Van Halen at the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino, California.

[the other mike]

Eddie, Alex, Michael and David in their prime.


Rest in peace sir.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Afterward...

 

[the other mike]

40 years ago I would have bet all the money in the world
that Keith Richards would not outlive Eddie Van Halen.

 

[the other mike]

Afterward...

That was the coke and booze talking.
He's still naturally crazy though judging by the latest interviews.
And his performing is terrible now.

 

[the other mike]

Eddie had more fun with Sammy on stage.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

was van halen the first hair band?

 

[Natural Citizen]

That was the coke and booze talking.
He's still naturally crazy though judging by the latest interviews.
And his performing is terrible now.

I dunno, he sounded rather coherent to me. Kind of matter of factish. I particularly agree with his last line there, In fact I live by the principle. Ha. Did you also catch that line about the Germans? lolol.

Good ol Diamond Dave. That's one cool cat right there, really a good personality, he made early Van Halen what it was, in my view.

But, yeah, agreed, he doesn't have much left of his singing voice these days. He is, after al, a senior citizen, now.

 

[westwall]

40 years ago I would have bet all the money in the world
that Keith Richards would not outlive Eddie Van Halen.

Keith Richards is a vampire. That's the only explanation.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Eddie had more fun with Sammy on stage.

I definitely liked the Sammy Hagar era records better than the older stuff. It's just better music. The older stuff was just too noisy for my tastes. But I liked Dave's antics, so, it evens out in that way I suppose.

Sammy had problems with the Van Halen brothers, too. Especially with Eddie. He said he was just a miserable person. He said Eddie hated him. Think he wrote a book about it.

 

[the other mike]

I dunno, he sounded rather coherent to me. Kind of matter of factish. I particularly agree with his last line there, In fact I live by the principle. Ha. Did you catch that line about the Germans? lolol.

Good ol Diamond Dave. That's one cool cat right there, really a good personality, he made early Van Halen what it was, in my view.

But, yeah, agreed, he doesn't have much left of his singing voice these days. He is, after al, a senior citizen, now.

Well Terry Bradshaw doesn't try to play QB anymore.
DLR should give this up...
Vegas, Jan., 2020....song starts @ 8:30

 

[Natural Citizen]

Well Terry Bradshaw doesn't try to play QB anymore.
DLR should give this up...
Vegas, Jan., 2020....song starts @ 8:30

Yeah, no doubt.

 

[the other mike]

Eddie had more fun with Sammy on stage.

I definitely liked the Sammy Hagar era records better than the older stuff. It's just better music. The older stuff was just too noisy for my tastes. But I liked Dave's antics, so, it evens out in that way I suppose.

Sammy had problems with the Van Halen brothers, too. Especially with Eddie. He said he was just a miserable person. He said Eddie hated him. Think he wrote a book about it.

I saw them in 1982 - the energy level was amazing
in that time period. -

 

[Natural Citizen]

Gare awn teed, though, the real fun was on the audience side of a Van Halen concert, outside no less...at night...in 1983? Pffft. Wish I was there back then.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Ha. We crossed posts.

 

[the other mike]

 

[Rambunctious]

Van Halen played all over the Sunset Strip but their breakout performance that propelled them onto the strip was at a place called the Starwood Theater on Santa Monica Blvd......

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Moonglow]

Afterward...

That was the coke and booze talking.
He's still naturally crazy though judging by the latest interviews.
And his performing is terrible now.

But he can open his mouth really wide...

 

[Moonglow]

Eddie had more fun with Sammy on stage.

I definitely liked the Sammy Hagar era records better than the older stuff. It's just better music. The older stuff was just too noisy for my tastes. But I liked Dave's antics, so, it evens out in that way I suppose.

Sammy had problems with the Van Halen brothers, too. Especially with Eddie. He said he was just a miserable person. He said Eddie hated him. Think he wrote a book about it.

I have the Montrose album with Halen and Sammy it was a good album.