Fait plutôt rare, Angus pour un livre surle groupe Van Halen a accepté de parler du guitariste du groupe. C'est relativement rare, comme je le lisais sur le topic des zztop, les frères Young parlent plus des artistes de rock, blues des années 50 que des artistes plus contemporain.
Il rectifie un peu le tire ici :
[Legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower recently completed his second VAN HALEN hardcover coffee table photo book, "Eddie Van Halen", to be released October 12.
Van Halen News Desk, has an exclusive quote from the book, courtesy of AC/DC's Angus Young.
Angus Young: "AC/DC played on a bill with VAN HALEN back in 1978 or 1979 for a Bill Graham Day on the Green show. I didn't know much about VAN HALEN then except that I remember seeing film clips of them, especially the one of Eddie playing the solo piece 'Eruption', and I was very impressed. I didn't meet Eddie until years later when there was a Monsters Of Rock open-air festival in England. I was shocked to hear he liked my playing, because I've never rated myself as a guitarist.
"Eddie is an innovator.
"When I grew up, we had a lot of guys from England who were great players, like Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. And then, of course, when Jimi Hendrix came along, he changed the game. I'd put Eddie in that category of being an innovator like Hendrix. He changed the game for his style of playing.
"When Eddie came along, he spawned so many imitators. Like Hendrix, suddenly you started to see people wanting to buy the same guitars he played and also play his licks. He turned the rule book upside down in terms of his approach. There was a lot of experimentation to his playing. Eddie also crosses into that avant-garde thing, which puts him in the same category as Hendrix.
"'Eruption' is a favorite track. He's got everything characteristic of his playing in that song — there's a bit of everything.
"When Jimi Hendrix came along, it was like, 'Where did this guy come from?', and I think that was the same feeling with Eddie. When Eddie appeared on the scene, every guitarist I ran into said, 'You've gotta hear this guy!'"
Once again, Van Halen Store is the exclusive retailer of autographed copies, signed by the author himself, at no additional charge.
Et : A quand l'avis d'Angus sur Stevie ray Vaughan ? 
Tu fais bien de le re-redire parce que je débarque totalement sur le coup ! J'étais resté sur une histoire de bagnoles, me basant sur les paroles de Roth. Je n'avais pas entendu parler de la genèse du titre.
