Eddie Van Halen's iconic red-patterned Kramer guitar expected to fetch up to $3MILLION at Sotheby's auction featuring dozens of items from rock and pop royalty
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Daily Mail ^
| 4/08/23 | Kevin Kayhart
Dozens of important pieces in the history of rock & roll and pop music are up for sale if the price is right. World-famous
Sotheby's is currently staging an auction that features items from some of the biggest and most influential music artists of all time. There's everything from a Jimmi Hendrix feather boa, an autograph manuscript by Bob Dylan, Prince's three-piece purple suit from the Purple Rain era, and an autographed Hofner bass from Paul McCartney. But it is Eddie Van Halen's iconic red-patterned Kramer guitar from the 'Hot For Teacher' music video that's expected to be the most...
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STEVE VAI: 'It Was A Complete Honor To Be Able To Play' EDDIE VAN HALEN's Parts With DAVID LEE ROTH
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Blabbermouth ^
| December 7, 2021 | N/A
Steve Vai, who joined David Lee Roth's post-VAN HALEN band more than 35 years ago as lead guitarist, spoke to "CMS Music" about the musical influence and impact of legendary VAN HALEN axeman Eddie Van Halen. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm not unlike the average Edward fan in that he
really had an effect. For Edward fans that really were touched by him, it's inexplicable, obviously; you can try to use words, but it doesn't really work. It's like that with many things. "I have a different position in that, yeah, one might say that I replaced the...
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Steve Perry Looks Back on Touring With Van Halen and the Eddie Collaboration That Might Have Been
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Rolling Stone ^
| October 19, 2020 | Andy Greene
On October 6th, Steve Perry got a text from his recording engineer that read, “Oh man, Eddie Van Halen. I can’t believe it.” The
former Journey frontman had no idea what he was talking about. “I don’t watch the news anymore,” he says. “And so I picked up the phone and said, ‘What’s going on?'” When he heard the tragic news that the guitarist died after a long battle with cancer, Perry’s mind instantly went back to 1978 when Van Halen opened for Journey for eight weeks on the Infinity tour. He phoned up Rolling Stone to tell stories from...
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DAVID CROSBY Draws Ire Of VAN HALEN Fans After Dismissive EDDIE VAN HALEN Tweet
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Blabbermouth ^
| October 12, 2020 | N/A
Legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby has drawn the ire of VAN HALEN fans for seemingly minimizing the talents of recently deceased guitarist Eddie Van Halen.After a Twitter follower asked Crosby for his opinion of Eddie, David replied simply: "Meh ...." His bluntness was seen as out of line by a number
of other Twitter users, including TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, who chimed in: "I appreciate @thedavidcrosby too much for this to get in the way, but a much better answer would have been: 'I know he meant a lot to so many but his sound & style just weren't...
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How Eddie Van Halen Changed The World Of Music Forever
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The Federalist ^
| October 8, 2020 | Mark Hemingway
Most people spend their entire lives trying to achieve some measure of immortality. It
only took Edward Lodewijk van Halen one minute and 42 seconds. Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and American original, is dead at age 65 and there’s no possible coda for a musical legacy this big. Most people spend their entire lives trying to achieve some measure of immortality. It only took Edward Lodewijk van Halen one minute and 42 seconds.That’s the length of “Eruption,” the short guitar solo piece that is the second track on Van Halen’s eponymous 1978 debut. It starts off with some fast pull-off...
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The Death of and Vanity of Eddie Van Halen - A Biblical Perspective
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IFB ^
| 10/7/20
Dear friends, the death of Eddie Van Halen has absolutely rocked the music world and has hit millions upon millions of fans of all ages with sorrow, grief, and tears. To
those of you who are not aquatinted with Eddie Van Halen because you lived in a Christian upbringing, I cannot even begin to express to you what the music world and its millions of fans are feeling right now! Eddie Van Halen was an Arch Icon and a Mega hard rock guitarist vanguard on so many fronts of the music world since the mid-seventies! His name alone - when...
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Eddie Van Halen, grinning guitar god for a rock generation, dies at 65
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https :// www . latimes . com / obituaries / story / 2020 - 10 - 06 / eddie - van - halen - guitar - dies - 65 ^
| 10/06/2020 | STEVE APPLEFORD
Eddie Van Halen, the all-American guitar hero who, with his namesake hard-rock band Van Halen, redefined the sound and possibilities of the electric guitar in the 1970s and ’80s, died on Tuesday at age 65. The
cause was throat cancer. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” wrote his son, Wolfgang Van Halen via Twitter. “He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift... I love you...
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Eddie Van Halen dead at 65.
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Tmz.com ^
| 10/6/20 | TMZ
the legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen -- has died after a long battle with throat cancer ... TMZ has learned.
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Eddie Van Halen dies of Cancer at 65
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www.wfla.com ^
| 10/6/2020 | WFLA Tampa
Sad news from the Rock world
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Fan asks stranger to take his picture at Tool show… has no idea it was Eddie Van Halen
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Loudersound ^
| 10/23/2019 | Scott Munro
Eddie Van Halen was at Tool's show in LA this week when he was approached by a fan who had no idea he was speaking with a guitar great...
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Eddie Van Halen Reportedly Undergoing Throat Cancer Treatment In Germany
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Iheart Radio ^
| October 13, 2019 | Regina Heart
Eddie Van Halen has secretly been flying to Germany to receive treatments for throat cancer, TMZ learned Sunday (October 13). According
to the celebrity gossip outlet, the Van Halen legend has been quietly jetting overseas over the past five years to undergo radiation treatment for the disease. As fans know, Van Halen was first diagnosed with cancer of the tongue in 2000. Following an operation to have nearly a third of his tongue removed, he was declared cancer-free in 2002. Insiders with direct knowledge told TMZ, "some of the cancer cells migrated down to his throat," which required doctors to...
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