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Relaxer

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Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 02:38 PM UTC #

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

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Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 02:47 PM UTC #

Relaxer wrote:
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

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Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 02:48 PM UTC #

Relaxer wrote:
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

Joined: January 07, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 2955

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 06:33 PM UTC #

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

Joined: May 09, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 1382

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 06:59 PM UTC #

RatBastard wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

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Posts: 2955

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 07:30 PM UTC #

TheREALHunter wrote:
RatBastard wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

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Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 07:52 PM UTC #

RatBastard wrote:
TheREALHunter wrote:
RatBastard wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

Joined: January 07, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 2955

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 07:59 PM UTC #

hutch wrote:
RatBastard wrote:
TheREALHunter wrote:
RatBastard wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

Joined: November 29, 2006 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 5038

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 13, 2013 at 08:36 PM UTC #

RatBastard wrote:
TheREALHunter wrote:
RatBastard wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Relaxer wrote:
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

Joined: October 28, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3869

Re: Van Halen Sucks February 14, 2013 at 05:24 AM UTC #

Relaxer wrote:
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.