# Holy sweet jeebus tell me this is NOT Eddie Van Halen! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685 "2006-03-17T01:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/21 "2006-03-17T03:36:35Z")
There is also the idea that if he is still on chemo etc. that he might not be able to go through drilling, oral surgery, or even have a tooth pulled because of the risks of infection due to an immune system weakend by the chemo. That might be it as well. Fixing the teeth (which would require pulling them or drilling on them at the least) could be deemed “cosmetic” and not necessary, so it’s been put on a back burner. ---
**Author:** ![Spacekat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Spacekat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacekat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/22 "2006-03-17T03:48:11Z")
Not to dwell on what is already a touchy issue with many, but smoking (which likely played a role in his oral cancer) does some of this too. If you ask a doctor how to preserve your youthful good looks without surgery or invasive treatemnts, the first thing he’ll tell you is to stop smoking. [http://www.dentalplans.com/Dental-Health-Articles/Identical-Twins-Plastic-Surgeon.asp](http://www.dentalplans.com/Dental-Health-Articles/Identical-Twins-Plastic-Surgeon.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/23 "2006-03-17T04:57:56Z")
Actually, Eddie doesn’t look too bad on [that page](http://www.twodorks.com/gallery/eddie06/index.htm) in pictures 1 through 5. If he got some cosmetic dentistry done, and got rid of that wicked witch hair with a decent haircut (and have the gray removed), he could still look good. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/24 "2006-03-17T05:09:31Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > No comparison. I see guys that look like Axl all the time. I only see guys that look like Eddie in my nightmares. That’s funny, I’d say exactly the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/25 "2006-03-17T05:10:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You think that’s bad? I take it y’all haven’t seen [Axl Rose](http://www.goanddomichigan.com/images/20040715/8384_512.jpg) lately. That’s not Axl Rose, that’s that Tiger Lady from NY. Holy shit that’s some bad plastic surgery! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/26 "2006-03-17T05:33:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You think that’s bad? I take it y’all haven’t seen [Axl Rose](http://www.goanddomichigan.com/images/20040715/8384_512.jpg) lately. When did Carrot Top get dreads? And why are you calling him “Axl Rose”? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/27 "2006-03-17T06:01:25Z")
While we are on the subject, Mr. Robert Plant, [before](http://www.rnb.hpg.ig.com.br/plant.23.jpg) and [after](http://www.mslogan.net/adm/photo/584_Robert_Plant.jpg). Thank you, and good night. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/28 "2006-03-17T06:22:19Z")
Strangely enough, Jimmy Page doesn’t look shaby at all. [Pic from 2004](http://www.lisa-und-georg.de/mediac/400_0/media/Jimmy~Page~of~Led~Zeppelin%242C~King~Rat~Chas~McDevitt%242C~Nico~McBrain~of~Iron~Maiden..jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/29 "2006-03-17T07:46:16Z")
Looks like Valerie got out just in time. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/30 "2006-03-17T16:15:31Z")
Wow, that sucks. he was so cute when he and Valerie Bertinelli looked [alike](http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/photosearch/Previews/PLX066201.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/31 "2006-03-17T16:29:24Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > Strangely enough, Jimmy Page doesn’t look shaby at all. [Pic from 2004](http://www.lisa-und-georg.de/mediac/400_0/media/Jimmy~Page~of~Led~Zeppelin%242C~King~Rat~Chas~McDevitt%242C~Nico~McBrain~of~Iron~Maiden..jpg). Compared to the goof on the right, neither does Eddie. (Page looks like he just won a Jr. High spelling bee or something in that picture). You want to look tall, hang around with short people. Want to look skinny, hang around with fat people. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/32 "2006-03-17T16:37:03Z")
_There once was an Edward Van Halen Who would wow all the kids with his wailin’ But those butts in his mouth Caused his tongue to go south And now his marriage is failin’_ ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/33 "2006-03-17T16:41:40Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > Our four year old said, “Who’s that old lady?” This is priceless. I keep reading it, and I keep laughing. I kind of feel bad laughing at how poorly people have aged, but I can’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/34 "2006-03-17T17:13:18Z")
Eddie kinda has a Charlie Manson look going on… ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/35 "2006-03-17T18:25:22Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > While we are on the subject, Mr. Robert Plant, [before](http://www.rnb.hpg.ig.com.br/plant.23.jpg) and [after](http://www.mslogan.net/adm/photo/584_Robert_Plant.jpg). Thank you, and good night. I think we can cut Plant some slack. He _is_ 58 years old. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/36 "2006-03-17T18:37:07Z")
> [@FlyingDragonFan](#): > > I think we can cut Plant some slack. He _is_ 58 years old. My Dad is 62, but he doesn’t look like Eric Idle with elephantiasis. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/37 "2006-03-17T19:29:08Z")
Wow, I went to a seriously butt-rocker type of junior high school. I still remember a school-wide day of mourning among the rocker girls because Eddie had _cut his hair_ . They organized a candle procession, black arm bands, the works. Gotta love rocker girls 🙂 I can’t imagine the shattered hearts resulting from this! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/38 "2006-03-17T19:44:06Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Wow, that sucks. he was so cute when he and Valerie Bertinelli looked [alike](http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/photosearch/Previews/PLX066201.jpg). How do you know they don’t still look alike? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/39 "2006-03-17T19:56:48Z")
Hey, I think Robert Plant makes a kind of cute old man. Sort of like a Froud creation, or something from the Dark Crystal, crossed with my aunt Judy. In a cute way. ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/40 "2006-03-17T20:12:01Z")
Check out what the nuts on Fark did to Eddie: [http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1947000](http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1947000) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685.md?page=3)