060: Eddie Van Halen Tribute

“Where were YOU when you heard the news…?”

No one will EVER forget the day that Eddie Van Halen left this world. And the reason we will never forget is because Eddie Van Halen CHANGED this world in such an incredibly profound (and incredibly METAL) way that he can only be described as unforgettable. There have been many copycats and imitators over the years, but to paraphrase from The Highlander: “There Can Be Only ONE Eddie Van Halen!”

JOIN US as we pay tribute to the GREATEST, most innovative and un-orthodoxically BRILLIANT guitarist to have ever blessed music: Mr. Edward Lodewjik Van Halen.

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Show Notes:

(00:00 - The celebration of a #fuckinglegend : Eddie Van Halen #thegoat / The “reason” for the “Brown Sound”

(03:45) - A Metal Nerdery dedication to Edward Van Halen (check out metalnerdery.com/podcast ) / Where were YOU when you first heard Eddie Van Halen? (***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com / #dontdenythepowerof / The smell of old albums…

(13:03) - October 6, 2020 (***GO WATCH the guitar solo from Live Without a Net***) / Van Roth vs Van Hagar / Seeing the Live Without a Net equivalent during the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen

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(18:08) - Like Pantera with MORE cocaine and MORE hookers and ZERO apathy / The explanation of WHY #vanhalenISmetal #tobefair / The formula for #hairmetal success / #wunderkind (when you’re gifted it doesn’t matter…)

(24:40) - The production quality for Van Halen’s FIRST (!?) album and the magic of Ted Templeman / I’m the One (Van Halen I): double bass = METAL / Atomic Punk (very #flangey) #thefirstsix of Van Halen

(32:00) - Unchained-Fair Warning (drop D proving once again that #vanhalenISmetal) / One of the first Van Halen music videos… / In the 80’s… (another inappropriate moment) / Light Up the Sky (Van Halen II)

(39:14) - Favorite #EVH guitar solos? EMAIL US your favorite EVH solos at metalnerdery@gmail.com (WARNING: #michaeljackson #notmetal HOWEVER, #eddie #vanhalenISmetal) / #onmicburp #FAIL / OU812 and The EVOLUTION of Artists / #thefirstsix / Metal Nerdery (NOW with Keyboards)

(46:55) – Can you imagine Eddie Van Halen…in KISS!? / Happy Trails (Diver Down) / Everybody Wants Some (Women and Children First) / #thatsNOTVanHalen / Could This Be Magic? and Take Your Whiskey Home (Women and Children First) #vanhalenISheavy

(1:00:50) – Mean Street (Fair Warning): A Vulgar Display of Van Halen (Van Halen was Pantera before Pantera was Pantera) #panterafist (The similarities between Van Halen and Pantera are striking…) / Number 8!? EVERY shredder OWES their life and livelihood to Eddie Van Halen / Check out metalnerdery.com/episodes/guitar-gods (and the weird tangentional tangentionalality to Jimmy Page #thatwomanisablessin

(1:08:52) – Direct quote from EVH re: Led Zeppelin & Jimmy Page (and #burn #whatsthepurpose) / Girl Gone Bad (1984: The Last of the Roth Halen lineup): The Song about the Girl Gone Bad Remains the Same / “Man, I saw Van way back in the day…” #crickets / 5150 (5150) and the Happiness that is the Van Halen sound / Get Up (5150) #vanhalenISmetal because #doublebass (Can you hear the Pantera?)/ Eruption (Van Halen I) #fuckingglorious HAIL and Farewell and THANK YOU to Edward Van Halen. R.I.P.