Quoted from Colsond3:

One of Dimebag Darrell’s idols. I remember reading when he passed away that Eddie V put one of his guitars in the coffin with him, or buried it with him, something like that.
Sad day. Another awesome musician...gone.

Quoted from gonzo73:

1894 was the first record I ever bought.

Quoted from o-din:

This erupted on our radios somewhere around 1978. RIP

Quoted from LOTR_breath:

Very sad day for sure. I saw VH 7 times, only one of which was with Sammy. I dug through my old photos and scanned them in for you guys. Many of my best ones were lost over the years but here are some I took in Beaumont, TX in 1980. Also the album I got signed back stage. When I shook Eddies hand it was like his fingers were seven inches long! I saw them one week before in Shreveport and remember seeing EVH and Valerie Bertinelli walking back stage holding hands. Very cool times for me being only 16 at the time.
RIP Eddie.
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Quoted from Elvishasleft:

Hopefully his son sort of takes up the cause like Zappas kid did and starts going through the vault and putting stuff out.
There is a shit ton of unreleased music since he had his own studio and was always in there recording.

Quoted from zr11990:

I know its not good to speak ill of the dead and it sucks that he is gone which means no more Van Halen, the slight hope that they might do one more tour or produce one more record is gone. I mean we go to these show knowing that we wont see what we remember when we were teens but we are still chasing the dragon, one more shot to remember the old glory days, one more show before they hang it up or die. But, the idea that Eddie Van Halen was a saint is, going by everything that I have seen, false. He treated Valerie so badly she was afraid of him and divorced him. He raged at and fired DLR because he dared so a solo album. He ostracized Sammy and treated him so badly before kicking him out that Sammy said he never wanted to see him again and kicked Micheal Anthony out of the band as well. Looks to me like EVH was a giant flying douche bag. That being said, I will miss Van Halen and I do not like to see anyones life cut short because of cancer

Quoted from Elvishasleft:

I dont get that kind of shit... I mean who cares? is there a law you have to be a great person or perfect to be famous or a genius?
Michael Jordan by most accounts is one of the biggest assholes alive but that doesnt take away what he did.
Hes just a person like any other and had tons of issues with addiction etc.
I never said he was a saint, I said he was nice to me. For all of a minute or two, but he didnt have to be and Ill remember that until I croak too.

Quoted from Elvishasleft:

Jimmy Fallon may be the phoniest person on the planet... Ive never seen someone who falls over laughing at literally anything any one says.
I cant remember a single thing I said to Ed Van Halen. I do remember he said "Hi Im Ed" and I was like.. um... no shit?
I met Les Paul once too at the iridium in NY and told him it was better then meeting the pope.. that cracked him up so thats was fun.

Quoted from LOTR_breath:

Two thoughts from that video. Damn, Sammy's looking old. And does Michael Anthony never age?

Quoted from Jackalwere:

When I saw the F.U.C.K. show, Michael did a killer bass solo...

Quoted from thechakapakuni:

Wolfy hit #1 album on Billboard today. Good for him, even saw Sammy gave him some props