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The American hard rock band Van Halen released a cover of "You Really Got Me" for their self-titled 1978 debut album. As the band's first single, it was a popular radio hit that helped jump-start the band's career, [ 74 ] as it had done for the Kinks 14 years earlier.
This re-release failed to chart. Although the Kinks had performed the song live on the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1965, it would not become a staple of their live shows until the 1970s. The song was covered and released as a single in 1982 by Van Halen for their album Diver Down, reaching 17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart
"Eruption" starts with a short accompanied intro with Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass.The highlight of the solo is the use of two-handed tapping. "Eruption" was played on the Frankenstrat, with an MXR Phase 90, an Echoplex, a Univox echo unit and a 1968 Marshall 1959 Super Lead tube amp.
During the band's bar-playing days, vocalist David Lee Roth bought a budget label Kinks double album, and Van Halen learned all of the songs on one side to use as staples of their set. [8] Eddie Van Halen created the effects in the guitar solo by running the edge of his pick up and down the strings and using an Echoplex. [6]
If Google had any sense of humor, the cover of OU812 would pop up anytime you search “sophomore slump.” There are two big problems with Hagar’s second album with the band. The production is ...
[3] [4] During this tour, Eddie Van Halen began to use Kramer guitars which had been endorsed in early 1982, notably with a custom double neck. [5] Relations between the members of the band were beginning to hit an all-time low due to the constant partying, which resulted in the band arguing with one another, and creating grudges.
[10] In 2010, NPR selected "Wye Oak Covers the Kinks" as one of "Five Great Cover Songs from 2010 (So Far)". [11] It was a 2011 Honoree for a Webby. [12] All episodes have since been deleted from YouTube, with the exception of Season 2, Episode 18, in which They Might Be Giants sang Tubthumping, which is hosted on They Might Be Giants' YouTube ...
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