This interview is from May 9th, 1986. You can follow me on Instagram @steve.rosen.guitar.picks You can find guitar picks that i have for sale here: www.ebay.com/u...
Hey, everybody: By now, some of you may know that I finished my book on Edward. It took 14 months of writing and a lot of agonizing and a lot of sorrowful memories but I finally completed it. The book is titled TONECHASER - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen and is a chronicle of my friendship with him beginning in 1977 and ending in 2003. It is a hardback and will run somewhere between 400-500 pages with some very cool black-and-white photos on the inside. There is no other book on Edward out there like mine. I had a front-row seat to his life and and he told me things he never told another journalist. I wanted to write as honest and as insightful a book as I possible could and I believe I've done that. I wrote about spending time in my Hollywood Hills pad while Edward noodled on guitar (if you dug the interview posted here, you will really be captured by the book because I go into detail about what that was really like sitting there and watching this beautiful moment unfold); attending NAMM Shows with him; introducing him to Ritchie Blackmore, Billy Gibbons and Les Paul; buying a set of guitar strings for him; jamming with him; and getting high with him. I am exceedingly proud of TONECHASER. I had written seven books previously and this one was about 10 times harder than all the others combined. More than anything, I want you to feel what I felt when I was around him. Beyond his guitar playing - and what else can anybody say about that? - he was a truly good human being though a complex one. Hence, my title: Understanding Edward. As in, trying to understand and unravel who he was and also that he was an "understanding Edward." He was passionate and compassionate in the people he dealt with and that side of him is rarely written about. So, I hope you go out and buy the book! The cost of the book is $35 plus $12 shipping for U.S. residents. Please send $47 to my PayPal: scrosen@sbcglobal.net. DO NOT FORGET YOUR ADDRESS! I will happily sign any book. For international fans, give me a shout and I'll give you shipping fees for whatever country you're from. Contact me here: scrosen@sbcglobal.net Thanks for your support.
So glad to hear this! Definitely gonna get the book. I’ve always enjoyed your interviews with Edward and your recollections of such an amazing time in rock/music history. Especially as EVH just being Ed the musician, the human being, before legendary world stardom and all attached to that. Your interviews with him are the most intimate, like two old friends shooting the breeze. No bs, no pomp, which makes them quite personal in the best way. So captivating and a gift to all fans of this soulful genius who gave us the best soundtrack - over and over to our lives. Akin to what mentioned, you wanted Ed all to yourself, of course how could you not? Man I can’t even imagine how cool it must of been to hang out with him, as whenever I saw VH live in concerts, I never took my eyes off him. Only him. Didn’t care about Roth, didn’t mind Sam, Michael & Al all great - but the energy experience for me was all Edward. Beyond anything I have ever seen to this day in my 54 years. Looking forward to the book Steve & congratulations!
Sent you an email Steve about your book. Appreciate your input on REELZ ,Autopsy EVH. The show was done with integrity and stuff most of us already knew.
@@Lil.black.dress84 The title is something EVH called himself. He was always looking for his tone! It is something that is hard to explain. Being a guitarist/ bassist I can relate to it. My tones to me were never good enough. That said the title is appropriate
And the fact that they truly don’t care if they’re the best cuz the best understand being the best is meaningless. They just experience the most joy out of everyone else doing what they do and chase that joy the most.
@@kreadr6151 i know that sound very well. Plus Ed would come to our apts sometimes to get coke from my neighbor who was his tech Zeke Clark.. I have some funny stories about it also
I grew up in Pasadena and was a teenager in the 70's. My girlfriend lived on Orange Grove near the intersection of Allen. Before Van Halen, the band's name was Mammoth and we could here them practice from across the alley behind her house. Little did we know that they would some day be famous. They were the local party band and I did get the opportunity to see them play at Stacey Agajanian's (daughter of J.C. Agajanian) birthday party. Van Halen's music has been a part of my life for many years. Thank's for the music Edward!
@Jack Hartunian that was almost 50 years ago. I was a teenager, drinking from a keg. None of their songs were on the radio back then, but DLR was wearing spandex back then.
@@grantmcbride7110 That’s really cool, one thing that’s stood out to me was that you said the bands name was Mammoth at first which is ironic because that is Wolfgang’s band’s name. Just a neat observation
@@steverosen6276 You were a really GOOD friend to him Steve. Thanks for giving him all your support down the years..We all miss his inventive genius & his modest gentle soul.
a true virtuoso!! The best guitar player!! The greatest innovator!! Eddie Van Halen!! I love your memories!! Thank You from the bottom of my heart!! Blessings from Colombia!!
I wish all the Van Halen members could have buried the hatchet a long time ago. It would have been awesome if both Dave & Sammy could have done a reunion tour. The tour could have been called The Best of Both Worlds. 😢
Allegedly, they were planning to do a tour in 2019 with all the former members, including Gary Cherone, tentatively titled "The Kitchen Sink Tour", but Eddie's health got bad enough that they had to cancel.
Him passing away has broke my heart. As a female who loves guitar he has inspired me more than anyone else. His personality could not be beat!!!! Rest in peace EVH!!!!
Steven I firmly believe someone needs to make a movie about the life and times of Eddie Van Halen. With your connections in the business could we make this possible? All of you fans reading this let's unite and start a petition to give the man his due.
@@steverosen6276 Hey Steve! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!! I’m a 46-year-old grown ass man and I have been sobbing about Ed for weeks. This actually made me feel a little bit better so God Bless and thank you!! ❤️❤️
absolutely and with a soundtrack of all the un released Eddie jams that he has stockpiled in 5150 . prolly another 10 lifetimes of music that never seen the light of day. Would be one of the coolest life stories of all time. The all-time greatest guitar player ever deserves a movie autobiography. Get wolf involved to help with the score
My teenage years was the 80's! Eddie was always a immortal guitar rock god to me ! Seeing eddie and van halen back in those classic MTV days was awesome! I never thought that I would see the day that eddie wouldn't be here no more! I got a 24x 36 poster of eddie in my room! I look at it and just can't believe he's gone ! This one hurts!
Thanks for the release of this where we can hear this. Eddie was such an inspiration for so many of and some of us most of our lives. I don't know a life without Eddie in it. 42 year this man has been rocking our world. This sucks so bad!
Been binge-watchin' sooooo much VH since Eddie's death - videos, concerts, songs...interviews. And this interview with Eddie was one of the very best. So in-depth, easy-going, honest and personable...just two guys comfortable hangin' out with one another. I hinged on every word and detail. It was great hearing Eddie 'in-the-moment' and totally clear-minded with his thoughts and what he was saying. Van Halen was always the soundtrack of my youth goin' all the way back to '78 - their music and Eddie's genius has been a huge part of my life. Eddie's death hit me like an anvil and I still tear up unexpectedly throughout the days when I'm watching or listening to some of their stuff. On the day he died I went out to my car and just sat in the driveway listening to my re-mastered copy of 1984 on the Infinity sound system, reminiscing about cruising around Toronto back in '84 when the album was new. But hey, thanks for sharing this amazing interview. "I Wish I Had One More Hour" is perfectly titled. We all wish we had that one more hour - but thankful we had four decades of his brilliance.
Wow this is extraordinary ! Absolutely numbing Stopped me in my tracks Thankyou so much for sharing such a personal time you shared with such a beautiful unique genius! So cool!!!
I have read this interview in Guitar World countless times, along with the interview you did with him before VHII came out. It is an extremely special thing for me to hear the actual interviews - thank you so much for sharing these with us, Steve!
I'm just gonna say it. I heard a number of interviews with Ed. Always came across as the nicest dude! Organic, real and honest answers with a philosophy of, treat people the way you want to be treated. Ed was the Bruce Lee of Guitar. Yeah, everybody has a bad day but from my perspective, he was a righteous, talented, nice guy! Thanks for posting this brutha!
Tisbonus I am a huge Bruce lee fan and Eddie fan and have always thought of them in the same innovative way. They were both so unique and at a genius or PhD level. No one could compare and no one ever will.
Yes, though I'm his junior of 12 yrs, Eddie always comes across as just a 'good kid' (w/raging talent). Eddie is like the guys I grew up with, and he's the music friend I wish I had. What I could've become?🧐🤔🎸
You can hear the honesty in Ed's voice and you can hear the trust he has and his friend in the interview it's just so personal I love to listen to it I feel like I'm in the room with all the stuff out lately on Ed I didn't think I could become anymore of a Van Halen fan and I have it's it's pretty cool I hope people out there feel the same way I do RIP Eddie
"Honestly if he started his career with "Just a Gigolo" you're telling me that he'd be where he is?" LMFAO well said. Rip Ed. Thanks for posting Steve!!
Keep looking up to him. Maybe even more now. Keeping the Faith of this Music is what he always wanted to live on thru him. Share and educate people who don't know who he is. Teach kids who Eddie was. Live on Eddie. Peace Brother. Keep The Faith.
You can tell even Ed was so pissed when Dave left that he still loved and respected him, you could hear it in his voice, I've been a musician myself for over 30 years and I know what it feels like to have somebody quit the band that was there for a long time and it hurts, you're going to say things and in some situations yeah, I'm sure they never mend fences, but I'm glad at least he and Dave eventually did and I wish the same would have happened with Michael. I know they were talking about doing a tour before Ed got too sick to do it, it just sucks that he's gone man, that dude was one of the number one reasons I picked up a guitar in 1980 and I'm still playing today. 🎸🎵🖤
Both Dave and Eddie talk about being hurt by the other guy for ending the band. For me it's a he-said she-said type of thing. I tend to believe Roth a bit more.
Thanks so much once again Steve for sharing one of your experiences that gives us one more connection to someone that for me has been a part of my life since I was 13 & I'm 55 now. If you can still have a hero at 55 Eddie has always been mine & inspired me to start playing guitar 41 years ago. Gonna be weird with out EVH out there somewhere in the world.
I just now watched the music video of Wolfgang's tribute to his pops Eddie ....omg !!! It's absolutely beautiful !!!! He added home videos from his childhood and an absolutely beautiful voicemail at the end. The song is called Distance !!! RIP EVH
I actually enjoyed their videos that were just live performance shots. Especially now that Eddies gone, I can’t watch enough of them performing. I’m glad there’s so much on UA-cam 👌
One of the best interviews I’ve ever heard. Brutally honest, and if it didn’t cover the differences between Sam and Dave, it would have been so disingenuously smarmy that it would have gone unnoticed.
Steve , you know I’ve heard a lot of the other interviews. It’s great that Ed liked you so well to open up the way he did , so we could all learn so much about the guy that inspired many of us to become musicians. So for that we / I thank you Steve !!
Hi, Thomas: That is really nice. When I interviewed Ed, I thought he was being extraordinarily honest with me and was digging deeper into his own psyche with his answers. Now I know he was. By reading comments like yours, now I know he was. Thank you.
WOW!!!! I first listened to this yesterday. What a wonderful insight to what was going on in Eddie's mind at the beginning of the 5150 era. Thank you very much for sharing your original recording with us all Steve. I just made a very short Keyboard tribute to Eddie today with Love Walks In and I used a few seconds from your interview where he talked about recording the song. The video is on my channel. If you don't want me using it please let me know and I'll take it down. In case you're wondering, I cleaned up the audio quality myself. That's a part of what I do for a living. Cheers from Tokyo, Jason 🤘
They needed Dave, Dave needed them. The Sammy era was successful, and I love some of the tracks, but it hasn’t aged half as well as the Dave era VH. Looking back, Dave was an immensely creative force in that band. I know Eddie wrote the riffs but writing melodies and lyrics to those frenetic VH-brother instrumentals probably wasn’t easy.
I do not agree. If a new fan heard Sammy stuff first and then went back to listen to Dave’s stuff he would say the opposite of you. Bottom line is Dave is annoying and I could totally see how eddy and Alex had enough. As fans we only see or hear Dave during the songs. Imagine putting up with him all day all year.
That's because you remember the original band more because Edward's playing was so ground breaking. Had it been the other way around you would think differently.
I’m a big DLR fan, loved his early VH stuff, and all his solo stuff, but the vocal style that he is doing now is terrible, it sounds like he is reaching for notes that he can’t hit, and is off key, I remember him starting this style of singing on the song “she’s my machine” and even though I liked that album, I cringed a little when I heard it, it just surprises me that someone didn’t pull him to the side and tell him how bad it sounds, I guess maybe VH liked the style.
BadRonald1 After all the hard work ,never late,always cordial and HE was the power house vocals 2 cover the background ALWAYS!Probably the best bass for Alex 2 gel with as a rhythm section 4 providing the well paved runway,4 Eddie 2 power up and catch his lift off ;so he could get his pyrotechnics and fretboard gymnastics on, feeling completely confident that his boys wouldn't be slipping.But,most genius have an Achilles heel,and EVH was the same.His was copious amounts of Alcohol and blow,2 level the detrimental impact of the blood alcohol content,2 allow his level of technique to remain largely unaffected.As the years wore on,EVH personality started 2 become mean and paranoid and he started 2 change.He became angry and resentful and this is why,he became impossible to work with.And Michael just had to split.That is rock n' roll,dig it man?Thanks 4 listening! Cheers,bro and take care of yourself !✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦
Man, I read this interview so many times back in the day that I found myself reciting parts of it along with the audio. What a trip it is to hear this.
Thanks for sharing this Mr. Rosen ! I used to work in retail and Eddie used to come into the store a few times , and he was the nicest , coolest guy to talk to .....While everyone else was freaking out around me , he actually talked to you if you'd just relax & Listen to what he had to say .....He did mention that as far as guitar players go , there is no one who is better or greater than anyone else , Hendrix , Clapton , Page, he said that They are All Great in their own way , All of those Amazing Players are Great Unique . It's like comparing apples to oranges..... And That was his words , verbatim. He Will be Sorely Missed .....
Steve and who ever else reads this, Google Thinking About The Years by Haywire.It's a special song that gives honor to Ed's memory and it will help you cope with his sad demise.We love you Ed.❤️🎸💔🌹✝️☀️
You can still hear the hurt in Ed's voice when he talks about Dave. Say what you want CVH was gold and was the real VH. Nothing against Sam they put out some good tunes .
Him passing away has broke my heart. As a female who loves guitar he has inspired me more than anyone else. His personality could not be beat!!!! Rest in peace EVH!!!!
I think the fact you picked up the phone and made that effort really means a lot. You might not be able to be there for Eddie but you can be there for Wolf & his family. You seem like a good dude. I hope you & yours are doing OK. Thank you for sharing this with all of us who loved & still love him.
I miss Ed immensely….and I did not know him, I did not meet him, I don’t use his gear and I was really more a Lynch fan in my younger days. Lynch is not at EVH level because EVH is the exalted king, grail and main electric guitar king. Everyone else after ‘77 or ‘78 is a disciple or is influenced by EVH. I did not know how much I loved EVH until he was no longer here - now all I can say is that I feel very blessed to have been alive during his time here. What a bright Sabre of talent, innovation and musical gift…wow
Yes...thanks for sharing your connection with Eddie. The only connection I have with him is that I live in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His first record was one of the first records I ever bought and am still trying to play eruption. The world has a hole in it since he passed away..
It's such a treasure to listen to this it's by far the best interview I've ever heard and it's just I can't say thank you enough for posting it I hope other people really listen to it like I did it's just so personal it puts you right there I can't stop saying thank you for posting it I'm just so grateful!!!!!!!
Venkman44 Most EXCELLENT, EVH chopping HUGE 0.5g lines!FUCK YES! I kept waiting 2 hear a torch!But just some interview type snuffullupagas😂Now,that is what U call "professional discretion"!Save the rox till business hours are over! EVH ...A man who lived Rockn'Roll 24/7!!!Peace be un2U.Gratia tibi aget.R.I.P.✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨
@@joseph247000 hearing the scraping and chopping noises. He lets out a big snorting sound around 13:00 in. And again around 19:00 in. Lots of chopping.
Stevie had a early 1978 interview on you tube a few years ago. All you could hear was 45 minutes of sniff this and sniff that. I guess Eddie had a some awesome nose 👃 candy 🍭 and played most of the numbers in the 1st Van Halen album. I remember hearing the ending lick of ice cream man, running with the devil,On Fire 🔥. And a few cover's they played in the club days. I'm speaking in third person here. Now, I wonder why Stevie or Steve doesn't have a early 1981 or early 1982 interview with edward? Ed got married 4/11/1981 so maybe Eddie was on a two year honeymoon with Valerie? I have a ticket from Saturday October 24, 1981 my history teacher gave me in 2004. He told me Van Halen blew the Rolling Stones off the Stage in Orlando. It was overcast a little rain, he seen Valerie on stage right watching Eddie play. That picture on the back of the Diver Down album is that same show. They played on Sunday the 25th also. I'll post a video of the ticket it's really cool it's got tattoo you artwork and was only 15.60 cents to see Van Halen Fair Warning tour with the Rolling Stones on the Tattoo You your. It was very thoughtful of my teacher to give me that ticket for free and tell me about his priceless memory of that day. He had the ticket taped up on a mirror so it has scotch tape on both sides and, was folded in half. But it's 39 year's old and still in very good condition.
Ok gotta pause in listening to this fantastic interview (thanks Steve!) to point out something at 34:30 - in discussing how they recorded the 5150 record, Ed reveals that “Love Walks In” was recorded with keyboards first, with no click track, just him playing by himself… And then the rest of the band had to overdub all their parts (including Ed) - Steve’s disbelief here is understandable. Speaking as a producer, I have to point out that especially in today’s modern-production music age, this is virtually unheard of...and cornerstone to one of the reasons that this band remains my favorite rock ‘n’ roll band of all time...that understanding of how spontaneity in rhythm and flow create an organic, palpable and long-standing existence with the listener. Fucking awesome
Lots of interviews with Eddie, but really none asking him what he was thinking of, or what themes he wanted to use, or any motives he borrowed from his favorite classical composers. Nothing discussing musical theory. The essence of why we guitarists love his music so much. Lots and lots of talk about “he said, she said “. Like reading the National inquirer or People magazine.
It's been a while since hearing the sounds of an eight ball after a gig. The 80s, bands, I really miss Eddie, so interesting with such a modest ego. How could that be 40yrs ago, makes me sad.
I love Dave but he really threw the band under the bus. If only he'd been a better person and tried harder on stage. If only Ed and Dave had compromised on keyboards (they weren't to my taste, so didn't seem like a good reason to lose Dave). It was hard hearing Ed saying Dave hurt him real bad.
Oh cmon Eddie! This record is number one not because of DLR absence or whatever. It’s because this time there was no Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” that kept “1984” away from the top spot. Be honest man😂
Most of my favorite bands that were still making albums disappointed me after the year 1984 . I gravitated to bands like Metallica , slayer etc. not the dentistry hair glam . + the music industry is ran by lying thieving volchers .
Must've been meant to be, because I never could picture Roth singing any of the songs from 5150. Maybe "Summer Nights".....but definitely not "Dreams", "Best of Both Worlds" or "5150" the song. Interview is just pure gold, Steve, same as the others you have in here. Really interesting to hear Eddie immediately after becoming a genuine megastar with the success of "1984". Suddenly he was famous to people who weren't even into rock, young and old alike. That had to be weird for him. Gotta be honest, too.......eating me up not knowing what the falling out between you two was all about. I suspect it was the book possibly since you were obviously locked in to do it and he was still on the fence.....but I don't expect you to spill.
I love your book I bought it on Etsy I’m born in 1955 too my daughter is 30 now. She don’t need dad anymore she’s married For what Ed gives to me & the world I would gladly give him YEARS of my life. With zero regret I really miss him.
Ed represents our younger years! I have reflected on alot of that and I think this is tough because,Let's be totally honest, VH was great,fun times! It will get easier! 👍
Can YOU hear the chopping the wiff on the table in the beginning been thear man the road can be strange need some marching powder back then in THEM DAYS
Great interview. Eddie was always a great interviewee. I will say this, that phone ring @ 43:16 took me back. I haven’t heard one of those old dial phones with the cord that stretches across your house in ages.
You could take all the interviews E.VH has ever done, with the exception of his love life & fatherhood, put them all together and you have this. This is what everyone has wanted too know and learn about his journey as an accomplished musician and taking the music and craft seriously. No matter how high or low, he had his shit together and knew exactly what he wanted for himself and the future of their band. 100% MUSIC.
Great interview...Eddie gets most uncomfortable when he is asked questions about doing the book and how intense people think about Eddie Van Halen...he is truly not about himself but the music to be his first and last word..
Hi Steve. Somehow this clip percolated up into my feed today. It was an incredibly sad day when we lost our friend here. It was terrible. From the books I’ve read and interviews I’ve listened to, my impression of Eddie is that he was very humble and tried to fight for what was right. A true artist he was. Fame I’m sure can get to the core of most anyone…but Dave was out of control - and wanted full control of them. I tend to stand by Eddie though. Maybe it’s my passive, bass player style. I’m not prone to exaggeration or overstatement. If you’re normal and cool and wanna talk guitar, Eddie would’ve likely engaged you. That’s my thought.
I could sense the air got awkward when the effort to explain to Eddie how monumental and virtually religious his existence is to a vast sea of fans and budding guitarists around the world. That took amazing guts, I believe, to go there with Edward… while knowing his response would be a dry well of words. Ed’s humbleness is like an earthquake. The ability to create musical pieces and tunes that has that great of appeal to mega masses is like having a key to the soul of countless individuals. Having that kind of power and just being a “regular ole dude” is truly incredible. Thank you Steve Rosen for interviewing Ed as a professional, and as a true fan as well.
I been following Ed for over 35 years now and read every interview before this internet stuff was around , but this is by far the best interview from him, thanks for sharing this
Hey, everybody:
By now, some of you may know that I finished my book on Edward. It took 14 months of writing and a lot of agonizing and a lot of sorrowful memories but I finally completed it.
The book is titled TONECHASER - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen and is a chronicle of my friendship with him beginning in 1977 and
ending in 2003. It is a hardback and will run somewhere between 400-500 pages with some very cool black-and-white photos on the inside.
There is no other book on Edward out there like mine. I had a front-row seat to his life and and he told me things he never told another journalist. I wanted to write as honest and as
insightful a book as I possible could and I believe I've done that. I wrote about spending time in my Hollywood Hills pad while Edward noodled on guitar (if you dug the interview posted here,
you will really be captured by the book because I go into detail about what that was really like sitting there and watching this beautiful moment unfold); attending NAMM Shows with him;
introducing him to Ritchie Blackmore, Billy Gibbons and Les Paul; buying a set of guitar strings for him; jamming with him; and getting high with him.
I am exceedingly proud of TONECHASER. I had written seven books previously and this one was about 10 times harder than all the others combined.
More than anything, I want you to feel what I felt when I was around him. Beyond his guitar playing - and what else can anybody say about that? - he was a truly good human being though
a complex one. Hence, my title: Understanding Edward. As in, trying to understand and unravel who he was and also that he was an "understanding Edward." He was passionate and
compassionate in the people he dealt with and that side of him is rarely written about.
So, I hope you go out and buy the book! The cost of the book is $35 plus $12 shipping for U.S. residents. Please send $47 to my PayPal: scrosen@sbcglobal.net.
DO NOT FORGET YOUR ADDRESS!
I will happily sign any book.
For international fans, give me a shout and I'll give you shipping fees for whatever country you're from.
Contact me here: scrosen@sbcglobal.net
Thanks for your support.
So glad to hear this! Definitely gonna get the book. I’ve always enjoyed your interviews with Edward and your recollections of such an amazing time in rock/music history. Especially as EVH just being Ed the musician, the human being, before legendary world stardom and all attached to that.
Your interviews with him are the most intimate, like two old friends shooting the breeze. No bs, no pomp, which makes them quite personal in the best way. So captivating and a gift to all fans of this soulful genius who gave us the best soundtrack - over and over to our lives. Akin to what mentioned, you wanted Ed all to yourself, of course how could you not? Man I can’t even imagine how cool it must of been to hang out with him, as whenever I saw VH live in concerts, I never took my eyes off him. Only him. Didn’t care about Roth, didn’t mind Sam, Michael & Al all great - but the energy experience for me was all Edward. Beyond anything I have ever seen to this day in my 54 years.
Looking forward to the book Steve & congratulations!
Not digging the title. The man was a genius.
Is your book available now?
Sent you an email Steve about your book.
Appreciate your input on REELZ ,Autopsy EVH. The show was done with integrity and stuff most of us already knew.
@@Lil.black.dress84 The title is something EVH called himself. He was always looking for his tone! It is something that is hard to explain. Being a guitarist/ bassist I can relate to it. My tones to me were never good enough. That said the title is appropriate
When you're the best you don't have to say it. You let others say it for you.
And the fact that they truly don’t care if they’re the best cuz the best understand being the best is meaningless. They just experience the most joy out of everyone else doing what they do and chase that joy the most.
So amazing- can hear him doing lines! 😂🤘🏽
😃😃😃
Right? Lol... I had to rewind it to be sure! Two buds hangin out, doin blow and talking for hours.
@@michaelwayne7887 that's so funny, i was like am i the only one hearing this? haha. RIP ED
@@kreadr6151 i know that sound very well. Plus Ed would come to our apts sometimes to get coke from my neighbor who was his tech Zeke Clark.. I have some funny stories about it also
Nice to know i wasn't the only one hearing the chopping, scraping, snorting. Ahhh, the 80s. I was probably doing the same thing.
Man, I miss this guy.
Freakin' awesome.
Thank you♥️🤍🖤
Thanks for sharing
Happy to share.
I grew up in Pasadena and was a teenager in the 70's. My girlfriend lived on Orange Grove near the intersection of Allen. Before Van Halen, the band's name was Mammoth and we could here them practice from across the alley behind her house. Little did we know that they would some day be famous. They were the local party band and I did get the opportunity to see them play at Stacey Agajanian's (daughter of J.C. Agajanian) birthday party. Van Halen's music has been a part of my life for many years. Thank's for the music Edward!
That's amazing
@Jack Hartunian that was almost 50 years ago. I was a teenager, drinking from a keg. None of their songs were on the radio back then, but DLR was wearing spandex back then.
@@grantmcbride7110 That’s really cool, one thing that’s stood out to me was that you said the bands name was Mammoth at first which is ironic because that is Wolfgang’s band’s name. Just a neat observation
@@maddoxmay611 you gotta read a few van halen books if you didn’t know that one already bro!
@@nic8577 I’m a casual listener, but as someone who is considering buying a 5150 stack, I should probably educate myself a little bit more 😂
This is the best Ed interview I've ever heard. It's almost not an interview, just 2 guy's talking, very cool.
This conversation is absolutely amazing.
Cool. Glad you dug it.
@@steverosen6276 You were a really GOOD friend to him Steve. Thanks for giving him all your support down the years..We all miss his inventive genius & his modest gentle soul.
Nothing is the same since our world lost Ed.
Miss that dude more each day!
Long live the king!
Miss ya Edward.
Me too
They say that "American Pie" was written in reference to the passing Buddy Holly. I think the music died on Oct 6th, the passing of Eddie Van Halen.
That's so true.
a true virtuoso!! The best guitar player!! The greatest innovator!! Eddie Van Halen!!
I love your memories!! Thank You from the bottom of my heart!!
Blessings from Colombia!!
You can tell that Ed was such a down to earth genuine human being, was a true musician.
RIP Eddie Van Halen a man who reinvented not only the guitar but rock and roll
I lost track of the number of bumps being done pretty quickly (not that i have room talk) but great interview nonetheless very honest
I wish all the Van Halen members could have buried the hatchet a long time ago. It would have been awesome if both Dave & Sammy could have done a reunion tour. The tour could have been called The Best of Both Worlds. 😢
I like the proposed name of that tour. Using the name of one of their songs to pay tribute to one of the dynamics in VH.
Unfortunately, Dave wouldn’t agree to a Sammy song as the tour name haha
Sam & Dave did a tour together,each with their own bands,flipping coin for who would open each night.
Damn you just said a mouth full! That would have been legendary (in a perfect 🌎) RIP EDDIE VAN HALEN
Allegedly, they were planning to do a tour in 2019 with all the former members, including Gary Cherone, tentatively titled "The Kitchen Sink Tour", but Eddie's health got bad enough that they had to cancel.
Him passing away has broke my heart. As a female who loves guitar he has inspired me more than anyone else. His personality could not be beat!!!! Rest in peace EVH!!!!
I agree ❤️❤️❤️
Steven I firmly believe someone needs to make a movie about the life and times of Eddie Van Halen. With your connections in the business could we make this possible? All of you fans reading this let's unite and start a petition to give the man his due.
Interesting thought.
I'm looking for the Biography book, if Motley Crue had The Dirt. Van Halen needs a novel
@@steverosen6276 Hey Steve! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!! I’m a 46-year-old grown ass man and I have been sobbing about Ed for weeks. This actually made me feel a little bit better so God Bless and thank you!! ❤️❤️
absolutely and with a soundtrack of all the un released Eddie jams that he has stockpiled in 5150 . prolly another 10 lifetimes of music that never seen the light of day. Would be one of the coolest life stories of all time. The all-time greatest guitar player ever deserves a movie autobiography. Get wolf involved to help with the score
@@steverosen6276 Have you talked to Wolfie? Maybe reach out to him at some point.
My teenage years was the 80's! Eddie was always a immortal guitar rock god to me ! Seeing eddie and van halen back in those classic MTV days was awesome! I never thought that I would see the day that eddie wouldn't be here no more! I got a 24x 36 poster of eddie in my room! I look at it and just can't believe he's gone ! This one hurts!
Yes hurts so much 💔
Thanks for the release of this where we can hear this. Eddie was such an inspiration for so many of and some of us most of our lives. I don't know a life without Eddie in it. 42 year this man has been rocking our world. This sucks so bad!
Welcome.
I was 10 years old in 78 when I 1st heard Eddie, I was like "HOLY SH*T!! Changed my life
Been binge-watchin' sooooo much VH since Eddie's death - videos, concerts, songs...interviews. And this interview with Eddie was one of the very best. So in-depth, easy-going, honest and personable...just two guys comfortable hangin' out with one another. I hinged on every word and detail. It was great hearing Eddie 'in-the-moment' and totally clear-minded with his thoughts and what he was saying. Van Halen was always the soundtrack of my youth goin' all the way back to '78 - their music and Eddie's genius has been a huge part of my life. Eddie's death hit me like an anvil and I still tear up unexpectedly throughout the days when I'm watching or listening to some of their stuff. On the day he died I went out to my car and just sat in the driveway listening to my re-mastered copy of 1984 on the Infinity sound system, reminiscing about cruising around Toronto back in '84 when the album was new. But hey, thanks for sharing this amazing interview. "I Wish I Had One More Hour" is perfectly titled. We all wish we had that one more hour - but thankful we had four decades of his brilliance.
Thanks for letting us lay on the floor outside Ed's room and listen in.
@OverLord Opps awesome memory good for you
@OverLord Opps IDK.🧐
Yeah, it felt just like that.😊👍🎸
Great take away statement!!
@OverLord Opps sure pal
Wow this is extraordinary !
Absolutely numbing
Stopped me in my tracks
Thankyou so much for sharing such a personal time you shared with such a beautiful unique genius!
So cool!!!
19:40, is Ed doing a Line? Not knocking him at all, just heard that noise throughout the interview.
Yeah he did drugs? He was a rocker
I have read this interview in Guitar World countless times, along with the interview you did with him before VHII came out. It is an extremely special thing for me to hear the actual interviews - thank you so much for sharing these with us, Steve!
Same - It was like I knew EXACTLY what Eddie was going to say next, as I had read that interview so many times!
Welcome. It truly is a different experience reading this interview in GW and hearing it. I feel the same way.
Thank you so much for releasing these interviews. Its great to hear him talk. All of us guitars players and fans of Eddies greatly appreciate it!
Hey, Kurt. I'm glad it resonates with you.
I'm just gonna say it. I heard a number of interviews with Ed. Always came across as the nicest dude! Organic, real and honest answers with a philosophy of, treat people the way you want to be treated. Ed was the Bruce Lee of Guitar. Yeah, everybody has a bad day but from my perspective, he was a righteous, talented, nice guy! Thanks for posting this brutha!
Tisbonus I am a huge Bruce lee fan and Eddie fan and have always thought of them in the same innovative way. They were both so unique and at a genius or PhD level. No one could compare and no one ever will.
@@drumgk absolutely. Love ur screen name btw! We all need it.
That’s what I said to myself . 👍🏻
Yes, though I'm his junior of 12 yrs, Eddie always comes across as just a 'good kid' (w/raging talent). Eddie is like the guys I grew up with, and he's the music friend I wish I had. What I could've become?🧐🤔🎸
Well said, I agree.
You can hear the honesty in Ed's voice and you can hear the trust he has and his friend in the interview it's just so personal I love to listen to it I feel like I'm in the room with all the stuff out lately on Ed I didn't think I could become anymore of a Van Halen fan and I have it's it's pretty cool I hope people out there feel the same way I do RIP Eddie
Any one else hear them choppin it up at the begging ?! Lol reminds me of sum great nights with a buddy n a ball.....
"Honestly if he started his career with "Just a Gigolo" you're telling me that he'd be where he is?"
LMFAO well said. Rip Ed. Thanks for posting Steve!!
I’m still in shock Steve. This is a first for me to have lost somebody that I looked up to for almost my entire life.
Keep looking up to him. Maybe even more now. Keeping the Faith of this Music is what he always wanted to live on thru him. Share and educate people who don't know who he is. Teach kids who Eddie was. Live on Eddie. Peace Brother. Keep The Faith.
Hey, Johnny: For me, I feel worse every day. The more I try and remember him, the more it hurts. Be well.
the only musician that has made me cry when he passed away
Well said Johnny
@@steverosen6276 Can't believe he's gone. He was the best and human. Hope you are ok.
You can tell even Ed was so pissed when Dave left that he still loved and respected him, you could hear it in his voice, I've been a musician myself for over 30 years and I know what it feels like to have somebody quit the band that was there for a long time and it hurts, you're going to say things and in some situations yeah, I'm sure they never mend fences, but I'm glad at least he and Dave eventually did and I wish the same would have happened with Michael. I know they were talking about doing a tour before Ed got too sick to do it, it just sucks that he's gone man, that dude was one of the number one reasons I picked up a guitar in 1980 and I'm still playing today. 🎸🎵🖤
Both Dave and Eddie talk about being hurt by the other guy for ending the band. For me it's a he-said she-said type of thing. I tend to believe Roth a bit more.
What a fantastic interview, really nice to hear Eddie just talking to a friend about that stage of his life. Brilliant listen
Thanks so much once again Steve for sharing one of your experiences that gives us one more connection to someone that for me has been a part of my life since I was 13 & I'm 55 now. If you can still have a hero at 55 Eddie has always been mine & inspired me to start playing guitar 41 years ago. Gonna be weird with out EVH out there somewhere in the world.
You're welcome.
55 here also.....love this interview man.
I just now watched the music video of Wolfgang's tribute to his pops Eddie ....omg !!! It's absolutely beautiful !!!! He added home videos from his childhood and an absolutely beautiful voicemail at the end. The song is called Distance !!! RIP EVH
I actually enjoyed their videos that were just live performance shots. Especially now that Eddies gone, I can’t watch enough of them performing. I’m glad there’s so much on UA-cam 👌
One of the best interviews I’ve ever heard. Brutally honest, and if it didn’t cover the differences between Sam and Dave, it would have been so disingenuously smarmy that it would have gone unnoticed.
Thanks for posting this. Great insight into a life changing period of his life.
Ed playing the guitar case latch 27:36
Steve , you know I’ve heard a lot of the other interviews. It’s great that Ed liked you so well to open up the way he did , so we could all learn so much about the guy that inspired many of us to become musicians. So for that we / I thank you Steve !!
Hi, Thomas: That is really nice. When I interviewed Ed, I thought he was being extraordinarily honest with me and was digging deeper into his own psyche with his answers. Now I know he was. By reading comments like yours, now I know he was. Thank you.
10:12 The distinct sound of a bump being done... Then a line snorted, then fingers licked... 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Yeah, that’s not cool.
AAAAHH! good 'ole 80s.This is real trip down memory lane. The release of new Van Halen LP always meant new Ed Guitar World interview with Steve Rosen.
Hey: That's a nice thing to say. Thank you.
WOW!!!! I first listened to this yesterday. What a wonderful insight to what was going on in Eddie's mind at the beginning of the 5150 era. Thank you very much for sharing your original recording with us all Steve. I just made a very short Keyboard tribute to Eddie today with Love Walks In and I used a few seconds from your interview where he talked about recording the song. The video is on my channel. If you don't want me using it please let me know and I'll take it down. In case you're wondering, I cleaned up the audio quality myself. That's a part of what I do for a living.
Cheers from Tokyo, Jason 🤘
Thanks for sharing this Steve, it was a very sad day when Ed passed, he will be truely missed. I’m sorry for tour loss.
They needed Dave, Dave needed them. The Sammy era was successful, and I love some of the tracks, but it hasn’t aged half as well as the Dave era VH. Looking back, Dave was an immensely creative force in that band. I know Eddie wrote the riffs but writing melodies and lyrics to those frenetic VH-brother instrumentals probably wasn’t easy.
People seem to never think about that. Can you imagine hearing those instrumentals and having to figure out how to put lyrics and melodies them?!
I do not agree. If a new fan heard Sammy stuff first and then went back to listen to Dave’s stuff he would say the opposite of you. Bottom line is Dave is annoying and I could totally see how eddy and Alex had enough. As fans we only see or hear Dave during the songs. Imagine putting up with him all day all year.
That's because you remember the original band more because Edward's playing was so ground breaking. Had it been the other way around you would think differently.
I’m a big DLR fan, loved his early VH stuff, and all his solo stuff, but the vocal style that he is doing now is terrible, it sounds like he is reaching for notes that he can’t hit, and is off key, I remember him starting this style of singing on the song “she’s my machine” and even though I liked that album, I cringed a little when I heard it, it just surprises me that someone didn’t pull him to the side and tell him how bad it sounds, I guess maybe VH liked the style.
@@thetruthhurts6652 he maybe annoying but he had the better tunes
This is absolute GOLD! Thanks for sharing Steve Rosen!
Hey, Slappy. I'm happy you're moved by it.
@@steverosen6276 Thanks for replying Steve! I've heard you mention that you had an unfortunate falling-out with Ed. Have you ever discussed it?
I Take it that Ed never made up with Michael. I still think Michael didn’t deserve to be treated as such but
BadRonald1 After all the hard work ,never late,always cordial and HE was the power house vocals 2 cover the background ALWAYS!Probably the best bass for Alex 2 gel with as a rhythm section 4 providing the well paved
runway,4 Eddie 2 power up and catch his lift off ;so he could get his pyrotechnics and fretboard gymnastics on,
feeling completely confident that his boys wouldn't be slipping.But,most genius have an Achilles heel,and EVH was the same.His was copious amounts of Alcohol and blow,2 level the detrimental impact of the blood alcohol
content,2 allow his level of technique to remain largely unaffected.As the years wore on,EVH personality started
2 become mean and paranoid and he started 2 change.He became angry and resentful and this is why,he became impossible to work with.And Michael just had to split.That is rock n' roll,dig it man?Thanks 4 listening!
Cheers,bro and take care of yourself !✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦
I bet all is well between them
In my opinion, the Van Halen's mistreatment of Michael Anthony will always be the major blemish that marks their otherwise mostly positive careers.
The Dude No not really
Cindy Thompson I can see Eddie basically thinking that way you don’t sleep with the enemy God dammit
2020 is by far the sucky-est year I’ve ever witnessed!💩🚽. Great vid btw
Thanks.
Amazing. Thank you for giving us a backstage pass to the best guitarist of all time. 💙
Man, I read this interview so many times back in the day that I found myself reciting parts of it along with the audio. What a trip it is to hear this.
Isn’t that funny. Me too.
Of all the people in the world who could inspire me, Eddie was the best.
Thanks for sharing this Mr. Rosen ! I used to work in retail and Eddie used to come into the store a few times , and he was the nicest , coolest guy to talk to .....While everyone else was freaking out around me , he actually talked to you if you'd just relax & Listen to what he had to say .....He did mention that as far as guitar players go , there is no one who is better or greater than anyone else , Hendrix , Clapton , Page, he said that They are All Great in their own way , All of those Amazing Players are Great Unique . It's like comparing apples to oranges..... And That was his words , verbatim. He Will be Sorely Missed .....
Steve and who ever else reads this, Google Thinking About The Years by Haywire.It's a special song that gives honor to Ed's memory and it will help you cope with his sad demise.We love you Ed.❤️🎸💔🌹✝️☀️
You can still hear the hurt in Ed's voice when he talks about Dave. Say what you want CVH was gold and was the real VH. Nothing against Sam they put out some good tunes .
Thank you for sharing Steve! Eddie is dearly missed. His music will live on forever 🎸
Hey, Ash: How you doing, buddy? Glad you dug it.
Eddie Van Halen, a LEGEND. LEGENDS LIVE FOR EVER! RIP EDDIE.
Him passing away has broke my heart. As a female who loves guitar he has inspired me more than anyone else. His personality could not be beat!!!! Rest in peace EVH!!!!
I think the fact you picked up the phone and made that effort really means a lot. You might not be able to be there for Eddie but you can be there for Wolf & his family. You seem like a good dude. I hope you & yours are doing OK. Thank you for sharing this with all of us who loved & still love him.
I really appreciate that.
I miss Ed immensely….and I did not know him, I did not meet him, I don’t use his gear and I was really more a Lynch fan in my younger days. Lynch is not at EVH level because EVH is the exalted king, grail and main electric guitar king. Everyone else after ‘77 or ‘78 is a disciple or is influenced by EVH. I did not know how much I loved EVH until he was no longer here - now all I can say is that I feel very blessed to have been alive during his time here. What a bright Sabre of talent, innovation and musical gift…wow
Yes...thanks for sharing your connection with Eddie. The only connection I have with him is that I live in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His first record was one of the first records I ever bought and am still trying to play eruption. The world has a hole in it since he passed away..
It's such a treasure to listen to this it's by far the best interview I've ever heard and it's just I can't say thank you enough for posting it I hope other people really listen to it like I did it's just so personal it puts you right there I can't stop saying thank you for posting it I'm just so grateful!!!!!!!
i 've only listened to about 30 minutes.interesting and i'll save the rest for later while on a river ride.take my guitar brm
Cool interview. Weird hearing him chopping lines.
Venkman44 Most EXCELLENT, EVH chopping HUGE 0.5g lines!FUCK YES! I kept waiting 2 hear a torch!But just some interview type snuffullupagas😂Now,that is what U call "professional discretion"!Save the rox till business hours are over! EVH ...A man who lived Rockn'Roll 24/7!!!Peace be un2U.Gratia tibi aget.R.I.P.✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨
How do you know Eddie is chopping lines?? And at what point do u here that in the video ?!
@@joseph247000 C’mon man...even the “president elect” could pick up on this...
@@joseph247000 hearing the scraping and chopping noises. He lets out a big snorting sound around 13:00 in. And again around 19:00 in. Lots of chopping.
Eddie wasn't the only one sniffing in this interview. You can hear sniffing when Eddie is talking.
Something in Eddie broke when David left. They really had creative differences but I wish they could have worked it out.
Just saw this, great recounting of your history with Eddie,and still sad to think about his passing,great post Steve!
Stevie had a early 1978 interview on you tube a few years ago. All you could hear was 45 minutes of sniff this and sniff that. I guess Eddie had a some awesome nose 👃 candy 🍭 and played most of the numbers in the 1st Van Halen album. I remember hearing the ending lick of ice cream man, running with the devil,On Fire 🔥. And a few cover's they played in the club days. I'm speaking in third person here. Now, I wonder why Stevie or Steve doesn't have a early 1981 or early 1982 interview with edward? Ed got married 4/11/1981 so maybe Eddie was on a two year honeymoon with Valerie? I have a ticket from Saturday October 24, 1981 my history teacher gave me in 2004. He told me Van Halen blew the Rolling Stones off the Stage in Orlando. It was overcast a little rain, he seen Valerie on stage right watching Eddie play. That picture on the back of the Diver Down album is that same show. They played on Sunday the 25th also. I'll post a video of the ticket it's really cool it's got tattoo you artwork and was only 15.60 cents to see Van Halen Fair Warning tour with the Rolling Stones on the Tattoo You your. It was very thoughtful of my teacher to give me that ticket for free and tell me about his priceless memory of that day. He had the ticket taped up on a mirror so it has scotch tape on both sides and, was folded in half. But it's 39 year's old and still in very good condition.
Ok gotta pause in listening to this fantastic interview (thanks Steve!) to point out something at 34:30 - in discussing how they recorded the 5150 record, Ed reveals that “Love Walks In” was recorded with keyboards first, with no click track, just him playing by himself… And then the rest of the band had to overdub all their parts (including Ed) -
Steve’s disbelief here is understandable. Speaking as a producer, I have to point out that especially in today’s modern-production music age, this is virtually unheard of...and cornerstone to one of the reasons that this band remains my favorite rock ‘n’ roll band of all time...that understanding of how spontaneity in rhythm and flow create an organic, palpable and long-standing existence with the listener.
Fucking awesome
Well said!!👍
Lots of interviews with Eddie, but really none asking him what he was thinking of, or what themes he wanted to use, or any motives he borrowed from his favorite classical composers.
Nothing discussing musical theory. The essence of why we guitarists love his music so much.
Lots and lots of talk about “he said, she said “. Like reading the National inquirer or People magazine.
It's been a while since hearing the sounds of an eight ball after a gig. The 80s, bands, I really miss Eddie, so interesting with such a modest ego. How could that be 40yrs ago, makes me sad.
I love Dave but he really threw the band under the bus. If only he'd been a better person and tried harder on stage. If only Ed and Dave had compromised on keyboards (they weren't to my taste, so didn't seem like a good reason to lose Dave). It was hard hearing Ed saying Dave hurt him real bad.
I've lost both my cat and dog since Ed died...
I have literally no ideas what's going on.
Damn, hang in there pal.
@@saltykrug thanks man. It sucks but whatever...
Coke might help
@@BillyBongwaters No, coke would only make things way worse.
Oh man im so sorry. Sending hugs xx. I lost my beloved kitty weeeks before Eddie died... Im mourning them both...
Oh cmon Eddie! This record is number one not because of DLR absence or whatever. It’s because this time there was no Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” that kept “1984” away from the top spot. Be honest man😂
Very good interview.
I'm still rocked by the news. Seems not real. We lost a great one.
R.I.P. EVH
Definitely not real and not expected.
Thank you.
Most of my favorite bands that were still making albums disappointed me after the year 1984 . I gravitated to bands like Metallica , slayer etc. not the dentistry hair glam . + the music industry is ran by lying thieving volchers .
Must've been meant to be, because I never could picture Roth singing any of the songs from 5150. Maybe "Summer Nights".....but definitely not "Dreams", "Best of Both Worlds" or "5150" the song. Interview is just pure gold, Steve, same as the others you have in here. Really interesting to hear Eddie immediately after becoming a genuine megastar with the success of "1984". Suddenly he was famous to people who weren't even into rock, young and old alike. That had to be weird for him. Gotta be honest, too.......eating me up not knowing what the falling out between you two was all about. I suspect it was the book possibly since you were obviously locked in to do it and he was still on the fence.....but I don't expect you to spill.
Hi, Aaron: I can tell you, it wasn't about the book. I'll talk about that stuff at some point but it wasn't the book. Truth.
I agree about "fate" I couldn't picture Dave singing those songs either.
Ok... my growing up the 80s ears....total hear them chopping up and doing rails around 10min mark! Man... the 80s. So much yayoo!
Some people are just that way. They are truly genuine no matter the talent ( which was legendary).
Blessed I say
I love your book I bought it on Etsy
I’m born in 1955 too
my daughter is 30 now.
She don’t need dad anymore she’s married
For what Ed gives to me & the world
I would gladly give him YEARS of my life.
With zero regret
I really miss him.
Eddie could sing too,we gotta remember that.
Yeah Craig his vocals with Michael Anthony's were just matched perfectly I agree with you
Dude he could do it all, he was VH
This is the best Edward Van Halen interview that I ever heard...!!!
Ed represents our younger years! I have reflected on alot of that and I think this is tough because,Let's be totally honest, VH was great,fun times! It will get easier! 👍
Yep, it was great being a kid on the late 70's and early 80's. The music of VH was a big part of it.
A modern Beethoven. Rest in strength EVH ♥️🎸🤍
12:27 and 13:00 how're those rails of blow going down Ed? HAHAHA
Smooth I hope.
Peruvian flake I'm sure to boot..
Man I miss the 80's...
Oh yeah
You talk too much
Steve, thank you so much for sharing this treasure. Punched in the heart and feeling for his family. What a brave & brilliant human. 🤘❤🤴
I'm glad you and others are touched by it.
Can YOU hear the chopping the wiff on the table in the beginning been thear man the road can be strange need some marching powder back then in THEM DAYS
I know that chopping and sniffing sound anywhere 😅
Great interview man !
Wish sammy and Eddie would've stayed good friends and stayed together.in another world 5150 lives on.right then and right now.
the chopping. I know that sound. ;)
Great interview. Eddie was always a great interviewee. I will say this, that phone ring @ 43:16 took me back. I haven’t heard one of those old dial phones with the cord that stretches across your house in ages.
Thank you. Interesting comment about the phone!
I was waiting for the Rockford Files theme.
You could take all the interviews E.VH has ever done, with the exception of his love life & fatherhood, put them all together and you have this. This is what everyone has wanted too know and learn about his journey as an accomplished musician and taking the music and craft seriously. No matter how high or low, he had his shit together and knew exactly what he wanted for himself and the future of their band.
100% MUSIC.
Very early in, I can hear the "partying", crack me up, awesome man, thanks for this!
Great interview...Eddie gets most uncomfortable when he is asked questions about doing the book and how intense people think about Eddie Van Halen...he is truly not about himself but the music to be his first and last word..
Sounds like their doing lines lol
sounds like he's cutting some lines with a credit card and snorting coke.
Hi Steve. Somehow this clip percolated up into my feed today. It was an incredibly sad day when we lost our friend here. It was terrible. From the books I’ve read and interviews I’ve listened to, my impression of Eddie is that he was very humble and tried to fight for what was right. A true artist he was. Fame I’m sure can get to the core of most anyone…but Dave was out of control - and wanted full control of them. I tend to stand by Eddie though. Maybe it’s my passive, bass player style. I’m not prone to exaggeration or overstatement. If you’re normal and cool and wanna talk guitar, Eddie would’ve likely engaged you. That’s my thought.
Sounds like Ed is chopping out some rails and tooting it up. Lol
This was absolutely great thank you Steve, he will be surely missed.
I could sense the air got awkward when the effort to explain to Eddie how monumental and virtually religious his existence is to a vast sea of fans and budding guitarists around the world. That took amazing guts, I believe, to go there with Edward… while knowing his response would be a dry well of words. Ed’s humbleness is like an earthquake. The ability to create musical pieces and tunes that has that great of appeal to mega masses is like having a key to the soul of countless individuals. Having that kind of power and just being a “regular ole dude” is truly incredible. Thank you Steve Rosen for interviewing Ed as a professional, and as a true fan as well.
Well said.
This is a fascinating and fantastic interview with EVH.
I been following Ed for over 35 years now and read every interview before this internet stuff was around , but this is by far the best interview from him, thanks for sharing this
Edward would have had the same career and recognition if my grandmother would have sung.
A lot of huffing and snorting of coke can be heard in this interview and it wasn't Eddie.
why would u assume it wasn't Eddie? he did coke
@@MrSimondaniel3 Because he was speaking as it was going on at the beginning of the interview.
Yea, you can hear it ?