Eddie 'disliked' Frank so much that he got his number from Steve Vai and went over to his house to meet him.

It’s well documented how much Eddie liked spending time with the Zappa’s.

He's not trash talking either of them.

If Eddie joined the Police they`d have to call themselves the SWAT Team.

Great interview! I love when the interviewer tells Eddie, you've left your mark and then Eddie response, we'll see what happens. Lol. See you in the next realm ed, you're still alive in your music ♥️

The interviewer bashed Zappa first. Eddie didn’t say anything harsh.

Half the songs on Fair Warning were written on piano, wow!

eddie was first phone call of condolences per zappas family. Zappas son says so on stage before gigs

Ed did not criticize either Zappa or Summers. He pointed out that their style is different from his. This seems like click bait to me.

Andy Summers is a guitar God. He can play just about anything.

I didn’t think he was too harsh on either Zappa or Andy Summers; pretty accurate assessments, in fact. I’m not a fan of Zappa, but I am a fan of Andy Summers.

Andy is a great lead player too , he gets to solo on his solo albums alot of which are jazz fusion . In the police sting cut out alot of andys solos

I love how honest Eddie is and a no b.s. kinda of guy he was. Even with himself. He said he liked Andy Summers playing but just hearing the same flanger and chorus effect with only chords for a whole album drove him nuts. Then he says he has the same sound on all his albums and probably people say the same thing about him. Too funny. Also the record company stuff was really interesting. I think they got screwed by the sounds of it on sales. There is a video on youtube from one of the band members of Mr. North who opened for Van Halen for a 7 concerts or so. They got screwed by the management of Van Halen and Eddie and Alex knew nothing about them not being paid at all for being on tour with them. I imagine lots of things they were unaware of that they probably wouldn't agree with.

Much more of a comment on the industry as a whole, his comments on warner bros is eye opening.

misleading title. eddie van halen can be heard saying that he thinks it's so funny to sit and criticize other guitar players and is literally saying "who am i too talk?" since other guitarists probably think or say the same about his style. plus eddie van halen & frank zappa were friends in real life. frank zappa stood up for van halen and defended van halen's hot for teacher in court during the pmrc trials. frank zappa's son was a huge van halen fan and eddie van halen surprised dweezil zappa at his school during the soundcheck when he was only 12 years old and about to perform van halen's running with the devil. eddie even went back home to get his own guitar and let dweezil play that one when he noticed dweezil's guitar kept getting out of tune. dweezil's first recording (space cadet) was actually produced by eddie van halen. when frank zappa died eddie van halen was the first to call and offer his condolences according to dweezil zappa himself. real frank zappa & eddie van halen fans know this. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fOCHnJaVsM_XYpc.html

This whole interview sounds like they've run out of things to talk about, and are wondering how to end the conversation, but some other question finally gets thought up to keep it going.

"I really wanna get into keyboards. " NOOOOOOO!!! Don't, please.

Click bait but worth it, probably would not have found it otherwise. RIP Ed.

Frank said never show me a kid that Hits that many notes in a scale again, but Dweezil loved Eddie and Eddie came over to the Zappa's and personally taught Dweezil eruption, so I guess it's fair game for Eddie to give his opinion of Frank's playing.

On Andy Summers: “He just plays chords. I love it, too.”

Eddie’s influence on me has been DEEP!! my whole guitar world view is this...!

Opinions vary and that's a good thing.

I liked it when he went over to Fred Durst's house to get his amp back, a great talent gone to soon. I always loved his music and the more a learn about him as a person I love em all the more!!!!!!

Eddie didn’t knock either of these players haha. He’s right that Zappa’s music is like a manic typewriter on the some tracks, but that’s his voice and it left a mark.

Ed wasn’t making a real passionate statement about either artist and was more critical of himself ... misleading title .

I like how Eddie transcribes his process from thought,piano, and then to guitar and then back again. He simplifies first then shreds to get the technicalities and the body of the song. What a process. Cant wait to hear whats in the vh vault that never saw daylight.

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I would love to hear those piano demos

I think the interviewer was Jas Obrecht who worked for Guitar player magazine.

Music is a subjective subject period beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nonetheless from a purely academic perspective Frank Zappa's compositions are very intellectually advanced. and I'm not talking about his comedic pieces although some of them have some pretty amazing stuff going on.

Every old interview with Ed he is belly aching

“Interview”??? Sounds like a personal phone call that was recorded without Eddies knowledge.

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very honest of Ed here...."who am i to talk ...i get the same sound too " .... very true ..tho...who can you say does not ?

Zappa's guitar style was heavily rhythmically varied because his entire compositional style was like that.

Cool video

You KNOW.....There Is A Plethora Of Material To Come Out Eventually!!

Eddie is great and a legend and im sure he meant nothing by the comments

Zappa always funnier than shit, the world's greatest sarcastic genius, (glad to meet you!) He did some great solos on recordings that sound like nobody else....his compositions lots of complicated 16th 32nd notes "typewriter" wierd time signatures nothing made to appeal to pop music fans (unless sarcastic and intentionally stupid like valley girls or yellow snow) I love Frank's solo on the "sofa" album with a mutron...some/most of Frank's music was made to be hated by the mass idiot consumers.. Everyone's got their own thing You can hear one note of Eddie know it's Eddie same with Zappa and Andy Summers, Holdsworth, Abercrombie, McLaughlin, Hendrix etc. No big deal eh....I like how Eddie says yeah you know everyone says the same about me too.

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Wait, Eddie wrote Unchained on piano? That might explain why it's some of the weirdest/innovative guitar playing. It's not "natural" for a guitarist but it sounds great.

He must not have heard Summers on Driven To Tears, or Zappa on St. Etienne. Now if he said the great Edge of U2 “only” played chords with effects he’d have been more right.

I never had an ear for Zappa's music either but tons of fans did. Some european nation revered him as a god

Eddie never said that he disliked Andy summers or frank zappa.!

I'm gonna miss Ed

Not sure if "clickbait" is right to describe the title. I think 'inaccurate" a better word. If the title read "On Frank Zappa and Andy Summers" I would have listened to it as quickly. And let's face it the mere fact that this is a recorded EVH interview is enough for most of us to listen to it anyhow without ANY title. It's not like audio EVH interviews are a dime a dozen.

Eddy Van Halen was the first to call at Zappa House when Frank passed away

Everything that Eddie said about Frank and Andy he says people probably say the same things about his playing...nough said. RIP Meastro

"He does nothing but chord stuff. I love it too." Sounds like he is a fan to me. He rips Andy a little but then projects his complaints about his playing/style on to his own use of the same equipment. Also he only criticized Frank Zappa's lead playing but how do we know he is not a fan of Zappa's music in general? I like Zappa's guitar solos OK but it is not the reason I listen to him.

Noel Monk wrote a book and it's on youtube. Really good. He talks about the shit deal they got and the deal they eventually got.

Vai said that Eddie was "a fan" of Zappa. When Vai met him and offered for Eddie to meet with Frank, Eddie called right away and went down there. This is clickbait, and probably incorrect.

The subject line here is a bit of click bait, because he doesn't really slam Andy Summers at all. He says that Frank Zappa doesn't move him, and he says that Andy Summers focuses on effects-laden chord work which - to him - can sound repetitice across the span of an entire record, even though it sounds nice. He goes on to say that there are probably also people criticizing him for sounding the same across entire albums, so it's not his place to say anything... I don't see this as being critical of Andy, but more self aware of establishing a signature sound and what that could mean...

I like andy summers not for technical ability but just cuz I liked the songs.... music is much more than just technique...I loved eddie too....just to be clear lol That's the thing about the hair metal period people were looking for virtuosos ....there are very few And I'm old ...I was there

The title is really misleading. He actually likes Andy`s playing and Zappa

By 82 Zappa was playing some out stuff. I go to Roxy and Elsewhere to hear his guitar playing.

I agree with Ed. Zappa's playing kind of does remind me of a spastic typewriter lol.

eddie realized the police were a class above VH and that upset him lol

Who is interviewer? It's pretty crazy, a lot of these recorded interviews I've actually read in magazines. I've got a ton of Guitar/music mags where Eddie's featured since I'm such a huge fan

Listen to Andy Summers rip it up on John Lord's 75' solo album Sarabande. He's incredible.

1:29 you got that right!

Interesting personality

The title of this video is misleading. He never says anything truly negative about either guitarist. If anything he is mostly critical of himself.

Huh? This is a silly post! Zappa was a musical genius, and he and Ed jammed and hung out, Ed produced his sons first album, and gave him the guitar from the Unchained Video! Helped him out, and was the first to call upon hearing of his death! Check out Dweezil talk about Eddie and rethink the title of this video!

Disagree with his opinions of Holdsworth (that he was monotonous) Zappa, Summers, and Rhoads, but love the guy, anyway.

Every guitar play critiques other guitar players. A lot of times it is just because what they do doesn't fit into their own style of playing. I'm sure Eddie looked to others for ideas because that is all we do all day. Feed out brains new points of view to see what else can be discovered.

Not that I’m a huge Police fan but every guitarist is chords with effects 🤦🏻‍♂️

Zappa é o maior músico de todos os tempos

Aww he doesn’t talk bad about them. Just states his take on it.

It ended too soon about Warner Bros

I think ed's just been honest to what he thinks of the style's of Zappa and Summers, he doesn't disrespect them...it's the interviewer who dislikes them! I like Ace Frehleys playing in mid 70's KISS perfect for the band....but i don't think he's a great guitarist. It's just your personnel view on what you find attractive to your ears.

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Yaaaaaaaaa ok

Guy that taps on neck with two hands calls frank zappas guitar playing typewriter stuff? Love eddie but so many hypocritical things he has said or done over the years.

I don’t think you Eddie new this was being recorded judging by some of his comments.

This is a crooked world. There are several things here....👀

It is insightful but definitely not what it claims to be

People just heard Eddie Van Halen himself say these words about Frank Zappa: "He doesn't move me ... he's too spasmatic ... too typewriter-ish." And then they react with, "this is bullsht, Eddie likes Frank and I've got the facts to prove it!" This is why America is a land full of people believing whatever they want to with religious and political talking heads feeding them the manure to keep them safe and artificially "sane".

Was this an interview, or a phone call that Ed didn't know was being recorded? I've heard and watched many EVH interviews and in this instance he seemed to have his guard down and even gives him some dirt on Warner Bros. and explicitly tells him not to repeat it to anyone. This didn't sound like an interview to me, it sounded like a somewhat close confidant to Eddie recording him and in the process he tried to get Eddie to talk shit about people... Unsuccessfully.

Eddie Van Halen was just livin the dream for all of us. No one deserved it more! 🤘

Ed ..what was going on In your head 😳

Eddie will always be my hero but he always ripped other guitar players especially Jimmy Page. He was quoted saying that Page live sounded like he played with 2 broken hands. Eddie also talked shit about Randy Rhoades before & after he died. Funny how he became a saint after he died.

Eddie was cocky at that time and he had the right to be. It didn't last long though. RIP Meastro

I don’t think this is appropriate. Because his critical view on Zappa & Summers playing wasn’t too bad. In fact he says, “Well people probably say the same about me. Everything sounds the same.” He even said he loves Andy’s sound but it drives him nuts after hearing a whole album. These were the days people listened to an entire album. It’s not all about single tracks.

Frank's playing is too.... spasmatic typewriterish. Lol

Ooops Ed having an artistic ego inflation of the head moment.... Sorry but Andy has his place in my collection...Frank?? that needs no comment at the ego-out of Ed...

Is the interviewer Andy Aledort?

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Eddie and Frank were pretty good pals and Andy he respected. I really like how he admitted that all these top guitars have the same faults. You also have to remember this is the time when guitar technique and pure skill is what everybody was being measured by. Nothing wrong with a little healthy dose of competition. All I know is no one was worse than that Swedish meatball Yingyang Malmsteen. What an absolute tool🤨🤨🤨

This interviewer believes Van Halen was the first band to hold the World's record for first 5 albums being Platinum hahaha ? Total nonsense . There were bands before Van Halen ever showed up that had that distinction . Led Zeppelin is the greatest album seller in US history for only making 9 albums . Led Zeppelin - First 9 albums in a row Platinum Black Sabbath - First 9 albums in a row Platinum The Eagles - First 7 albums in a row Platinum EVH had a lot of nerve to put Andy Summers down without thought . Every Breath You Take isn't an easy riff to play . Summers played a lot of different sounding songs in the Police . I mean it was a Ska / Punk Rock band really . Summers used a Dyna Comp compressor ,Tape delay , Vintage Phaser , and EHX Electric Mistress Chorus / Flanger with Filter Matrix to get the majority of his sound . EVH never used those particular pedals .

Click bait title. Eddie's statement was way more humble than it implied.

Them describing The Nation Enquirer sounds just like what CNN/"mainstream media" has become. PS: would love to hear EVH's keyboard version of "Unchained."

I like his music. Sorry to find out he has a tin ear.

..yeah he wasn't being critical ...he was saying he did the same thing also ....it's jst conversation BSing .... we've all said shit we regret...the difference is when you're EVH ...it gets twisted into criticism...

This video is kind of misleading. Not only did you misquote Eddie but he makes it clear he’s not trying to knock either player and admits he has aspects of his sound and playing that could be criticized. Eddie and Frank are both self-taught but from completely different eras and thus, different influences. If you wanna really be critical, most of EVH’s music was written in F# (A flat) and his technical ability was extremely limited and basically noodled the same licks and whammy dives his whole career. Frabk also admittedly was technically limited, which is why he hired virtuosos like Steve Vai and Mike Keneally to do the really hard stuff. Frank composed symphonies and used his rock band to raise money to pay world-class orchestras to perform his classical pieces. Eddie’s piano skills were limited to C major and even admitted in interviews he only used the white keys. But who cares? Totally different music and totally different people who died of cancer because they didn’t listen to science regarding the dangers of smoking. Both should be with us today. RIP to both! As far as Andy Summers goes: Meh. LOL

Eddie said what I’ve said for years, every one of his solos sounds the same

Eddie was a fabulous guitar player, no doubt. But putting down Zappa is just ridiculous. Eddie was a part of a middle of the road, sing along poodle rocker band of the late seventies/ eighties. They where not even on the same planet as Franks body of work with his different line-ups. And he was certainly no slouch on the guitar.

Frank never played the guitar unless he was on tour. Frank had a style and facility on the guitar that isnt for everyone. Eddie., Vai , Lukather have nmore interesting guitr parts anyway.

Kinda explains the election...naaaa, what?

Crappy title.

I'm not an Eddie VH fan.