Joe Strummer’s scathing assessment of Van Halen: “That’s not rock ‘n’ roll”
“That kind of music has no morals”.
Van Halen
The album Eddie Van Halen could never make again: “It’s very unique”
The perfect storm of rock and roll.
The one band Sammy Hagar was always competing with: “We’re mad at them”
Always looking to be one better.
The greatest guitar riff of the 1960s, according to Eddie Van Halen
An iconic guitar line to this day.
The guitarist Frank Zappa and Ritchie Blackmore both agreed reinvented the instrument
“…the ultimate guitar hero.”
The singer Sammy Hagar couldn’t stand being with: “He was the worst guy”
Never getting on the same page.