3. Van Halen - Van Halen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBOLf2UyzU8 Track List: 1. Runnin' with the Devil 2. Eruption (Instrumental) 3. You Really Got Me 4. Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love 5. I'm the One 6. Jamie's Cryin' 7. Atomic Punk 8. Feel Your Love Tonight 9. Little Dreamer 10. Ice Cream Man 11. On Fire Arriving at a time when Hard Rock and Heavy Metal needed a kick up the backside as it crumpled under the steel-toe-capped might of Punk's onslaught, Van Halen emerged, dazzlingly like Gods of the Sun from the Sunset Strip. Containing many of Van Halen's signature songs, including "Runnin' with the Devil", "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love", "Jamie's Cryin'", the untouchable guitar solo "Eruption" and a crackling revamp of The Kinks classic "You Really Got Me", here was a band who didn't care about trends and prevailing fashions, they simply wanted to party and rock hard, and they had no shame in doing it. They were a breath of fresh air amidst Punk's smog of overwhelming self-importance and they bought some much needed fun back to music. Fortunately they had in their ranks the most exciting new guitarist in the world too. Eddie Van Halen was astonishing, innovative and without peer. The precocious little scamp practically pioneered two-handed tapping, incorporating natural and artificial harmonics and tremolo picking which resulted in exquisite technique expertly balanced with an innate rhythmic sensibility. Basically, he had mad skills and could have produced pretentious material like someone like Yngwie Malsteem, but instead chose to write actual songs - real Rock songs you could bang your head to.
Christopher Jennings
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I love Heavy Metal, and generally anything that involves a guitar and loud noises, so I figured it was about time I put all the useless information in my head to good use and start writing a few things. Most of the time I'll be writing nonsense but occasionally I may surprise myself and appear half-way knowledgable.....but you can be the judge of that. Thanks for your fleeting attention!
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