Van Halen
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Year:
2007
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Inducted by:
Velvet Revolver
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Category:
Performers
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Eddie Van Halen -
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Michael Anthony -
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Alex Van Halen -
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David Lee Roth -
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Sammy Hagar
Remembering Eddie Van Halen
Inductee Eddie Van Halen forever changed the vocabulary of the electric guitar. With blistering speed, control, and melodic feel, he perfected the art of shredding, unleashing two-handed finger tapping, dramatic whammy-bar moves, and other astonishing never-before-seen techniques. Innovative, like his hero Les Paul, Eddie reimagined the sonic possibilities of the guitar and became an inspiration for an entire generation of musicians who worshiped his sound and style.
His band Van Halen kicked the American hard rock scene into high gear in the late Seventies, became rock heroes on MTV in the Eighties, and gave rise to a steady stream of shredders and trailblazers ever since.
Velvet Revolver Induct Van Halen
Velvet Revolver Induct Van Halen at the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
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Velvet Revolver Induct Van Halen00:02:19 -
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Van Halen Acceptance Speeches00:04:51 -
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"Why Can't This Be Love"00:04:15
Hall of Fame Essay
2007
The National Weather Service labels a blizzard as severe when winds reach 45 miles per hour, snowfall is dense, and the temperature drops to degrees. What started smacking Boston on February 6,1978, was no mere severe blizzard. Winds hit 83 m.p.h., generating a tidal surge and coastal flooding. Snow drifts towered fifteen feet. The blizzard took fifty-four lives, destroyed two thousand homes, sent ten thousand to shelters, and did more than $1 billion of damage. Driving was forbidden for six days to all but essential relief workers.
Some of us, who didn’t thaw or dig out till April, hardly noticed. The stripper next door to me, lawfully restrained from her daily grind downtown, had Van Halen’s eponymous debut, officially scheduled for release on the tenth, and blasted it, “Runnin’ With the Devil” in particular, for the duration. It wasn’t just that the cradle was rocked - the whole neighborhood was.
they would steal your girlfriend and your tequila.
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Replica Eddie Van Halen Mini-Guitars
One of three mini-guitars modeled after Van Halen's most popular "Super Strats", these 1/4 scale model includes miniature guitar, stand, and Eddie Van Halen guitar case-styled box.
