride has his DNA all over my playing.

I guess that moment wasn’t meant to be...

It’s incredible how as a young player, your guitar chord, is the umbilical chord that initmately connects you to someone you may never meet, moreso than even someone in your own family.

At the drop of a needle or the touch of a space bar. They are there for you 24/7.

As Eddie was... and forever will be.
Thank you for shaping who I am today.

Love you, Edward.

You are the ONE.

Nuno Bettoncourt was always a beast on guitar even if you didn't like the band.

Great stories everyone, keep posting them!

eeriepadave

MedozK said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrFxKY6aFrQ

HughFreakingDillon

i wonder if michael anthony would have gone back after the way he was treated, though. and what conditions there would have been. but either way, too bad. 

Loujoe

tempo_n_groove said:

This is my favorite EVH story from the past few months.

Atomic Punk is still my favorite song he ever wrote.

https://instagram.com/p/B37tJsyFW-D/embed/

wolfvanhalen

Verified

A guy asked my dad if he could take a picture of him with the stage behind him, having no idea who he just asked, and that was my favorite moment from the #Tool show last night.

Love that too. Funny stuff. 

Poncier

This was our first venture out for outdoor pandemic dining in June on our anniversary and first day with new face masks I bought.

SmallestOceans

Poncier said:

We'll see what fruit this bears:
https://www.vhnd.com/2020/10/09/wolfgang-and-alex-van-halen-to-search-5150-vaults-for-possible-future-releases/

I remember Gary Cherone saying once Eddie had massive quantities of recorded stuff at 5150. No idea what state it is in, but hopefully Wolf and Alex can find some nuggets to release.

I read somewhere that on most of the tours he wouldn’t party with the band after shows. Instead he would drink vodka, snort cocaine, play guitar for hours in his hotel room alone, tape it, riffs would come out of it, and that was basically his songwriting process. If that’s the case then there must be thousands of hours of Eddie on tape just noodling around until the tape develops into something recognizable.

 I for one would be interested in listening to him jam for 10-20-30 minutes whatever until he stumbles into a riff like Unchained or Panama. Just the energy in that room alone. He’s gone on record saying he doesn’t recall coming up with those sort of riffs. Hopefully some of that kind of stuff gets released in the future.