Originally Posted by: mkrty05How good do you guys think Eddie Van Halen is

Not as good as George Lynch of Dokken, to compare him to someone from a competing band of that era.

I personally think Van Halen was a phenomenal band before Sammy Hagar. The best song they had with Hagar was "Up For Breakfast" and, honestly, that song would have sounded SO much better with Roth's voice. Personally, I don't think Eddie is overrated, though some here would disagree, I believe he gets the credit he deserves, take a good listen to "Atomic Punk" and tell me that's not a great guitarist, seriously.

Still, I mean, people like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Ron Thal just blow Eddie out of the water in the same way SRV blew everyone before him out of the water in blues