Europe:
Our love and thoughts go out to Eddie Van Halen’s family and friends at this time.
Eddie was our generation’s Hendrix. He played from another place altogether. Unbelievable talent and virtuous. Technique, tone, feeling like no one else we’ve ever heard.
Another LEGEND leaves us ....
Joey, John, John, Mic, Ian
Def Leppard:
Very sad to hear about the passing of Eddie Van Halen.
“I saw Van Halen destroy Sabbath at the Sheffield City Hall in 1977 … Eddie was a big part of that, having essentially reinvented guitar playing just like Jimi Hendrix had done a generation earlier …. I had the pleasure of being on the same bill as Van Halen 7 years ago when Kings Of Chaos were on the same bill at the Stone Music Festival in Australia. I’m happy to say that his playing that night was as good as it’s ever been, he certainly shook things up when he came on the scene …. Rest In Peace Eddie” - Joe Elliott
"I distinctly remember the first moment I heard Eddie play. A good friend, also a guitarist, had just bought the first Van Halen album and came by my house and told me that I urgently needed to hear this. He wasn't wrong; it was a moment that redefined everything that I thought was possible about playing the guitar. The goalposts had just been moved. I stayed up all that night trying to learn from Eddie. Many, many decades later, and I'm still learning from Eddie." - Vivian Campbell