EVH will be considered 'classical' music in 200 years. U2 will be a historical footnote and I like U2
U2's decent early stuff isn't strong enough to salvage them from the WTF period of their latter career. Van Halen was a total juggernaut in their day. I don't think Guitar Player put any other face on their cover besides EVH from 78 til maybe SRV's minute...