Songs where the guitar player obviously copies Eddie Van Halen

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Check out the solo in this one, especially at the 3:00 mark ...

[vaijuju]

Precious Time ( 1981) I love this solo at 2.57 , Neil Giraldo is a very good melodic player... at 3.30 perhaps sounds like EVH ..

[Eric M]

Neil Giraldo’s mentor Rick Derringer was an early adopter:

[Eric M]

As was Tom Scholz:

[I Coulda Hada VH]

The guitar licks in this one scream EVH ...

[Eric M]

The guitar licks in this one scream EVH ...

So true. Most copycats did their plagiarism in the solos but for this tune it’s in the fills etc.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Here's one of my favorite songs from the Motels where you can hear the influence of EVH ...

[belikemike]

I’ve always thought Round and Round was a EVH tribute from Ratt

[I Coulda Hada VH]

I’ve always thought Round and Round was a EVH tribute from Ratt

It does remind me an awful lot of Panama, even though Out Of The Cellar was released a mere 2-1/2 months after 1984. Out Of The Cellar was also released exactly 5 years to the day after Van Halen II.

[MF5150]

The guitar licks in this one scream EVH ...

To call Jabs an EVH copycat based on this song is ridiculous.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

To call Jabs an EVH copycat based on this song is ridiculous.

Nobody called him "a copycat". The EVH influence on the guitar licks in Blackout are obvious.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

This guy even looked like EVH ...

[MF5150]

Nobody called him "a copycat". The EVH influence on the guitar licks in Blackout are obvious.

Eric did, but that's fine. It's all subjective.

I don't hear anything in there that sounds like EVH. They sound like guitar fills. Harmonics and dive bombs no longer just remind me of Ed. There are plenty of guys who do em', in their own way.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Eric did, but that's fine. It's all subjective.

I don't hear anything in there that sounds like EVH. They sound like guitar fills. Harmonics and dive bombs no longer just remind me of Ed. There are plenty of guys who do em', in their own way.

There were plenty of guys who started doing them after Van Halen's debut album was released on 2/10/78.

[MF5150]

There were plenty of guys who started doing them after Van Halen's debut album was released on 2/10/78.

That's for sure. But lets not get into the 80's hair metal wankers, please.