thelegendsofmusictv on Instagram: "Van Halen performing “Eruption” Live on the 27th of August, 1986 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut “Eruption” was born out of a warm-up exercise Eddie used before the band’s recording sessions. It involved the guitarist running his guitar through a cheap echo unit called a Univox to get the low growl at the end. He put a different motor in the unit to give it a distinctive sound. In fact, the guitarist had gained a reputation for taking

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