You have to realize this was back when bands such as Foreigner, Styx and Kansas were doing their thing. Along comes this mental case and blows the doors off - everything..
I wonder what the reaction was in the control room when the kids from Pasadena came into Sunset Sound for the first time. I mean, those guys had worked with everybody. And, here, this alien lands in their studio.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard Van Halen. I was 7 years old sitting in the back of my brother’s VW Bug while he was blasting Eruption. It totally changed my life.
I’ve been listening to these parts for about 45 years now and I still can’t figure out how he came up with them. He was so far ahead of every other rock guitarist at the time that it’s like he was from another planet.
That was the thing about Edward. He could play the most insanely progressive runs and chord structures and STILL make non-progressive listeners really understand and love what he was trying to do. In my opinion, that was his greatest talent. Rare, RARE gift.
theres nothing "progressive" about this, its pentatonic lol.... like all of it. EVH is incredible, no ones out here hating on that, but this isnt some lydian neo classic bit hes performing. Its blues amped up, and *plenty* of people were doing it. Now, moving that pentatonic riff into a pop song digestible by millions? Thats another thing entirely! Yes, a rare gift.
@autobcs2667 Exactly! It's in HIS music. What most guitar players miss when trying to copy him is they/ME play with too much gain..EVH played mostly clean, just natural tube break up...
Saw VH open for Sabbath in '78 - first concert. With all the great blessings I've had in my life that concert still ranks in the top 10 days of my life :)
@@jimgodofbiscuitsWhere did you see them? I saw that show at the Philly Spectrum. Just right place at the right time. Never saw Zep though. Tickets were being announced when Bonham died. Saw Rush at the Spectrum that night, quite eerie.
@@donkost I was 17 and just finding out about concerts. Country boy. My buddy and i took a bus to the Erie County field house in Erie PA. 3500 capacity minor league hockey venue. General admission. No security there in those days. It was a large hotbox and pretty easy to get close to the stage. We stepped over some kid in his new sabbath shirt (i remember they only had light blue and brown there) passed out on the floor in his own vomit, bottle still in hand. The stage there not as big as the spectrum for sure but Ozzy seemed mentally there that night and VH blew the roof off the place. That small venue got most big name bands cause it had direct access off I-90 between Cleveland and Buffalo. Saw later VH shows at the old Buffalo Memorial Auditorium "the Aud" as it was called, where Sabres played. That's gone now with a new arena in Buffalo.
What an insane tone and the baddest rock player and RHYTHM player (let alone lead) to ever touch guitar. Simple yet creative. Unassuming yet monstrous. All inclusive.
Everytime I sit and listen to Van Halen Im just in awe. Vocals are POWERFUL, Drums are crisp and groovy, and Eddie, I mean I don’t have the proper words to describe what he did while on this earth. The facts that this albumis VH’s 1st is crazy. How do you have a generational record as your 1st. And then just absolutely kicked ass while you could.
We will never see another like him, for me to grow up listening to him was a privilege, the greatest there’ll ever be, thank you for your genius Eddie 🤘🏻🤘🏻
There are many LIKE him now, but we will never see another guitar player push the limits and create an entirely new style and way of playing again. Eddie was the most influential rock guitars in history. A lot of people can play like him but there's only one original.
@@neillenet291 There are many that can play like him, but few are successful. I've only heard one one or two who can play with the timing and feel Eddie had. 99.99% of people who play Eddie's music, note for note, sound cheap and generic.
You can tell he was pushing the front end his amp with that 10 band EQ. That ain’t no plexi straight-in. That thing sounds like it was getting ready to EXPLODE. Another thing to note, this is very similar to boosted tones you hear today.
True. I had a 1970 100 watt metal panel JMP but basically same internals as an early 1969 plexi that was cascaded gain modded. It didn’t sound like this. It was more along the lines of early 80’s Sabbath. More midrange, not as bright.
nope, the EQ pedal was elsewhere. If you'd like to go over how this setup ACTUALLY was, lemme know, its a reasonably long conversation but its one Im super willing to go over it. To whet your whistle, Im gonna leave you with this thought -> Have you ever played guitar with a delay pedal? Have you played guitar with a delay front in front of an overdriven amp? It sounds like absolute trash (oscillations and feedback is uncontrollable)...however... EVH magically makes a delay pedal work on his overdriven lead tones.... Theres a fair amount to this, its genius for the time, and he absolutely lied through his teeth about it lol.
This has got to be the single best example of what heavy metal is. So way ahead of its time. The tone is one of a kind. Edward was simply the best musician in our modern times.
My God, There's guitar greats and then there's... Eddie Van Halen. Where his mind went when creating solos, riffs and songs is far beyond what an ordinary musical mind is capable of. GOAT
When VH1 was released, the radio hits at the time were bands like Dan Fogelberg, Air Supply, and other soft shit like that. When they played "Runnin' with the Devil", it was a shocking contrast to say the least.
I don't know how old yall are. I remember the first time eruption was played on kjrb fm 103 in Spokane Washington. I remember standing in my room with my mouth open thinking what the hell was that. I called the dj and asked him to play that again. I guess I was not the only one because about a half hour later he played it again. The concept of rock and roll changed that day. Before that moment had Boston with the best sound around. After that every guitar player in every band on the planet had to figure out how to actually make it screem or you were in the dust.
In '78' when VH came out the guitar sound on that album was just blistering. Unlike anything else out there. UFO & Scorpions hadn't become as well known yet.
@gerioux I don't think Eddie ever used a tube screamer. It was mainly distortion from his amp's gain settings. A distortion pedal would probably get closer to his tone than a tube screamer. It depends on your guitar and amplifier however. He used an EQ to boost certain frequencies as well, depending on what guitar he used as well.
Eddie had so many tricks, slick techniques, speedy playing, innovative usage of hammerons and tapping, things he never said he invented to you critics who say that stuff. And those are all fantastic and part of his overall repertoire. But when you hear the isolated guitar tracks you fully can appreciate that he was just an amazingly rhythmic guitar player. This seems to be the biggest compliment that other great guitar players like to mention and focus on with Eddie. I love his rhythm guitar parts.
The magic in those hands. Got chills listening to this. Could listen to these raw tracks all day. Thank you for all the music and memories Eddie. RIP. 🔥🤘🏻❤️
UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE THE PROGRESSIONS THIS GUY CAME UP WITH IN LATE 70'S. 3 DECADES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. NEVER LOSES IT'S SHOCK EFFECT. SHOCKINGLY EXCELLENT. "IN ROCK HISTORY, THERE HAVE BEEN 2 GAME CHANGERS ON ROCK GUITAR. THE FIRST WAS JIMI HENDRIX, THE SECOND WAS EDDIE VAN HALEN. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A 3RD ONE." - STEVE VAI
If your a guitar player like me you can tell when he engages the Phase 90 and stomps on the Flanger pedal and the Phase 90 he probably has the knob all the way turned up or almost all the way!! I got the EVH Phase 90 and it's awesome but I don't have a Flanger Pedal
Eddie is a musical genius. Only he was able to bring out all these creative, crazy, beautiful sounds from the guitar and fits it perfectly with groove and soul into every part a song. That's Genius! I salu 1:07 te the man.
I'm a player. I own a Spark amp. I get a kick out of people's uploads into the tone cloud, because they add all kinds of echo and reverb, among other things, to get the sound he went after. Other than the spots where he's obviously using a flanger, he doesn't even have reverb going, and his sound is incredible. Just a great, dry tone. It's a sound that anyone with an old Marshall can get, but they won't sound like him anyway, lol.
They HAD to have known what a masterpiece they were recording. I remember listening to this record for the first time, and every goddamn song was better than the last. Still true......
You nailed the tone and sound on this video great I always want the sound more than the complete riff leaving improve individual spectrum agrochemicals. Very cool vids.thanks
id have killed for these isolated tracks as a child hahaha. I used to use a tape player thing; I broke the top so I could lift the player without stopping the tape; and then Id press on the reel to slow it down and it would play parts back slower and I would scribble down notes on a pad and then go back and do it again and again again again.... lol. Sometimes things get lost that way, like the "fast" part for the phaser intro isnt him just rubbing his hands on the strings real fast, its a delay pedal haha. hes clicking it on and off. Shit like that. Very cool
The impact van halen made cannot be denied. F'kn raw, loud, and nasty. Eddie was the original innovator. He ushered in a rad new way of playing guitar, and pretty much revolutionized rock n roll at the time. R.I.P. King Edward.
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You have to realize this was back when bands such as Foreigner, Styx and Kansas were doing their thing.
Along comes this mental case and blows the doors off - everything..
Well, ….he was known to frequent Bellevue Mental Ward for a little rest & relaxation 😂😂
@@hazor777
..when visiting New York..
@@RSTI191Or Moncton New Brunswick 😂
I wonder what the reaction was in the control room when the kids from Pasadena came into Sunset Sound for the first time. I mean, those guys had worked with everybody. And, here, this alien lands in their studio.
@@e.l.norton
Good point.
Wish I was a fly on the wall for that one..
Dude was 21-22 when he put this down. Mind blowing
The chords. Not just standard majors or minors. Added 9ths, sus chords and other fkd up shit. Brilliant
I’ll never forget the first time I heard Van Halen. I was 7 years old sitting in the back of my brother’s VW Bug while he was blasting Eruption. It totally changed my life.
Still mind-blowing 45 years later. All that guitar in one pass. Genius.
Atomic Punk and On Fire absolutely my favorite Van Halen songs.
they opened with On Fire in 1981 L.A. Forum. my 1st concert! Never forget!
I’ve been listening to these parts for about 45 years now and I still can’t figure out how he came up with them. He was so far ahead of every other rock guitarist at the time that it’s like he was from another planet.
That was the thing about Edward. He could play the most insanely progressive runs and chord structures and STILL make non-progressive listeners really understand and love what he was trying to do. In my opinion, that was his greatest talent. Rare, RARE gift.
theres nothing "progressive" about this, its pentatonic lol.... like all of it. EVH is incredible, no ones out here hating on that, but this isnt some lydian neo classic bit hes performing. Its blues amped up, and *plenty* of people were doing it. Now, moving that pentatonic riff into a pop song digestible by millions? Thats another thing entirely! Yes, a rare gift.
It's not what he could play, it's what he created. Genius level stuff.
EXACTLY...what he created!!!
His playing first, then his songwriting, then all the innovations he did for guitars in general... then we all realized he was a Mozart.
Best noises anywhere. Always.
💯
@autobcs2667 Exactly! It's in HIS music. What most guitar players miss when trying to copy him is they/ME play with too much gain..EVH played mostly clean, just natural tube break up...
1977 and the guitar sounds massive 👌
2023 and the guitar sounds massive 🤘
Saw VH open for Sabbath in '78 - first concert.
With all the great blessings I've had in my life that concert still ranks in the top 10 days of my life :)
@@jimgodofbiscuitsWhere did you see them? I saw that show at the Philly Spectrum. Just right place at the right time. Never saw Zep though. Tickets were being announced when Bonham died. Saw Rush at the Spectrum that night, quite eerie.
@@donkost I was 17 and just finding out about concerts. Country boy. My buddy and i took a bus to the Erie County field house in Erie PA. 3500 capacity minor league hockey venue. General admission. No security there in those days. It was a large hotbox and pretty easy to get close to the stage. We stepped over some kid in his new sabbath shirt (i remember they only had light blue and brown there) passed out on the floor in his own vomit, bottle still in hand. The stage there not as big as the spectrum for sure but Ozzy seemed mentally there that night and VH blew the roof off the place. That small venue got most big name bands cause it had direct access off I-90 between Cleveland and Buffalo. Saw later VH shows at the old Buffalo Memorial Auditorium "the Aud" as it was called, where Sabres played. That's gone now with a new arena in Buffalo.
What an insane tone and the baddest rock player and RHYTHM player (let alone lead) to ever touch guitar. Simple yet creative. Unassuming yet monstrous. All inclusive.
Unassuming yet monstrous. Bravo.
Everytime I sit and listen to Van Halen Im just in awe. Vocals are POWERFUL, Drums are crisp and groovy, and Eddie, I mean I don’t have the proper words to describe what he did while on this earth. The facts that this albumis VH’s 1st is crazy. How do you have a generational record as your 1st. And then just absolutely kicked ass while you could.
We will never see another like him, for me to grow up listening to him was a privilege, the greatest there’ll ever be, thank you for your genius Eddie 🤘🏻🤘🏻
There are many LIKE him now, but we will never see another guitar player push the limits and create an entirely new style and way of playing again. Eddie was the most influential rock guitars in history. A lot of people can play like him but there's only one original.
@@neillenet291 man like him? like who?
@@n3tfury LOL
@@neillenet291 There are many that can play like him, but few are successful. I've only heard one one or two who can play with the timing and feel Eddie had. 99.99% of people who play Eddie's music, note for note, sound cheap and generic.
You can tell he was pushing the front end his amp with that 10 band EQ. That ain’t no plexi straight-in. That thing sounds like it was getting ready to EXPLODE.
Another thing to note, this is very similar to boosted tones you hear today.
True. I had a 1970 100 watt metal panel JMP but basically same internals as an early 1969 plexi that was cascaded gain modded. It didn’t sound like this. It was more along the lines of early 80’s Sabbath. More midrange, not as bright.
Eddies is a 68 with some weird components little softer and brighter tad fuzzier.
@@totc6196 Yes, pretty different. The one Pete Thorn has is more like Eddie’s, brighter and fuzzier.
@@rjo8500yeah the 12,000s are looser and round plus the 50k mid pot and the 4 ohm negative feedback tap.
nope, the EQ pedal was elsewhere. If you'd like to go over how this setup ACTUALLY was, lemme know, its a reasonably long conversation but its one Im super willing to go over it.
To whet your whistle, Im gonna leave you with this thought -> Have you ever played guitar with a delay pedal? Have you played guitar with a delay front in front of an overdriven amp? It sounds like absolute trash (oscillations and feedback is uncontrollable)...however... EVH magically makes a delay pedal work on his overdriven lead tones....
Theres a fair amount to this, its genius for the time, and he absolutely lied through his teeth about it lol.
This has got to be the single best example of what heavy metal is. So way ahead of its time. The tone is one of a kind. Edward was simply the best musician in our modern times.
He set the world on fire!!!
THROWWWW YOUR HEADPHONES OHWAHHHN…..
Heaven must have one hell of a band
My God, There's guitar greats and then there's... Eddie Van Halen. Where his mind went when creating solos, riffs and songs is far beyond what an ordinary musical mind is capable of.
GOAT
When VH1 was released, the radio hits at the time were bands like Dan Fogelberg, Air Supply, and other soft shit like that. When they played "Runnin' with the Devil", it was a shocking contrast to say the least.
It was a shot in the arm!!!!!!
I don't know how old yall are. I remember the first time eruption was played on kjrb fm 103 in Spokane Washington. I remember standing in my room with my mouth open thinking what the hell was that. I called the dj and asked him to play that again. I guess I was not the only one because about a half hour later he played it again. The concept of rock and roll changed that day. Before that moment had Boston with the best sound around. After that every guitar player in every band on the planet had to figure out how to actually make it screem or you were in the dust.
Nobody has ever had such a blistering tone as this!
It's just a tube screamer
Man you aint kiddin! It may be just a tube screamer but it was totally unique in his hands!
In '78' when VH came out the guitar sound on that album was just blistering. Unlike anything else out there. UFO & Scorpions hadn't become as well known yet.
Sykes on 1987 album.
@gerioux I don't think Eddie ever used a tube screamer. It was mainly distortion from his amp's gain settings. A distortion pedal would probably get closer to his tone than a tube screamer. It depends on your guitar and amplifier however. He used an EQ to boost certain frequencies as well, depending on what guitar he used as well.
It’s all in the tone of that guitar combined with his playing skills and style man I miss you Eddie
Genius! Totally unpredictable, especially if you're listening to this for the first time to figure out where he is going with this creativity.
Eddie had so many tricks, slick techniques, speedy playing, innovative usage of hammerons and tapping, things he never said he invented to you critics who say that stuff. And those are all fantastic and part of his overall repertoire. But when you hear the isolated guitar tracks you fully can appreciate that he was just an amazingly rhythmic guitar player. This seems to be the biggest compliment that other great guitar players like to mention and focus on with Eddie. I love his rhythm guitar parts.
I am proud to have played his Peavey Wolfgang #1 in 98 at Great Woods before soundcheck.
So?
😀@@AngusKhan878
The magic in those hands. Got chills listening to this. Could listen to these raw tracks all day. Thank you for all the music and memories Eddie. RIP. 🔥🤘🏻❤️
Powerful that tone,! the creativity ….clearly dealing with some form of genius here
Holy crap is this awsome, it’s amazing what you can hear with out the other elements, it’s soooo much cooler when you can hear every single note.
...and actually so simple sounding!!!! His tone and production made it sound bigger than it was. I say that in the most complimentary fashion
Someone should release all the early Vh without vocals. There are so many hidden treats in every song.
Every volume knob in the room on 10. Gain...just past 9pm . Almost unreal. No od pedal. Commonly misunderstood Variac...the presentation of a King.
No gain knob on eddie's amp
a little flange and a little delay and 10 fingers...on left hand...all it takes...
I'm not a guitar player, but I know what sounds good, and Eddie sounds GOOD. Atomic Punk and On Fire are such badass tunes!!!
FUKKING INSANE......almost 50 years ago, still fukking insane....
It is simply ASTONISHING!! Oh my Lord! These tracks are stand-alone beauties!
Eddie’s rhythm playing and feel were on another planet from anyone else! Insane right hand
Mind BLOWN! Been playing guitar for 40 years - never heard such precision, vision, and creativity! Thx!
Absolutely astonishing…
I really dig the isolated tracks. He is from another planet. Pure genius.
He was so far ahead of his time...no other player ever has been that far ahead of his time like he was
Holy shit! I actually got goosbumps at the end where the guitar feeds back so perfectly before the song ends, Magic!! LOl
UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE THE PROGRESSIONS THIS GUY CAME UP WITH IN LATE 70'S. 3 DECADES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. NEVER LOSES IT'S SHOCK EFFECT. SHOCKINGLY EXCELLENT.
"IN ROCK HISTORY, THERE HAVE BEEN 2 GAME CHANGERS ON ROCK GUITAR. THE FIRST WAS JIMI HENDRIX, THE SECOND WAS EDDIE VAN HALEN. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A 3RD ONE."
- STEVE VAI
Just had my morning coffee! Now I need some "ATOMIC PUNK"!
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen-Born January 26, 1955....He was 22 when he recorded the 1st Van Halen album.
And that my friends, that is how it is done! :)
=vh=
If your a guitar player like me you can tell when he engages the Phase 90 and stomps on the Flanger pedal and the Phase 90 he probably has the knob all the way turned up or almost all the way!!
I got the EVH Phase 90 and it's awesome but I don't have a Flanger Pedal
Great quality on the isolated track. EVH was such a raw talent on guitar, hard to believe he's gone.
along with Hendrix he created a sound
an attitude
an entire universe of emotions
I've said it before Eddie is the Hendrix of our generation.....I'm Gen X.
You can hear that he leaves the flanger on for the solo. I learned something new today. Phaser and flanger for the solo. Cool.
Indeed the Master of 10 fingers and 6 strings!!!!
Hell yeah !
He was so goooooooood! Listen to how clean it all is, not one thing off, just amazing track and performance , all you haters can lick it!
All bow to the Master!
Dude was ONE with his high volume guitar. Americana.
I miss you Eddie 😢
Thank God though that we still have Marvin Birt from Haywire! 🎸👍🙂
I to was in a vw bug , I was 13 in 1977 though love the old VH
Nice! Do you have Mean Streets on your channel?
Eddie is a musical genius. Only he was able to bring out all these creative, crazy, beautiful sounds from the guitar and fits it perfectly with groove and soul into every part a song. That's Genius! I salu 1:07 te the man.
There's the tone! Fuller, toothier, more aggressive. If anything, production got in the way of Ed's tone.
Wow! History being made right there.
Of course this was one take all the way through. Amazing!
It's only when listening to them isolated I realise the timings are ever so slightly different to what I thought! Crazy shit!
So much dang 🔥💯
About Eddie. His unbridled creativity. He played shit no one thought to play. That is his genius.
GENIUS
La photo d illustration est magnifique☝️
holy sheet, this is incredible to listen to
I love these!!! it brings to life the blistering mind, an unbelievable tone that only Eddy had
best tone and clarity i have head yet
I'm a player. I own a Spark amp. I get a kick out of people's uploads into the tone cloud, because they add all kinds of echo and reverb, among other things, to get the sound he went after.
Other than the spots where he's obviously using a flanger, he doesn't even have reverb going, and his sound is incredible. Just a great, dry tone. It's a sound that anyone with an old Marshall can get, but they won't sound like him anyway, lol.
Ooof, that slap back delay on the solo 👏👏
VH, the DLR era, defined Gen X!
,,,,,...Biggest musical event of 2023 .....( other than Taylor swift)😮😮❤
So fucking great ... My God, what a force of nature ... So missed ...
🤯
Awesome
They HAD to have known what a masterpiece they were recording. I remember listening to this record for the first time, and every goddamn song was better than the last. Still true......
I seen van Halen in concert RIP Edward 😊
Intro takes me back... to pizza-hut playing pac-man! LOL.. Wokka-wokka-wokka!
The Candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.......
A huge sound some brutal guitar sounds.
The MAN.
The one the only.
You nailed the tone and sound on this video great I always want the sound more than the complete riff leaving improve individual spectrum agrochemicals. Very cool vids.thanks
Goosebumps. Wow. What a cool sound. 245. To 248
Unbelievable.
The G.O.A.T no doubt, and that's coming from a Hendrix guy
He learned piano at an early age made him insane with wammy bar use!
He put more life into a guitar than anyone playing R&R 🎸
That my friend is PROOF we live in a simulation. He was a Gold Plus Plus Level Pass holder.
Serious Brass set !!!!
😊This is the other song that kicked my ass all i heard was Eddie smoking it on the Album
So damn tight!
id have killed for these isolated tracks as a child hahaha. I used to use a tape player thing; I broke the top so I could lift the player without stopping the tape; and then Id press on the reel to slow it down and it would play parts back slower and I would scribble down notes on a pad and then go back and do it again and again again again.... lol. Sometimes things get lost that way, like the "fast" part for the phaser intro isnt him just rubbing his hands on the strings real fast, its a delay pedal haha. hes clicking it on and off. Shit like that. Very cool
This is unfuckinbeleivable. Listen to how mean that sounds. EVH..no1 like him.🎸👍
Wow!!!! I played home Sweet home the guitar solo , and uploaded it on YT it got taken down wtf !?
OK admit it, how many people air guitar'd the harmonics at 2:15??
The impact van halen made cannot be denied. F'kn raw, loud, and nasty. Eddie was the original innovator. He ushered in a rad new way of playing guitar, and pretty much revolutionized rock n roll at the time. R.I.P. King Edward.
❤🎸🎵🎶❤️🩹
Evh. The best. Forever!!!!
Motivated to brush my teeth in the morning..... That last chord is
The KING
THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!!!!! 🎉
The game changer!!!