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I believe the medical community unanimously agrees that hroat cancers are due to heavy drinking and smoking. My father had laryngeal cancer a couple of years ago and his doctors told him the same (he was in the army for a number of years and spent most of the time drinking and smoking).Though he was a heavy smoker for years, he believes he developed throat cancer from a metal guitar pick he used to frequently hold in his mouth more than 20 years ago.
Great Post.With the uprising of rock in the 60's the guitar, with Jimi at the forefront, became the instrument you had to play if you wanted to be a rock god. You didn't have to be a part of the backing band any more. You could be loud, wild and make noise to your heart's desire, to the point where guitar solos became expected in every rock song. Most importantly, there was no rulebook as long as the sounds meant something.
Less than 10 years after the first pioneer of rock guitar passed Eddie released arguably the greatest guitar instrumental ever recorded. There are few watershed moments in guitar playing that rival the release of Van Halen in '78. Hearing Eruption for the first time still blows peoples' minds to this day. It's hard to comprehend just how big that quantum leap was for guitar players. With the release of one instrumental less than two minutes long the game was changed forever, and every guitar hero that came after had to emulate Eddie's speed and technique to be relevant. You can listen to pretty much any metal guitar solo from 1980 until the present day and most of what you hear will in some way be connected to what Eddie started with Van Halen's debut record.
His beginnings make it even more impressive, but in a way also completely understandable, that he got so good. His famous Frankenstrat guitar was banged together using bits and pieces scavenged from various music shops and guitar manufacturers. The body wasn't even going to be used initially because of knots in the wood. With a makeshift guitar and no money for extra gear he developed a style and sound that was so utterly groundbreaking. Eddie Van Halen is the result of a combination of obsession, dedication, creativity and talent that comes along once in a lifetime.
As a guitar player myself it's hard to put into words how much I respect and appreciate what done for both the instrument and rock and metal in general. Even beyond his own music, a huge portion of the other bands I listen to owe their existence to Van Halen's influence. He was the greatest guitar player and innovator on the planet by a huge margin when he was still alive, and in my opinion second only to Jimi in the all-time hierarchy of guitar greatness. This one hits hard.
RIP to a legend.
Great tribute.With the uprising of rock in the 60's the guitar, with Jimi at the forefront, became the instrument you had to play if you wanted to be a rock god. You didn't have to be a part of the backing band any more. You could be loud, wild and make noise to your heart's desire, to the point where guitar solos became expected in every rock song. Most importantly, there was no rulebook as long as the sounds meant something.
Less than 10 years after the first pioneer of rock guitar passed Eddie released arguably the greatest guitar instrumental ever recorded. There are few watershed moments in guitar playing that rival the release of Van Halen in '78. Hearing Eruption for the first time still blows peoples' minds to this day. It's hard to comprehend just how big that quantum leap was for guitar players. With the release of one instrumental less than two minutes long the game was changed forever, and every guitar hero that came after had to emulate Eddie's speed and technique to be relevant. You can listen to pretty much any metal guitar solo from 1980 until the present day and most of what you hear will in some way be connected to what Eddie started with Van Halen's debut record.
His beginnings make it even more impressive, but in a way also completely understandable, that he got so good. His famous Frankenstrat guitar was banged together using bits and pieces scavenged from various music shops and guitar manufacturers. The body wasn't even going to be used initially because of knots in the wood. With a makeshift guitar and no money for extra gear he developed a style and sound that was so utterly groundbreaking. Eddie Van Halen is the result of a combination of obsession, dedication, creativity and talent that comes along once in a lifetime.
As a guitar player myself it's hard to put into words how much I respect and appreciate what done for both the instrument and rock and metal in general. Even beyond his own music, a huge portion of the other bands I listen to owe their existence to Van Halen's influence. He was the greatest guitar player and innovator on the planet by a huge margin when he was still alive, and in my opinion second only to Jimi in the all-time hierarchy of guitar greatness. This one hits hard.
RIP to a legend.
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