A very sad day for folks that love solid rock guitar and rock music that changed rock forever. He was a rock guitar icon on a number of levels and made his own road and did not travel those roads most traveled. He created his own niche that was copied by others but always reigned supreme. When many of us first heard that very first album that was released, there was shock and much of the scratching of the head. It was a new sound that was never heard before hand, as far as electric guitar. Eddie created a new guitar sound that will forever put him in the rock annals of music history and for this i will forever respect the man. 

So sad, was out of town at our head office and heard this on radio while heading back to hotel. I knew he was not well but had no idea it was this serious. VH, especially the David Lee Roth era, was a HUGE part of my youth and used to be able to name every song in order, which album and which side (remember those days). Wore out more than 1 VH tape cuz they were played so much in my various cars....a legend and IMHO the greatest guitarist that ever lived. RIP.

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https://www.google.ca/search?q=eruption+van+halen&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari

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 Geoff, thanks for sharing those videos of one of rocks greatest guitarists. 

ABC123 wrote:

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Did anybody ever keep to the speed limit when "Running with the Devil" was playing ?

I guess it's from being a teen in the 80's 

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 yes the best rock band ever

Got the first album too back around 1980, RIP Eddie :(     Real musclecar driving music ! ... and good party rock in my teenage years !

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Kind of neat...

https://www.vhnd.com/2014/10/22/eddie-van-halen-van-hauler-trucks/

cranks38 wrote:

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 I knew Eddie was a car collector but i never knew he had a Nomad. Just another reason for me to love and respect the man.