Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen
“One of the most skilled and innovative guitarists ever. Fastest right hand in the business.”
“go Eddie! you are a awesome guitarist...girl,you really got me now!!”
“eddie is the greatest of all time”
“Eddie Van Halen is the most creative guitarist of all time. When you hear him on the radio, it's hard to tell if it he's using a guitar or not.”
“no one will ever be as good as evh”
“Eddie Van Halen f***** awsome”
“a god amoungst men, the best in the buissness”
“I don't know who wrote this list but eddie is 20 times the guitarist that prince will ever be. just listen to eruption and you tell me different rock on eddie”
“Eddie not only played like anyone before him, he made his own equipment as well, unlike everybody else on this list!”
“This is a joke. Anyone who either plays guitar or follows guitar history knows that no one living or dead has been as innovative or influential to the guitar than EDWARD VAN HALEN. There is no close second.”
“Prince SUCKS! Eddie Van Halen is the best guitarist to ever live. Nobody can top eruption. Id like to see Prince even play it.”
“Eddie Van Halen is Easily the best guitarist in the world full stop.at like 50 he is playing solo's better 50x better then that gay prince dude.
His technique is just... It's just the best. He deserves top spot.”
“To me, He is the best with Page, May and Hendrix! But Eddie is my favourite!”
“U guys are so wrong.. do you even listen to the music or look at how gay everyone looks. Eddie Van Halen is the baddest guitarist around. Prince was not anywheres neear the guitarist as eddie. Slash was great but I think the order should be eddie van halen, jimmy paige, slash and so on.”
“I love Eddie Van Halen what a guitarist hes bloody awesome just listen to Eruption thats why hes so awesome i reckon he should be higher up the table hes much better than Slash hes awesome but not as gd as eddie no way”
“If it wasnt for eddie Van Haeln no one would know of the great finger tapping technique and tapped harmonics. Eddie Van Halen is truly the greatest.”
“Eddie van halen is far the greatest heavy metal guitarist ever. He were also the best finger-tapper (special "playing-fast" solo technik) of all time.”
“the only solo that beats eruption is jimmy pages stairway to heaven
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“van halen is the best guitarist......the lead which he played in the eruption song is just tooooooooo goooood.......van halen """"YOU ROCK""""”
“wow! I'm only 17 and I love his stuff from when my parents were my age. I saw them on thier current reunion tour and he rocked harder than anybody I've seen before”
“Eddie van helen definately is better than slash and by far is better than prince who made this list. He revolutionized the instrument.”
“Eddie is great, but to the comment about building his own equipment all he did was rewire a Strat & put some stripes on it. Brian may Built his own Guitar (which he still plays) when he was in high school.”
“his solo in eruption and his guitar in everything is amazing you know y they named the band after him”
“taught himself everything he knew”
“Wicked solos!”
“i'm being serious here, i reckon every1 who votes for prince dosent play guitar. HE IS CRAP! Eddie van halen FUll stop is the greatest guitarist ever. listen to 316 and eruption.”
“eddie van halen is absolutely amazing and unequaled truly the greatest guitarist to walk on earth
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“eddie van halen is truly and undeniably the greatest ikm known to play almost impossible songs myself and even i look up to eddie van halen when he plays itrs like hes a god or something hes not even human”
“If you think Eddie Van Halen isn't the greatest guitarist ever than you must of never heard Eruption, Right now, hell all of his song's are great. Eddie Van Halen should be at the top of the list...
BCW(EVH)
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“Prince sucks at life he blows big ones, He shouldn't even be compared to Eddie Van Halen, Eddie is the greatist ever and always will be. He should be at the top of this list. (screw prince)
Bcw(evh)”
“Eddie innovated 2 hand tapping. He Influenced great players like Slash, Zakk Wylde and Kerry king to play. If you can make a minute and 42 minute long solo of pure shredding that is recognized everywhere there is something special about you. People that know nothing about guitar think clapton is best but people who know all about guitar can truly agree ed is the god”
“eddie is insane!!!!!!jimi, prince, slash or any of those other people aren't any close to his skill. I bet the people that say prince is good are people that don't even play guitar. ive been playing for 3 years and i still can't play eruption!!!”
“This guy is wild with his music and can make you have a great day listening to him. HE is so creative.”
“Eddie Van Halen rocks!! his tapping technique is spectacular. when i saw him play eruption i never seen anything like it! he should be #1”
“OK IF YOU DO NOT THINK THAT EDDIE VAN HALEN IS THE BEST GUITARIST JUST GIVE UP. I MEAN YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT GUITAR AND WHO EVER SAID THAT STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS BETTER THAN ERUPTION IS MESSED UP... I CAN PLAY STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN SOLO EASILY EVEN THOUGH JIMMY PAGE IS AMAZING I WOULD DEFINATLY PICK EDDIE VAN HALEN”
“van halen should be toppin nuer one on this list!!
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“Eddie is the best. Period. His play is insane. His sounds are insane. He is definelty better than Prince and I think even better than Jimi
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“I don't think Eruption was written out. I think he was just folling around and he got recorded while doing it. Thats why he is the guitar GOD”
“Just youtube search "Eddie Van Halen Eruption Guitar Solo" and you'll now why hes the best guitarist of all time (If you watch the video of course) Hes a flat out beast and practically plays the guitar like a piano..Hands down best off all time (Mean Streets is good too!!)”
“Eddie is so talented! He can play guitar and keyboard. Go on www.youtube.com and search "Eruption". It's the best guitar solo ever!”
“Eddie is the greatest guitarist ever, the others are garbage.”
“eddie van halen... should be the first
kick ass.”
“Greatest guitarist all time.
But still remember his rythem skills, the way he flicks in all the amazing licks in his riffs.
The way he switches from chords to solo to chords and finger play in 5 sec.”
“It's obvious most people here have not actually seen Eddie play live or understand that before EVH people played the guitar like it was a 2x4. Don't confuse great songs (like from Led Zepplin) with great playing. Remember too that Van Halen basically plays pop rock that gets played as much as anything.”
“no way that anyone in history should be ahead of eddie! without him there would be none of the rock there id today!!!
how ever is dumb enough to think prince is even better than a preschooler playing a toy guitar is an idiot!!”
“Eddie van halen is the master....the creator...and the perfector of finger tapping....harmonics...and alternate picking...i dont even know a style that eddie isnt good at.....blues....rock...classical...heavy metal....you name it...eddie is the man and no one will ever beat him!”
“He is the all time guitarist and i'll gladly vote for him a million times over. He is the best hands down. Sorry.”
“Just saw Eddie in concert. He is better than EVER! How on earth did Prince get ahead of the Master Eddie? He started so much before anyone else. He could play better than these guys ahead of him with 1 finger!”
“I can't believe Eddie didn't get #1! Listen to Eruption right now if you didn't vote for Eddie!”
“Have you heard Eruption, its genius, one of the best solos ever and as long as that song is, and this is the best guitarest, not person who can play anything”
“Eddie Van Halen is possibly the greatest guitarist I've ever heard. He invented most of the tricks used in metal solos today, a true prodigy”
“It is like he owns the musical crown, for when he plays it is always his best.”
“agh eddie van halen aaaalllll the way-he's awesome-eruption should let you know how awesome he is =]”
“I've seen a 7-year old flawlessly play the Stairway to heaven solo. There will never be a seven year old who could play Eruption.
EVH > Page”
“cmon. You cant deny eddie van halen is greatest. He literaly invented a guitar skill called tapping. He changed guitar history”
“Eddie is better than everybody! Except me, i can already play eruption and ive been playing for 6 months.prince is ok, slash sucks and both jimmy page and jimi hendrix are way overated.hendrix cant even hold his drugs!come on!”
“Prince ranked higher than Eddie, Please don,t make me laugh.”
“Eddie Van Halen is the most Skilled guitarist out there. He has reinvented rock music through his trademark "tapping" Technique.”
“Eddie Van Halen Is Much Better Then Slash! AND PRINCE! But Really Much Much Much Better Then Slash And Slash Has A Big Nose,But Slash Is Great But E.V.H Has To be Above Him!!!”
“Guitar prodigy... Eruption
Yeah!”
“EVH should be number 1 he is the fastest in the world”
“Who in the hell wrote this list. Prince F***** sucks. Anyone who has heard eruption can say that EVH is the Greatest to ever live.”
“Eddie is one of the best guitarist ever he made all of his own equipment just simply amazing”
“hes the only one to play have way up the neck
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“best guitarist ever, he kicks jimi hendrix's butt”
“Eddie is way better than Prince, Prince shouldn't even be on this list”
“prince ahead of eddie, thats just not right”
“He's great guitarist. He have contact with fans. He feels the music!”
“van halen should be about 3 or 4 not flaming six”
“eddie van halen should be #1 on the list. why in the hell is prince even on the list”
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this is Toatal BS!!!! Eddie Kicks Princes @$$!!! eruption, panama, hot for teacher... eddie should be #2!!!!!!!!!!!”
“eddie van halen started the hammer on and offs; now, all these modern guitarists think its just a competition of who can hammer on the fastest (like buckethead).”
“Eddie was the hard rock lover's idol in the 70's, 80's, 90's and even in the 21st Century.
He made his own equipment, including one of the most famous guitars in history. We could never forget that red, white and black paint job. (Including the reflectors on the back of which he bought from a truckstop)
Eddie is still going strong today, and if you ask me, he has been, is, and always will be the greatest guitarist of all time.”
“Greatest guitarist along with randy rhoads.”
“i saw edy in concert two weeks ago and thats the best guitar playing ive ever heard, like amazing”
“Just saw Eddie in concert, the man is THE GUITAR HERO!! The sounds that he creates out of his guitar are unreal! He should have been arrested for molesting his guitar!!”
“Eddie is the best ever, i dont care what you have to say, he made tapping famous, made his guitars, in the greatest band ever, eruption is the greatest hardest song ever, he is god, better than slash, prince, stevie, vai, jimmy page, jimi hendrix, and all of them, im not saying they are bad, just not as good as Eddie”
“dude all you other people are stupid eddie will blow alyall out of the water”
“Suprised that EVH didnt get top 3
HE'S THE BEST!!!”
“WHAT!!! i can NOT believe that Eddie Van friggin' Halen is not 1#!
it makes no sense, at all! the people who did this quiz thing must have never heard Eruption!!
ROCK ON EDDIE!”
“he was such a good guitar player. and he actually seemed to be having FUN with it, which was cool. <33”
“eddie is better than all other guitarist because he started the metal/shred guitar movement
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“he's the best”
“no comments are needed for this, he is the best and always be”
“man you have to be crazy not to think that eddie van halen is not the best that has ever played”
“Eddie Van Halen was the best not because of how well he played but because he was so innovative in the way he went about doing it.”
“Eddie Van Halen is easily my pick for number one. Like another said, listen to eruption, or what I think is even more impressive is hot for teacher. He is without a doubt the greatest guitarist in Rock and Roll and of all Time. Eddie Van Halen is Rock and Roll.”
“eddie van halen is sick just listen to the solo in jump and you really got me”
“Plays one of the cleanest solo's live... which makes him the greatest guitarists alive. BTW, these other guitarists use something Eddie Van Halen invented, THE WAMMY BAR!”
“Prince ahead of Eddie... this seems a joke.”
“Have you not heard eruption he is the best ever”
“#1 Guitarist Ever. Way better than Hendrix”
“I think Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitarist ever. I hate to say it, but he is 50 times better then guys like Prince and Buckethead. To Prove it, listen to songs like eruption and jump and you will see what I am telling you!”
“He is a gift to music he makes his guitars talk I agree that on eruption he truly shines! Luv ya Eddie!”
“Beat It solo! I rest my case”
“he is awesome! he is the best!”
“why isn't he first?”
“Come on now, slash give me a break. Not even close”
“customized equipment and effects, pioneered a guitar trick, wrote one of the greatest guitar solos of all time without writing it. eddie van halen is a remarkable guitarist”
“you know its eddie in a tenth of a second, no one sounds like him or is as skilled, period - only steve howe (YES) is close”
“dude eddie van halen should be number 1 sorry jimmy hendrix”
“man I think he should definitely be number 1”
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