RARE EDDIE VAN HALEN FINAL TOUR SOUNDCHECK

[@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets]

That is soo badass. Seeing Eddie walking around the street , playing, being serious, taking care of business. Damn , I miss him. Happy I got to see them play one last time.

[@dananthony6258]

Still can’t believe he’s gone. It goes so fast man.

[@mikef3855]

Sure does my friend!

[@richevans609]

Sucks.

[@dananthony6258]

@@richevans609 I not this sounds awful but I almost wish we could trade to get him back , ah ha ha . We should start 80’s metal trading cards. 😂. Sorry I’m kind of strange.

[@deewu1211]

Eddie, always the consumate professional, used a few musical terms with the guys at the mixing tent. Forever missed and Forever loved 💕

[@jerrytravelstead1075]

Language of the music studio is very similar dialect to the language of the shop floor or the language of the shipping dock

[@jeffreybutler4605]

YEA, I'VE HEARD SOME OF THOSE MUSICAL TERMS BEFORE. WHAT THE FUCKIN KENTUCKY FRIED CRACK ROCKS IS GOIN BACK HERE? SON OF A BITCH!!!!!

[@josephno1347]

I heard after a solo at US airways arena in PHX he told the crowd " I just made 150 grand" that doesn't seem professional to me, DLR said " without a guitar in his hands, Eddie's a pretty lousy person"

[@tdz69]

Known for his tapping technique….but he was so much more. Incredible instrumentalist, songwriter, mad scientist and inventor and one of the greatest rhythm players of all time.

[@Me-qp8vz]

Actually more well known for his riffs and solos.

[@Stitsel]

His rhythm playing was absolutely badass, and sorely overlooked. His timing was impeccable and his intonation always spot on. The dude was super tight, but people only talk about his lead tricks, his soloing skills. He was a monster player, any real musician knows this.

[@k9slife]

Truly the best guitarist of all time. You are missed EVH RIP

[@MrRocktane]

That cat could sure light up the neighborhood, God bless him! Sadly miss'd, never forgotten!

[@Goldmember66]

Hours later, Diamond Fave breaks his own nose. 👃

[@tonyrutan]

I was there taking pictures right beside you! Stumble onto the seen that day. I have a great picture of Dave giving us the "stink eye" while singing. Awesome!👍

[@mrdriftwood6436]

Miss you Eddie!! RIP

[@curtisc9350]

Thanks for Sharing ! 🥰 A priceless Moment for sure ! 👍👍 Cheers ✌️ #nickdjordjevic #evhdeepdive #wolfgang

[@3TVforall]

Cool footage 🤘🏻 R.I.P. EVH

[@geovannifigueroa959]

such a badass

[@mindbendernine]

This is a rare soundcheck because DLR showed up. Typically, DLR skipped soundchecks from what I've gathered. I went to the 2nd-to-last-ever concert at the Hollywood Bowl AND soundcheck. DLR was a no-show but the 3 Van Halens were magnificent. That soundcheck may have been the greatest concert I've ever experienced, with that night's concert following in #2. With Ed being sober, his live playing was PERFECT in 2012 and 2015. Seeing Ed walking around and playing in this video still breaks my heart 4 years after we lost him. He was the magic we needed in music.

[@Mugz1964]

Thanks Nick! This is awesome!

[@daniellizotte5285]

God I miss him !

[@jrock2264]

Guys just hanging out like that's NOT Eddie VanHalen walking around.

[@samuelsaldana1575]

Because is so different when you check out -sound- of stage.

[@ChristoERispo]

This is rare! He doesn’t have a cigarette in his mouth!

[@Me-qp8vz]

But 6 vapes in his pocket.

[@edgardroque62]

Very good 👏👏🎸

[@JIMJAMSC]

Whats rare is Roth doing a sound check.

[@scottmiller8396]

That is so true he really can’t Sing and he knows that but a great front man

[@Earthshaker1965]

😂

[@adamrhodes1452]

I think you can hear eddie yell at the sound guy lol

[@adsonfire1gtr]

Wow 🔥

[@24theMoney]

Alex chopping wood on that snare

[@catcancrunch7260]

Greatest since Hendrix, so sad he left us....

[@julla1416]

Wild stuff! So cool.

[@robintaylor485]

Sad heartbreaking Edward new his time is short. Yes he did. He just didn’t tell anybody here.

[@Me-qp8vz]

We all knew.

[@rozhanyahya7015]

He's surely missed

[@LD-qj2te]

Dave’s voice was gone and he became a vaudeville clown at this point ….

[@johnnywinford7789]

I sure do miss him! 💔🎸💔

[@autoequities]

Dave your ship sailed...

[@qua7771]

His act does seem awkward now.

[@slottygw2wvw842]

eddie knows that the best balance for sound is near the mixing desk. what a talent!

[@flash21502]

Not discounting Eddie, but pretty much everyone who's ever played in a band knows that.

[@kdm28]

​@@flash21502 yup that's where I try and get my seats 😂

[@TheTradrjeff]

Roth was great in the day but he ended up an embarrassment

[@qua7771]

Yeah, his old act is not a good fit for his middle age self.

[@Me-qp8vz]

What about all the times Ed played his solos so drunk the Wolfie had to finish them?

[@JoeR203]

I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't be able to play the song if my singer couldn't come close to the way it was done on the recordings.

[@kimsullivan5576]

Joe, as the years go by, it's only human that our voices will change. Keep in mind that it was only 1978 when Van Halen hit it big with this timeless classic. After 42 years, both Eddie and DLR still sounded terrific. Js.

[@JoeR203]

@@kimsullivan5576 Yeah but I'm talking about the way Dave sings the songs. Providing he can even remember the words. He changes the tempo and ends up sounding like a lounge singer. I know singers can't hit the same notes they used to, but damn, at least have the energy to keep the tempo.

[@kimsullivan5576]

@@JoeR203 I understand, my friend. I used to sing to Linda Ronstadt songs. I can't hit some of her notes like I used to. Even being 60 yrs old. I get what you're saying.

[@ronmitchell8304]

You have to wonder if Dave was even in Eddie's mix. He certainly couldn't have done it with that caterwauling that Dave tried to pass off as singing high in the mix. I'll bet Eddie's monitors were predominantly Alex.

[@deebop4904]

Get in a bluegrass band, you wont have to worry about it.

[@kimwalker108]

To bad the Van Halen boys wouldn't have swallowed their pride a bit during this tour and patched things up with Sammy and Mike. That would have been EPIC. Roth is a joke.

[@liquidmagma]

Roth made them what they are. Those that don't understand that are the joke.

[@deanwitt7903]

Immortal.end of !

[@DLeopoldi914]

Anyone notice joe satriani in the backgorund?

[@sammyvh11]

surreal

[@ErikDeMann]

Profoundly missed.

[@truemanmontfort8031]

Eddie was an innovator and a big influencer with his abilities.,..honestly though, he was the only great musician in the group after Mike left and also Sammy….then there’s the fact Eddie wasn’t loved as a human by his peers…..sad really…but all said and done, a great body of work and success….can’t believe he’s gone.

[@philipmesi424]

he was mad at 039?

[@johndough9020]

Later that night DLR breaks his own nose.

[@drunyon08]

This isn’t the last sound check.

[@maxtown1319]

It says final tour not sound check

[@EdBenji]

To bad if the people in those apartments were trying to sleep in!

[@thetruckersmanifesto3873]

I wish van halen would of had someone like layne staley instead of the spandex wearing fairly they had.

[@aliprudijojonkunfayakun9305]

Keren ❤❤❤❤❤

[@AlienAI51nomad]

🤘👹

[@mmigliaccio2011]

top

[@akarilotube]

Sounded great until Dave jumped in with his vocals.

[@SourMlkSea]

Still better then yoko and her horrible noises when Lennon played with Chuck Berry on live TV.

[@hirokomlm131]

Dave brings the party to Van Halen. He's an emcee. Without him VH is another shoe gazing shredding band.

[@philipmesi424]

what was ed mad about ? wow

[@badeugenecops4741]

The mix or volume of his guitar. This is why they call it 'sound check'

[@gkniffen]

I doubt he was “mad.” Just checking the front of house sound.

[@qua7771]

I would have been happy just seeing the sound check.

[@thebackshack78]

=RIP=

[@thonatim5321]

Horrible camera footage. Were you on a trampoline?

[@poppyhimbo]

Ray Liotta? lol

[@rushgeddy8375]

a wall of noise, what a bunch of crap, and I'm 64 and saw them first in 1981

[@barneyrubble4827]

Alcoholic in action

[@chungasrevenge9222]

RARE EDDIE VAN HALEN FINAL TOUR SOUNDCHECK? *_This was the Woke Jimmy Kimmel show_*

[@poppiethestable1090]

Woke...Yes, UNFORTUNATELY Jimmy is

[@orion681]

​@@poppiethestable1090 ah yes....woke, a term redneck repubs use that they don't even know what it means. Thankfully, Jimmy isn't woke he's just not stuck in 1950.

[@Gabriellabonanno]

Not rare at all.

[@vm321]

Roth is the worst part of this band.

[@georgepaiva7496]

And he couldn’t read sheet music