Guitar players Slash, Kirk Hammett and Tom Morello paid tribute honoring Eddie Van Halen, Saturday 7th November at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees.
Slash said:
“Eddie Van Halen was a truly gifted musician. His style and his sound were completely unique to him. He had a massive impact on guitar playing and I don’t think there’s anybody who has picked up a guitar since 1978 who hasn’t been touched in some way by Eddie Van Halen‘s influence. I really miss his playing and I really miss him as a friend.”
Kirk Hammett stated:
“Eddie Van Halen was amazing. Not since Jimi Hendrix had there been a guitar player that had so much impact and was so inspiring to me. He just explored the most simplest thing, a harmonic on a string, and brought it into a realm of technique that nobody even thought was possible. He was just like from a different planet.”
Tom Morello also said:
“Eddie Van Halen was the Mozart of our generation. He had the kind of talent that maybe comes around once a century. Eddie Van Halen inspired me to practice 20,000 hours to try to get within a hundred miles of his inspired mastery of the electric guitar.”