EVH died of throat cancer @ age 65.   RIP

 

RIP Ed, he was one of reasons i started playing guitar. 
2020 Sucks

Rest In Peace from an old dead head.

RIP Eddie!

I would have paid a significant amount of money to play my Strat as well as he did for 15 minutes.

RIP.

Will he be considered a Covid death?

22 minutes ago, Sniper said:

Will he be considered a Covid death?

That was my thought too.

I was a huge fan, didn’t get to see them till the 5150 tour. Never saw them with David Lee R 

 Amazing what he could do. 

1 hour ago, 45Doll said:

I would have paid a significant amount of money to play my Strat as well as he did for 15 minutes.

RIP.

Me too. 

Fucking sucks.  He was a major part of the soundtrack of my youth.

Here's an article reviewing Van Halen's origin, evolution and the keys to their success, from the National Review no less. 

Van Halen's Sound Of Sex

 

True story:  back in the early 90's I did on-call work for the IATSE stagehands union at the meadowlands and was lucky enough to get called in for the Van Halen show.  I was assigned to unload the sound equipment truck and had the good fortune of being the one to unbox and setup Eddie's speaker cabs on stage.  Sammy Hagar was hanging out pre-show with the crew the whole time back stage (he was very cool).  I remember Eddie making a grand entrance right before show time as his limo pulled inside the arena and he got out of with Valerie. 

Here is the t-shirt we were all given to wear for the show:

Here's a much more comprehensive review of Eddie's contribution to music and the industry and how he changed both. A lot of detail about his experimentation with guitars and amps and the mods he made. From The Federalist.