Rockers Play Eddie Van Halen's Greatest Riffs
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2023
- There's no question that Eddie Van Halen is one of the most iconic and revered guitar players of all time.
Through many, many episodes of Gear Factor, we've heard shredder after shredder tell us that Van Halen inspired them to pick up the guitar, and that Eddie's riffs continue to inspire them to this day.
See rockers from John 5 and Devin Townsend to Jared Dines and Myles Kennedy play and talk about the Van Halen songs that rocked their worlds.
Eddie van Halen and his brother/drummer Alex formed Van Halen in 1973 with vocalist David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. In this video, you'll hear the songs, like "Ain't Talkin Bout Love," "Panama" and "Eruption," that made them one of the biggest acts in rock history.
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Eddie's rhythm playing was so tight, and man could he swing. RIP Eddie.
Yup! The Edward swagger!
Such a great comment , not enough people give him credit for. Eddie could swing like a motherfuker he was always dabbling around the pocket and then would just plow through it like a Mack truck and the payoff was so great to the ears musically His rhythm work was just so influential and now those guys are influencing the kids on the way up . All started with Edward
That's always been my favorite aspect of his playing. We all love the solos, of course. But that swing, and those riffs and rhythms and chugs and harmonics, man. I've always instinctively listened "past" whoever the lead singer was, to focus instead on what Eddie is doing rhythmically underneath or behind them. Even when I was a young kid.
@@omnipop4936 It's why I don't like referring to him as a "shredder". Could Eddie shred? Yeah. But I think to just call him a "shredder" - ie, a guy who can play solos fancy and fast - really doesn't paint the whole picture and does him a disservice.
But the man wrote some epic, hook-filled riffs that complimented the whole band, and a groove and swing to it.
Yes, and even his single note riffs had such smooth glorious swinging rhythm to them. He had the best two guitar attack in rock and he was both of them.
"He'll go on forever...He'll be immortal" sums up perfectly
such a shame he couldn't have gone on like clapton... he'd be so proud of his son.
I like how John 5 can sit there, laid back and play VH note for note.
I wonder if John could sound like Ed using VH own sound. I hear many great guitar musicians have tried yet sound like themselves.
I saw him live with Marilyn Manson and he nailed it. I know Manson's music isn't incredibly difficult to play but his live band hasn't sounded that tight since he left the band.
To be totally fair, he played it incorrectly.
STREETS AHEAD of all the others
@chrisgarcia5462 you can get an entire rig of Eddie's own stuff and/or spend years getting settings in something like a Neural DSP dialed in, but in the end it comes down to the hands of the player.
You're not going to attack the strings the same, fret with the same pressure and finger position, or hit a harmonic the same.
Not to disparage or rag on those that want to try, but Eddie will almost always be "often imitated, never duplicated".
Love that John 5 gave props to the 5150 amp and then played the song…it’s an under appreciated masterpiece!
Hearing other accomplished guitarists struggling with EVH parts makes you realize just how incredible the guy's playing was.
Agreed. It also makes me realize where John 5 is at. Incredible guitarist.
Yeah, no one swings like the King
@@bobbab5759John 5 seems like he could be a session guitarist with anybody and more than hang
The finger dexterity alone on some of the riffs......insane.
Agreed. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone play the riff to ‘I’m the One’ and make it swing like Eddie did.
Johns school boy excitement just talking about Eddies play is awesome, his reverence for Eddies work is apparent to anyone
PS having met John and had time to talk, he is the nicest guy in metal, what a gem, great great guy
Love it that John 5 played 5150. Definitely my favorite Eddie composition of all time. Listened to them since VH1 in '78, but the guitar in title track of 5150 blew me away.
Yeah it’s the best. Live without a net is the best version of it. That song is so underrated.
Awesome ❤
5150 is amazing!!! 😊
John 5 is just too cool
@@wesryker6048 I love the Tokyo 89 version too. Learning that song on guitar is tricky as hell
looking back to 78, man, no one had EVER heard anything like what Eddie was doing. It was one of those instrument altering moments in time that he and Jimi only did IMO.
There were people who had done some of the stuff Eddie was famous for before him, but you're right that in 1978 no one was putting all those elements together like Eddie had. He was the catalyst for the shredding that would come in the 80s.
the riff for "Aint talkin bout love" made me feel like a guitar beast ~
Eddie is mostly known for his lead playing and reinventing the Guitar for a whole new Generation but he was one of the best Riff writers in Rock , he doesn't get enough credit for the songs !
He is the greatest rock composer ever, IMHO.
Totally underrated as a rhythm guitar player.
@@Knome-Ansland😂😂😂😂
Amen man. He was FEROCIOUS on rhythm. The whole package. When I hear Mean Street…and not the intro but the SONG….holy shit. One of the nastiest riffs in the history of guitar.
Dude John 5 it's totally such an underrated player. He doesn't get enough credit
I've listened to all his solo albums dozens of times over. So many great jams.
0:00 Zakk Wylde
0:12 Jared Dines
0:50 John 5
3:07 Jonas Jarlsby & Tim Öhrström
3:41 Devin Townsend
4:25 Sammy Boller
5:28 Anthony Raneri & Jack O’Shea
5:52 Mark Morton
6:33 John 5 (again)
7:17 Bill Kelliher
7:42 Matt Pike
8:10 Clint Lowery
8:29 Brandon Ellis
9:26 Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy
10:00 John 5 (3rd time)
10:44 Jason Hook
11:11 Phil Demmel
11:30 Brody Utley
13:08 John 5 (4th time)
14:35 End
THANKS ❤️
They really missed out not giving john 5 a 5th time
John 5 is killer, he is so quick at just popping those riffs off
Amazing that so many people seem to not know that You Really Got Me is a song by The Kinks
I think it's just the only riff from Eddie they can play.
Because it's just Eddie playing his version of The Kinks.
yea. it’s not like it’s an obscure song. it’s pretty well known.
Ooooorrrrrr they do know and just like the Van Halen version better than the original….just like a few billy idol songs, a bunch of Metallica songs, a few GnR songs, etc….sometimes covers are just better than the originals and that’s the one they gravitate towards
The version of you really got me that vh ripped off was an instrumental cover of the kinks by Mott the Hoople
Eddie Van Halen will always be the king of guitars
Yup! The way John talks about Ed,.. says everything!
He was a game changer on many different levels. Unless you were around in the mid 70s, and experienced rock radio back then, you really wouldn't understand just how important he was!
VAN HALEN FOREVER ❤️
I think John 5 was the best out of those other guys. Eddie would have been proud!
I grew up during that time and you are correct. Eddie was a game changer and Van Halen blew my mind the first time I heard them with the Unchained video.
Any list of greatest guitarists that doesn't have EVH as #1 has little credibility. Having Hendrix #1 and EVH #2 is not an insult, they just got it a little bit wrong is all.
My dad who is born in 1962 went to see van Halen in 1979 he heard van halen 1 blown away but he didn’t know the show they put on live and he was completely blown away in awestruck watching Eddie and Dave. And that was back then too if you wanted to know what’s up with rock you buy magazines. I guess he didn’t know what he was fully going to see but it made his experience a 10/10 something you could never recreate
I love John 5 and he's such a big fan of Van Halen but Sammy Boller really nailed the solo. Holy hell....
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Sammy Boller is an amazing young guitarist, you should check his work out. I was kinda blown away to see him on here.
Sammy and John were the stars of this clip- awesome!
One of the greatest of all time. Rock in peace Eddie ❤️🤘
the goat 🐐!
You don't even have to play guitar to appreciate what Eddie gave to the world of music. Legendary 👍
To hear his influence on these players was very interesting.
We miss you Eddie..
It’s so cool to me that they all play “ ain’t talkin bout love” in their own individual style.
Strange as it may sound, the energy and animation to Panama absolutely changed life for me as a child. Unreal still.
I love the dudes who played some deeper cuts, and the talent here is so amazing and it’s awesome that all of them admit Eddie was a monster no one could reckon with.
Perfect timing!! Been WAITING for a proper send off to Eddie!! EVH FOREVER🤘🏻🤘🏻
Truly it is, and never has been to me more clear, that nobody swings like Eddie.
Gotta love Matt Pike. "I grew up way back then, so...*turns on the highest gain pedal of all time and proceeds to play Van Halen in C standard."
I’d totally listen to Matt Pike do a Doom tribute to Eddie XD
I was 12 years old in 1978 and picked up the guitar a year prior. I was learning Wipe Out The Ventures stuff and Strutter Kiss stuff too.
When I heard Van Halen 1 it took me on a journey I could write a book about. RIP EVH still giving me goose bumps.
So, John 5 started playing guitar over 40 years ago. Dude looks 27 and a half.
Perks of selling your soul…
Yea I didn't think he'd be old enough to remember when the record came out
The half makes all the difference
You really got me eddy
Ain't talking bout love can't spell know the riff eddy
I feel a certain kind of special for seeing Van Halen in 1982 - 🎸🙌🏼
Never heard of Sammy Boller before, but he is obviously a fantastic guitarist. That's a badass Les Paul, too.
He nailed it 💯
Seriously, check out his solo work. He's incredible. The kid can play.
So cool. Ed left his mark.
Saw them live in 92. It was my senior year and we had been to dozens of concerts through high school.
The DVD's they put out are great and I love them, but it was just a completely different experience to be there.
So great. Wish I had caught them with Dave, too, but I was in 4th grade when he split. I did see Dave's first solo tour with Vai, Sheehan, and Bissonette. The late 80's, early 90's were great years for music. EDDIE!!!!!
Awesome to see greats paying tribute to one of the GOATs
I’ve seen John 5 live twice, the dude is amazing
Rest in power Eddie, we all miss you ❤
RIP Legend, my forever guitar hero!
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EDDIE HAD HIS ACCENTS SO ABNORMALLY AMAZING
John 5 should be the main tribute guitarist if/when it happens. So effortless in all his playing.
John 5, and Paul Gilbert. I know music is subjektive, but come on.. ✌️😁
John 5 is the Best player in this video
@@cesaraugustomari3676without a doubt
John 5 was the only one who did Eddie justice!
The rest sounded like shit right?!?!?! I totally agree.
Eh. Thought Sammy bollers hot for teacher was solid enough but otherwise yes
Eddie Van Halen! The Greatest of all time!👑
It was outstanding how John 5 was so much better than any of these other guitarists in technique, timing, and tone.
Got to see Edward & Co 5 times with Roth and 3 with Sam, lol that brown sound FREAKING EPIC!!! His sound was like hearing a force of nature. Sept 78 Anaheim Stadium Sammy (solo) opened up, then VH with Roth, then Sabbath with Ozzy, Boston headlined; they were all in competition with each other lol man I was 15 and we worked our way to the front -- it was beyond belief! Seriously Sammy was so good I became a life long fan that day: Sammy him and his band rivaled them all, no bs. Seeing Edward that day right in front of us on his knees at the end of the stage playing Eruption was next level.
Van Halen was the first concert I saw back in 2012 when I was 13 and it was absolutely awesome, I had only been playing guitar for about three years at that point and seeing Eddie do his thing live immediately gave me the motivation to get better because I wanted to do stuff like that and I’ve been a huge fan of his ever since. Eddie was also the second guitarist after George Harrison that really showed me what a guitar player can do in a rock band and EVH is definitely one of the greatest musical innovators and generally one of the absolute GOATs, so thanks for helping to shape me into the guitarist I am today and RIP Eddie…
What a heck of a first concert!
Loved van Halen my whole life!! They always made fantastic music!!!!
That hot for teacher solo was fq'n beautiful!
i'm sure this could've been a 3 hour video. awesome. thumbs up a thousand times!
The unknown dude Sammy impressed me the most with his playing and really nailed the solo on Hot For Teacher on his Les Paul as Eddie played that solo in his studio on a Gibson Flying V 🤘🎸
Sammy Boller is incredible. Check out his solo work. Shred-flashy type stuff, but very melodic, not so shred that you just can't listen to it.
John 5 just plays so effortlessly.
John 5 is so fucking good live unlike some other band's and now he plays with Vince but still a savage axeman
John 5 is an incredible guitarist, but Motley Crue isn't Motley Crue without Mick.
They should've stayed retired when they promised to stay retired.
In 1970 I was 12 years old, I heard War Pigs for the first time it changed everything for me! Fast forward to 78 VH1 came out, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, I ended up buying that album three times because I wore it out each and every time. What a fantastic guitar player and rhythm guitar player Eddie Van Halen will live on in infamy. God rest his soul.
I had been playing for a few years, but when EVH hit the scene, it was like a musical spaceship hit the earth. I was sort of lucky when I was visiting my local music store, just a couple weeks after it came out, and just so it happened, I saw some guy sitting with a guitar, and he did a single tap with his pick hand and it dawned on me. Within a few days, I had eruption down. I was sort of the first person around town to figure out what was going on. Those were the days..!😊
What a great tribute to the greatest to ever live. Thanks for putting this together man!
Hearing all these musicians play his stuff really puts a perspective on why he was so further away from anyone. Also searching trough YT covers of his songs troughout years, i am yet to hear anyone replicate exactly what he was actually doing to a guitar.
Love John 5. He just seems like such a regular guy - no ego as it were. Of course he's so fantastic on guitar as well. I mean how can you not like a guitarist who cut his teeth on Jerry Reed and Earl Scruggs and who goes on to play for Marilyn Mansion and Rob Zombie's band?
Music experiences improvements at various moments in time & one of those was when Van Halen erupted onto the scene ! 🤘
Thank you John 5 for recognizing 5150. It's probably my favorite EVH song.
My favorite songs from Van Halen 1 were I'm On Fire, Little Dreamer, and Atomic Punk!!!!😊😊😊😊🙂🙂🙂🙂 And I'm The One!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Great job putting this together.
The ULTIMATE would be to actually "hear" what was inside EVH's head and what the sounds were that his playing skills were actually trying to convey to all the rest of us. It is NOT that EVH took music theory to a "new" level because that has always been there; but the way that EVH understood and interpreted it through his playing. Just WOW!
EVH on Hot for Teacher, one of the best solos ever! Don't forget, Hot For Teacher also has one of the BEST and most recognizable Drum line openings I have ever heard, so props to Alex Van Halen, the Other best Van Halen member of the family, not forgetting Wolfgang Van Halen, who learned it all from the best set of teachers ever! Just having that open conduit of musicians ever present in his life, Wolfie was destined for greatness.
John5 knows those riffs backwards and forwards hehe
He seemed not to struggle with EVH licks like most of the other guys did.
He fired them off with ease; great player.
But he's missing EVH's feel tbh
@@Billywagner22everyone lacks that imo haha.
Yeah I still remember when I first realized that john5 is completely different than you would think and is a chill dude that genuinely loves guitar and is the real deal all the way. Of the players interviewed here I would want to hang out and jam with him
I remember back in 2006, at 16 years old. I always wanted to play Guitar but i was never sooo pumped up for a Guitar. Then in 2006 i heard Erruption for the first time in a rocker Caffe bar and it blew me away so hard i bought an electric guitar 7 days later and since then im playing Guitar.
Great tribute video. Most folks don't really think about this but our legacies do get forgotten about as time wears on. Players included in this video ( and future guitarists ) must play these riffs to keep Edward's influence going. For example, we all love Les Paul, for his personality, for his studio techniques and his guitar making. But, how many people do you hear listening to Les' music, especially on the radio? So, it's VITAL for current/new players to learn from Eddie and push his legacy into the future, to keep it going. Great post!
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It's vital, no, because we have internet now, and EVH is one of the biggest refference in rock music , his songs will never fade away
Imagine how lucky we are to be alive in a time, not just to have heard EVH 's style and techniques while they were happening all around us, but also in a time of an entire generation that was inspired by him. This is what legacy means, absolutely.
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When John 5 talks about Eddie you hear his humanity and dont see the makeup. Then he plays, we hear his soul. Love this Dude. Thanks Eddie for paving the way.
The Eddie Van Halen/Ben Franklin comparison. 😮 🤯
Yes. Two guys that were incredibly inventive and changed the world.
Great video 🤘
That Hot For Teacher was amazing!!
Agree, that caught my ear, too. Who was that guy?
Great footage
I love that John 5 likes Buck Owens and Jerry Reed!
I'm not a country guy but being born in the early 60's growing up HEE HAW was a thing for my young guitar enthusiasm and all those guys were an inspiration.
Roy Clark , Buck Owens, Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell, Chet Atkins all great guitar players that got my attention!
When in high school in 1987 I'll never forget the day a cover band called "The Lights" played a free concert in the community quad at the school. The lead guitarist kept making some noticeable mistakes while playing Eruption, and eventually the crowd started heckling him, before he got into an argument with one kid in the crowd. I couldn't hear what was said, but I assume the band's guitarist said something like, "If it's so easy you come up here and play it." The heckler jumped on stage, grabbed the guitar and did play it much better, and the crowd cheered, until another guy in the crowd started heckling him say HE could play it better. He then jumped on stage and played it so much better, with so much more charisma and the crowd went nuts.
I've since wondered, if 3 guitarists in that crowd, at my little high school, in my little town could play Eruption (to varying abilities) how many other millions of future guitarists all over the world has EVH inspired? *That is Eddie Van Halen's lasting legacy; He inspired a world of amazing guitarists we all now get to enjoy.*
Its just awesome Eddie touched and motivated so many musicians, and to hear how he influenced them. One of my favorites is Panama. The solo and the smooth part after it, just so tasteful, almost magic. Eddie just had it, all of it. The talent, the drive, the vehicle of great song writing ability, and seemed mostly to be just a kind hearted guy. I miss him. There will never be another with his touch.
Awesome vid!
Very cool to hear these great guitarist speaking on how E.V.H. effected there lives... Eddie will be remembered until the end of time.. R.I.P. King Edward.🎸😇
Many people think and remember Van Halen for his solos... in reality his rhythms and his "Music Idea" were the strength of Van Halen's songs... when you study one of his songs, and hear the isolated guitar track you understand the musical greatness he had...now sits on a throne that no one can ever take away from him, but for people like me he will live forever.
I miss him so much
This is really cool. Everyone in this video is great, i really dig John 5.
I never got into John 5's playing but in the last few years seeing interviews and seeing his playing I have to admit I was totally wrong bout the guy. Class act and is a pretty damn good player, deserves better than the Crue.
John 5 is a badass
John 5 is incredible. He remembers all the songs and makes it look effortless.
My all time favorite riff and song from VH will always be House Of Pain 1984!
Eddie was seriously a one of a kind. He was the Mozart of his time!
There was just that confidence in Ed's playing that made you want to emulate everything he did. I don't care if it was guitar or keyboards if that man was in front of you couldn't take your eyes off him. There's no one better there's no one like you or will there ever be. EVH 4 EVER.
Eddie was one of my absolute favorites ❤
Mean Streets and Everybody wants some still my 2 favorites
Eddie's tone. I started playing guitar at 14 in 1976. My uncle was a working musician (keys) so in 77 he loaned me a rig he got from his guitar player; i.e. 85 watt Fender Showman head w an 8X10" Marshall cab. The amp had been "Mesa Boogied"; i.e. both channels were wired together in series. It SCREAMED harder than any Marshall so when Van Halen hit in 78, I thought "HE'S GOT THE SAME RIG AS ME!"😆Uh, well not exactly. While it didn't quite nail Eddie's first, legendary modded Marshall that was stolen, it got closer than ANY Marshall I had ever heard up to that point (I went to A LOT of concerts). I would plug straight in with no pedals, dime the volumes up to ten and let her rip. Those were the days...
There's music before Mr Van Halen and there's music after . One of the greatest guitar inovators of all time .
Yer had a aussie teacher in nz. He would just get us young fullas an make us jump. Bit so many great riffs. He is a legend. Thanx.
John 5 is fucking awesome with the whole "by the way, I don't walk around like this". Love that dude.
This video was inspiring. I had no idea that soo many guitarists from famous bands struggled that hard with simple VH riffs. John 5 is a beast though.
There's old videos of Dimebag Darrell playing Eruption as a teenager!!! Eddie was Dimes idol. At Dimes funeral, Eddie put the Guitar from Van halen 2 in the casket with him. The Bumblebee Yellow and black stripped one... 🤘❤❤❤🤘
Matt Pike’s “chilling doing an interview” volume still being too loud for a camera mic to handle, is so Matt Pike.
For real, man. Matt Pike doesn't turn the volume down for anything!
There is a saying that John 5 can play anything and that is so true and he'll stop playing rifts of songs that he hasn't played in a long time and they just come right back to him naturally. I've seen him play live several times and he's amazing such a talented guitar player
I'm a drummer from the 90s, but my first guitar learning was to live is too die!! Acoustic stuff off tab at 15, but I was drawn to guitar because of your van halen riffs. Sounded like the ledgends at the time.👍🔨
love how most of them play Ain't Talkin Bout Love....
And the couldnt look down.what a tune.nand helped em Lot to. Thanx
I was 14 when VH 1 came out. I remember cranking Eruption up on my stereo in my room and my dad rushing into my room with this look on his face I had never seen before, half shock and half amazement and yelling "What the hell is that?? it sounds like a UFO"!! and me answering proudly "That's Eddie Van Halen and this is heavy metal rock and roll". He just looked at me like what the hell is wrong with you? I never turned it down while he was in there. I'll never forget that. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
I remember the Hot For Teacher video on MTV back in '84. Been an EVH fan ever since.
I can't believe nobody brought up Atomic Punk or I'm on Fire. EPIC songs.
On Fire is the best on VH1. The intensity.
The name 'Eddie Van Halen' will be remembered for centuries! We all miss u dear... 😓
No one....and I mean no ONE gave more to the art of guitar playing like Edward did.
In the late 70s and 80s practically every human being on the planet who played rock guitar and heard VH wanted to be able to play like Eddie