Allen53 wrote:
“Eruption” introduced Eddie Van Halen to the rock world. It was unbelievable for those of us old enough to have been there when you get this guitar solo that slides right into their cover of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me". Just unbelievable the very first song on their very first album a badass solo and then nothing but scorchers from top to bottom.
There are very few first albums that impacted the rock music world like Van Halen's. Maybe Aerosmith's first one- not too many others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwigPhpiXs&ab_channel=iOnlyUseBigGuns
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I first saw VH live when I was college kid back in the late 70s. Great band but it was Eddie that was the center piece of that band. I have a couple of their songs on my MP3 that I listen to when I work out.
Sad to see another musician go so early....RIP.
Some thoughts from Hager:
https://youtu.be/derKqVnYwsI