RIP Eddie Van Halen

[J.B.]

The Van Halen Scrawl has been getting some love. Gonna stop by it on the way home today.

http://megomuseum.com/community/show...idewalk-Scrawl

[Mikey]

Running With the Devil was THE SONG when I was in high school --- High school memories both good and bad will always be accompanied with early Van Halen as their background soundtrack.

Anyone else always think of Eddie walking on the school tables whenever they hear Hot For Teacher ?

[shaunaconda]

I think that Jan & Eugenia disciplined them enough that they appreciated EVERYTHING they did for them. Ed NEVER EVER LIKED BEING CALLED or REFERRED TO AS "EDDIE". It was either ED or EDWARD, read ANY interview/WATCH Any interview with Alex, Mikey or Dave and you will see then call him Ed or Edward most of the time.

You can thank his parents for that, as they never called him "Eddie". Very proper parents and very loving parents as Ed himself described them. He and Alex appreciated everything they did for them.

Yeah I remember in the early days we all called him Edward VH. Then somewhere along the way it became Eddie.

[TrekStar]

Saw Van Halen twice, once with David and the monsters of rock tour outdoors with Sammy, just some amazing times, RIP Eddie Van Halen.

[J.B.]

Brought my mini Frankenstrat to the show.

[TrekStar]

We need a Eddie Van Halen mego.

[Mikey]

EVH is crazy cool and stuff, but I still think DLR put the band on the map

[Nostalgiabuff]

DLR was the front man and face of the band, but I think it was Ed's playing in conjunction with DLR that put them on the map. the other 2 guys could be replaced and no one would even notice

[Mikey]

Anybody else remember the rumours when DLR left the band EVH was considering Patti Smyth of Scandal to be Van Halen's new lead singer ? …. To be honest, I was hoping it was true … When Hagar was finally chosen I was let down and refused to listen to them anymore.

[Goblin19]

I remember that. I thought Hagar was a good choice, but ended not liking the new VH very much. I love classic Van Halen, though.

[Hector]

Interesting read on Eddie growing up, and what his parents, brother, and himself had to go through as a mixed race family in the early days...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eddie-van-halen-endured-horrifying-132736945.html

[megoapesnut]

First Neil Peart from my favorite band passes and now Eddie from my 2nd favorite band. RIP Eddie

[Jorge Galvan]

Anybody else remember the rumours when DLR left the band EVH was considering Patti Smyth of Scandal to be Van Halen's new lead singer ? …. To be honest, I was hoping it was true … When Hagar was finally chosen I was let down and refused to listen to them anymore.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/patty-smyth-didnt-leave-her-house-the-day-she-found-out-about-eddie-van-halens-death/

AND!!

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/patty-smyth-why-i-declined-invitation-to-join-van-halen/

[Bionicfanboy66]

I've heard Michael Anthony and the rest of the guys had settled their differences and were planning a reunion of the original lineup for this year. Then the pandemic hit and Eddie's health took a turn for the worse. Sammy and Eddie had also reconnected and were secretly texting each other up until a couple of months ago.