Ritchie Blackmore or Eddie Van Halen?

**Marie Monday** · 01-25-2021, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Also I think our run with the great Ms. Rigby has expired.

If she never posts again she will be the greatest short splash poster in MB history.

True, ER has certainly brought some prime quality bants, hope she sticks around. She has legend potential.

The Batlord · 01-25-2021, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Van Halen Vs Deep Purple is a tougher question. I understand that really it should be unequivocally Deep Purple but tbh I probably enjoy Van Halen more.

Maybe.

I love em both

Same pretty much exactly. Van Halen I and Machine Head were such formative records for me that I've only come to love more and more as the years go by and if you said I had to pick one to never listen to again I'd just ask for a gun and an hour alone to say goodbye to both records.

Ararita · 01-29-2021, 01:59 AM

Ritchie by miles.

Plus he was often borderline Prog Metal.

Who doesn't love Rainbow?

OccultHawk · 01-29-2021, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Ararita

Ritchie by miles.

Plus he was often borderline Prog Metal.

Who doesn't love Rainbow?

People who aren’t metal D&D nerds.

Texas Boy · 07-05-2021, 11:23 AM

Blackmore has a better sense of melody. Sometimes I find Eddie's sense of melody to be kinda 'artificial', while Blackmore's seems more 'natural' to me.
Stargazer's and Child In Time's solos are much more sophisticated than any Eddie's solo.

BloodFoxTK · 07-05-2021, 11:35 AM

Van Halen would be my choice.

Blackmore is an amazing guitarist too, but if i absolutely had to pick one, then it would be Van Halen.

DinoDavid · 10-19-2021, 06:47 AM

Personally, I like Eddie Van Halen, I haven't heard of Ritchie Blackmore though.

rubber soul · 10-19-2021, 07:06 AM

He was the guitarist for Deep Purple before forming his own band, Rainbow.

Mucha na Dziko · 10-29-2021, 06:58 AM

Blackmore.

He's much more melodic, and actually tries to play something that would fit a song, while EVH is all flash and no soul

Mucha na Dziko · 10-29-2021, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoDavid

Personally, I like Eddie Van Halen, I haven't heard of Ritchie Blackmore though.

If you haven't heard of Blackmore then how can you actually say who do you prefer?

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View Poll Results: Ritchie Blackmore or Eddie Van Halen?
Ritchie Blackmore	12	52.17%
Eddie Van Halen	11	47.83%
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01-29-2021, 01:59 AM	#23 (permalink)
Ararita Groupie Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Ikhlas Posts: 21	Ritchie by miles. Plus he was often borderline Prog Metal. Who doesn't love Rainbow?

07-05-2021, 11:23 AM	#25 (permalink)
Texas Boy Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 172	Blackmore has a better sense of melody. Sometimes I find Eddie's sense of melody to be kinda 'artificial', while Blackmore's seems more 'natural' to me. Stargazer's and Child In Time's solos are much more sophisticated than any Eddie's solo.

10-19-2021, 06:47 AM	#27 (permalink)
DinoDavid Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Chandler AZ Posts: 54	Personally, I like Eddie Van Halen, I haven't heard of Ritchie Blackmore though.