Eddie van Halen - Photo, biography, personal life, cause of death, guitarist

Biography

As a child, Eddie Wan Halen planned to become a drummer, but everything changed, as he picked up a guitar. The artist not only learned the virtuoso game, but also became one of the greatest guitarists in history.

Childhood and youth

Edward (Eddie) Van Halen was born on January 26, 1955 in Amsterdam, Holland. His father was a native Dutch, and his mother had Indonesian, Dutch and Italian origin and arrived from Java Island.

Celebrity dad was a musician, played on clarinet and saxophone. He was so passionate about his business that he even gave the youngest son's second name Ludwig, which is the Netherlands version of Ludwig, in honor of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

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It is not surprising that Eddie and his elder brother Alex engaged in music from childhood. Both took the lessons on the piano, and the younger managed to achieve success, but he treated it cool. Later, the family moved to the USA and ass in Pasaden, where the early years of Van Chalena biography were held.

In a new country, the boy first heard the records of cream and Jimmy Hendrix, after which he decided that he would become a rock musician, which her parents did not prevent. He acquired a drum installation, while the elder brother took to master the guitar. But soon, Alex realized that he wanted to be drummer, and Eddie lost him, taking on the role of a guitarist.

Although no one taught the artist to handle the instrument, he seriously approached the matter. The first thing the young man acquired himself a TEISCO Del Ray guitar, which was almost not parted, focusing on the technique of playing his idols. Eric Clapton, the record of whom Wang Halen learned by heart.

Personal life

The first marriage of the star turned out to be unsuccessful, in his youth he married the actress Valerie Burtellley, who met at the concert. The musician was so much in love, which was even put in honor of the wife a tattoo, but brought it after the gap in 2005. The couple retained friendly relations and focused on the upbringing of the Son, whom the artist called Mozart in honor of Wolfgang, continuing the tradition of his father.Embed from getty images

Shortly after the divorce from Valerie Edward made a proposal to his new Belny Leshevsky's beloved, with whom he gained happiness in his personal life. They got married in 2009 and lived in marriage until the death of the performer.

Music

His first group of Eddie and Alex formed at school, speaking with friends during a lunch break. Later a team of Mammoth appeared, which the brothers created together with Mark Stone. The star had not only to play the guitar, but also to perform the duties of vocalist, which turned out to be unbearable for him.

At that time, the artists rented an acoustic system from David Lee Rota, and Edward came the idea to invite him to a group as a singer to save and get rid of the hateful role. A new participant suggested renaming the team in Van Halen, because it sounded more spectacular. In addition, they changed the bassist, Michael Anthony came to the place of Stone.

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At first, the musicians performed where it would have: from parties to tiny hind yards. They collected the public, folding leaflets on the lockers of the school students, as they had no opportunity to hire a manager.

Speaking at the next club, the group participants attracted the attention of Rodney Bingenheimer, who invited them to Los Angeles Starwood. There guys noted Jean Simmons from Kiss, which caused to finance their first demo-recording.

But when the work was completed, young artists did not know what to do next. The guys did not want to scream up the thresholds of studios and knock on all the doors, so they postponed records to the far box and continued to perform in clubs. Good luck smiled again by performers when their game heard Marshall Berl, offered his manager services.

As a result, he organized listening to the musicians from the representatives of Warner Bros Record, and after a week later, they signed a contract with them. The debut album of the Van Halen group was recorded as soon as possible and was successful, being on the 10th line in the Dutch Chart.

Even then, the famous guitar solo Eroupion appeared, in which Eddie applied tapping technique - extracting sound by hitting the fingers to the neck. The artist is mistakenly considered the inventor of this game style, but in fact he was only a popularizer.

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In subsequent years, the collective albums became more successful. Special love of the public used the "1984", in which the single jump entered. The song reached the top of the charts of the United States and Canada, and the video was awarded the MTV Video Music Awards.

Soon after the release of the record, the group left the mouth, and the new vocalist became Sammi Khagar, which almost did not affect the success of Van Halen. On the contrary, it was with this participant that the Balance track was recorded, which fans consider the top of the skill of musicians.

True, the new vocalist did not last long, for some time with the team performed Gary Blyon, and then David Lee Roth returned. Despite the changes, the stars continued to give interviews and speak with concerts that collected crowds of fans. During this period, Eddie managed to cooperate with other musicians, participating in the records of their tracks, and produce new albums, but over time health began to bring a guitarist.

Death

Unfortunately, talent for music was not the only thing that Edward inherited from his father. In the family there was a tendency to alcoholism, so he still began to smoke and drink a teenager and then use drugs, which had a negative impact on health.

In 2000, it became known that the artist was treated from the throat cancer, due to which a third of the language was removed. After years, the performer called the cause of his disease copper and brass mediators, which he held in the mouth during the speeches. But this assumption was refuted by the employee of the British Medical Advisory Service Push Doctor.

Soon after the operation, the news about the full recovery of the musician appeared, and the fans sighed with relief. But in subsequent years, Van Halena has repeatedly had to seek help from doctors, although he assured that he changed his lifestyle, threw to drink and smoke. In 2012, Edward was hospitalized with the diverticulitis, because of which he had to postpone the Japanese tour of the group.

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From that moment on, the guitarist less often appeared on stage, and after 7 years, the TMZ news site published a sensational news, which said that the state of the performer began to deteriorate due to the throat cancer. During this period, Van Halen continued to communicate with fans in "Instagram", where he published the video and photo, which gave them hope for the best.

But in October 2020, the artist died, the cause of death was the complications of the disease. Sad news told fans the son of celebrities.

Discography

• 1978 - Van Halen
• 1979 - Van Halen II
• 1980 - Women and Children First
• 1981 - Fair Warning
• 1982 - Diver Down
• 1983 - 1984.
• 1986 - 5150.
• 1988 - OU812.
• 1991 - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
• 1995 - Balance
• 1998 - Van Halen III
• 2004 - The Best of Both Worlds
• 2012 - A Different Kind Of Truth