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Elmo Lewis
Got to see Dave and the VH boys open for the Stones in Orlando, 1981!
And wasn't it a great show? I saw Van Halen open for the Stones in Orlando and in New Orleans in 78. Great times!Quote
Elmo Lewis
Got to see Dave and the VH boys open for the Stones in Orlando, 1981!
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Hairball
I saw them at US Festival 83 - terrible.
Eddie Van Halen was a great guitar player.
Ain't Talkin' Bout Love is a killer tune.
One of the funniest things I've seen is the video of when Roth smashed his nose with the microphone during the Jimmy Kimmel live taping in 2015.
Was almost about to head down there the day of (I think Dan was there?)... Hollywood Blvd. blocked off, but realized it would probably be terrible...even worse than in '83...it was.
Sorry to see him go off in to the sunset...he was kind of a harmless goofball...
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Hairball
I saw them at US Festival 83 - terrible.
Eddie Van Halen was a great guitar player.
Ain't Talkin' Bout Love is a killer tune.
One of the funniest things I've seen is the video of when Roth smashed his nose with the microphone during the Jimmy Kimmel live taping in 2015.
Was almost about to head down there the day of (I think Dan was there?)... Hollywood Blvd. blocked off, but realized it would probably be terrible...even worse than in '83...it was.
Sorry to see him go off in to the sunset...he was kind of a harmless goofball...
I'm sure none of the remaining band members can remember the US Festival. A weekend of booze and drugs for them. They did get paid 1.5 million which was a Guinness Book record back then and the hard rock/metal day drew a lot more than either of the other days.
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DGA35
My second favourite frontman! He was awesome in his prime but unfortunately age takes its toll. You can do leaping splits from the drum riser and high kicks above your head when you're in your 20s and 30s but not so much in your 50s an 60s. I've seen him more with VH and solo than any other performer.
The holy grail for VH fans would be a release of a full Oakland 81 concert if it was actually all filmed over the 3 shows. My first concert was VH in Vancouver just days before the 3 Oakland vids for Unchained, Hear About It Later and So This Is Love were filmed. VH at their peak!
I was looking forward to a full VH reunion including Mike Anthony but we never knew the full extent of Eddie's cancer. I'm hoping that in these last shows in Vegas, He can reunite with Alex and Mike one last time.
He made some hints about health issues in his statement, hopefully nothing is wrong but he is/was a heavy smoker all his life.
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Shawn20And wasn't it a great show? I saw Van Halen open for the Stones in Orlando and in New Orleans in 78. Great times!Quote
Elmo Lewis
Got to see Dave and the VH boys open for the Stones in Orlando, 1981!
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Send It To me
Sounds as though he might be ill, based on his comments there
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SKILLS
Well he's always polarized many watchers/listeners, I for one have been a massive fan since I first heard their Debut, I love what DLR represents to many fans, he is Fun, the Party, the Minister of Good Times.
Everytime I hear Dave i think of summer, he was the soundtrack to my teens and introduced me too Steve Vai.
I'm fully aware that Guitar wizardry is often sneered at but I love the era, it was flash, OTT and unapologetic.
I saw VH Mark 3 in 97 so was lucky enough to see Eddie, Alex and Mikey.
Dave it'll just have to be TV and Record
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bitusa2012
Wasn’t aware he was still working
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ThePaleRider
For some, Van Halen saved us from the plethora of New Wave and Punk stuff coming out the summer of '78. That, and the likes of Foreigner and Boston. Thank God for VH's first album...and of course, Some Girls...
No one really knew he did anything till the Van Halen reunion in 2007. He coasted on that for a decade and now does a lot of weird hobby stuff. He's essentially been "current for a total of a 10 year period and he thinks we owe him everything.Quote
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bitusa2012
Wasn’t aware he was still working
Me neither. He was the man in the 1980s but had faded away by 1990.
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RollingFreakNo one really knew he did anything till the Van Halen reunion in 2007. He coasted on that for a decade and now does a lot of weird hobby stuff. He's essentially been "current for a total of a 10 year period and he thinks we owe him everything.Quote
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bitusa2012
Wasn’t aware he was still working
Me neither. He was the man in the 1980s but had faded away by 1990.