[Alfcarguy]

I heard that the orginal Van Halen was going to get back together.

[allthumbs]

Again.lol. With the poor shape Eddies in .That would be pretty sad.

[WernHalen]

Think they would still make good music though... hopefully arthritis has not set in completely...

[allthumbs]

Originally Posted by WernHalen

Think they would still make good music though... hopefully arthritis has not set in completely...

It is more the drugs and booze. Eddie looks like he's 60.

[LeeB]

Not sure how long the band, or anyone for that matter, could stand David Lee Roth

[highway_star]

They already had one attempt at it and it fell apart - I think Roth and Eddie have a bit of a Gillan-Blackmore thing about them.

Eddie has even more than drugs and booze to worry over. He fell victim to mouth cancer (been a smoker since he was a young lad) - of the tongue and has been through the mill as you can imagine, on top of his alcoholism!

I understand that even after his operation for cancer he still continued to smoke!
it appears though that he is on the mend

[allthumbs]

Originally Posted by highway_star

They already had one attempt at it and it fell apart - I think Roth and Eddie have a bit of a Gillan-Blackmore thing about them.

Eddie has even more than drugs and booze to worry over. He fell victim to mouth cancer (been a smoker since he was a young lad) - of the tongue and has been through the mill as you can imagine, on top of his alcoholism!

I understand that even after his operation for cancer he still continued to smoke!
it appears though that he is on the mend

His wife finaly left him acouple of years ago just to add more to the mess that is his life.

[justpickin]

Originally Posted by allthumbs

Again.lol. With the poor shape Eddies in .That would be pretty sad.

Here is Eddie at this years Academy Awards;

[Garry]

Originally Posted by justpickin

Here is Eddie at this years Academy Awards;

Ahhhhh, c'mon man...he's eyeing up that wall of Marshall's he's gonna be doing his jumping mid-air splits off of,while neck-tapping Eruption before he hits the ground.... he's holding his teeth in hand, just to be on the safe side.

[coldethyl]

I just find it so sad to look at the above picture and then I remember how happy and fit he looked on those Live Van Halen concert dvd's I have.

Now he looks about 70 let alone 60.

It's a good lesson to all those aspiring rock guitar gods out there not to mix booze etc with music.

Neil

[coldethyl]

Actually while we're on the subject of Eddie Van Halen, a friend of mine who is a guitar teacher related to me an interesting tid bit of info regarding the man himself (EVH)

My friend told me that when Van Halen toured here a few years back, he was lucky enough to go back stage to meet the blessed one.

Prior to actually meeting him, my friend said he was pulled aside by one of Eddie's bodyguards and explicitly ordered that when Eddie reaches to shake his hand that he is to grab Eddie's hand very gently and not to squeeze Ed's hand too hard.

Reason: Eddie's hand is insured for millions of dollars and he didn't want anyone damaging the use of his hand.

Nevertheless, my friend gladly complied and met Eddie, gently shaking his golden hand and now has a great memory to go with it.

Neil

[6string]

Originally Posted by justpickin

Here is Eddie at this years Academy Awards;

That's not really Eddie is it???????????????????????????????

[Clancy]

Originally Posted by coldethyl

Prior to actually meeting him, my friend said he was pulled aside by one of Eddie's bodyguards and explicitly ordered that when Eddie reaches to shake his hand that he is to grab Eddie's hand very gently and not to squeeze Ed's hand too hard.

I hear that Eddie didn't know anything about this and was often overheard saying "What is the world coming to these days?... it seems that everyone I meet has a really weak handshake".

Clancy

[6string]

I bet he could use that as a pick and still sound awesum

[6string]

now that's a song you can really sink your teeth into lol