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Eddie Van Halen
, one of the great guitar heroes throughout four decades of rock history and leader of
Van Halen
, one of the bands that marked the course of hard rock mainly during the '70s and' 80s,
He died this Tuesday, October 6, at the age of 65
.
Based on pyrotechnic riffs and solos that will remain in the memory of many, the musician crossed the boundaries of the genre and was inspiration for a huge number of artists who took him as a reference to the "guitar-hero" and how the best rock is made of stadiums.
Eddie's death was announced by his son Wolfgang, through his Twitter account, without more details than what is essential to know that rock has lost one of its great figures.
Van Halen
had received treatment for throat cancer
, which he managed to partially overcome, but which resulted in the loss of a third of his tongue.
Eddie Van Halen played his guitar on Miechael Jackson's hit "Beat It," among many other collaborations he made beyond his band.
/ Photo AP Photo / Carlos Osorio
The musician once attributed having contracted the disease to his habit of putting a metal pick that he used to play the guitar in his mouth.
Considered among the best at his thing in numerous worldwide surveys, like colleagues such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Brian May, among others,
Eddie Van Halen
was considered the creator of
his own style
, characterized by his sound stabbing and amazing speed.
In addition, he not only managed to register a howling vibrato as his own, but popularized a technique known as two-handed tapping, in which he effectively added a sixth finger to his left hand.
With his band, created in the early '70s, he
recorded 14 albums
.
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