Mötley Crüe and Metallica have led the tributes to Eddie Van Halen.
The Van Halen guitarist passed away on Tuesday following a “long and arduous battle” with tongue cancer, his son Wolfgang Van Halen has confirmed, and now the world of music has paid tribute to the late musician.
Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx described Van Halen as the "Mozart of rock guitar".
Crushed. So f****** crushed. RIP Eddie Van Halen. You changed our world. You were the Mozart of rock guitar. Travel safe rockstar, Taking to Twitter, he wrote: .
We are enormously saddened to hear about the untimely passing of Eddie Van Halen, Whilst Metallica shared on their Facebook page:
We considered him an inspiration, an idol, and after spending a summer together on the road in '88, a friend. Sending love to Alex, Wolf Van Halen, and everyone in the greater VH family. #LightUpTheSky , Whilst Metallica shared on their Facebook page: .
Billy Idol paid tribute to the "guitar legend" whilst Tony Iommi, one of the founding members of Black Sabbath, admitted he was "devastated" by it all
