Valerie Bertinelli: “I’m so grateful Wolfie and I were able to hold you in your last moments. I will see you in our next life my love.”
David Lee Roth: “What a long great trip it’s been.”
Lenny Kravitz: “Heaven will be electric tonight.”
Cat Stevens : Sad to hear Eddie Van Halen has passed away. A guitar innovator with a fierce spirit of musical and technical exploration. Prayers and thoughts with his family and friends.
David Lee Roth: “What a long great trip it’s been.”
Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar: “Heartbroken and speechless. My love to the family.”
Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony: “No words . . . Heartbroken, my love to the family.”
Gene Simmons: “My heart is broken. Eddie was not only a Guitar God, but a genuinely beautiful soul. Rest in peace, Eddie!”
(Gene was an early booster of Van Halen, and even helped them record a demo before they got signed.)
Nikki Sixx: “So [effing] crushed. RIP Eddie Van Halen. You changed our world. You were the Mozart of rock guitar.”
Lenny Kravitz: “Heaven will be electric tonight.”
Flea: “Oh man, bless his beautiful creative heart. I love you Eddie Van Halen, an LA boy, a true rocker.”
Black Sabbath guitarist and cancer survivor Tony Iommi: “He fought a long and hard battle with his cancer right to the very end. Eddie was one of a very special kind of person, a really great friend.”
Queen guitarist Brian May: “This wonderful man was way too young to be taken. What a talent, what a legacy, probably the most original and dazzling rock guitarist in History.”
Metallica: “We considered him an inspiration, an idol, and after spending a summer together on the road in ’88, a friend.”
Billy Corgan: “Blessed to have known him just a little . . . sparks flew when he played.”
Alice Cooper: “Feeling lost today . . .”
Patton Oswalt: “You just don’t let up, do you 2020?”
Nickelback: “The world lost an icon, innovator, showman, virtuoso, master songwriter and perhaps one of the biggest inspirations ever to learn how to play guitar.”
Tom Morello: “One of the greatest, most inventive, truly visionary musicians of all time. An unparalleled titan in the annals of rock n roll. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for every spectacular note.”
