van halen is all about guitar. the roth era stuff was better in terms of guitar work. i really do not like sammy's voice, and dave was not really a talented singer, but he seemed to fit with the style they played. as far as the two leads....eddie is awesome because he plays rhythm and lead at what seems to be the time. he'll be playing the rhythm and all of the sudden you hear harmonics and a some blistering riff and then a dive bomb and he playing rhythm again....another player would have just made it muddy sounding
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