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14 апр 2025 :	VAN HALEN's 'Jump' Surpasses One Billion Streams On SPOTIFY
3 апр 2025 :
18 мар 2025 :	STEVE LUKATHER Shoots Down Rumor He Will Play Guitar On New VAN HALEN Album
16 мар 2025 :
12 янв 2025 :	Watch Rare Video Of VAN HALEN Performing "Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do" In 1995 - "I Wrote The Lyrics About KURT COBAIN's Death," Says SAMMY HAGAR
6 янв 2025 :	BILLY SHEEHAN On Touring With VAN HALEN In 1980: 'I Learned A Lot About How You Get The Show On The Road'
4 янв 2025 :	JOHN 5 On What Made EDDIE VAN HALEN's Playing So Unique: 'It's All In The Hands'
27 дек 2024 :	SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN: 'Everybody In VAN HALEN Had Something Unique And Interesting To Bring To The Table'
25 дек 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN On Why He Didn't Cover SAMMY HAGAR Years In His Book: 'The Original Band Was The Driving Force'
8 дек 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN On EDDIE VAN HALEN's Death: It Was 'A Very Uneventful Ending To An Eventful Life'
19 ноя 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN Says There Is 'Probably Three Or Four' Records' Worth Of Unreleased EDDIE VAN HALEN Music
13 ноя 2024 :	Vocalist MITCH MALLOY Shares VAN HALEN Demo "It's The Right Time" Via YouTube
7 ноя 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN: EDDIE VAN HALEN 'Was Brave Up Until The Last Minute'
3 ноя 2024 :	SAMMY HAGAR Shares Rare VAN HALEN Live Video Footage From 1995 - "Listen To Mikey, He Sounds Like Geddy Lee!"
26 окт 2024 :	Hear ALEX VAN HALEN Pay Tribute To His Brother EDDIE VAN HALEN In 'Brothers' Audiobook Excerpt
26 окт 2024 :	EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: EDDIE VAN HALEN 'Changed Guitar Playing Forever'
22 окт 2024 :	ALEX And EDDIE VAN HALEN's Final Co-Write "Unfinished" Now Available For Download And Streaming
22 окт 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN Explains Why He Didn't Take Part In SAMMY HAGAR And MICHAEL ANTHONY's Tour: 'They're Not Doing The Band Justice'
20 окт 2024 :	Watch VAN HALEN's 1995 Performance Of "Why Can't This Be Love" From Toronto's MuchMusic; "It's So Touching When I See Old Clips Of Eddie Singing His Heart Out," Says SAMMY HAGAR
19 окт 2024 :	VAN HALEN Performs "Not Enough" On Toronto's MuchMusic; Rare 1995 Video Unearthed
19 окт 2024 :	OZZY OSBOURNE Confirms He Was Once Approached By VAN HALEN Brothers About Making Music Together
17 окт 2024 :	ALEX VAN HALEN Says DAVID LEE ROTH Refused To Pay Tribute To EDDIE VAN HALEN On Nixed Tour
8 окт 2024 :	Watch VAN HALEN Perform "You Really Got Me" On 1995 Balance Tour; Rare Video Surfaces
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4 окт 2024 :	SAMMY HAGAR Shares Video Of VAN HALEN Performing "The Seventh Seal" In 1995
22 сен 2024 :	SAMMY HAGAR Shares Pro-Shot Live VAN HALEN Clip From The Vault - August 1993

25 окт 2020

ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE: What EDDIE VAN HALEN Meant To Me

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has reflected on the passing of Eddie Van Halen, calling him "one of the greatest" guitar players of all time. The legendary VAN HALEN axeman died on October 6 at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer.

Benante spoke about his admiration for Van Halen during an appearance on the "Talk Is Jericho" podcast. He said (hear audio below): "This is me talking about one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar player to ever come out of this world: Eddie Van Halen.

"I'm gonna take it back to the early days of me being a huge KISS, LED ZEPPELIN, [BLACK] SABBATH, QUEEN fan. And then I heard this song from my next-door neighboor, and it was fucking 'Jamie's Cryin''. And I just liked the drum sound — I didn't even notice the guitar until later. And there's a solo in it, but it's not like an Eddie Van Halen complete-assault-on-your-senses solo. And then I looked at the album cover, and I just had to have it. And then 'Eruption' came on, and that was it. I couldn't understand what was going on, but I just knew I loved it. And I got a taste of what fucking new excitement sounds like on record. I mean, so many records have excitement on it, but VAN HALEN, I always said, sounded like there was a fucking party going on with their albums, which I love to this day. Those little things, those little ad-libs, those nuances that they put on their records just made it sound like these guys just came in the studio, they took the party to the studio and hit 'record,' and there's a song. And that's the way I always felt about that band.

"The first time I saw 'em, my neighbor Nick, his mom took us. She drove us to the Nassau Coliseum [in Uniondale, New York] to see VAN HALEN in 1979," he continued. "And I was only at a few concerts throughout those years, 'cause I was still young. And this was one of the first ones. She dropped us off, we went and had a fucking ball. When they came on, it was just a different level, a different type of excitement for me at shows. There was just so much energy coming off that stage. And just seeing them in person and seeing Eddie do these solos and these jumps — it was just amazing. And Alex [Van Halen] hit his fucking gong on fire. I just couldn't get enough of them. And I never missed them every year after that. So they definitely have a place for me.

"When I think of VAN HALEN, I think of my childhood and just experiencing, like I said, excitement," Benante added. "Every time I saw them, the hair on my arms would stand up, because something would happen that would make me go, 'Woah! Right there.' That's something that I'm gonna take with me forever. And that's what Eddie Van Halen meant to me."

Eddie died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. His wife, Janie, was by his side, along with his son Wolfgang, and Alex, Eddie's brother and VAN HALEN drummer.

The iconic VAN HALEN axeman died from complications due to cancer, his son confirmed.

VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2007.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Eddie Van Halen No. 8 in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists.

ANTHRAX

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