Tom Morello pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “The way he reimagined the instrument was a testament to divine inspiration,” says the Rage Against the Machine guitarist
The first thing I heard was the debut [Van Halen] record. On Chicago radio, they would play “Running With the Devil,” “Eruption” into “You Really Got Me,” and, you know, there’s no way to describe it — it was otherworldly. There was no YouTube reference to understand: what could even possibly be fucking happening.
Eddie Van Halen was a tremendous improvisor, and created multiple new ways that guitar can sound, but it was that moment of “Eruption” when it really tore asunder the reality of what was possible on the electric guitar. Hendrix was fantastic, and before him [in the Sixties] was a bunch of skiffle bands and a bunch of white blues guitar players. Then that sort of psychedelic beauty and power opened everything up.
I did see him on Van Halen’s last time around, at the Hollywood Bowl. The last time I saw him play, he was right there at the peak of his abilities. And it was so great to see Eddie Van Halen on a Los Angeles night in the hometown where he reimagined what rock & roll, and what electric guitar, could be, playing fucking great — and new fans and people that appreciated him his entire career were able to show love for him.
It’s just such a shattering tragedy. My son, who is nine, is an electric guitar player, a very talented electric guitar player. We just sat down and played through Side One of the first Van Halen record. It was awesome to hear a brand new generation playing along to “You Really Got Me” and “Running With the Devil” — the first songs I heard on the radio. We were listening to “Eruption,” and he said, “Dad,And I said, “You’re right, son. No one can play that.
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