One of the First Live Performances of Eruption

this is a live performance of Eruption from 1978, just after Van Halen 1 was released

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Music

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• Van
• Halen
• Eruption
• Solo
• Eddie
• 1978
• Hard
• Rock
• Metal
• EVH

[dajzilla]

@AetroyayorteA AMEN! Everyone ALWAYS talks about his "tapping" or his speed. Fuck that. His rhythm guitar playing was fucking INCREDIBLE and extremely under rated. And yes, Ed wrote songs like nobody else. He is a musical GOD. And his tone? Oh my... the best! Eddie was the whole package and no one (IMO) has ever come close. Sure, there are great guitarist out there who are faster and whatnot but there's no soul, no melody. Not like the Might Edward Lodewijk Van Halen!

[AetroyayorteA]

People forget there was NOTHING ELSE even close to being like the Van Halen sound back then... it was totally new dynamically whether you liked them or not, it was unique. Not just Eddie's "tapping" it was his rhythm sound, the way he played and wrote songs, and his lead guitar tone, nobody sounded like that until he did it.

[AetroyayorteA]

I got into this back when Rush put out Moving Pictures, an older guy down the street used to blast Eruption at about 100watts and you could hear it al the way down the street, probably for blocks over the summer, he heard i was interested in it so he traded me the Van Halen album for Moving Pictures. Fair Warning was my first concert. I wish i could have seen this first album tour.

Eddie just lays it down, destroys... then launches into You Really Got me, it must have melted faces back then.

[AssassinSteven]

@ALBERTromano1965 Lmfao !! 25 of his guitars?! Bro STFU. He also kind of lived in a Bubble he said so in an interview. Eddie said in that Rolling Stone magainze with him and BB King and all them on the cover that the only album he ever bought was Cream and that was the only band he listened to. Then he said after... I'm not trying to be a prick but thats just who I liked. SO STFU and do some research before coming on here and starting with Eddies biggest fucken fan

[Wilkster5150]

@bcinu2 Ed admits there were others who tapped before him which is quite true, but that he personally never saw anybody do it before he started doing it. But NOBODY took tapping to the level that Ed did before. But go ahead and try and minimize Ed's impact if it makes you feel better about yourself. People with half a brain know better.

[Wilkster5150]

@ALBERTromano1965 To say Ed "stole his shit" from Hendrix is one of the most assinine things I've ever read. But then again, with all the cursing babble in your post, I shouldnt expect a lot of intelligence. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you were drunk or high when you wrote it.

[lighhtningking]

@ALBERTromano1965 While i agree with you, somewhat. 1 ed guitar is Cool as hell. 25 is hella cool but to ed, those are just old tools.

[YeshuaISMessiah1]

let it be said without jimi there would be no sound.

and furthermore,if you have never seen live hendrix

shows then either your lazy or just tonedeaf.or both.

Edward is a Revolutionary player who also changed

the path of heavy guitar with both sound and technique.

heres some schooling for you:go and check out jimmy page

covering the hendrix classic Voodoo-Chile.ah,its on a bootleg..

great post! later.

[ALBERTromano1965]

@AssassinSteven Your a douchebag to think you can educate me about Van Halen. I own 25 of Eds personal guitars. Worth more than the house your mama lives in, and have alot of respect for Ed, So go fuck yourself! Hendrix was the 1st. Yes Van Halen says he was influenced by Clapton. But Clapton doesnt get feedback and all that stuff. Ed didnt live in a bubble. He heard jimi and stole his shit from him. Go to hell Steven. You need a beating! Go back in your fucking hole and die you dumb scumbag!

[AssassinSteven]

@ALBERTromano1965 Get some facts bro Eddie didn’t have a lick of inspiration from Hendrix... it was all Clapton and if you know anything Hendrix stole from Clapton so seriously stfu