Van Halen Sucks

[chaz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBPTuN5fxc

Solid stuff.

[vansmack]

Flipper is one of the most weirdly life affirming bands ever. No wonder Krist Novoselic joined them for a while.

I have a great OG issue Flipper t-shirt.  Pisses off the Nirvana faithful who don't get it.

[StoneTheCrow]

Love Flipper. Never saw them, unfortunately.

[atomicfront]

Love Flipper. Never saw them, unfortunately.

change that to fortunately.

[Unsanity]

Van Halen's first album is great. For better or worse it probably kick started the glam metal movement. The rest of their stuff is pretty lackluster to terrible in comparison. My two cents.

[Relaxer]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

[DeathFromAbove1979]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

[atomicfront]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

Yeah that is why the glam metal was awesome and the speed metal sucked balls.

[RatBastard]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

[TheREALHunter]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

He absolutely added something new to the genre, I know it's fun to make ridiculous claims and attempt to pass them off as truth to get a reaction but c'mon HAHA

[RatBastard]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

He absolutely added something new to the genre, I know it's fun to make ridiculous claims and attempt to pass them off as truth to get a reaction but c'mon HAHA

Acting like a poser and a total douche bag on stage does not count.

[hutch]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

He absolutely added something new to the genre, I know it's fun to make ridiculous claims and attempt to pass them off as truth to get a reaction but c'mon HAHA

Acting like a poser and a total douche bag on stage does not count.

I will not respond.. I will not respond.. I will not.. I will NOT.

[RatBastard]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

He absolutely added something new to the genre, I know it's fun to make ridiculous claims and attempt to pass them off as truth to get a reaction but c'mon HAHA

Acting like a poser and a total douche bag on stage does not count.

I will not respond.. I will not respond.. I will not.. I will NOT.

Thank god

[DeathFromAbove1979]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

I can agree with this, never looked at EVH that way, but it makes sense.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who plays/loves the guitar doesn't love, or at least appreciate Eddie Van Halen. He's a fucking god.

He was (is) a very good guitar player but not even close to the top tier elite status.  He added nothoign new to the genre.

He absolutely added something new to the genre, I know it's fun to make ridiculous claims and attempt to pass them off as truth to get a reaction but c'mon HAHA

Acting like a poser and a total douche bag on stage does not count.

Wait, he ACTED LIKE a poser? So, he was legitimate? Does acting like a douchebag mean shredding the guitar and being high as a kite on cocaine and pussy juice?

[Jaguar]

I think the glam metal movement arose more from the early 80s guys being fans of Bowie, Sweet, T Rex, NY Dolls. If anything, I've argued fitfully that EVH's technique gave birth to speed metal, which morphed into death metal, which morphed into all the various metal genres that there are today. And there's a lot of them!

You're way off on your years by almost 10 years or so. Maybe more.