Dharqe Norse Hellspawn's blog: "My Stuff"

I remember it so clearly...it was a sunday morning and i remember waking up that morning and walkng out into the living room of my home. My dad had just gotten home from being out all night, as had my sister. She had been waiting for me to wake up to play me something...i clearly remember her smiling and saying, "you gotta hear this"....she pulled out this album she had bought a day before, and she put it on and this bass comes on the stereo: "Boom, boom, boom, boom" and then the band kicks in...i had never heard a Guitar sound like that before, she handed me the album sleeve...Van Halen, "Running with the Devil." Holy shit this rocks! Then Eruption came on, and my jaw hit the floor....what the fuck am i listening too? Ive never heard a guitar played like this...holy shit. Eddie changed everything...his guitar sound and playing CHANGED Rock music forever, and i was there at the beginning. Now, sadly, Eddie joins both my sister and father in Valhalla, and all 3 have passed from this horror we call cancer. Its also sad to realize, that this is the end of Van Halen, the band...because without Eddie, their is no band. But we will always have the music and i will never forget that day, and im damn jealous that my sis is hanging out with Eddie right now, drinking a beer and watching him play....Ill join you when my time comes. I miss you Sis ...i miss you Dad...and i miss you Eddie.