In honor of Eddie Van Halen

[Different Drummer]

My all-time favorite Van Halen song.

[Moostache]

1. So many classic riffs and solos, RIP EVH

That opening was featured prominently in 2 Live Crew's record "Nasty As They Wanna Be", which shot to fame for the censorship battles of the late 80's, but I always remember the original before I remember the samples.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. I always thought the boys really shined bright on this one

I mean Dave still can't sing but the instrumentals are crazy good, and Eddie pulls out some great riffs

[BusyBeingBest]

3. Their best song, IMO.

[stevil]

4. I could post a ton of stuff from the first 6 albums

Van Halen took over for Kiss when I moved to California in 1981. What an enormous influence on so many people. Van Halen does not exist any longer. RIP Eddie. He fought cancer for years longer than most.

[dixiechiken1]

5. One of the best guitar players EVER...

RIP, Eddie.

[d_b]

6. Such a great album

What a talent. RIP

[Blue Owl]

7. Here's mine...

[mr_lebowski]

9. 5150 is underappreciated in the VH canon ... Eddie freaking RIPPED on that album

[BootinUp]

13. my favorite, rebuilt a manual tranny to it.

wore some of the vinyl off that one.

[Sewa]

8. Van Halen - Atomic Punk

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[mr_lebowski]

10. Well I was gonna make a thread but hey, we'll keep the wake going here ...

This is actually pretty freakin' great ...

[consider_this]

11. Totally love this jam

and that whole first album is insane good to this day. Amazing impact when it came out.

So sad for our collective loss. He will live on in music and memory.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Running With the Devil...the first one was always the best for me

Never get tired of that because I remember how surprised and thrilled I was to hear it. It got FM airplay and was the first thing I ever heard from them. I thought rock’n roll was dead and this was seriously good old school stuff. They had obviously been at it for awhile and paid their dues but for the general public they came out of nowhere. You knew they had to be good to be playing the music they were playing and get a record deal in the late 70s when for many of us traditional rock had either gone soft or lost its way to the point where one could wonder if you’d ever hear good straight-ahead stuff again.

[mzmolly]

15. Great song!

[BootinUp]

14. Van Halen was always my favorite rock band. Back in the 80's

they didn't get a ton of respect either. upturned noses at the newcomers? It has been gratifying to see Eddie and the group still talked about and their music still being played all over the world. Eddie, your passing made me incredibly sad, because you were such a unique and gifted player and you brought a lot of joy and fun into this often dark world. Peace my brother.