DEruption

in Hits & Misses by
“Wait…
Keith Richards is coming
to MY funeral?
You sure you don’t have that
turned around somehow?”
 

Edward Van Halen
Musician, songwriter, boozer.
January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020.
Aged 65 years.

Most recognized for: Edward was the archetypical rock guitar virtuoso… and served as a wake-up call to any stiff and sullen on-stage strummer that thought they were hot sh!t in the late 70’s. In his time off from firing frontmen and bitching about brown M&M’s, he privately battled addiction and cancer. But after decades of being revered as a two-hand tapping, electric guitar deity, Mr. Van Halen’s final performance turned out to be… unplugged.

Selected by: B-Flat