Eddie Van Halen is dead to me!

I doubt they are poor.

Amazing guitarist. RIP.

damn!!!!!!!

Damn. What was it?

I can't take 2020 anymore.

Throat cancer, apparently.

OP is worse than Gary Cherone.

My heart is breaking right now.

Did he have a nice ass?

What was on his...oh, never mind.

He was so cute in the 80s!

It feels just like yesterday that I was 16 driving around in my Trans-Am listening to Van Halen on the radio. Time goes by so fast.

r12...spoiled!

Too bad....another one bites the dust. Great guitarist and loved his hair

I got the impression from Valerie's comments on her cooking show that they were still somewhat close. She talks about his mother all the time, and of course they shared a son.

Their son is fucking huge.

Bummer.

By coincidence (in Toronto) they are repeating Valerie Bertinelli wedding on One Day At A Time on TV today

Awwww. So sorry - he was one helluva guitarist.

Damn, that man as said above was a phenomenal guitarist. Time to listen to Mean Street.

That's what happens when you smoke.

throat cancer!

probably kissing lots of groupies' diseased mouth and vag!

Original Thread.

Susan Dey -- we're waiting.

thread with no pic? nope.

[quote] Their son is fucking huge.

8”, 9”, 10”?

Inquiring minds need to know!

Damn, Wolfgang is a big boy.

r26 Well, Eddie's mother was Eurasian, so you never know whether or not he inherited the tinymeat.

Eddie Van Halen. He was Dutch American and died at age 65.

Thank god we still have Warren DeMartini.

In later years. A guitar god.

[quote] Thank god we still have Warren DeMartini.

Yeah. Him and the Dorsey brothers.

R28 .part Asian? Did he play it up like Darren Criss?

He was a complete shambolic lunatic. Surprised he lived this long.

Oh man that sucks. One of the greatest guitarists of all time...RIP Eddie❤️

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This one is really sucky, man. I loved me some Eddie V H.

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Why him and not Trump?

The original (and best) Val Halen.

Is that Taylor Dayne second from the right?

"Val Halen" would be a great drag queen name

Van Helen would be better.

I remember them on a local radio station, KISW in Seattle, on Friday night back in 1978. They were drunk and high as hell and having a great time interviewing with the DJ. I was sitting around a table with friends getting drunk and high having so much fun. I was 17 and carefree. I’d love to relive that night. RIP Eddie. I still have that great black and white poster of you guys!

I was never a fan. To me, groups like Van Halen were just poor imitations of the Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Cream........

They weren’t anything like those bands. You’re comparing apples to oranges.

Because, [R39], if you haven't yet figured it out, God is a fucking cunt. Something I say to fundies when I've had enough of their fuckery , "You wanna know where God was on 9/11? He was in the cockpit, making sure the hijackers hit the Twin Towers! The sane God YOU pray to,"

I loved Van Halen. Wasn't Eddie a known asshole? Or is that just "haters" talking?

He was great guitarist but he and his brother are/were assholes and treated people horribly. Many in the industry hate them.

That's what I thought. But, the music was still great. RIP.

[quote] I was never a fan. To me, groups like Van Halen were just poor imitations of the Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Cream........

Aren't you so cool?

oh please. they had only 1 or 2 hit songs..."jump", "hot for teacher".

I don't like them.

he went traveled to Germany for treatments for 20 years. What kind of treatment?

Was he what was called Heavy Metal? I was a sensitive gay boy in the early 70s listening to Donovan.

[quote]they had only 1 or 2 hit songs

We ain't talking about diva pop here, who cares how many hits they had? Eddie inspired millions of kids to pick up a guitar.

I hope Wolfie doesn't start to eat his feelings during this difficult time.

Although I was never a fan of his music, I appreciated Eddie's talent as a guitarist. He was also a nice guy; he came to my office a couple of times with his brother Alex, whose toddler I babysat occasionally when I worked Saturday mornings.

Hard Rock , r54.

R49 is right, both Eddie and his brother were known to be assholes even to David Lee Roth. Roth, if you ever seen his video interviews on YT or read his interviews, comes across as an intelligent, kind person. He has had difficulties throughout the years with Eddie, once even saying that Eddie has used his bandmates and the touring/ rock lifestyle to excuse all sorts of shit he did to his marriage and family.

[Quote] He was also a nice guy; he came to my office a couple of times with his brother Alex, whose toddler I babysat occasionally when I worked Saturday mornings.

Sure, Jan.

He apparently dealt with tongue cancer several years back and had part of it removed. But it he was supposedly declared cancer free as much as 10 years ago. Throat cancer may or may not be related to his tongue cancer , but the smoking/vaping he still did sure didn't help.

“Your office,” R57?

And you babysat?

Sure it was “your” office.

No R51, just discerning.

He also played the guitar on this minor college radio hit by Michael Jackson

He was in denial about his cancer being caused by smoking. He claimed it was caused by the metal guitar picks he used to hold in his mouth.

Ain’t Talkin’ About Love is in my top 20.

Panama, Jamie's Crying, Running with the Devil, Dance The Night Away, Right Here Right Now, How Will I Know If It's Love, Love Walks In, Dreams....they had other big songs. I think Dreams was my favorite.

only 1 number 1 hit-"jump"

plus he was an asshole and a stupid cunt...not gonna shed a tear.

He looked so much like Valerie in the 80s.

Valerie has mentioned on her cooking show that Wolfie's big dream was to tour with his father, and I guess he's been doing that for several years. And he has an album now.

From The Hard Times (a music satire site)

Hopefully, this can be included in the funeral program.

I like that r72.

so... Deaddie Van Halen

R53 that worked out so well for me, too.

He and Valerie look like twins.

I was just listening to one of my favorite Van Halen songs a few weeks back on these guys' reaction video. I got caught in a rabbit hole and watched a bunch of their videos. I have HUGE crush on the guy on the right. I want him bad.

Anyway, I hadn't listened to VH in years, but it was good to listen to some old classics. RIP, Eddie.

R68, many in the world mourned when they heard today. No one will miss you.

I am in the industry. I associated with Van Halen many times over the years. The news of Eddie’s death is heartbreaking.

Van Halen gave me a bust of one of their albums and one of their platinum records. I used to see Eddie and Valerie shopping at Ralph’s on Ventura and Coldwater.

This is the end of a rock ‘n’ roll era. I’m actually crying over it. So are my colleagues.

Seriously R79? Jeez...you must be in your 50's, 60's, and lonely.

Child of the 80s here. Van Halen were HUGE back then.

R80 I am rich and privileged.

Eh. I lost all respect for EVH as a musician when I recently learned he used to pay his bass players less than the other members of the band.

Apparently he apologized for it later, but still. what an A-hole.

I loved Eddie's hair back in the day. He seemed to have as much hair, if not more, than Farrah Fawcett.

Are there any pictures of EVH with DL icon Miss Bonnie Franklin? Their paths must have crossed at least a couple of times!

There are better bands out there than van halen.

If you were a white kid in the suburbs back in the 80s, Van Halen was inescapable along with Bon Jovi and Guns N Roses.

Ed and Val never looked alike. You’re blind and very dumb.

They had the same 'do.

ummmm

He was cute, but not hot, when he was younger. He really morphed into a hot daddy in recent years.

I'm sure the infamous murderess Pamela Smart is in deep mourning. She adored heavy metal and Van Halen was one of her favorite bands. She named her pampered little pooch "Halen" after Eddie.

I used to love Van Halen as a teenager. They were huge. The last interview I saw with Eddie. Looked so bad and seemed like he had become such a bitter old man. But he was an amazing guitar player. He will be missed.

That booze sure gave him pig face.

[quote]Ed and Val never looked alike. You’re blind and very dumb.

They looked a lot alike in the 80s.

He and Bon Jovie looked alike.

I love the song, "Summer Nights" - one of the best rock 'n roll songs ever. I would blast it when driving my Pontiac v6 Fiero.

The opening notes of a Van Halen song are like instant time travel to the 1980s. Makes me nostalgic for things I didn’t know I missed. Maybe it’s that feeling of hanging out with friends, drinking warm beer, playing quarters and just being a dumb kid with your whole life still ahead of you.

And yet Dump is still alive and twittering.

My husband grew up in SoCal and they played at one of his school’s dances. He said they were great. This is around 1975/76.

[quote] To me, groups like Van Halen were just poor imitations of the Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Cream........

The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and Cream (Eric Clapton) didn't just pop up out of nowhere. They were all influenced by the blues artists.

Van Halen put their own spin on rock and have a place at the table.

"Jump" is one of those songs that instantly transports me back to my 80s childhood. Some songs are just like that.

Listened to "Runnin' with the Devil" a few times today. I remember liking both the VH 1 and the VH 2 albums. However, sad to say, when I looked at the track list for VH 2, it looks awful. VH 1 (the album) is something I'd still listen to, though.

You old cunts are skipping.

What was on his iPod????

Panama?

What a legend he was. Rip.

[quote] Throat cancer, apparently.

Isn’t that what Michael Douglas got too, from eating too much pussy.

R27 he’s more than just a Wolfe, he’s the whole god damn pack.

Look at his tongue in this pic...and his “shoe”

Michael Douglas was also a long-time smoker.

He was morphing into John Mellencamp, another avid cigarette smoker.

John Cougar Mellencamp has tiny features. Like a little troll.

Did him and David Lee Roth ever make up? Or Sammy Hagar? A lot of tensions in that band.

Dammit Barbara! He got the cancer from eating your pussy!

[quote] He was in denial about his cancer being caused by smoking. He claimed it was caused by the metal guitar picks he used to hold in his mouth.

Yes, that was absolutely ridiculous. I'm sure he stopped using metal picks but kept on smoking.

He was also an incurable alcoholic - which is why Valerie left him.

He drank and smoked heavily for 50 years - it's a wonder he made it this long.

Very self destructive - and he loved Valerie dearly. It was so upsetting to see the sweetheart couple breakup.

People mag article, Valerie's statement.

I didnt know he played the guitar on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Bad".

He is now playing for the Lord.

[quote]#RIP Eddie Van Halen ... Here's the U.S. Senate watching Van Halen music video "Hot for Teacher" during Sept. 19, 1995, hearing on Rock Lyrics labelling. - Howard Mortman

Surely his family life wasn’t as turbulent as Sparkles’ is. She’s dreadful. I hate her.

There was a thread on here a while ago on the best covers — close to if not 100 percent of mine would be VH. They did the best covers of any group I can think of and often blew away the original.

He’s been sick for a long ass time but I was still shocked to see the headline. It’s a big loss.

And Kieth Richards is still alive.

God has so much to answer for.

And Kieth Richards is still alive.

God has so much to answer for.

Everyone's reacting online including Sammy Hagar. Why is David Lee Roth silent and seething?

^ Girl, please...

R115 Not so ridiculous. In the '20s, the Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. The women had been told the paint was harmless and subsequently ingested deadly cancer-causing amounts of radium after being instructed to "point" their brushes on their lips in order to give them a fine tip.

[quote]many in the world mourned when they heard today. No one will miss you.

I don't understand being so emotionally attached to a celebrity that you'd say something like this. It's pathetic. Especially on a board that is very explicitly designed to bring out the cunt in everyone. That's what Datalounge is.

If you need a safe space to process your grief over some celebrity then you probably should go elsewhere.

Didn't he kick the other guitarist out of the band so his son could take his place ? Or did the son eat him ?

[quote] You old cunts are skipping.

At our age we can’t skip. Might bust a hip.

Wow, he still had a tight bod in R126's pic.

r129, the bassist.

[quote] Here's the U.S. Senate watching Van Halen music video "Hot for Teacher" during Sept. 19, 1995, hearing on Rock Lyrics labelling. - Howard Mortman

I wish one of those Senators would've slapped his knee and said out loud "Fuuuck, that is some hot shit!"

R132 wasn’t this 1985 not 1995?

[quote] You old cunts are skipping.

You’re the cunt. Join us or die!

He was an amazing guitarist.

[quote]He was also an incurable alcoholic - which is why Valerie left him.

I thought it was because of his drug use.

Phenomenal talent. He remarried a few years ago.

Eddie Van Halen’s wildest rock star moments: Cocaine, guns and sex

While performing onstage with his namesake band, Eddie Van Halen was famous for flying through their air, legs splayed, slashing out stinging riffs on his customized Stratocaster.

If fans wondered where the energy came from, they only needed to look on top of his amplifier cabinet where, according to a story in the Daily Mail, he routinely laid out lines of cocaine. Snorts of powder kept him supercharged for the group’s high-energy performances. Just to make sure he had what he needed, Eddie reportedly aligned himself with a globetrotting drug dealer who’d fly anywhere in the world with a supply of top-notch Peruvian blow.

The beloved rock legend died October 6 at 65 after a long battle with cancer.

To those who loved the band, Eddie’s onstage playing was legendary. But to those who worked with him and knew him best, it’s what happened offstage that remains truly unforgettable. Just ask Fred Durst. In 2001, as chronicled in the book “Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days and Nights with the Genius of Eddie Van Halen,” Eddie engaged in an aborted jam session with the Limp Bizkit frontman. For some reason, Eddie happened to leave his equipment behind. When Durst was slow to return the gear, Eddie took matters into his own hands.

According to the book, Eddie hopped into an assault vehicle he somehow owned and drove to Durst’s home. Shirtless, gun in hand, hair up in a samurai bun, he knocked on the door. According to author Andrew Bennett, Eddie told him, “That a - - hole answered the door. I put my gun to that stupid f - - king red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my s - - t, motherf - - ker?’ That f - - king guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my s - - t.”

The book maintained that Eddie kept a pistol pressed to Durst’s head as the musical equipment was loaded into Eddie’s military-surplus vehicle.

But Eddie — whose usually trashed home-studio was named 5150, referring to the section of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code which allows a police officer to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger — was unpredictable.

There was the concert appearance when he was about to get onstage with Sharpie scribblings inexplicably all over his face and chest. Fortunately, an aid helped him to wash off the ink before he hit the footlights and embarrassed himself. And there was the night he showed up at bandmate Sammy Hagar’s oceanfront home at 2:30 in the morning, blitzed out of his mind, bottle of Jack Daniels in hand, demanding that they write a song together. Hagar — who replaced David Lee Roth as Van Halen’s vocalist in 1985, after Eddie tracked him down through an auto mechanic they both used — recounted that tale, as well as his betrothed’s chagrin over the unexpected visit, in his memoir “Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock.” He added that Eddie’s then-wife Valerie Bertinelli — the two married in 1981, soon after she first spotted him on the back of a Van Halen album cover — had tossed Eddie from their home for the night.

But plenty of weird things happened with Eddie. Like the time a woman filed a paternity suit against him. Eddie shrugged it off, insisting that their sexual relations all took place in his car on the Pacific Coast Highway and were strictly oral. “You know how I like a pretty face in my crotch,” he allegedly told Van Halen road manager Noel Monk, author of “Runnin’ With the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen.” Even Eddie could not impregnate a woman via her mouth. The suit was tossed.

Hopefully, however, Eddie was driving somewhere close to the speed limit when the deeds went down. He and Hagar were both car fanatics and enjoyed racing their pricy Italian autos. Recalling what transpired after recording sessions, Hagar wrote about the bandmates blazing down LA roadways at speeds of 150 miles per hour.

Better, perhaps, with cars than with people, Eddie was not the easiest person in relationships. His bouts with former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth were legendary. A vexed Eddie once whipped a glass bowl of guacamole at the head of Roth. And he didn’t exactly give Bertinelli the kid-glove treatment either. When she joined him on one of the band’s tours, Eddie reportedly had her sleep in an adjoining bedroom, so that he could stay up all night with his booze, cocaine and guitar.

According to Monk’s book, after the solo music-making, he’d settle in with the road manager, lay his head upon Monk’s shoulder, tell him how much he loved him and doze off like a baby with a bottle of vodka pressed up against his lips.

If Eddie was selfish with his time, the same could not be said for his drugs — “Ed likes me skinny,” Bertinelli reportedly told Monk’s fiancée to account for her dips into Eddie’s cocaine supply — and his body. In his book, Monk wrote that Eddie had been banging a smorgasbord of groupies every night prior to Bertinelli’s arrival on the tour.

But, of course, girls were easy to come by and often got treated disrespectfully. In his book, Monk recounted the night that Eddie and his bandmates had a willing fan lay naked in bed so that they could cover her in condiments — and they did.

But the wild lifestyle took its toll on the great guitarist. He wound up needing a hip replacement in 1999 and became alarmingly skinny following his diagnosis of throat cancer in 2000.

Hagar wrote about the six-string maestro being addicted to cigarettes and alcohol while battling the disease that landed in his throat and killed him. According to Hagar, in the early 2000s, many of Eddie’s teeth were missing and the ones that remained had turned black. Hagar attributes that to Eddie’s habit of drinking rotgut wine directly from the bottle.

When Hagar suggested that Van Halen use a glass, the guitarist hoisted his bottle and cheekily replied, “It’s in a glass.”

Portions of his tongue had been cut off, leaving Eddie speaking with a lisp. As Hagar wrote in his book, “He told me he cured himself [of cancer] by having pieces of his tongue liquefied and injected into his body. He also told me that when he had his hip replacement, he stayed awake through the operation and helped the doctor drill the hole. What a fruitcake.”

It’s tough to dispute the weirdness, wildness and extremeness of Eddie Van Halen — qualities that came through in his guitar virtuosity and in his lifestyle — but, today, it’s better to remember him by the memorial that Hagar posted to Twitter. Above a photo of the two, happily buddied up together on a jet, the vocalist wrote, “Heartbroken and speechless. My love to the family.”

R52 You are so ignorant. Why talk about things you know absolutely nothing about? Oh, because you like to hear yourself talk. Why not do the world a favor and shut the fuck up for awhile?

[quote] He was also an incurable alcoholic - which is why Valerie left him.

[quote] I thought it was because of his drug use.

After watching many episodes of "Intervention" and from personal experience, alcohol is bad enough.

Has Boyd Gaines released a statement?

wife looks like a man!----------------

Eddie Van Halen’s wife Janie Liszewski breaks silence after his death

Janie Liszewski posted a moving Instagram tribute to her late husband and Van Halen guitarist Wednesday: “My heart and soul have been shattered into a million pieces,” she wrote. “I never knew it was possible to cry so many tears or feel such incredible sadness.

“Our journey together has not always been an easy one but in the end and always we have a connection and love that will always be. Saying goodbye is the hardest thing I have ever had to do so instead I say so long, I will see you again soon in a place with no pain or sorrow.”

Liszewski, a stuntwoman-turned-publicist, married Van Halen in 2009. Her heartfelt note comes amid an outpouring of online support following her husband’s untimely passing.

One of the tributes was posted by his ex-wife, 60-year-old Valerie Bertinelli, who was married to the “Runnin’ With the Devil” rocker from 1981 to 2007. She shared a family photo on Instagram, captioned “40 years ago my life changed forever when I met you.”

Van Halen bandmates David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar — who replaced singer Roth in Van Halen in 1985 — also took to Twitter to celebrate their late colleague’s legendary life and career.

Tributes poured in from other rock legends as well, including from Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The rock ‘n’ roll world wasn’t the only one heartbroken over the loss of the iconic songwriter and guitarist. Patton Oswalt, Piers Morgan, Dane Cook, Jimmy Kimmel, designer Kenneth Cole and many more offered their condolences.

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Anyone who pulls a gun on Fred Durst is a hero in my book.

David Lee Roth needs to come out and say something. Or he's going to look like a total asshole. They fought a lot on that reunion show. He needs to forget about the past and just remember that they were once friends.

Are you okay? He did say something.

Can someone explain why David Lee Roth left Van Halen?

He and David Lee Roth clashed because Eddie was annoyed by DLR’s constant mugging, and talking and goofy/childish antics—he was exhausting to be around off stage. Eddie was more about the music and was reserved.

[quote] David Lee Roth needs to come out and say something. Or he's going to look like a total asshole. They fought a lot on that reunion show. He needs to forget about the past and just remember that they were once friends.

IMO, if someone doesn't want to comment on the death of someone they had feuds with, that's okay.

Breaking up was still stupid as hell. They were at the very pinnacle of success when they did it! (And don't tell me about Sammy. You know it was never the same.) Yes, I'm sure Roth was annoying and exhausting AF, but he has to be seen through a historical lens, as a performer in the long tradition of Jewish-American entertainment. He is a vaudevillian born in the wrong era; he doesn't know how to quit. The show must always go on, and you gotta keep 'em laughing.

But one thing I've always wondered about is the incredibly fit body DLR had back in the day. People didn't really "work out" then. Sure, he was hyper, and very active on stage, but is that really enough to get a body like that? I wonder if he went to the gym, too.

Roth's mugging and bouncing were what made him seem fun!

That's the thing, hard rock bands aren't usually fun, however awesome they may be they all take themselves very seriously. Roth's playfulness made Van Halen the FUN hard rock band, really made them stand out in the early 80s when videos were just coming in. Eddie probably wanted to take himself totally seriously and be worshipped, the dick.

To the was a rock climber. Those guys are fit.

I agree that Van Halen wasn’t the same or better without Roth.

Definitely wasn't the same after Roth left. He was such a fun personality, the public definitely loved him. Stupid to kick him out of the band.

Was Roth kicked out, or did he think that he'd be better off as a solo artist?

Ruth was both sexy and fun, the sort of guy you'd love to both screw and hang out with. Is it true that he's gay, and all those girls he had around were just for show? I admit the show convinced me at the time.

That's what I want to know, R156. I grew up with David Lee Roth being a huge star and sex symbol. There were always rumors about his sexuality even though he tried to come across as a hyper-sexual hetero.

I've always heard that Eddie and Alex Van Halen were a combined force. Yes, they created the band and the band bore their name. However, seemed like it was my (their) way or the highway.

Even Michael Anthony (bassist) got squeezed out of the band.

Sammy Hagar, same thing.

The only one who didn't get forced out was Wolfgang ... a family member.

I thought Hagar was still their front man when they toured? Or have they had a series of breakups with him, too?

Yes, off and on with Hagar as well. Sammy Hagar seems happy and healthy. SH says they were on good terms when EVH died. (SH last toured with VH ~ 2005.)

DLR got a big head and thought he’d be successful solo. But his career turned into shit. He was a great front man for the band and I’m glad I got to see them in their early heyday.

I heard from a friend that was in a detox center and seen DLR there. They started talking and part of the conversation DLR said that he had sex with a lot of women in his time and wonder how would it be like of having sex with a man. Nothing happen was just talk. This was like 30 years ago. This friend was 21 at that time, 6'4 dirty blonde and surfer type body.

Eddie was so cute, like his name. Eddie! He had a great smile. I wasn't into that kind of rock but that band sounded great. Showmen!

Eddie Van Halen once held a gun to Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst’s head following a jam session – that is, according to a new book by filmmaker and author Andrew Bennett.

The book, Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days and Nights with the Genius of Eddie Van Halen, chronicles Bennett’s time with the electric guitar player in 2006 and 2007, when he was filming and photographing Van Halen at Eddie’s 5150 home studio to document the band’s reunion tour.

The Durst shenanigans took place several years earlier, when Eddie and Fred were introduced at a party shortly after Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland’s exit from the band. After it was suggested they work together, Durst, according to Bennett, responded that it “would be hilarious. The greatest guitar player ever plays with the worst band ever.”

Eddie did indeed go on to jam with Limp Bizkit at a house in Beverly Hills, but abruptly split the session after people there began smoking pot, leaving his guitar and amp behind. Bennett recounted Eddie saying the experience was like being "a scholar amongst kindergartners."

Things went even further south when Eddie tried contacting Durst the next day to retrieve his gear, and received no reply.

“Eddie once bought an assault vehicle from a military auction,” Bennett writes, via Ultimate Classic Rock. “It has a shine gun mount on the back and is not legal. Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in.

“He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand.”

Bennett says he recalls Eddie telling him, “That asshole answered the door. I put my gun to that stupid fucking red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my shit, motherfucker?’ That fucking guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my shit.”

He continues, “Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”

In 2018, Eddie Van Halen launched legal action against Bennett, accusing him of trying to release video material of Van Halen without permission.

King of the Bedroom Guitarists.

Sammy Hagar on Eddie, several years ago.

Many people are surprised to learn that Van Halen was Eurasian. Apparently he gave interviews, which you can easily find online, where he reflected on racism in the Netherlands and why the family immigrated to the US.

I vaguely recall that EDH had some Asian heritage but was not aware his mother was Indonesian, I had assumed it was a more distant ancestry.

Eddie’s not dead. He went back to 1921 to become Valerie Bertinelli’s grandfather.

Here's one of Valerie's Indonesian recipes that she got from her former mother-in-law.

[quote]Remembering Eddie Van Halen: watch the rock guitarist’s 20 greatest licks, from Jump to Beat It and Right Now

Big dutch dick and Indonesian dick genes averaged out nicely.

Van Halen said his mother was treated as a second class citizen in Holland, and he and his brothers were called half-breeds. The decision to move to the US stemmed from the treatment they got in his father's homeland. From the linked article:

"Eugenia was treated as a "second-class citizen," Van Halen said in an interview in 2017 with music journalist Denise Quan for Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The family packed up and left for the U.S. in 1962, making the trek by boat for nine days, before settling in the Pasadena, California, area.

Their early days in the U.S. were difficult, Van Halen told Quan. The family lived in a house shared with two other families. While his mother worked as a maid, his father picked up a job as a janitor and also maintained a music career. The environment at the time wasn't particularly inviting to the young immigrants, and Van Halen described his first day of school as "absolutely frightening."

"We already went through that in Holland, you know, first day, first grade. Now, you're in a whole other country where you can't speak the language, and you know absolutely nothing about anything and it was beyond frightening," he said. "I don't even know how to explain but I think it made us stronger because you had to be."

He told Quan that the school he attended at the time was still segregated and that because he couldn't speak the language, he was considered a "minority" student.

"My first friends in America were Black," Eddie told the journalist. "It was actually the white people that were the bullies. They would tear up my homework and papers, make me eat playground sand, all those things, and the Black kids stuck up for me."

In spite of the racism and discrimination he faced, Van Halen told Quan that looking back on his life, he was grateful for his experience as an immigrant."

[quote]why the family immigrated to the US.

Oh, dear!

Eddie live in 1986. Absolutely amazing:

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