[DoodleBob]

You may not like David Lee Roth, Sammy, or Van Halen's music, but Eddie is THE most influential contemporary rock guitarist.

[Gay State Conservative]

Only a clueless showbiz celebrity would fly to Germany for cancer treatment rather than to Boston,New York or Houston...the homes of the three finest cancer treatment centers in the world.

[RummyChick]

What’s in Germany that he can’t get in the US because of FDA

[dp0622]

Saw them several times. Once with each singer. Even the last one.

They put on a great show.

Well that was 21 years ago so he might not have been the last singer. I haven’t followed

[Bullish]

He was constantly smoking cigs even when he was playing on stage.

[Eddie01]

he was a smoker. cancer.

[Kozak]

Right. The metal pick.

Not smoking. Not drugs. Not alcohol. Not P#ssy.

Sure.

[dayglored]

Prayers and very best of luck, Eddie. Throat cancer is a b!+ch.

Lost my band’s bass player to throat cancer a few years ago, and the band’s sound engineer to the same thing a decade before that. It’s a bad road downhill and a most unpleasant one to watch, since when it was diagnosed, it was already too late to save either one.

Cancer sucks.

[USMC79to83]

Eddie spent a good bit of time helping Dweezil Zappa when Frank was sick. Seems like a good dude.

Prayers up

[albie]

My daughter works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. This is in the Top 3 cancer centers in the world. I’ve never heard my daughter mention anything about Germany.

[1217Chic]

Get well Eddie....Love ya......

[ifinnegan]

“THE most influential contemporary rock guitarist”

Define contemporary.

[11th_VA]

Too much ‘Running with the Devil’ ???

[Yaelle]

Actually oral sex with multiple partners is more likely the cause. But maybe any exposure to tons of weird bacteria (like on his pick) could do it.

There are some oral conditions that lead to oral / throat cancer which is highly deadly. You ignore mouth ulcers and discolorations (symptoms of LP) and you risk it becoming cancerous. Dentists are supposed, with every appointment, to check the mouth for signs of pre-cancer. THEY USUALLY DON’T.

One natural medicine for oral problems like lichen planus, scientifically tested, is a weed out in your garden, purslane. You can eat it, put it in your salad, etc. it worked slightly better than the rinsing steroids doctors recommend and there is study in a known medical journal to prove it.

[AppyPappy]

He was also a heavy smoker

[newfreep]

IIRC, a couple of fun facts....

EVH took lessons from Glen Campbell.

EVH played that hot, smokin’ lead solo on “Beat It” for the homo pedo.

Bonus: Rick Derringer, formerly lead of the McCoys (”Hang On Sloopy”) played the lead solo on Weird Al’s parody, “Eat It”.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for him.

[trisham]

He’s amazing.