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Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.
David Lee Roth
Rain
Parade
Van
Van Halen
Halen
Providing
Keep
When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
Eddie Van Halen
Today
Simplicity
Path
Down
Out
Van
Van Halen
Halen
Liked
Rock
Always
Rock And Roll
Fame
Roll
Just
Even
Played
Started
The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.
Henry Rollins
First
Out
Van
Van Halen
Johnny
He
Hairdresser
Halen
Makes
Still
Really
Rotten
Album
I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.
Al Unser
Great
Mind
Meeting
Van
Would
Van Halen
Would-Be
Invite
Halen
Eddie
Him
Race
Need
Van Halen is a work in progress.
Alex Van Halen
Work
Progress
Van
Van Halen
Halen
I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.
Alvin Lee
Time
Day
Think
Van
Van Halen
Take
Like
Halen
Eddie
Learn
Lot
Off
Modern
Modern-Day
Start
Playing
Basics
I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.
Brad Paisley
Van
Van Halen
Never
Share
Halen
Liked
Rock
Heard
Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen changed everything; I don't necessarily like everything he did, but he definitely changed everything.
Buzz Osborne
People
Guitar
Changed
Everything
Definitely
Guitar Playing
Van
Van Halen
He
Put
Like
Halen
Eddie
Him
Huge
Up
Huge Influence
Did
Influence
Certainly
Necessarily
Playing
Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.
Chuck Eddy
History
Few
Awesome
Adept
Van
Van Halen
Trivial
Prime
Halen
Balancing
Rock
Been
Bands
Hard
Hard Rock
My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
Dimebag Darrell
Writing
Heroes
Own
Our
Randy
Van
Van Halen
Brother
Stuff
Like
Halen
Drums
Eddie
Dudes
Were
Ace
After
Garage
Played
Started
I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
Dimebag Darrell
Randy
Van
Van Halen
Guys
More
Like
Halen
Eddie
Rock
Rock Bands
Southern
Than
Bands
Influenced
Players
Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.
Dimebag Darrell
Me
Song
First
Van
Van Halen
Halen
Leaped
Off
Huge
Eruption
Huge Influence
Influence
Really
Album
I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.
Dweezil Zappa
Music
Beatles
People
Other
Jimi Hendrix
Van
Van Halen
Seemed
Missing
Halen
Liked
Lot
Just
Dad
Compared
Elements
Hendrix
Things
David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
Eddie Van Halen
Music
Home
You
Song
Feeling
Half
Stupid
Own
Else
Dancing
Way
Way Home
Van
Would
Van Halen
Someone
My Own
Rather
David
Had
Songs
Idea
Like
Halen
Doing
Were
Covered
Lee
Than
Successful
Roth
Bomb
Streets
Started
Playing
The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
Eddie Van Halen
Family
Long
Gone
Van
Van Halen
Name
Halen
Go
Legacy
Going
After
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
Eddie Van Halen
Music
Me
You
People
Old
Singing
Back
Solo
Solo Record
Van
Would
Van Halen
Would-Be
Record
Similar
Write
Halen
Well
Without
Always
Question
Did
Same
Going
Anyway
Which
Meaning
Asking
I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get your chops up, you can play like an Eddie Van Halen or a Steve Vai. But nobody can do what Thurston Moore does; he's his own guy. He talks through his instrument in a language that's all his own.
Frank Iero
Love
You
Language
Practice
Own
Down
Paper
Moore
Van
Van Halen
Guy
Through
He
Put
Nobody
Like
Halen
Steve
Eddie
Instrument
Sheet
Talks
Does
His
Up
Get
Mean
Notes
Your
Chops
Play
Players
When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
Gary Cherone
Me
Before
Range
Those
Out
Van
Van Halen
Never
Halen
Until
Eddie
Were
Hitting
Notes
Pulled
It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.
Gary Cherone
Me
Believe
Lasted
Van
Van Halen
Seemed
Could
Never
Halen
Real
While
Fun
Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
Gary Cherone
Me
People
Problem
Extreme
Van
Van Halen
About
Spitfire
Had
Like
Halen
Know
Eddie
Talking
Going
Just
Want
Asked
Really
Who
Play
However you feel about Dimebag, this is one of the most influential metal guitar players of the '90s. I was just talking to someone that I am hiring to bring on the tour who said that, when he was at the funeral, that Eddie Van Halen came and put his striped guitar in the coffin. That's a pretty big deal.
Glenn Danzig
You
Guitar
Big
Striped
Guitar Players
Van
Van Halen
Pretty
About
Someone
Tour
He
Put
Feel
Halen
Most
Eddie
Talking
Deal
Metal
Said
Am
Big Deal
Came
However
Hiring
His
Just
Influential
Who
Coffin
Bring
Players
Funeral
Nothing's changed from when I'm seven years old to now. Nothing's changed at all. I like the same stuff that I did - Kiss, Van Halen, 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'The Brady Bunch,' monsters and all that stuff.
John 5
Happy
Old
Kiss
Nothing
Changed
Monsters
Seven
Van
Van Halen
Stuff
Days
Like
Halen
Brady
Years
Shirley
Bunch
Did
Same
Same Stuff
Happy Days
Now
I'm still obsessed with Kiss. I'm still obsessed with Van Halen. I guess we don't change that much from being kids. Either we don't change that much, or we just have really good taste.
John 5
Good
Change
Kiss
Good Taste
Guess
Kids
Van
Van Halen
Obsessed
Halen
Still
Taste
Just
Being
Either
Much
Really
I was such a big Kiss and Van Halen fan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Racer X... all that stuff. I loved everybody.
John 5
Kiss
Big
Everybody
Van
Van Halen
Stuff
Halen
Fan
Loved
Racer
More and more, I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice. In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft.
John Darnielle
Death
Good
Me
People
Style
Enjoy
Pleasure
Distinctive
Van
Van Halen
Guys
More
More And More
Voice
Take
Pushing
Halen
Eddie
Instruments
Disciples
Metal
Real
Hear
His
Hear People
Hearing
Lot
Real Pleasure
Craft
Places
Really
Who
Found
In my world, before I knew about Eddie Van Halen, I was playing piano, and at that point in my teenage life, I thought he was just a guitar player.
Lzzy Hale
Life
World
Guitar
Thought
Before
Teenage
Guitar Player
Van
Van Halen
About
Point
Piano
He
Knew
Halen
Eddie
Just
Player
Playing
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