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DGA35
Rattler and TK, do you recall the opening acts in the 80s and 90s? One thing I didn't like about original VH was the terrible opening acts
81 The Fools, 82 After The Fire, 84 some rockabilly band that got booed big time. Played maybe 20 minutes then off the stage. Actually felt sorry for them. 86 got a couple Canadian acts, Tom Cochrane w/Red Rider and a reformed BTO. 91 Alice In Chains, 95 Our Lady Peace, another Canadian band.
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Mathijs
I saw Van Halen in my old hometown Arnhem in the Netherlands, at The Luxor, in the mid 1990's. It was some kind of radio show, with not more than 400 people or so. I really didn't like any of it, the singer was terrible...If I remember well it was Eddie's birthday that day.
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Mathijs
I saw Van Halen in my old hometown Arnhem in the Netherlands, at The Luxor, in the mid 1990's. It was some kind of radio show, with not more than 400 people or so. I really didn't like any of it, the singer was terrible...If I remember well it was Eddie's birthday that day.
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I saw Van Halen in my old hometown Arnhem in the Netherlands, at The Luxor, in the mid 1990's. It was some kind of radio show, with not more than 400 people or so. I really didn't like any of it, the singer was terrible...If I remember well it was Eddie's birthday that day.
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wonderboy
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but did Keith or Ronnie ever do tapping or any of the EVH techniques?
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wonderboy
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but did Keith or Ronnie ever do tapping or any of the EVH techniques?
I don't know of them doing it, but I always thought Steve Hackett's playing on Genesis' Supper's Ready was Eddie Van Halenesque BEFORE Eddie Van Halen.
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wonderboy
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but did Keith or Ronnie ever do tapping or any of the EVH techniques?
I don't know of them doing it, but I always thought Steve Hackett's playing on Genesis' Supper's Ready was Eddie Van Halenesque BEFORE Eddie Van Halen.
He never took credit for the finger tapping. Never did. There are videos of Django Reinhart finger tapping in the 30s and 40's WAY BEFORE Steve Hackett.
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TKinOH
they never toured extensively outside the US after about '80 w DLR. They did headline smaller European venues with Sammy in '93 though...
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TKinOH
they never toured extensively outside the US after about '80 w DLR. They did headline smaller European venues with Sammy in '93 though...
It's interesting to note on setlist.fm that, in the U.K. alone, Van Halen performed 22 shows in 1978: it then took them another sixteen years to total the same number of performances on the island. I know the fandom here and across Europe wasn't quite at the same level as in the States, but did they have a phobia of crossing the Atlantic?
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Big Al
but did they have a phobia of crossing the Atlantic?
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TKinOH
Ted Templeman's book is a good read, too...
In '78 they were on the road with Sabbath for the majority of their tour, which included the UK & Europe. Starting in '79, they were headlining in the US, so I'd assume their profit margin increased and they concentrated on the States mostly...
Those were the days when a band would say "We'll see ya next year, Dayton...", and most of them did! And slowly over time, the schedules got stretched and returns were less frequent...
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shadooby
What act(s) opened up for them on the OU812 tour in 88? Anybody know or remember?
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wonderboy
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but did Keith or Ronnie ever do tapping or any of the EVH techniques?
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TheflyingDutchman
Eddie van Halen's father Jan van Halen playing the woodwind, and meet the van Halens.
Jan van Halen.
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Eddie van Halen's father Jan van Halen playing the woodwind, and meet the van Halens.
Jan van Halen.
Woodwind ? He is playing the clarinet ...
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electricmud
Ffffank you , Sir
I think in 1996 after they told Sammy Van Haggar to take a hike they brought in Gary Cherone from Extreme - wow talk about out of place like a duck out of water -i mean it was really bad and all we wanted was to hear Eddie tear it up which he most certainly did . Fast forward to 2004 and they reunited with Sammy and i seen them in a arena and they kicked major butt and it was very very good .Then a short 3 years later they bring back David Lee out of moth balls and storage and we just ate it up , then seven years later with David Lee again and that was the last time for me seeing them . There was a You Tube clip that i should have posted that had all of Eddie's times on David Letterman sitting in with Paul Shaffer and the Worlds Most Dangerous Band . Eddie was so good and tearing it up on his Kramer Hockey stick headstock Strat style guitar playing thru a old Marshall head ( probably a Plexi ) with the logo blacked out with the infamous tape , i did not know what the cab was or what speakers were in it , but he was playing fire scorching leads .Quote
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Mathijs
I saw Van Halen in my old hometown Arnhem in the Netherlands, at The Luxor, in the mid 1990's. It was some kind of radio show, with not more than 400 people or so. I really didn't like any of it, the singer was terrible...If I remember well it was Eddie's birthday that day.
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[www.setlist.fm]
Looks like it was this show.
This is also the first I'm hearing about Van Halen opening for Bon Jovi. Never knew that. God damn, they certainly fell for awhile there. And that was even before they REALLY fell like 3 years later!
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TheGreekI think in 1996 after they told Sammy Van Haggar to take a hike they brought in Gary Cherone from Extreme - wow talk about out of place like a duck out of water -i mean it was really bad and all we wanted was to hear Eddie tear it up which he most certainly did . Fast forward to 2004 and they reunited with Sammy and i seen them in a arena and they kicked major butt and it was very very good .Then a short 3 years later they bring back David Lee out of moth balls and storage and we just ate it up , then seven years later with David Lee again and that was the last time for me seeing them . There was a You Tube clip that i should have posted that had all of Eddie's times on David Letterman sitting in with Paul Shaffer and the Worlds Most Dangerous Band . Eddie was so good and tearing it up on his Kramer Hockey stick headstock Strat style guitar playing thru a old Marshall head ( probably a Plexi ) with the logo blacked out with the infamous tape , i did not know what the cab was or what speakers were in it , but he was playing fire scorching leads .Quote
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Mathijs
I saw Van Halen in my old hometown Arnhem in the Netherlands, at The Luxor, in the mid 1990's. It was some kind of radio show, with not more than 400 people or so. I really didn't like any of it, the singer was terrible...If I remember well it was Eddie's birthday that day.
Mathijs
[www.setlist.fm]
Looks like it was this show.
This is also the first I'm hearing about Van Halen opening for Bon Jovi. Never knew that. God damn, they certainly fell for awhile there. And that was even before they REALLY fell like 3 years later!