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30 апр 2025 :	SAMMY HAGAR To ALEX VAN HALEN: 'Just Leave Me Alone. I'll Leave You Alone. Everything's Good.'
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
5 окт 2024 :	OZZY OSBOURNE: VAN HALEN 'Blew Us Off The Stage' When They Opened For BLACK SABBATH In 1978
4 окт 2024 :	SAMMY HAGAR Shares Video Of VAN HALEN Performing "The Seventh Seal" In 1995

9 дек 2020

HELMET's PAGE HAMILTON Says VAN HALEN's 'Hot For Teacher' Is 'Maybe The Greatest MTV Music Video Ever Made'

HELMET's Page Hamilton has reflected on the passing of Eddie Van Halen, saying VAN HALEN's music was unlike anything he had ever heard before.

Hamilton discussed his appreciation for the innovative VAN HALEN axeman, who died from cancer on October 6 at age 65, during an interview with the "Thunder Underground" podcast.

He said (hear audio below): "'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love', the groove on that, it's like this fucking old-time rock and roll meets modern something, and it stands the test of time.

"It's so funny. When we were working with [producer] Steve Albini over in Chicago, at Chicago Recording Company, where we recorded the demo of [HELMET's] 'In The Meantime', which became the master on the album, 'cause I always thought the demo was better than what we did in New York at the studio… Anyway, we were staying at Steve's, and we were driving to the studio, and I said something about [VAN HALEN's] 'Panama', and Albini goes, 'I don't like bad music.' And I was just, like, 'Excuse me? What?' This kind of attitude of our 'indie world' [of] Touch And Go, AmRep, SST, Homestead, whatever, that because something had some kind of cock-rock attitude to it that it wasn't cool, 'cause David Lee Roth wore fringe pants. I don't know what people's thinking was.

"I always based my love or not love of music on the music," he continued. "I'm a jazz nerd, and I didn't know what they looked like on stage. I drop the needle, I listen to it, and I go 'yay' or 'nay.' As Duke Ellington said, there are two kinds of music — good and bad.

"The first time I heard [VAN HALEN], it was the same thing as AC/DC, where my jaw dropped. It just had this sound — everything; the way the whole thing was put together; bass, drums, guitar, vocals — that was just completely different from anything that I'd ever heard before. And I realized right then and there, I'll never be able to do that.

"It wasn't one of my musical goals to play like Eddie — I have a different thing that's my vocabulary — but I just said, 'Even if I tried for a year and worked at it, I would just never be able to do that,'" Page added. "It's so incredibly fluid — it's like water flowing over moss-covered stones in a river. It's beyond the guitar. It's music that it takes you to this place. You're in a song, and here's this cool groove or whatever, and all of a sudden, this guitar comes in, and it's just like… I would describe it as a pterodactyl, like a prehistoric beast or some kind of a flock of birds or something. Like, what is that? It's not just a guitar. 'Cause it's a magical fucking amazing thing. And I would never disparage something like that because I didn't understand it.

"A friend of mine had sent me 'Hot For Teacher' that night, when [Eddie] passed, and I hadn't seen the video in about a million years. It's maybe the greatest MTV music video ever made. It's such a fucking sick fucking song. I mean, the drum parts, the whole thing — the lyrics. That's something else, man.

"That's a great loss. It's just sad. I never got to see 'em. It's my fault. It's completely my fault. I missed Johnny Cash. I missed Johnny Hooker. I missed VAN HALEN. And it's my fault — completely."

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.

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