Eddie Van Halen Washed Out

coldsteal2 · 12-12-2007, 08:53 PM

LA Water Main Break Floods Rocker's Yard

Eddie Van Halen is shown during a news conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles...

Tue Dec 11, 9:37 AM EST
It wasn't the homecoming Eddie Van Halen was hoping for.

The 52-year-old guitarist had been in Edmonton, Alberta, where his band, Van Halen, had just performed, when a call came in early Monday morning from Los Angeles fire officials.

A broken water main in Studio City sent thousands of gallons of water flowing down Coldwater Canyon Avenue and into Van Halen's yard.

He arrived home from Canada around noon and surveyed the damage.

"It could have been a lot worse," said Janie Liszewski, Van Halen's publicist and live-in girlfriend.

"The pool is buried in mud, the driveway gate is down and some major landscaping is going to be needed to restore the yard to its former self," Liszewski said.

Fire spokesman Cecil Manresa confirmed Van Halen's was the lone home affected by the water, and said sandbags placed around the house prevented any water from entering inside.

Comcast.net Music - LA Water Main Break Floods Rocker's Yard

coldsteal2 · 12-12-2007, 08:54 PM

Been a bad year for Eddie

Harpozep · 12-13-2007, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldsteal2

Been a bad year for Eddie

What else happened to him? He is back to health I presume?
I thought he was on tour with his son and the old band. That can't be all bad, can it?

YouTube - Van Halen - Jump (Greensboro)
Well, Ok, he did have a bad day... Should hired a keyboardist!

GeeJay · 12-13-2007, 10:29 AM

Could be worse, he could have been washed up...

coldsteal2 · 12-14-2007, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harpozep

What else happened to him? He is back to health I presume?
I thought he was on tour with his son and the old band. That can't be all bad, can it?

YouTube - Van Halen - Jump (Greensboro)
Well, Ok, he did have a bad day... Should hired a keyboardist!

I was refering to his on stage disaster, yes hiring a keyboardist would have
deffinately helped, or just play without it

lp59aholicDon · 12-14-2007, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldsteal2

I was refering to his on stage disaster

Hmm Is Kharma , finally catchin up to Ole EVH ?

I aint sorry, I cant bring myself to give the guy any sympathy

captain tightpants · 12-14-2007, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

Hmm Is Kharma , finally catchin up to Ole EVH ?

I aint sorry, I cant bring myself to give the guy any sympathy

+1, he's a complete jackass IMHO.

Harpozep · 12-14-2007, 09:59 AM

I don't really know much about him. I loved the first album and thought it all went straight downhill from there. Van Hager never gelled for me. He married Valerie, had Wolfgang, entered rehab, and physically screwed himself up over the years from what I hear.
That's all I really know, other than he and Val split, and then she lost weight. And that Mark Anthony was not invited back to the band.
Gotta love that out of key screwup though, as they say "Priceless".

lp59aholicDon · 12-14-2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain tightpants

+1, he's a complete jackass IMHO.

Having had the _________ of working around him, and his brother , with Gary Charone, ( post Hagar) the only one I met from the band then who was still a human being was Mr Anothony, Eddie was blitzed for most of the shooting of "Ice Hotel" Even EVH's guitarist pretty much re interated your comment, and only took the job for the resume post, the connections and pay higher than Guitar Center, where EVH Found him .

***FLICKOFLASH*** · 01-08-2009, 08:33 PM

RARE Eddie Van Halen Interview - Music Gear Forums

jeff_farkas · 01-08-2009, 08:34 PM

Jeff

Gunner · 01-08-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeeJay

Could be worse, he could have been washed up...

I think he may be.

BstrdSonOJmsBrwn · 01-08-2009, 08:56 PM

i know he's been being a dick for quite awhile now........and its weird to see....but this,my home away from home....a guitar forum.......Eddie doesn't quite have the following here,as he does in alot of other forums.....i think those 1st Van Halen albums with Dave were great,for the most part....the first one,even groundbreaking.....i LOVE Eds playing and of course his tone....on the "Dave" era albums.....however....i've saw some Youtube stuff of the last/current tour....where....Ed seems to have forgot much ......and some vids of him being a total jackass(like one i saw where he was @ NAMM).....dunno what happened to him.....sad,really......so....what i do in that situation is....put on VH1......turn the volume wayyyyyyy up.......hit track 2.....AHHHHHHHHHHHH........THATS the way i wanna remember Ed....

gui524 · 01-08-2009, 09:01 PM

I think everybody give him too much prise ... c'mon, he wasn't the one who created the tapping or the one that first used it in electric guitar ... I remembering seeing a video of Ritchie Blackmore doing some, and if my mind isn't fooling me, Gibbons did some minor slow tappings in some of the ZZ Top songs, too ... Eddie was just the one who played it fast ... if I remember correctly flamenco guitarists were using tapping before he was born

Gunner · 01-08-2009, 09:04 PM

I like his earlier stuff, it just seems to me that he's clinging on instead of being inventive. I'm not knocking the guy, in fact I think he's an incredible guitarist whose time may have come to an end. At least he had a great musical career and has influenced many to take up the Axe.

bfcg · 01-08-2009, 09:35 PM

Ouch, I just watched some of those youtube videos.
I saw those guys in 1980 for the woman and children first tour and thats they way i want to remember them.

LongBeach · 01-08-2009, 09:37 PM

I would imagine being told your are a total guitar god for multiple years would
finally make one's head blow up a bit. I loved original VH, I like VanHargar allot.

I was 1984 show in St. Louis, and it was by far one of the best shows I've ever seen.

He seems to come off as a dick when required, who knows.
I know I wouldnt give 20G for he & Fender's replica of Frankenstein

LPV · 01-08-2009, 09:41 PM

I love Ed's playing. He was a great inspiration. I don't hang with him so I could care less if he's a dick. I still think he's a genius.

st.bede · 01-08-2009, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BstrdSonOJmsBrwn

...i think those 1st Van Halen albums with Dave were great,for the most part....the first one,even groundbreaking.....i LOVE Eds playing and of course his tone....on the "Dave" era albums.....however

all I can say is Eddie Kramer

bfcg · 01-08-2009, 10:16 PM

I saw a lot of shows in 1980 and VH was second only to Pink Floyd's The wall tour.
I won some tickets years later to see David Lee Roth with steve Vai. That was the last I saw of anything VH like.

VoodooHighway · 01-08-2009, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st.bede

all I can say is Eddie Kramer

All I can say is Ted Templeman

Category:Albums produced by Ted Templeman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ace

VoodooHighway · 01-08-2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gui524

I think everybody give him too much prise ... c'mon, he wasn't the one who created the tapping ...

<----- Mario Macaferri @ 1920

KSG_Standard · 01-08-2009, 10:45 PM

I saw VH, Boston, BOC, Ted Nugent and others at the Texas Jam in Dallas 1979...Great concert! And Eddie rocked the freekin Cotton Bowl like you would not believe...Have you seen his new signature footware?

Scooter2112 · 01-08-2009, 10:58 PM

VH is one of those big bands that I never did get to see live. Too late....forget about it now.

I thought the early stuff was brilliant, and enjoyed bits and pieces of their music throughout all the different eras. I could always find at least one or two songs to connect with on just about every album. Great songwriters in my opinion.

Quote:

And that Mark Anthony was not invited back to the band.

MA is keeping busy still. He recently did some recording with Neil Zaza and Peter Frampton.

VoodooHighway · 01-08-2009, 11:01 PM

Michael Anthony is in a new band, called "Chickenfoot." It features Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith (from the Red Hot Chili Peppers).

LPV · 01-09-2009, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

Have you seen his new signature footware?

That sucks. Even people on meth have better toenails than me !

Phil47uk · 01-09-2009, 09:02 AM

What a pretentious load of bollocks.. If I had paid to go there I would have demanded my money back..Twat!

YouTube - Eddie Van Halen at NAMM January 19, 2007

Perhaps the silly sod should have taken a few lessons in tone from this gal..

You Tube

Blues Power · 01-09-2009, 09:14 AM

am I the only player in the world who gets no inspiration from the man. not even a
trace.

after the first album in like 78 it was all over for me. I still have that one but after that i find him annoying

saw them live a few times in 86 91 and around 94 and it still did nothing for me

Phil47uk · 01-09-2009, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blues Power

Am I the only player in the world who gets no inspiration from the man. not even a
trace.

after the first album in like 78 it was all over for me. I still have that one but after that i find him annoying

saw them live a few times in 86 91 and around 94 and it still did nothing for me

Read the post above your last one and you'll find you are not so isolated.

gui524 · 01-09-2009, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blues Power

am I the only player in the world who gets no inspiration from the man. not even a
trace.

after the first album in like 78 it was all over for me. I still have that one but after that i find him annoying

saw them live a few times in 86 91 and around 94 and it still did nothing for me

Read mine, too ... I think he is the most overrated guitarist on earth ... I don't like shred ... but some people say he was the first one to play fast ... and I say to them ... see Jimmy Page solos in the first albums, he was shredding when EVH wasn't even playing guitar

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