Thank you for the kind words It was my first ever multi cam, and I spent a few months on it, basically redoing it about 8 times over. Nothing was pre-planned and it was all put together after the show. Van Halen fans are the best, and i met some online that shared their original footage with me. If they come around again the filming and editing will be even better!
You are so welcome. I made this for true Van Halen fans, like yourself, and wanted to put it out there for free with no strings attached. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your work posting this awesome Van Halen concert from 2012 era. I saw them this tour this era front row at LA Staples center. It was totally fab! special thanks to my longtime buddy and fellow VH superfan Johnny Marino. yeah from michael t wyman in West LA CA 90230
I was in the 3rd row with my dad, and all I did, was watch and learn. I was diagnosed with autism when I was 2 years old. And all I do is listen and play. I didn’t cheer or scream, I just stood there and watched and learned. I’ve been playing music since I was 5 years old. And I’m now 30 years old.
How fantastic is it to see Wolfgang performing with his beloved dad Edward van Halen?! EVH looks so proud, it's making me teary-eyed! Thank you for posting this!
I was at this show. Personally I thought they sounded awesome, like they always have with Dave. Yeah his voice has aged, but the point is that he's front and center, in fantastic shape, and conducting the 3 headed monster of Ed, Al, and Wolf. He moved all over the stage, did frequent roundhouse jump kicks, and was just entertaining as hell. Van Halen is supposed to sound rough around the edges. It's supposed to sound live, like a train is just about the go off the tracks but never does. That's what makes it perfect, because it's imperfect.
@@dustzza123 no it wouldn’t have. Sam and Mike don’t understand the spirit of the music they play. They are not artists they’re opportunist businessmen. I love Mike and he has the decency to keep his mouth shut. But he’s not an artist. It’s the spirit of the music not the result that makes Van Halen. If you can’t grasp this then you’re not even a fan of this band
@@Whaddayamean13 lmao 🤣 Hagar era was great lmao 🤣 and Dave can’t even sing live lol 😂 or play guitar. He faded out in the 90s and Van Halen kept on rolling lol 😂 come at me when you’ve had four number one albums with Van Halen and sold millions of albums
@@dustzza123 Hagar era didn’t even sell half of the Roth albums. The Roth era sold 2 million copies a year while Hagar was in the band. They were “number one albums” because they made to sell and nobody bought them after the first week. And they reunited with Dave and made hundreds of millions during three tours along with a critically acclaimed comeback album. Facts are hard. Suck it
Thankful to have any VH in 2015....They've still got it, even at their age. Standouts amongst their peers.... Should go see it for yourself instead of trolling on YT.
Well said!! IMO these trolls, haters & computer 'superstars' really think that their opinions will deter VH fans from going to their concert. WTF?? These trolls actually think in their disturbed minds that their opinions & criticisms is really reaching out to the mass audience?? Stupidity & just DUMBNESS on a large scale here folks!!
The video is quite good. All of you that made this happen I say thank you. There are some comments about Diamond Dave and bad vocals. I will have to agree with that. Oh well. When Van Halen and Van Halen 2 ..etc he was not known for being the best vocalist either I do not think. Yes Michael Anthony vocals is missing on some songs. Difficult for use old people(like me) to hear anything but Michael Anthony as background vocals on some of the songs. All in all I am glad this is on you tube though. thank you
I must be hearing something different because I think they sound pretty good... especially for their age... Running With The Devil sounded awesome.. its not the 80's anymore people.. the big 3 are grandfathers.. lol
For ALL of you slogging Dave here - get a grip - this is what a real rock show sounds like sometimes. I think you're all to used to hearing auto-tuned, canned vocal concerts and stupid controlled environment vocal competition shows. Any singer is a human being and can sound like crap some nights. If a person is sick, getting sick or getting over a sickness, is suffering from a lack of sleep, stress, dehydrated etc. that can all lead to a bad vocal night. Just as your body is different each day - some days rested, some days tired - so can singers voice. We are not machines. There is a lot of money and over 100 people's jobs on the line with every tour so some nights the band HAS to go on even if everyone isn't 100%. Cancelling or postponing a show because of sickness can cost the tour 100,000's of dollars. Let's see any of YOU do a nearly 2 hour show 4-5 nights a week for months - all while living out of suitcase, sleeping in a different hotel room each night, constant weather and venue environment changes, bus & plane travel, jet lag etc. etc. etc. Do you honestly think that's an easy thing to do? Seriously? It's fucking hard for guys in their 20's, let alone people in their late 50's. In his 20's Dave was never a great live singer - he's a show, a ring leader - he's not fucking Pavarotti (even Pavarotti had his bad vocal nights). So to put that kind of expectation on him shows a complete ignorance of what it takes to be a touring musician - at ANY age.
My friend, Im a working (hard)rock musician we play three to four sets per show a couple of times a week/month - my singer will NOT, never has sounded like DLR sounds already in the beginning of various shows Ive seen - Not even after rthe third set --and dont get me wrong , a Van Halen "MUSIC" fan !.
Hasse Roeder - A couple of sets vs a non-stop 2 hour show is not a true comparison. You guys get breaks between each set. AND are you traveling between each show, living out of a suitcase, eating catered food, dealing with all the business aspects of your show like contract riders, set design and set up (because DLR does all that)? Or are you playing shows locally and going home to your comfortable bed most times? There is HUGE difference between what a worldwide touring musician on the VH level does and what a local musician does. I have done both (play multiple shows a week locally and multiple shows on tour) and I can tell the touring gig is 50x harder to maintain a healthy voice. Cut the guy some slack.
Again - you're not dealing in reality or history. Dave was NEVER a great live singer - even in 1976 in the clubs. He's a showman, a frontman - not Celine Dion. And Dave has ALWAYS been this way live - he uses the stage as his personal playground. If he stood there you'd all slog him for being a tired old man. Damed if he does and damned if he doesn't. Reality - it wouldn't matter what he did - you have something to complain about.
Secondly - you are seriously disrespecting Eddie & Alex if you think they would have gone through all of this if they didn't think they could all deliver. They ALL have plenty of money where they don't need to tour for the money. You know nothing of tour prep if you think you can throw this together in a couple of months. Its a year in the making minimum. You also know NOTHING about DLR if you think he does anything half-assed or unprepared. Nothing.
I did! Great show but the venue wasn't great, we were really far back in the standing section behind many rows of seats, but the seat were on a hill so when people stood up we couldn't see the stage and they had no big screen at all
Thank you for posting this show. I was at the show. The band was incredible. Ed was on fire. I can’t believe he has left us. RIP Ed. Wonderful editing , great job.
Lot of people defending Dave here, but it is an awful vocal performance. A lot of excuses here, he's old, he sings great for 60, he's better than he was in the 80s etc etc but if some random guy came out of the audience and sang like this as a guest slot, you guys would be like 'Holy crap, get that drunk Karaoke guy off the stage!'
I never thought that I would see this again. I was at this concert and lost my footage. Thank God for UA-cam! Plus, this video is a lot better than the one I had.
yes, Really. It was the most incredible listening experience i have ever had in my entire life. It took me back to being 16 years old. Nothing has come close to doing that ever before. The energy from the album was incredible. I kept asking myself, "how are they doing this". I'm certainly not lying to myself. It affected me in a way that led me to put that passion into creating this video. ADKOT is a true masterpiece, that grows and reveals something new each listen. I still love it.
There will never be another like Eddie - he brought the whole rock guitar world to it's knees and then advanced it beyond measure....there are other technical players, copiers and wannabes, but only 1 EVH. I have been watching show after show since his unfortunate passing and it is mesmerizing and just feels good. Thank you God for EVH.
Listened in one tab, twitter in another, loved what I heard. But in looking at the comments, holeymoley that's some unjustified hate. Hate because of Mikey being gone. Hate with Wolfgang playing. Hate on their age. Hate on the different melodies present now. Hate from the Sammy camp. Hate on Roth's vocals (which sound fine to me). You should all drop the hate and look and listen with fresh ears. All your hate does is color what is actually a really good concert.
lotta haters on here .. its amazing we still have all 3 of them vertical so I ll be quiet . God bless em , one of the greatest American rock bands ever .. however.. . I dont even know where to start with this show.. the stage design and set that always put them a cut above the rest is gone, with alot of the magic. everybody wearing street clothes ? not the VH I remember so thankful I saw them in 1981, 4 times in 1982 and 2 in 1984.. I wish they could have worked it out with Michael Anthony , still doesnt feel quite right even though Wolfgang is good thank you so much for posting this show , wondered what VH 2012 looked like..
Dj Tennessee Agreed. Eddie is still incredible, Alex in top form, Wolfgang is a decent "root note" bassist, and can fairly sing in key, although he looks more like a video game junkie than a rock star. Dave apparently still thinks he's in Vegas by the way he sings. As far as the way they move...they're all around 60, and I think they move better than most 60 year olds. You know, Sammy sang Dave songs; I think it's fitting for Dave to (try) to sing some Sammy songs...just saying'. Overall, it's Van Halen, and, IMHO, they will ALWAYS rock!
I think this is pretty freakin' good. Having embarked on life-long rock fandom in the early 80's, I never thought I'd live to see the day that Roth fronted VH again. For that reason alone, that makes this awesome. As for his vocals, the only thing lacking is the super high scream stuff, and that just comes with age. Even so, that doesn't take away from the overall authenticity of a great original act. Geddy Lee, Brian Johnson, Ian Gillan, Rob Halford; all great vocalists who don't need to scream anymore (Geddy still can, as I saw him do so on 2112 live in '13). Falsetto and scream are two different things, one tears your voice up and the other doesn't. I know, because I regularly give 6 hour concerts in my living room, several days a week. Singing scream shit from the '70s hurts after a bit (Deep Purple's "Child in Time"), but falsetto, a-la Paul McCartney, can be done all night long (and is). My only advice to Diamond would be to incorporate more falsetto in place of scream parts on old songs (but who am I to advise him). Example: Jamie's Cryin'... "OOOoh... and now he's gone forever"; that doesn't hurt, but "AAAH Haaa YEaah!... Runnin' with the Devil..." hurts and can't be pulled off for hours, let alone days/weeks on tour, but for a few minutes in the studio, it's fine. And screaming is such fun! Where else but in the context of Rock can a grown man scream his lungs out and not sound completely insane? Besides, as Tom Petty says, "Rock isn't supposed to be perfect". If you want that, listen to Opera. Boring! (sorry, opera fans). I may have written too much; if you made it this far, thank you.
Everybody needs to get a grip.van halen are living legends.The band has achieved more sucess then all of us put together have some respect.there living legends there not in there in 20s anymore they sound great. I want to see them when they come to my town.I think Eddy is playing better then ever.
I love Romeo Delight from this show for example, and Women in Love, and quite a few others. I am into all versions of Van Halen but prefer the original lineup. It's amazing to see the venom hurled about, like you have to pick and choose. How high a note can be sung is not the end all be all of a singer and songwriter. If it was, we'd all be Celine Dion fans. I wish the band would heal itself by addressing MA and Sammy issues by making up. DLR included. Would also stop the infighting..
It's good to see David Lee Roth still around after his bout with cancer, and the fact that he can still sing really well at his age and after being treated for cancer is simply amazing! :)
Ed and his guitar was like little boys with toys. Always loved to play it, even during his dark period. His enormous talent and that gorgeous smile. The world needs more EvH.
they sound great! this is live. who the hell expects a studio performance? dave did great. as eddie and alex. anyone saying dave should retire should f off. if youre not a vh fan why the hell are u here? i agree michael anthony should come back but that doesn’t mean they didn’t put on a good show.
I truly respect Van Halen and their unique sound over the years. But I truly must admit...Eddie and Alex still have it but Roth should find another occupation :(
John Clay The audio mix isn't doing Dave any favors, either tho.. I mean, he never was a great on pitch singer to begin with... what's missing here is his EQ, he's harshly muffled. Be that the live show, or the cam mic, whichever it may be.
Age is catching up with Roth he had very few moves that he was famous for and his voice just sounded terrible. Wolfgang doesn't seem to miss a step and of course the guitar was awesome.
Halfway through this great concert and make another post. I grew up in LA. I was 14 years old when they got signed. I lived on Venice Beach AVE in LA with my mom, works for Ripcurl now. Eddie Van Halen had a band before without david and everyone hated it. (remember gary cherone it was that bad) then once Dave joined VH started plaing parties in Santa Monica, Huntington they even went to SD and were selling out parties. yes you had to pay to get in the party back then. Get it? Dave was needed.
Michael Anthony is the HEART AND SOUL OF HALEN. HIS backup vocals carried the band for years. dave hasn't been able to sing for 30 years or so. no Anthony NO halen would never pay my hard earned money for this shit, especially without Anthony.
Eddie wanted to play with his son. That's the main reason why Van Halen still exists. Wolfgang's backing vocals are also good...not as good as Michael Anthony's but still. Deal with it! He's never coming back.
Jesus some of u sure are harsh and probably young.First of all this is live and recorded with what ? These dudes are close to 60 and still jammin...I saw DLR 6 six yrs ago in Atlanta and he was on his game hard. I'm shocked the guy can still scream/sing like he does and still be able to speak after all these years but I agree they miss MA really bad.
Jammin doesn't mean it sounds good. It doesn't. And DLR does not have the stage athletics and grace like he used to. He twirls around like a retired ballerina now.
I thought he sounded great, except that his voice was a little gravelly but he sang the songs for what they were and didn't go overboard with it like he often does.
Thanks for posting this great video. I grew up on Dave era VH--it was a very exciting time in my life and I'm glad I was there to experience it. Sammy has a great voice and I like him, but for me the Dave era was by far the greatest Van Halen era. Seeing Sammy join VH was--for me--a bit like seeing your mom with some other guy and wishing she was still with your dad.
i was at this show when i was a lil kid. probably 3rd grade. i didnt understand then but as i grew up i started to appreciate their music and more specifically, Eddie's musicianship. He was definitely the GOAT.
also, we left early to beat traffic. we left like 3 songs before the finale. we didn't actually get out of the city till like 12 / 1 in the morning. I think they were working on a sign and it was holding up traffic pretty bad
I love that drunk spin at 2:00 LOL! Then that amazing leg kick at 2:25 oh ya! Mmmmm 6:40...off key much Dave...here's another 7:35 for you enjoyment. Next we have Dave get pissed at the sound crew using his mic for all to hear 9:24...real professional ... 15:55 ahhhhhh I can't watch anymore too painful LOL!
Folks get older and cant do things like they were younger. Its good enough for me as of Diamond Dave's voice is concerned. Love the man... Great to see them rocking on stage. Thanks for the upload.
Damn, hate to say it but Ur right, Dave is just miley screaming the lyrics know, we have to rely on Panama for when Wolfgang can scream it with young loud voice , Dave really does suck, but people can really go to these concerts for Edyy alone
So glad i saw VH in the 90s with Sammy, one of the best gigs ever , this looks like hard work for everyone , the band , audience etc..Dave looks like my binman with his flat cap... R I P
So great to see Eddie playing! I don't care if it's Dave, Sammy or even Gary on vocals. It's all Van Halen! I honestly didn't know that Wolfgang could sound so great on the background vocals. Thanks for sharing. I'm from Brazil and will probably never have the chance to see this true guitar hero live. Legend!
How can Eddie go on stage with him? THIS IS AWFUL! DLR can't sing any more. what a Nightmare! What is Eddie listening to? He is always blaming someone else for his singing, bad monitors, shitty sound man, cold air blowing on the stage. He has an excuse for all of...EXCEPT...He cant sing anymore!!!
Eddie Van Halen is the only part of this show that makes sense, and no show is worth one incredible guitarist. Roth looks like a cross between a gay cowboy, and a bank teller. Sounds terrible, nothing of the front man he used to be. Painful to watch.
It's so great to see Eddie has his smile back. They all look genuinely happy to be together. And Eddie can STILL make that guitar smoke! Thanks so much for sharing! Made me smile all evening!
I have nothing but great respect for Van Halen, having grown up in the late 70's and 80's, but this shit is hard to listen to. I always dreamed of them getting back together with David, but this is a train wreck. If I had paid money to see this, I would have been pissed. The music is pretty much spot on, but David needs to hang up his mic, at least in the rock biz.....
The audio quality of a lot of the 2012 and 2015 shows is pretty decent. Thank God for that! We and the band were cursed with so much bad luck with live recordings. This is a band that needs to be experienced live and we have nothing to take us back to those first six tours besides three videos from Oakland in ‘81. I had always assumed they recorded all three shows in Oakland but Michael Anthony says he doubts it. He said they were not trying to record the shows for posterity, they were just trying to put a few videos in rotation on MTV. What a huge opportunity lost. And they were not doing their own shows so there are few soundboard recordings like you can find for Led Zep or the Stones. The Stones even released their best bootlegs! It’s too bad Dave did not have the foresight to capture some of these performances while he was in his prime. A lot (most?) of the full shows we can follow on UA-cam from his last 2 tours show what an a$$hole he was to the crew. According to their road manager Noel Monk’s book, Dave was always a jerk. In the beginning it was good for the band as they were in sync and he would not compromise when it came to quality. But it grew old with everybody. I was always Team Dave but it actually had NOTHING to do with Roth, I was really Team Early VH. Or Team Dave Era, I guess. So I definitely appreciated the setlists from the 2000s. But honestly the setlist from ‘98 was fine. It was such a turn-off that VH abandoned so much of their early songs when Sammy joined. If Sammy had sang the hits, I would have been over the moon. So flash to present day. Is anybody shocked that it is Dave that is the holdup to the EVH tribute show(s)? Dave did the honorable thing and hung-up his Vaudeville act when his voice stopped meeting his expectations. But Dave’s schtick was old and tired by the 1984 tour. He had stopped trying to sing full lyrics. He thought it was colorful that he didn’t have to know all the words. Their setlists never changed so that was just lazy… and irritating. So who really wants to see Dave if the band does get back together? He is going to butcher the songs he attempts. They would be SOOOO much better off to bring in Ralph Saenz (aka Michael Starr). Seeing Ralph in the Atomic Punks was WAY better than seeing VH in the 90s. And then nobody would have to suffer Dave’s shenanigans ever again. Sadly, they won’t do it so I hope the event still comes off even though they will have to go thru Dave to get it done. Sigh…
Thanks for posting. Interesting to see how things have changed. Saw Van Halen as the headliners for Monsters of Rock in Seattle in the 80s. Way later than their heyday of being truly the essence of Van Halen.
DLR belongs singing in a retirement center. He is behind the music, the dance moves hes embarrassing himself with look like they are off Disco Fever. They should have put Sammy in these gigs instead of having senile Dave prancing around up there. Out to pasture Dave!
Ugh, I just can't watch more than a few minutes of this. I love Van Halen, and Eddie is certainly playing great again. But this just doesn't capture any of the spark they once had, it just comes across as a sad attempt to relive their glory days. Dave looks like somebody's crazy Aunt walking around on stage. He often doesn't sing, and when he does, much of the time, it's off key. Badly off key. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Dave's stage presence made up for some of his vocal shortcomings. Here he spins a mic stand, or attempts a kick that has me praying medical personnel are standing by just off stage. And while Wolfie is a decent bassist, and not a bad singer, he's not Michael Anthony. He's not a rock star, and he has no place in Van Halen. I understand Ed loves his son, and wants to play with him. Fine. If he wants to do a side project, cool. Imagine if all four members of Led Zeppelin were alive, and Jimmy Page said "Hey John, no need to come out with us on tour. I'm going to have my son play bass and keyboard/organ from now on." Michael Anthony is alive and well. Yet inexplicably, or because of Ed's ego, he is not in Van Halen as they are touring. I have seen sedated geriatric patients show more energy in concert than Wolfie. Michael Anthony was the heart of this band. He's the one that made everything else click. His thunderous bass lines, and his incomparable backing vocals, were the perfect compliment to Ed and Alex. He gave Van Halen balls. And no matter where you come down on the whole Dave vs Sammy debate (I love both singers, but make no mistake, Sammy Hagar can sing circles around David Lee Roth), you have to admit that the band sounds listless. This is just...painful. And as somebody who has seen Van Halen numerous times, somebody who dropped what they were doing to see Van Halen play at West End in Dallas on four hours notice, somebody who has bought first every Van Halen record, then every Van Halen tape, then every Van Halen CD...this is Van Halen in name only, and it hurts me to acknowledge that one of my all-time favorite bands needs to hang it up, unless some serious changes are made.
Have to agree, it's not the same without Mike. Eddie needs to get over whatever issues he has and bring him back in. It's bad enough they already dogged him on royalties and the last tour with Sammy. Enough is enough already. Roth would be fine if he just stopped trying to sing in that weird higher range. Maybe he blew out his mid-range, but he'd be so much better if he just sang lower..lol
Boob, I'd have no issue seeing Van Halen with their current lineup (having Wolfie playing bass) if something had happened to Michael. But Mikey's alive and well, and while I know he's happy in Chickenfoot with Sammy, Satch and Chad, Van Halen is one of the greatest bands in the history of rock and roll. He belongs with Van Halen. My dream would be to see Chickenfoot and Van Halen tour together. Let Mikey play in both bands. Let Roth handle the DLR-era songs, let Sammy handle the Hagar songs. After both sets are done, do an encore with the bands playing together. Seeing Ed and Joe Satriani together on stage would give me a stiffy that a whole box of Viagra never could.
Stinky really doesn't fully explain:}} Age really has nothing to do with it when you look at the Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Who ,these guys only get better. Roth is a shameless self-promoter and I mean that in a positive way. He talks a good game, knows all the right people. Puts himself out there. Talented? In comparison to all the other greats in the same age group...not so much. What I have preferred is the talent and energy Sammy Hagar put into the band. He was responsible for putting them in the top ten, the shows became a group effort and not a single was the focal point. Everyone contributed when Hagar came on board. I love it when everyone gets their due. I wish they could all get back together and gives us a badass performance.
THOSE WERE SOME COOL MOVES NEAR THE DRUMS IN THE BEGINNING OF JAMIES CRYING.ITS KINDA AMAZING THERES NEARLY 900,000 HITS ON THIS AND 2146 LIKES AND 350 DISLIKES even though roths voice sounds rusty people just love this band with diamond dave!!!!
Thank you for the kind words It was my first ever multi cam, and I spent a few months on it, basically redoing it about 8 times over. Nothing was pre-planned and it was all put together after the show. Van Halen fans are the best, and i met some online that shared their original footage with me. If they come around again the filming and editing will be even better!
You are so welcome. I made this for true Van Halen fans, like yourself, and wanted to put it out there for free with no strings attached. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your work posting this awesome Van Halen concert from 2012 era.
I saw them this tour this era front row at LA Staples center. It was totally fab!
special thanks to my longtime buddy and fellow VH superfan Johnny Marino.
yeah from michael t wyman in West LA CA 90230
True van Halen fan Always have been love them Miss Eddie so much he's always been my fav
Famous people at this concert:- Henry rollins, Eddie vedder, Axl rose, Steve albini..
I was in the 3rd row with my dad, and all I did, was watch and learn. I was diagnosed with autism when I was 2 years old. And all I do is listen and play. I didn’t cheer or scream, I just stood there and watched and learned. I’ve been playing music since I was 5 years old. And I’m now 30 years old.
How fantastic is it to see Wolfgang performing with his beloved dad Edward van Halen?! EVH looks so proud, it's making me teary-eyed! Thank you for posting this!
Fantastic? Do you not know what Eddie did to Mike???
I was at this show. Personally I thought they sounded awesome, like they always have with Dave. Yeah his voice has aged, but the point is that he's front and center, in fantastic shape, and conducting the 3 headed monster of Ed, Al, and Wolf. He moved all over the stage, did frequent roundhouse jump kicks, and was just entertaining as hell. Van Halen is supposed to sound rough around the edges. It's supposed to sound live, like a train is just about the go off the tracks but never does. That's what makes it perfect, because it's imperfect.
Well put, friend
lol 😂 and yet if Sam and Mikey were up there it would have been energetic And sounded just like back in the day. Dave needs to never sing again
@@dustzza123 no it wouldn’t have. Sam and Mike don’t understand the spirit of the music they play. They are not artists they’re opportunist businessmen. I love Mike and he has the decency to keep his mouth shut. But he’s not an artist. It’s the spirit of the music not the result that makes Van Halen. If you can’t grasp this then you’re not even a fan of this band
@@Whaddayamean13 lmao 🤣 Hagar era was great lmao 🤣 and Dave can’t even sing live lol 😂 or play guitar. He faded out in the 90s and Van Halen kept on rolling lol 😂 come at me when you’ve had four number one albums with Van Halen and sold millions of albums
@@dustzza123 Hagar era didn’t even sell half of the Roth albums. The Roth era sold 2 million copies a year while Hagar was in the band. They were “number one albums” because they made to sell and nobody bought them after the first week. And they reunited with Dave and made hundreds of millions during three tours along with a critically acclaimed comeback album. Facts are hard. Suck it
Thankful to have any VH in 2015....They've still got it, even at their age. Standouts amongst their peers.... Should go see it for yourself instead of trolling on YT.
Well said!! IMO these trolls, haters & computer 'superstars' really think that their opinions will deter VH fans from going to their concert. WTF?? These trolls actually think in their disturbed minds that their opinions & criticisms is really reaching out to the mass audience?? Stupidity & just DUMBNESS on a large scale here folks!!
The video is quite good. All of you that made this happen I say thank you. There are some comments about Diamond Dave and bad vocals. I will have to agree with that. Oh well. When Van Halen and Van Halen 2 ..etc he was not known for being the best vocalist either I do not think. Yes Michael Anthony vocals is missing on some songs. Difficult for use old people(like me) to hear anything but Michael Anthony as background vocals on some of the songs. All in all I am glad this is on you tube though. thank you
I must be hearing something different because I think they sound pretty good... especially for their age... Running With The Devil sounded awesome.. its not the 80's anymore people.. the big 3 are grandfathers.. lol
WHAT R < GRANDFATHERS LOL > ???????
Dave has no known children
For ALL of you slogging Dave here - get a grip - this is what a real rock show sounds like sometimes. I think you're all to used to hearing auto-tuned, canned vocal concerts and stupid controlled environment vocal competition shows. Any singer is a human being and can sound like crap some nights. If a person is sick, getting sick or getting over a sickness, is suffering from a lack of sleep, stress, dehydrated etc. that can all lead to a bad vocal night. Just as your body is different each day - some days rested, some days tired - so can singers voice. We are not machines. There is a lot of money and over 100 people's jobs on the line with every tour so some nights the band HAS to go on even if everyone isn't 100%. Cancelling or postponing a show because of sickness can cost the tour 100,000's of dollars.
Let's see any of YOU do a nearly 2 hour show 4-5 nights a week for months - all while living out of suitcase, sleeping in a different hotel room each night, constant weather and venue environment changes, bus & plane travel, jet lag etc. etc. etc. Do you honestly think that's an easy thing to do? Seriously? It's fucking hard for guys in their 20's, let alone people in their late 50's.
In his 20's Dave was never a great live singer - he's a show, a ring leader - he's not fucking Pavarotti (even Pavarotti had his bad vocal nights). So to put that kind of expectation on him shows a complete ignorance of what it takes to be a touring musician - at ANY age.
My friend, Im a working (hard)rock musician we play three to four sets per show a couple of times a week/month - my singer will NOT, never has sounded like DLR sounds already in the beginning of various shows Ive seen - Not even after rthe third set --and dont get me wrong , a Van Halen "MUSIC" fan !.
Hasse Roeder - A couple of sets vs a non-stop 2 hour show is not a true comparison. You guys get breaks between each set. AND are you traveling between each show, living out of a suitcase, eating catered food, dealing with all the business aspects of your show like contract riders, set design and set up (because DLR does all that)?
Or are you playing shows locally and going home to your comfortable bed most times? There is HUGE difference between what a worldwide touring musician on the VH level does and what a local musician does.
I have done both (play multiple shows a week locally and multiple shows on tour) and I can tell the touring gig is 50x harder to maintain a healthy voice. Cut the guy some slack.
Reality, his voice is gone, he wasn't prepared, and if perhaps he just sang the songs w/o the slapstick vegas vaudeville antics it may be tolerable.
Again - you're not dealing in reality or history. Dave was NEVER a great live singer - even in 1976 in the clubs. He's a showman, a frontman - not Celine Dion. And Dave has ALWAYS been this way live - he uses the stage as his personal playground. If he stood there you'd all slog him for being a tired old man. Damed if he does and damned if he doesn't.
Reality - it wouldn't matter what he did - you have something to complain about.
Secondly - you are seriously disrespecting Eddie & Alex if you think they would have gone through all of this if they didn't think they could all deliver. They ALL have plenty of money where they don't need to tour for the money. You know nothing of tour prep if you think you can throw this together in a couple of months. Its a year in the making minimum.
You also know NOTHING about DLR if you think he does anything half-assed or unprepared. Nothing.
Thank you, and thank you for the comments!
Goddamn, Eddie can play like the devil. But I don't know if it's me, but it seems like DLR is COMPLETELY out of key
he's not as bad as Axl Rose but pretty close
JMunn55 Yeah, Eddie can play like the Devil but Dave certainly was Runnin' With The Devil because he lost his vocal coordination.
~Dutch
I may go see them in the summer. Unfortunately, their closest show it me is an 8 hour drive.
JMunn55 It's worth the drive! Go see them!
~Dutch
I did! Great show but the venue wasn't great, we were really far back in the standing section behind many rows of seats, but the seat were on a hill so when people stood up we couldn't see the stage and they had no big screen at all
If I want a recorded version, I'll listen to the CD. This is raw, true, AWESOME Van Halen! The best Rock'n Roll Band EVER!!!
The legend EVH with the greatest frontman ever. Awesome!!!
Thank you for posting this show. I was at the show. The band was incredible. Ed was on fire. I can’t believe he has left us. RIP Ed. Wonderful editing , great job.
I was there too with my son and daughter and her boyfriend
Turn dave's mic down.. lol
Lot of people defending Dave here, but it is an awful vocal performance. A lot of excuses here, he's old, he sings great for 60, he's better than he was in the 80s etc etc but if some random guy came out of the audience and sang like this as a guest slot, you guys would be like 'Holy crap, get that drunk Karaoke guy off the stage!'
@@odgeUK Much better than The Who at the Super Bowl halftime show about 10 years ago. Talk about utterly worthless old bastages...
Down? They should turn it off!! The show would be better with just the backing vocals.
You clowns could do no better at anything ever in your lives. So there's that, lol.
I was there thanks for this. It’s awesome!
Glad I experienced this in 1984.
Hell yeah, when the magic was still there,
1982! O yeah!
Bum ba dee da!
Saaaweeet Zig!
Kinda feel sad you didn't experience the real halen with haggar a proper singer not a fake artist that made millions by being a casual 80's look guy
*****
Ahhhh, assumptions. Saw them in '88 too.
I never thought that I would see this again. I was at this concert and lost my footage. Thank God for UA-cam! Plus, this video is a lot better than the one I had.
yes, Really. It was the most incredible listening experience i have ever had in my entire life. It took me back to being 16 years old. Nothing has come close to doing that ever before. The energy from the album was incredible. I kept asking myself, "how are they doing this". I'm certainly not lying to myself. It affected me in a way that led me to put that passion into creating this video. ADKOT is a true masterpiece, that grows and reveals something new each listen. I still love it.
Thank you! I was there. The energy was so high that I didn't catch any of the subtleties of this performance. Great job putting this together.
There will never be another like Eddie - he brought the whole rock guitar world to it's knees and then advanced it beyond measure....there are other technical players, copiers and wannabes, but only 1 EVH. I have been watching show after show since his unfortunate passing and it is mesmerizing and just feels good. Thank you God for EVH.
I was at this show, it was awesome!
I was there too and I live about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland. They didn't come to Cleveland that year!
A Different Kind Of Truth. The album released in 2012.
One of my favorite bands back in " the day " but DLR looks & sounds absolutely ridiculous!!! He's like a cruise ship singer lmao!
He’s way better than you tho
Listened in one tab, twitter in another, loved what I heard. But in looking at the comments, holeymoley that's some unjustified hate. Hate because of Mikey being gone. Hate with Wolfgang playing. Hate on their age. Hate on the different melodies present now. Hate from the Sammy camp. Hate on Roth's vocals (which sound fine to me). You should all drop the hate and look and listen with fresh ears. All your hate does is color what is actually a really good concert.
Sounds fine to you bc you're obviously tone-deaf...lol.
lotta haters on here .. its amazing we still have all 3 of them vertical so I ll be quiet . God bless em , one of the greatest American rock bands ever .. however.. . I dont even know where to start with this show.. the stage design and set that always put them a cut above the rest is gone, with alot of the magic. everybody wearing street clothes ? not the VH I remember so thankful I saw them in 1981, 4 times in 1982 and 2 in 1984.. I wish they could have worked it out with Michael Anthony , still doesnt feel quite right even though Wolfgang is good thank you so much for posting this show , wondered what VH 2012 looked like..
the band is called VAN HALEN there is three VHers and one Roth too bad the kid doesnt sing, it would b allsome if he did
lololol 3 of them vertical. At least its an improvement from 2007
i envy you
justin kasey
The kid does sing and thank god for it...Roth is terrible
Dj Tennessee Agreed. Eddie is still incredible, Alex in top form, Wolfgang is a decent "root note" bassist, and can fairly sing in key, although he looks more like a video game junkie than a rock star. Dave apparently still thinks he's in Vegas by the way he sings. As far as the way they move...they're all around 60, and I think they move better than most 60 year olds. You know, Sammy sang Dave songs; I think it's fitting for Dave to (try) to sing some Sammy songs...just saying'.
Overall, it's Van Halen, and, IMHO, they will ALWAYS rock!
Alex sits on his drum throne and starts playing within 2 seconds. What a Beast!
All commenters on roth being bad, that's not the point, the point it's him, having fun in a live show, perfect live shows are a contradiction.
I was there and the energy from the band fed the audience....amazing show
imo roth has partially lost his voice in this concert. he usually sounds better this tour
People troll
Then don’t charge money for concert!
Fun show. Watching it on my 70" big screen. Appreciate the upload!
Two old jews
I love the band...they are perfect together. I do wish the sound was cleaner because these guys are really great.
The Best Band The rock in World is .........Van Hallen.!!!@@!!!n
I think this is pretty freakin' good. Having embarked on life-long rock fandom in the early 80's, I never thought I'd live to see the day that Roth fronted VH again. For that reason alone, that makes this awesome. As for his vocals, the only thing lacking is the super high scream stuff, and that just comes with age. Even so, that doesn't take away from the overall authenticity of a great original act. Geddy Lee, Brian Johnson, Ian Gillan, Rob Halford; all great vocalists who don't need to scream anymore (Geddy still can, as I saw him do so on 2112 live in '13). Falsetto and scream are two different things, one tears your voice up and the other doesn't. I know, because I regularly give 6 hour concerts in my living room, several days a week. Singing scream shit from the '70s hurts after a bit (Deep Purple's "Child in Time"), but falsetto, a-la Paul McCartney, can be done all night long (and is). My only advice to Diamond would be to incorporate more falsetto in place of scream parts on old songs (but who am I to advise him). Example: Jamie's Cryin'... "OOOoh... and now he's gone forever"; that doesn't hurt, but "AAAH Haaa YEaah!... Runnin' with the Devil..." hurts and can't be pulled off for hours, let alone days/weeks on tour, but for a few minutes in the studio, it's fine. And screaming is such fun! Where else but in the context of Rock can a grown man scream his lungs out and not sound completely insane? Besides, as Tom Petty says, "Rock isn't supposed to be perfect". If you want that, listen to Opera. Boring! (sorry, opera fans). I may have written too much; if you made it this far, thank you.
Everybody needs to get a grip.van halen are living legends.The band has achieved more sucess then all of us put together have some respect.there living legends there not in there in 20s anymore they sound great. I want to see them when they come to my town.I think Eddy is playing better then ever.
I love Romeo Delight from this show for example, and Women in Love, and quite a few others. I am into all versions of Van Halen but prefer the original lineup. It's amazing to see the venom hurled about, like you have to pick and choose. How high a note can be sung is not the end all be all of a singer and songwriter. If it was, we'd all be Celine Dion fans. I wish the band would heal itself by addressing MA and Sammy issues by making up. DLR included. Would also stop the infighting..
I'm glad I saw the first 2 tours... THAT was the best!!!!
It's good to see David Lee Roth still around after his bout with cancer, and the fact that he can still sing really well at his age and after being treated for cancer is simply amazing! :)
Ehm, Eddie had cancer not Dave...or are you being sarcastic?
Arne Timmerman
im not sure is he is or not????
This is such a great video!!! I was there that night. What a show!!! So great to re-live it!!
I love the way after all these years, Eddie still has the same childish smile
Ed and his guitar was like little boys with toys. Always loved to play it, even during his dark period. His enormous talent and that gorgeous smile. The world needs more EvH.
AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE THE NEW RECORD!!!!!
they sound great! this is live. who the hell expects a studio performance? dave did great. as eddie and alex. anyone saying dave should retire should f off. if youre not a vh fan why the hell are u here? i agree michael anthony should come back but that doesn’t mean they didn’t put on a good show.
Que hermoso reencuentro. Aguante Van Halen. Aguante David L.Rooth!!!
this is awesome!
I was there, Thank you for capturing this. Thanks so much, this is an awesome way to celebrate Eddie's 59th birthday. =)
I truly respect Van Halen and their unique sound over the years. But I truly must admit...Eddie and Alex still have it but Roth should find another occupation :(
I guess after listening for a bit it wasn't too bad...sorry :)
John Clay thank you for your comments and being a man of integrity
agree !maybe he should b a bartender at the blue oyster bar
John Clay The audio mix isn't doing Dave any favors, either tho.. I mean, he never was a great on pitch singer to begin with... what's missing here is his EQ, he's harshly muffled. Be that the live show, or the cam mic, whichever it may be.
Age is catching up with Roth he had very few moves that he was famous for and his voice just sounded terrible. Wolfgang doesn't seem to miss a step and of course the guitar was awesome.
Respect! Great gig! thanks guys for everything, now and ever ....
DLR sounds like a lounge singer or one of those guys in Vegas that plays in the casino doing cover songs.
Thanks for posting ! We like Van Halen! All Van Halen.
The Van Halens sounds great.
lead vocals are distracting.
Beyond distracting. Roth is a complete embarrassment.
Halfway through this great concert and make another post. I grew up in LA. I was 14 years old when they got signed. I lived on Venice Beach AVE in LA with my mom, works for Ripcurl now. Eddie Van Halen had a band before without david and everyone hated it. (remember gary cherone it was that bad) then once Dave joined VH started plaing parties in Santa Monica, Huntington they even went to SD and were selling out parties. yes you had to pay to get in the party back then. Get it? Dave was needed.
Michael Anthony is the HEART AND SOUL OF HALEN. HIS backup vocals carried the band for years. dave hasn't been able to sing for 30 years or so.
no Anthony NO halen
would never pay my hard earned money for this shit, especially without Anthony.
Eddie wanted to play with his son. That's the main reason why Van Halen still exists. Wolfgang's backing vocals are also good...not as good as Michael Anthony's but still. Deal with it! He's never coming back.
Arne Timmerman
Never say Never!
The son will surely let Michael is own seat, if he has any brain!
andy T Erm...no, he won't : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_prodigies
:-) Read 'm and weap! :-) Respect the past and be happy in the present :-)
Amen brother. Michael Anthony's backing voice can't be replaced.
govrom12 and brotherly stage prescence!
Thanks for this. Was actually at this show and sweet to remember the memories from it
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. I was there too! :-)
Jesus some of u sure are harsh and probably young.First of all this is live and recorded with what ? These dudes are close to 60 and still jammin...I saw DLR 6 six yrs ago in Atlanta and he was on his game hard. I'm shocked the guy can still scream/sing like he does and still be able to speak after all these years but I agree they miss MA really bad.
Jammin doesn't mean it sounds good. It doesn't. And DLR does not have the stage athletics and grace like he used to. He twirls around like a retired ballerina now.
Jeff L thats right he twirls around like a porky ballerina...
Jeff L lmao!
out of the you tube concerts ive seen of the new reunited van halen,so far this one is the best.
Dave sounded rough man.
I thought he sounded great, except that his voice was a little gravelly but he sang the songs for what they were and didn't go overboard with it like he often does.
You try singing at 58 , he is 60 now . He is doing pretty . This is not 40 yrs ago LOL
flashy5150 really ? turn ur volume nob to the right!
Hey Elmo Hagar still sounds great at his age so what's your excuse on that? He's pushing 60 or over 60. DLR just sucks plain and simple
Elmo Hagar lol
Thanks for posting this great video. I grew up on Dave era VH--it was a very exciting time in my life and I'm glad I was there to experience it. Sammy has a great voice and I like him, but for me the Dave era was by far the greatest Van Halen era. Seeing Sammy join VH was--for me--a bit like seeing your mom with some other guy and wishing she was still with your dad.
1:50:18 I think wolfie found him a beautiful girl at this point XD
Those f*cking drums followed by that buzzsaw/siren at 0:15 will always give me chills. Thanks for the music and thanks for the memories, Ed!
Thank you for sharing this - I loved it - as I love them - NO MATTER WHAT! =VH=
The mighty van Halen, we love you!!!
is it my imagination but does roth sound like carol channing?
Was she the one with the sock puppet?
Adam Ford Ha!
+Joe p It could've been worse... imagine DD in those assless chaps now!
Is it MY imagination or does DLR look like Gumby with the AIDS? And, he has the fashion sense/stage presence of Woody from Toy Story. Terrible vocals!
No! He sounds like shit!
Giving all i mean all the circumstances all in all it was a GOod show !
They should of just got the singer from The Atomic Punks to tour the classic VH.
He's touring with Steel Panther.. but that might actually be cool.
Jeremy Skaggs Steel Panther ROCKS!
What else can be said, the mighty Van Halen. Period.
that Van Halen concert with David Lee Roth sucked they need to bring Sammy and Michael
I was there...last time i got to see the greatest play
When did Dr. Zachary Smith become lead throat for VH?? I thought he was "Lost In Space" with The Robinson family on the Jupiter 2...
Lido Shuffle. Lol. That was good!
i was at this show when i was a lil kid. probably 3rd grade. i didnt understand then but as i grew up i started to appreciate their music and more specifically, Eddie's musicianship. He was definitely the GOAT.
also, we left early to beat traffic. we left like 3 songs before the finale. we didn't actually get out of the city till like 12 / 1 in the morning. I think they were working on a sign and it was holding up traffic pretty bad
I love that drunk spin at 2:00 LOL! Then that amazing leg kick at 2:25 oh ya!
Mmmmm 6:40...off key much Dave...here's another 7:35 for you enjoyment. Next we have Dave get pissed at the sound crew using his mic for all to hear 9:24...real professional ... 15:55 ahhhhhh I can't watch anymore too painful LOL!
Saw the boy's in 70,80,2000 always put on great show!💯👍👏♥️🙏
VH still rockin 35 years later....Haters get effed.....
Folks get older and cant do things like they were younger.
Its good enough for me as of Diamond Dave's voice is concerned. Love the man...
Great to see them rocking on stage. Thanks for the upload.
Wow - David Lee Roth - take away the long hair and the 80's band garb and he looks like a Vegas Gay club singer.
hey you look like a gay club singer your self so leave dave alone.
+Michelle Rone ooooh, good one
Thank you so much for posting this, it’s fantastic!
Jesus, Dave sounds like he's constipated singing most of these songs...
i think his voice is a bit blown out on this night
he had a digestive blowout
Amen!! And thank you for a great quality VH live footage!!!!
wolfgang is what holds the band,his bass and vocals,,or else u can clearly hear dave suck.
Damn, hate to say it but Ur right, Dave is just miley screaming the lyrics know, we have to rely on Panama for when Wolfgang can scream it with young loud voice , Dave really does suck, but people can really go to these concerts for Edyy alone
I don't care if not as good as 70s 80s glad to still have them here.There out makin money havin fun.
Who is that old woman wearing the scarf?
So glad i saw VH in the 90s with Sammy, one of the best gigs ever , this looks like hard work for everyone , the band , audience etc..Dave looks like my binman with his flat cap... R I P
Could only get through a few songs before I tried to shove a pencil all the way in my ear to stop the
So great to see Eddie playing! I don't care if it's Dave, Sammy or even Gary on vocals. It's all Van Halen! I honestly didn't know that Wolfgang could sound so great on the background vocals. Thanks for sharing. I'm from Brazil and will probably never have the chance to see this true guitar hero live. Legend!
How can Eddie go on stage with him? THIS IS AWFUL! DLR can't sing any more. what a Nightmare! What is Eddie listening to? He is always blaming someone else for his singing, bad monitors, shitty sound man, cold air blowing on the stage. He has an excuse for all of...EXCEPT...He cant sing anymore!!!
Eddie probably knows that Van Halen's time is long since past and he just doesn't want to lay the band to rest and retire.
Sad to say but the background vocals are better than the lead vocals. Eddie can still shred.
Eddie Van Halen is the only part of this show that makes sense, and no show is worth one incredible guitarist.
Roth looks like a cross between a gay cowboy, and a bank teller. Sounds terrible, nothing of the front man he used to be.
Painful to watch.
What about Alex?
It's so great to see Eddie has his smile back. They all look genuinely happy to be together. And Eddie can STILL make that guitar smoke! Thanks so much for sharing! Made me smile all evening!
I have nothing but great respect for Van Halen, having grown up in the late 70's and 80's, but this shit is hard to listen to. I always dreamed of them getting back together with David, but this is a train wreck. If I had paid money to see this, I would have been pissed. The music is pretty much spot on, but David needs to hang up his mic, at least in the rock biz.....
id rather dave were wild drunk and coked up or something crazy
i agree
Dana Wana Pskana Just watch any live recording from the late 70s early 80's
Ed and Wolfgang really knock the harmony vocals out of the park!
Roth needs to take the starch out of his walk and stop directing during song. Totally unprofessional. Bring Sammy back... A true musical spirit
I know huh what a dick
The audio quality of a lot of the 2012 and 2015 shows is pretty decent. Thank God for that! We and the band were cursed with so much bad luck with live recordings. This is a band that needs to be experienced live and we have nothing to take us back to those first six tours besides three videos from Oakland in ‘81. I had always assumed they recorded all three shows in Oakland but Michael Anthony says he doubts it. He said they were not trying to record the shows for posterity, they were just trying to put a few videos in rotation on MTV. What a huge opportunity lost. And they were not doing their own shows so there are few soundboard recordings like you can find for Led Zep or the Stones. The Stones even released their best bootlegs! It’s too bad Dave did not have the foresight to capture some of these performances while he was in his prime. A lot (most?) of the full shows we can follow on UA-cam from his last 2 tours show what an a$$hole he was to the crew. According to their road manager Noel Monk’s book, Dave was always a jerk. In the beginning it was good for the band as they were in sync and he would not compromise when it came to quality. But it grew old with everybody. I was always Team Dave but it actually had NOTHING to do with Roth, I was really Team Early VH. Or Team Dave Era, I guess. So I definitely appreciated the setlists from the 2000s. But honestly the setlist from ‘98 was fine. It was such a turn-off that VH abandoned so much of their early songs when Sammy joined. If Sammy had sang the hits, I would have been over the moon.
So flash to present day. Is anybody shocked that it is Dave that is the holdup to the EVH tribute show(s)? Dave did the honorable thing and hung-up his Vaudeville act when his voice stopped meeting his expectations. But Dave’s schtick was old and tired by the 1984 tour. He had stopped trying to sing full lyrics. He thought it was colorful that he didn’t have to know all the words. Their setlists never changed so that was just lazy… and irritating. So who really wants to see Dave if the band does get back together? He is going to butcher the songs he attempts. They would be SOOOO much better off to bring in Ralph Saenz (aka Michael Starr). Seeing Ralph in the Atomic Punks was WAY better than seeing VH in the 90s. And then nobody would have to suffer Dave’s shenanigans ever again. Sadly, they won’t do it so I hope the event still comes off even though they will have to go thru Dave to get it done. Sigh…
Dave looks like he's 80. Wtf? Lmfao
Cocaine's a helluva drug
Jade's Drum Channel CHALY MUFY
I’m so glad you posted this. Thx! I never got to check em out w/ Wolf. This is kick ass!
Sounds pretty damn good for a bunch of old farts!
no they don't fn terrible. check your ears
***** my ears are fine.
The new album rocks, the more I hear it the better it gets, Van Halen back to their best. The boys have still got it.
Lee Roth is one hell of a frontman!
Thanks for posting. Interesting to see how things have changed.
Saw Van Halen as the headliners for Monsters of Rock in Seattle in the 80s. Way later than their heyday of being truly the essence of Van Halen.
DLR belongs singing in a retirement center. He is behind the music, the dance moves hes embarrassing himself with look like they are off Disco Fever. They should have put Sammy in these gigs instead of having senile Dave prancing around up there. Out to pasture Dave!
Fabulous job putting this video together from only audience recordings!
Ugh, I just can't watch more than a few minutes of this. I love Van Halen, and Eddie is certainly playing great again. But this just doesn't capture any of the spark they once had, it just comes across as a sad attempt to relive their glory days. Dave looks like somebody's crazy Aunt walking around on stage. He often doesn't sing, and when he does, much of the time, it's off key. Badly off key. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Dave's stage presence made up for some of his vocal shortcomings. Here he spins a mic stand, or attempts a kick that has me praying medical personnel are standing by just off stage. And while Wolfie is a decent bassist, and not a bad singer, he's not Michael Anthony. He's not a rock star, and he has no place in Van Halen. I understand Ed loves his son, and wants to play with him. Fine. If he wants to do a side project, cool.
Imagine if all four members of Led Zeppelin were alive, and Jimmy Page said "Hey John, no need to come out with us on tour. I'm going to have my son play bass and keyboard/organ from now on."
Michael Anthony is alive and well. Yet inexplicably, or because of Ed's ego, he is not in Van Halen as they are touring. I have seen sedated geriatric patients show more energy in concert than Wolfie. Michael Anthony was the heart of this band. He's the one that made everything else click. His thunderous bass lines, and his incomparable backing vocals, were the perfect compliment to Ed and Alex. He gave Van Halen balls. And no matter where you come down on the whole Dave vs Sammy debate (I love both singers, but make no mistake, Sammy Hagar can sing circles around David Lee Roth), you have to admit that the band sounds listless.
This is just...painful. And as somebody who has seen Van Halen numerous times, somebody who dropped what they were doing to see Van Halen play at West End in Dallas on four hours notice, somebody who has bought first every Van Halen record, then every Van Halen tape, then every Van Halen CD...this is Van Halen in name only, and it hurts me to acknowledge that one of my all-time favorite bands needs to hang it up, unless some serious changes are made.
Have to agree, it's not the same without Mike. Eddie needs to get over whatever issues he has and bring him back in. It's bad enough they already dogged him on royalties and the last tour with Sammy. Enough is enough already.
Roth would be fine if he just stopped trying to sing in that weird higher range. Maybe he blew out his mid-range, but he'd be so much better if he just sang lower..lol
Boob, I'd have no issue seeing Van Halen with their current lineup (having Wolfie playing bass) if something had happened to Michael. But Mikey's alive and well, and while I know he's happy in Chickenfoot with Sammy, Satch and Chad, Van Halen is one of the greatest bands in the history of rock and roll. He belongs with Van Halen.
My dream would be to see Chickenfoot and Van Halen tour together. Let Mikey play in both bands. Let Roth handle the DLR-era songs, let Sammy handle the Hagar songs. After both sets are done, do an encore with the bands playing together. Seeing Ed and Joe Satriani together on stage would give me a stiffy that a whole box of Viagra never could.
Stinky
Stinky really doesn't fully explain:}} Age really has nothing to do with it when you look at the Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Who ,these guys only get better. Roth is a shameless self-promoter and I mean that in a positive way. He talks a good game, knows all the right people. Puts himself out there. Talented? In comparison to all the other greats in the same age group...not so much. What I have preferred is the talent and energy Sammy Hagar put into the band. He was responsible for putting them in the top ten, the shows became a group effort and not a single was the focal point. Everyone contributed when Hagar came on board. I love it when everyone gets their due. I wish they could all get back together and gives us a badass performance.
"Dave looks like somebody's crazy Aunt walking around on stage." kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
THOSE WERE SOME COOL MOVES NEAR THE DRUMS IN THE BEGINNING OF JAMIES CRYING.ITS KINDA AMAZING THERES NEARLY 900,000 HITS ON THIS AND 2146 LIKES AND 350 DISLIKES even though roths voice sounds rusty people just love this band with diamond dave!!!!