hamerboy_ Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Ho - lee - shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Wow. Ace Frehley made me want to play guitar. Eddie compelled me to actually play. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Gut punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Sucks. A truly original player easily recognizable to the novice listener or player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Hard to imagine, a world without EVH...wow. So sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I just heard. RIP. Big time bummer. What a loss. I hope his son digs through those stacks of studio tapes and publishes some of Ed's music that we never got to hear. Maybe a tribute to his father or something. I'm bummed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorrow Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Oh! 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Literally choked up. I am in shock right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Wow! I understood he has been struggling for quite some time...…...…………..last I heard he was in Germany I believe for cancer treatment of some kind . A heavy smoker and drinker most all his life certainly did not help. A brilliant guitarist none the less may he RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 What a fucking shit sandwich 2020 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Wtf... a patient just texted me this. I don’t even know what to say... wolfgang’s note... I know what it’s like to lose a parent. My heart breaks for the kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantig Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Damn. This sucks hard. RIP, EVH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Holy crap. I'm floored. I mean, we all knew he had battles with health in recent years, but I've been on a big VH kick recently, and started working on a "Franky" tribute...did not really see this coming. Shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Best tribute I can muster. This track, alone, made me put my trumpet back in its case and set me on a course in which playing guitar would be my #1 lifetime hobby, favorite leisure pursuit, and for a few years in my 20s, my income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Terrible news. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I don't know about anyone else, but I probably spent more time enjoying people's reactions to Eddie's solo on YouTube than any other thing to watch on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicwash Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I bought Van Halen I on 8-track. RIP Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'm actually rather teared up in my office right now. Picking up a guitar was the best thing that I ever did for myself, and he's why I did. I don't know if I'd ever gotten out of my fucked up home town and done any of the shit I have since I was abou 18 or so were it not for EVH. I slip Van Halen song titles in the titles of works I submit for publication to this day. Have a galley proof I'm reviewing now called, "I'm the One: Social Media, Social Identity, and Elections." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamerica Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I was listening to Pandora over the weekend and without asking for Van Halen, it played several songs from Van Halen I and Van Halen II. To Eddies family, friends and fans, thoughts and prayers. Very grateful to have been able to see Van Halen with Dave and Sammy over the past decades. Damn this one hurts. Hamerica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/entertainment/rocker-eddie-van-halen-dies-of-cancer-at-65-1.5135015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 This was a surprise. It is 2020, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I’m absolutely gutted. Just so sad. It’s been a truly awful year. What I still hear from his contribution to guitar, on Van Halen 1 in particular, makes him a legend of Hendrix proportions. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 What more is there to say? The guy so profoundly influenced music and guitar playing for millions. To those who were friends and family, his loss is tragic. To me, his passing is sad but I am grateful for having arguably his best material as both massive influence and as anthems for/of my youth. RIP EVH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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