The Tragic History of Eddie Van Halen

With hits like Jump and Panama, Van Halen is one of the most successful rock bands of all time... but there's a dark side to their story that you don't know. Let's uncover the tragic real-life details...
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[@thomascoolberth2648]

Oral cancer survivor here. Had it worse than Eddie as I had most of lower jaw replaced. Its beatable ... but you gotta clean up your act and be vigilant about your health. I'm one year cancer free.

[@MySundin13]

good for you sir! keep on keeping on 🎉

[@snorkyblundabus7063]

Heart out to you my friend 🙏🏽

[@fredwerza3478]

Man that is good news --- still makes me sad that Eddie succumbed to his demons

[@vanessajones4369]

Well done

[@larrygarcia5750]

Kudos to you my friend

[@bongofury333]

Like it or not, Michael Anthony's harmonies ARE crucial to the sound of Van Halen records

[@seanvine39]

Undeniable. His bass playing as well. Huge pocket. Always grooved.

[@dcool2u2]

I think people thought that it was Eddie doing those high harmonies. Michael's vocals were icing on the cake. They were one of the things that made VH sound like no other rock band.

[@demonetizethis5608]

Im not sure who wouldn’t like it.

[@jakenielsen88]

The one thing Roth era, Hagar era, cherone era fans all agree on

[@aticknekong5296]

...and to think that he wasn't paid adequately 😢. Van Helen's bros said that he didn't contribute anything to their songs & music. So, he was paid like session/hired bassist and not as one of the band's members...

[@AnnWahlquist]

i respect Sammy SO MUCH for sticking up for Michael..... Sammy has a really big heart

[@michaeltammaro482]

Let's cut the BS as far as Michael being disrespected by the Van Halen brothers. Alex's net worth from the band is: 70 million. Michael's? 60 million. What are you kidding me???

[@AnnWahlquist]

@@michaeltammaro482 so??. they still treated him like s*it and talked crap about him publicly

[@michaelsturdevant9196]

You know him?

[@AnnWahlquist]

@@michaelsturdevant9196 i dont have to know him to have wittnessed what has been going on

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

I love the fact that when you listen to Eddie when he plays, it feels like he is alive at that moment. I am dead serious. Eddie lives on in his records.

[@fabiencourtoistapping]

the solo of eddie was ( are ) beautyfull ....combinaison of different rythme and melodie very joyfull !!! amazing musician

[@Sjwolosz321]

Eddie is the reason I had to have a guitar . Heard that first album and was blown away . The date of Nov 2nd 1979 is when I started learning to play. Trying hard to play catch up to" Eddie ". which was impossible . Seen Van Halen on July 28 1981 in concert . Magical !!... I was wowwed to find out his birthday was one day before mine . In March of 2020 my thumb had turned black and they had to amputate it .For a guitar player it was devastating .My thumb was removed because it was cancer . The cancer " Melanoma " went to my brain and was diagnosed as stage 4 melanoma . When Eddie passed away in October . My heart sunk , Battling cancer myself I leaned into his vibe .I am still alive and even though I lost a thumb , I still play and when I play . I look up and think " You can see me playing now buddy .. How am I doing and hope to see you soon " Eddie was my guitarist and inspiration

[@joelclark9944]

Wow I feel your pain hopefully you're doing good and keep on rocking that guitar

[@km1366]

Wishing you are the inner strength the journey takes. Happy we all have Eddie.

[@kidwave1]

I sure hope youve heard of fen-ben-dazole! If not, START LOOKING IT UP!

[@a.jimenez3472]

🎸As one of Eddie Van Halen's biggest fans, I can't help but feel so sad about all of the health issues that he went through. I have never plugged this video online before, but I will now because I know it will help many people with their own personal health issues. Please search for "The Human Mold August 6, 2013" video on Google. I have had a project called the Neighborhood All-Stars for over twenty years in honor and in memory of Wayne Newton's late music teacher nicknamed Kimo. This project gives recognition to people doing positive things in the community and author Jose Antonio Jarimba from Portugal was my Neighborhood All-Star back then. Even though this is a video from over ten years ago, all of the things that Mr. Jarimba says about health related issues are still relevant today in 2024 and he is still helping people to heal successfully. In this KZbin video, I introduce Mr. Jarimba and I close his speech and as you will see, I was just so proud to have him as my Neighborhood All-Star because he has helped so many people with their health issues including my own mother! Thank you for reading this comment. God bless you and your entire family. Long Live Eddie Van Halen!!! ❤ Sincerely, wishing all of you great health, Aleth Jimenez (Sponsor of the Neighborhood All-Stars) P.S. If you would like to nominate a future Neighborhood All-Star, this is my phone number: [phone] Please leave a voice message with your name and phone number and I will gladly return your call. ☎️

[@a.jimenez3472]

Mr. Jose Antonio Jarimba from Portugal was my Neighborhood All-Star over ten years ago. All of the things that he said about health related issues are still relevant today in 2024. Please search for The Human Mold August 6, 2013 video on Google. He has helped many people with their personal health issues successfully including my mother! I wish everyone great health. God bless you and your entire family. Sincerely, Aleth Jimenez (Sponsor of the Neighborhood All-Stars) In honor and in memory of Wayne Newton's late music teacher nicknamed Kimo.❤

[@RAW-zz7gt]

Wow, I didn’t know how bad they treated Michael Anthony. This is so sad. He’s such a major part of Van Halen’s sound. It kind of overshadows everything else, now, and makes me not feel bad for the Van Halen brothers or David Lee Roth. Sammy Hagar is a hero for defending Michael Anthony. Good for him! 👍🏼

[@pjj9491]

Sammy snagged Michael for Chickenfoot...great band❤❤❤❤

[@gulfportflamefighter4545]

greed!!! Sad

[@jumperstartful]

absolute power corrupts, absolutely.

[@emt5330]

The fact that Mike took that crap from the other 3 proves that he is a better man than I. I would have told them to take a long walk off a short pier.

[@herbcanter2114]

NEWSFLASH: Mike was the one who walked away from Van Halen not the other way around . Eddie and Alex made it clear either you are with us or you're with Sammy and Mike thought long and hard and decided to move on and chose Hagar. Only after Mike jumped ship did Alex and Eddie not treat him well , can't blame the VH brothers at all .

[@Fuzzybunny-ki1cw]

but then you wouldn't have had Mikes money

[@stevejewell9263]

Mike's contribution to Van Halen was dismissed early on. Dave and Eddie both had it in for him. Reasoning from both centered on his lack of song-writing contribution. Nepotism LOOMS LARGE on that one. Alex also had nothing to contribute based in what Ed and Dave deemed as "writing" but Eddie had his brother's back. Leaving only Mike to suffer the slings and arrows. Hind-sight being 20/20 you might have expected Dave to be a little more supportive. We got to hear Dave when Mike was no longer there on that last re-union tour. It wasn't pretty. Ending the debate once and for all about how richly Mike deserved a full 1/4 of the band's "take". Mike wouldn't know loyalty until Sam stuck up for him and refused to come back without him in 2004. Anyone describing Wolfgang, as a replacement of Mike or holding him in contempt for him over it should really re-think that one. Wolfgang stepped into an open position. Mike was playing with the only person in Van Halen who'd always recognized his contribution. Given the CRAP deal he'd have no doubt been offered to play with Ed, Alex and Dave I really wonder if a deal could have been struck anyway that would see him leave Sam anyway. Mean-while Dave got a reality check on Mike's importance. One part in the backing vocal that was no longer there to prop him up and another a harsh reminder that life in Van Halen first time around meant he wasn't the only outsider. Dave made $$$ on that last tour but I bet there were plenty of times he must have wondered if life inside a 4 piece band with 3 family members who see you as the outsider was worth it.

[@joshpelton8068]

​@@herbcanter2114 you can blame them for screwing Mike out of a portion of his publishing.sammy talked about that in an interview. Eddie was a brilliant musician but he seemed like kind of a dick in a lot of ways.

[@henryb.little3399]

We'll just have to take your word on that

[@craig8295]

Love Eddie but just can’t believe what they all did to Mike. I met Mike he’s the nicest guy . He’s a founding member and somehow holds no grudges. Glad I was there to see the rise of this great band.

[@simonwallace699]

Mike is all class and the VanHalen brothers treated him like shit

[@johnmarshall3903]

Mike is a class act and he got a raw deal for sure. That and the 2004 tour was definitely the end for me

[@grahamjones5400]

Eddie was a talentless prick. Van Halen was nothing without Sammy and Dave.

[@gansosmansos]

Despite sucking as a bassist

[@thomaskinne2357]

Michael Anthony stays active. He seemingly doesn't have time for grudges. Unlike dude he's still, playing with.

[@plantgirl146]

Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony...two class acts! Can't wait to see them on tour this summer 🔥

[@longlivebytor]

Sad as this story ends, I can't help but feel grateful that he had the opportunity to say goodbye to those closest to him.

[@user-zx8qq1so7j]

Why sad??? You will get your turn one day it's a fact of life..

[@stevescontriano860]

I met Eddie when I was living in a Sober living in 1991 in Burbank . He was in rehab on the third floor at Saint Joes Medical Center. When he took his 90 day chip at an NA meeting, I gave him a book called as Bill sees it.He gave me a big hug. After he got out of rehab, I saw him around at AA meetings. He sure remembered me. We smoked a few cigarettes a few times out in the back by ourselves. I guess it was my 15 minutes. I think he already had an operation for his tongue cancer. He told me that Valerie left him because he wouldn’t quit smoking anyway I gave him my number and told him if he wanted to go to a meeting with somebody just give me a call. The call never came. Meeting him was a highlight of my life. I’m just a garage musician, but I’ve always looked up to that man’s Musical gifts. I wish I could’ve helped him. I didn’t get sober until 2000’s ITS REALLY SIMPLE !!! How NOT EASY !!

[@ongogablogian8353]

Bro, you’re the luckiest person I’ve ever met. I’m gonna try to get you to millions of likes.

[@stevescontriano860]

You are ?? Ok. I’m not sure what that means. But thank you.

[@user-ht7qq2uc3n]

Quitting drugs & alcohol is the easy part. Living without those vices, is the hard part. I hope you're still recovering. I have been clean since 2004.

[@stevescontriano860]

Congratulations. I am. I’m a little older now. I don’t see any benefit of drinking or using anymore. Life is hard enough. WITHOUT IT

[@jamie.777]

AA has monopolized recovery, with the help from judges and courts. AA Does nothing to treat past trauma that caused the addiction, AA is all about time, how long your sober, and if u break down and have ONE bad day, you lose all your time and your shunned by the "fellowship", wich is a quasi Christian religion. So even If you went from drinking a liter of vodka daily, than stop drinking for 90 days and have a bad day , your still doing amazing. Being drunk once in 90 days is a amazing improvement from being drunk every day for 90 days .... I believe smart program should be used more, especially if you believe in science about addiction, and how childhood trauma is the catalyst to addiction and also adhd. AA is good 👍, but some ppl do commit su***de, after they have one relapse, one bad is OK!! Especially if you don't drink the next day and stay sober again for significant time. It's ok , we all have a bad day occasionally

[@joshjones3408]

Haygar standing up for Anthony was the wright thing to do

[@chris7brook]

*Right

[@joshjones3408]

@@chris7brook now days some people just can't seem to get the hole meaning of that ....help ya fellow man ....say something when it needs to be said no matter if you know them or not.....👍👍👍👍

[@Fearzero]

​@@chris7brookWrite

[@javiermoretti1825]

@@joshjones3408 "Whole"

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

As I said before, I’m a smoker and drinker, but when you ignore doctors recommendations, and only descend more into addictions, things will go bad!

[@walterevans2118]

I think Van Halen had big problems with alcohol & other substances possible ESPECIALLY Eddie but other bands did too. Particularly OZZY .....Ozzy Osbourne. I think in the 1970s after the counter culture failed revolution of the 60s Rock 'n Roll was seen as a LIFESTYLE as well as a type of music & the pressures of being on the road & the things which were offered to musicians was an irresistible temptation to them. Ozzy had to leave Sabbath in 1979 because he was so far gone on coke & booze that the band couldn't function & Tony,Geezer & Bill had to make a painful decision to move on without him. Ozzy of course claimed that ALL the band were caught in the trap. He said - 'When we started cutting the early Sabbath stuff & touring we were a ROCK band doing drugs....But by the time we were cutting Vol 4 in America we had become a DRUGS band doing Rock' 😕...I think different individuals handle things like alcohol & drugs differently depending on their individual personalities. For instance Geezer got clear & free from it much earlier and easier than Ozzie or Bill did. & it was the same with Eddie & Alex.....In the 1980s Alex was CRAZY doing it. But when Jan their Father passed away from alcohol complications Alex just walked away from it. But poor Edward kept getting stuck in it. Particularly after he heard he had that damn cancer. 🙁😔

[@wolkengeist4067]

I know why I quit smoking 20 years ago. Too sad what the tobacco-industry does to mankind.

[@BluesInSeattle]

I hope you find the strength to quit. It took me too long to drop the cigarettes and alcohol. I'm okay but it was such a waste.

[@user-iq8pb4zv6o]

I was a smoker I quit due to cancer in my family. My stepfather died from it. My mom died of a heart attack and smoked and I used to drink like crazy but I slow

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

@@wolkengeist4067 Cant blame them for selling it, EVERYONE KNOWS it’s bad for you, still the government makes billions from the taxes on it! We have to blame ourselves for getting addicted when we knew about it the whole time, just like alcohol, and narcotics, how many generations need to die earlier? Yeah, everyone dies, but I would not prefer to die of cancer; It’s horrible! On the other hand, my ex is dealing with brain cancer, and never smoked, drank, or took any drugs in her life! Yeah, there were times I really hated her, but that is all in the past, and I wouldn’t wish this on anybody!

[@bivheh77]

Every Time I see Eddie Van Halen's picture or video tears come to my eyes. Every time I listen to Van Halen, my memories go back To one of the greatest guitars In the world. And Van Halen music. We All miss you EVH.

[@chefgiovanni]

Same here. I was lucky enough to crash a VH backyard party with my friends. We met these guys at a party in 1981 @ Belmont CA. They were THE cutting-edge Rock band in CALI with sounds and stage moves back then. Cool memories.

[@kristalbartmann5504]

There will never be another that comes close 😢

[@baneverything5580]

Each time I see Eddie Van Halen I think about how they ripped off their founding member Michael Anthony. That`s nothing less than pure greed. Totally unforgivable. What a terrible thing to do to your "friend."

[@bivheh77]

@@kristalbartmann5504 We had good times in the '80s and the '90s and I don't think that ever gonna repeat.

[@thomaslewis7883]

Yep. There can only be one Eddie Van Halen. Eddie took his other worldly talent and finger dexterity to another level.

[@TheWilliamHoganExperience]

David Lee Roth isn't an artist. He's a showman. Eddie was an artist. Hence, the conflict.

[@user-cj3sg3rh1y]

💯

[@fredwerza3478]

Dave is definitely an artist --- maybe he couldn't play guitar, but he was VERY artistic with his lyrics, his fashion, and his stagecraft --- his flying spin kicks were like poetry in motion

[@steveec9704]

Straight up!

[@doctordetroit4339]

DLR was a main writer, the force behind the marketing, so he's more than a showman.....but he indeed calls himself a master of ceremonies.

[@paulpaid]

Understood but there are plenty of Showman-Musician combos that work great with no conflict. The problem is that Diamond Dave tends to be an A-hole and doesn't know how to play nice for too long. Ask Sammy Hagar.

[@jodyferguson3068]

Rest in peace Edward Van Halen

[@jerrymarlow5453]

I'm so lucky. I was there. I saw Van Halen open for Sabbath in Virginia in '78. Went out the next day and bought their album. Instantly they were my favorite band in the world. Their sophomore effort "Van Halen II" was the most anticipated album I've ever waited for in my life. The rest is history. RIP, Eddie!

[@davidmatela9868]

Great Story👍 Seems like most of the comments are from IDIOTS who never got to witness the VH magic live & in person, I’m not one of them. Eddie was a GOD in the 80’s , these fools have noooooo idea what they missed! Long Live The Mighty VH. Thanks for the story. ROCK ON 🔥

[@slagmaggot]

Same, saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath in 78 at the Spectrum in Philly then a year later they headlined at the same place, fn awesome both times nothing like it at the time.Unitl I saw Randy Rhoads with Ozzy, also fn awesome.

[@ChicagoBeaver]

Saw that same tour in Chicago, at the International Ampitheatre. Eddie was doing summersaults, jumping from the speakers and just playing so fast and good!!! I remember thinking "these guys are so good, they deserve to be popular and famous!"

[@denniswinters2541]

​​@@ChicagoBeaverI saw Bob Dylan do a backflip and a split in '75.

[@nymike06]

Very cool experience in 78.

[@SJUCityBoy]

This video hit hard. Edward, you will always be my favorite guitar player. You're dearly missed. Love you, brother. R.I.P. 😢

[@MetalHeart8787]

I did a couple of Videos about the reunion / Tribute Tour. Now Sam & Mike are doing one BUT Roth won't be a part of it. or wolf, Not sure if you know what happened, BUT it's irritating how things turned out

[@rockinrob2004]

Every time I think about him, see a video, hear one of his songs I am not only saddened deeply it also reminds me why I should never smoke again or drink for that matter. I've been sober since my cancer in 2019 just a few short months before his passing. I can no longer play guitar like I used to because of chemo & what it's done to my finger movement. RIP EVH & F CANCER

[@user-zx8qq1so7j]

What do you say to those who never did a wrong thing in their life yet are gone???

[@rockinrob2004]

@@user-zx8qq1so7j That's a mute point.

[@jefferyyounce5372]

Sammy seems like a pure good business guy, and just a good guy period. Ha, I wrote this at the beginning and then I see Sammy taking up for Mike. Told ya, Hès a great Guy!

[@LisaMarie-ln1vp]

Van Halen was the first band I saw in concert. They opened for the original Black Sabbath. Can't top that for a first concert!! Everyone was mesmerized by Eddie Van Halen on guitar!! When Sabbath came on stage the crowd started screaming "Halen Halen Halen!" It was a great concert and a great night. RIP Eddie Van Halen ❤

[@jimbrookfield9011]

Saw the same tour. Baltimore

[@JoeZaccaris]

I caught that tour in Cleveland. I remember by Sabbath's 2nd the song the audience was chanting "we want Van Halen!" LOL

[@MrBikboi]

The treatment of Michael Anthony is probably the biggest piss off, dude was a stud on the bass and a very important part of Van Halen history.

[@TheDuckseason]

SAMMY IS ON TOUR THIS SUMMER WITH Michael Anthony , and Jason Bonham on drums Satrioni on guitar.

[@SharonCisneros-rv3kp]

Eddie was and will always be the best. Miss him terribly 😢. So thankful I got to see him play twice.

[@LisaMarie-ln1vp]

I saw Van Halen 8 times in concert and each one was great!!

[@karencahill4798]

Eddie and Alex were on my Boyfriend Steve’s baseball team in late 70’s. I was the Official Scorer. Our teams name was L.S.D. The Long , Strong Devastators. We all grew up in Pasadena. Fun times. Party at Steve and Karen’s.

[@glennprevost7140]

I feel the same way about Wolfgang. He inherited his dad's talent but won't have a long career if he doesn't get his weight under control. I say this with all the respect intended. This isn't body shaming. I just want him to have a very long and heathy career.

[@birdiedog5]

Hell be on ozympic with the rest of the country within the next year

[@7531monkey]

Eat something.

[@ChristianLanctot]

First time I heard MJ's Beat it... I heard the guitar solo and I jumped up... "WTF? That sounds like Eddie!" Id had only discovered Van Halen a few months before but damn... that guitar sound just sticks in your head. Even when you hear it on a pop album you know who's playing! Few years later I was told that yes indeed... it was Eddie! I knew it !!! I f'ing knew it!!! - I told my best friend who was into MJ! "See? My guitar god is soo good he played on your favorite pop singer's #1 album ! Ha!!!!"

[@jamgarza1]

I got goosebumps when I heard him say I love you to his fam and friends. We miss you Eddie

[@georgeburns8447]

Calm down, Skippy.

[@P46345]

I was a sophomore in high school when 1984 came out, on the day Eddie died a 1984 cd was in my car's cd player, still there. Van Halen will live forever in it's fans. I never accepted Sammy Hagar as part of the band. One of my regrets is never having seen the band live. ;-)

[@guitarzan8671]

michael anthony was a quintessential part of van halen.......roth didnt have the range which is why they played in e flat instead of e standard and michael anthonys vocals saved the day........plus, he could have been a flashier player like a geddy lee but he played it and layed it down simple to give eddie the space to be the lead guitarist......totally unselfish bandmate......Gos bless Michael anthony.....saw VH at monsters of rock in august 88 and loved seeing the jack daniels bass up close and personal.......great band

[@ScarredRomeo]

Roth’s already huge ego doubling in size must have been a sight to behold.

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Can't even stand Roth.

[@srvuk]

The saddest part being that he essentially contributed towards his own death. But no matter how much of a fan that I am, he and his brother showed some disgraceful behaviour towards others for quite a long time, so damaged their reputations a long time before Eddies demise. Wolfgang, on the other hand, shows how mature he is and is a credit to his dad.

[@RedroomStudios]

I'm not sure I would call him mature. I would call him feminine. he was mostly raised by his mother and his personality and attitudes sound just like her.

[@jonaldblip_]

I think their addictions fucked-up their personalities. But they didn't invent smoking and drinking. Eddie's son is an amazing talent himself. But I'm serious when I say that he's gotten so fat that he can barely see his guitar and barely reach it. Food addiction? I can imagine what that must be like.

[@Vonne292]

Not just EVH had addictions most musicians did look at Ozzie for one

[@higherview136]

actually….. the credit goes to his Mom.

[@grenadestudios5171]

He leaves a legacy that cannot be touched by anyone. Edward Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix will always be the two most Iconic Guitarists of all time.

[@RedroomStudios]

bullshit. there have been dozens of other worldly guitar players. you need to get out of your bubble and learn about them.

[@jaxxbohol6475]

Randy Rhoads

[@Beverly44high]

Lets add Gary Moore to the list also.

[@Muser10863]

Stevie Ray Vaughan, too

[@leesashriber5097]

I loved his smile. He was always so happy doing what he loved... playing the guitar like no other. 🕊️🙏❤️

[@jonaldblip_]

Was he? He couldn't perform in front of people unless he was high. Is that happiness? :D Even at age 12, he told his father he was too nervous in front of people. His father handed him a beer and a cigarette to relax him. But eventually that wasn't strong enough.

[@aicsusa]

I met all the guys from VanHalen (specifically Eddy and Dave) back in the 1970s before anyone knew them when they played at a local ballroom my girlfriend worked at on Thursday nights. We all used to hang out in the green room together. Some years later I had quit smoking and told Eddy one time talking to him that he should stop too. He didn't sadly. He loved smoking and drinking. Sad what happened to him later on, but he finally pulled out of it because of his son. That was the only thing that changed his life, but it was too late, the damage was done. We lost a great man way too early. Too many die from Drugs and alcohol. Several great losses in my lifetime. Hopefully, I won't see them for many years to come, but we will all be reunited someday. God bless them all. They gave so much to all of us here!

[@Swanlord05]

John 5:28,29

[@jumperstartful]

@@Swanlord05 Amen!

[@exceptformeandmymonkey6964]

Can’t believe they did that to Michael Anthony!

[@eccrawford7759]

Eddie Van Halen interview 1986 word for word.."Without Michael Anthony there is NO Van Halen." And then they had the audacity to cut him out of the royalties?????????????????? It was Michael Anthony's backing vocals that bailed out DLR's cliche ad lib glib singing and lyrics. If I was Mikey I would've walked and said "Good luck replacing me." Wolfie sure couldn't.

[@1956tojo]

I firmly believe that THEY were simply following Eddie's lead on getting Wolfie in there, because that period of time was very short and out of the blue... I believe that Eddie was told he had the terminal cancer and his time was limited (which at the time was not shared with the others)... and I have no doubt that Eddie had always wanted to get Wolfie out there on stage with him at some point and so he had to make a move.... The excuses used for boot'n Michael never did add up or make sense... Eddie should have probably just laid it out there for Michael instead of making shit up and shit'n on him... In retrospect, and being the good man Michael IS, he does understand and does wish it would have been handled different, but understands and that's that.

[@MultiSkyman1]

I bet he could believe it!

[@nathanielball365]

WOW. I just lost allot of respect for these guys doing Michael like that! The bass player always gets shit on. Well unless you're Geddy Lee or Les Claypool. Not all but most bass players got the shaft in the world of Rock n Roll. But Michael was the MUCH bigger man in the end and I'm sure the other guys learned as they aged and grew a little wiser over time.... Hopefully. But I still lost ALLOT of respect for them. That was nothing short of Total BULLSHIT!!!

[@67marlins]

​@1956tojo You're completely wrong on timeline.

[@MrMorrisonAF]

Because he was americas rock n roll heart throb and he lived his life the same way…. An awesome person and a great father… true American icon! ❤

[@baneverything5580]

Awesome unless you were his "friend." Greedy S.O.B..

[@petej.8676]

I remember Beautiful Girls playing on the radio as a 14 year old.....good old days for sure

[@Fat12219]

Beautiful Girls 😂 ❤

[@burgundyjayde]

​@@Fat12219it is a Van Halen song !!!

[@josephno1347]

a metal pick not the debauchary of heavy smoking, come on eddie

[@joelclark9944]

Probably both

[@QAlba1074]

EMF radiation ain't no joke and here we are bathing in it every day :(

[@cavscout62]

Anytime you ingest ANYTHING for decades and abruptly stop ingesting it you’re body will rebel. Look at smokers/drinkers/whatever and you will see consistent illnesses of the same type. The only thing that’s 100% is death no matter how we live.

[@tiradoentertainmentllc.2517]

Denial isn't a river in Egypt--Eddie would have to admit he should have stopped smoling and lots of super talented and famous musicians have a big problem admitting they might be wrong about something (Prince, Michael Jackson come to mind) in other fields because they are great musicians

[@tomsanders5584]

Eddie almost got it right. It was most likely the metal picks that gave him oral cancer, but not because of the electro-magnetic radiation they might have picked up. It was because those picks were made out of beryllium-copper, a very toxic metal know to be cancer causing. I used these picks for years because they had a great feel and if you put them in your mouth (as Eddie did) a green oxide would form that made the pick easier to hold. Unfortunately, doing that also released a toxic carcinogen into your mouth. I finally quit using them when I heard about Eddie's oral cancer, but I still have a few lying around as momentos. The picks were marketed under the name "Hot Licks" IIRC but I don't know if you can get them anymore because of the danger associated with them.

[@gerberbernstein7360]

They all hated how normal Mike was.

[@richardsemuta1089]

Lung cancer killed my dad. Smoked for 50 years. I miss my dad and Edward. 😢

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

That's rough man

[@jamesortiz5388]

I went to visit Eddie when he was just diagnosed he told me it was from holding the pick in his mouth. Pre 2017 he looked great he cruised in a blue classic convertible sports car. He always smiled and waved then he just disappeared from public. Sadly I didn't know how bad it was. I avoided the internet and media didn't carry his story. I played with him in his garage while he was in high-school and building the original Frankenstein. During the DLR era he invited me to play with them. RIP buddy.

[@christopherwood2290]

Man, you knew Eddie?

[@Mark-hn5bm]

I’ve been a Van Halen fan and particularly an EVH since high school in the early 80’s. When someone lives a life of nonstop partying and uses alcohol and drugs along with smoking 3 or 4 packs of cigarettes/day for 40 years and then says the cancer was because of a pick between his teeth, that’s pretty delusional as sad as it is to say

[@bogse]

That was just his lie to himself/others for being too weak to stop. He probably didnt believe it himself. Or if he was so fucked up with all stuff taken yea maybe he got superstitious.

[@1956tojo]

That's not delusional, because it wasn't in his lungs but on his tongue at the time... To Eddie, it made perfect sense... and he used several different type metal picks through the years, silver, stainless steel, copper, nickel, etc...... and I cannot imagine playing with a pick in my teeth without fcking with it with my tongue while it's there... and I have known way more people and seen way more people in my life who had cancer pop up and they had supposedly Gotten it all, only for it to come back within a few years with a vengeance and it kills them.... and several of those people had never smoked ANYTHING or even drank at all... My Grandma smoked from being an early teens until she was 92 years old and passed at 104... without a speck of cancer anywhere... then again she wasn't holding metal guitar picks in her teeth and chuggin Jack Daniels either.. Mom caught Dad smoking after they told him his cancer was inoperable and was mad at him and came to me about it.... I already knew that he kept sneakin smokes... I told her what he told ME when I mentioned it to him..... He said." They can't fix it.... so what difference will it make NOW? I'm not going to make myself miserable trying to quit a 67 year old habit that I enjoy while I'm dying... FCK that!".... so it doesn't get any more real than that....

[@Mark-hn5bm]

Russian roulette seems like a good game for you since you have cyborg genetics. I can’t speak intelligently about guitar playing but I definitely can about the reality of disease process. Chronic Inflammation is the underlying cause of basically every major disease. If you think that because Eddie’s cancer expressed itself in his mouth and wasn’t spread throughout the rest of his body you don’t have a clue. Unfortunately The vaxxx bio weapon that Eddy took put the finishing touches on him. Maybe you’ve been double vaxxxxed and boosted and can’t think straight.

[@imfree62]

@@bogse My brother was like that with cigarettes and kept smoking even after having heart disease. He even convinced himself he did not need some of the heart meds. He died in his sleep at age 54. My other brother has stage 4 throat cancer and drinks like a fish still and does a lot of welding. He is not long in this world I think. I think some guys are to weak to admit to themselves what is going on and can not stop their abusive coping habits. I agree with your post.

[@bogse]

Addictions are so strong that you just make excuses. I dont think really believe themselves things like this but addiction has control over their sensible mind. Im sorry, sounds bad for your still living brother. May the force be with you.@@imfree62

[@tannerrandall8247]

I was in 7th grade when Eddie died, the morning I saw that he died on the news I didn't go to school I was so upset.

[@fredwerza3478]

I am 52 years old but I'm really happy to see Zoomers that affected by the passing of King Edward --- that really gives me hope

[@Brey]

@@fredwerza3478 I heard the news why in my mothers car at 18. I was saddened by it.

[@lindamariacarrillo1697]

Poor deluded Wookums!

[@jerardnorgren3411]

I'm 61 and every time one of my fav's passes it hits me hard like a sledge hammer. It's like I'm coming to grips with my own mortality. All these greats and their music was a big part of my life's story. It really does hurt.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Fair Warning was one of their best lps.

[@tiradoentertainmentllc.2517]

Yes it was I liked it better than Women and Children first I think Mean Street is one of their toughest if not toughest songs I rock it on the drums all the time

[@baroquer]

DIVER DOWN for me

[@ChristianLanctot]

one word: unchained !!!

[@user-em3zg6cs1n]

I'm not a VH fanboi, but I do hate bottom-feeding "influencers" who live off the dingleberries of people who actually have/had a skillset.

[@NJDEVILz86]

There's a Dirwood Dingleberry in my county phonebook....must of been fun having that name in HS

[@10ksubscriberchallengewith81]

We had a Harry Butts and my friend knew a Fonda Dix. Seriously, a legal name change would be worth the money. @@NJDEVILz86

[@shanghunter7697]

Who do like to listen too ? Engleburt Humperdink, Liberace, Elton John ??

[@user-em3zg6cs1n]

@@shanghunter7697 You miss my point completely, but then you're not too bright are you? I liked EVH, but am no fanboi for anyone. My observation that self-appointed critics and 'influencers' live off gossip surrounding an artist that actually has a talent and accomplishments is a knock on the critics, not EVH, doofus.

[@shanghunter7697]

@@user-em3zg6cs1n I missed nothing lil john, hope you're well kid ! Best wishes and hang in there, things will be better :)

[@jaylong4705]

He had such an impact on my life, from being a little kid and hearing van halen for the first time and 40 years later im still listening to them every day. So sad nut so happy for all the amazong memories

[@jonn8163]

Fair warning may have been the slowest selling, but the most amazing

[@ChristianLanctot]

I kept playing one song from that album over and over... Guess which? yup... unchained I wore out my Vinyl LP and broke 2 cassettes by constantly playing it

[@christopherwood2290]

Unchained, So this is Love, Mean Streets. Amazing songs.

[@johnhaffnerzz6832]

Never forget hearing him play for the first time in 77 There was nothing else like it back then.....now everyone thinks they can play like him....nobody could play how he did

[@ChristianLanctot]

I was late to the party. Heard VH in 1982 as a 12 year old. Haven't stopped since.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

I do have great love for Wolfgang Van Halen. As my own father was an alcoholic, and understand the son’s concern about his Dad! It’s a Hell of a family life! But it has been what you have dealt with your whole life, and don’t know anything else!

[@walterevans2118]

Yes indeed. My Uncle Ceri died in his 60s & he couldn't stop drinking & smoking either God love him.....These addictions are so hard to get free from............... Some people who haven't lived in families with alcoholics just don't realize. Wolfgang actually rescued his Father from alcohol at key moments when things were going badly. He was the person who gave Edward the incentive to break free because his love for his Son was even stronger than the pull of the alcohol.

[@m42037]

And now Wolfgang is struggling with his own demons obesity. If he don't lose the weight he won't live to 40

[@RedroomStudios]

he is fat and has his idiot mother's feminine personality.

[@renatatarnawski5974]

Thank God 4 his mum I saw an interview with Valerie Where she was asked If there was a fire What would u grab She answered The pictures her little son made 4 her

[@renatatarnawski5974]

​@m42037 he's ALWAYS been a large boy Gets that from his mum She too struggles with weight

[@cathygibbs8856]

I've seen alot of acts growing up but sadly, Van Halen was one I never saw. Love and miss Eddie....never forget the best of the best❤

[@mattdylan664]

the man chain smoked non stop for how many years? whats a miracle is that he lived as long as he did

[@RedroomStudios]

exactly. so sick of people framing celebs who abused their health and then dying from a disease it caused as "tragic".

[@Swanlord05]

Not only chain smoke But crack ,alcohol and booty holes ....eventually take its toll

[@QAlba1074]

Those EMFs don't help either.

[@shanghunter7697]

@@Swanlord05 It's like you were, there smoking crack with him, you're a real wise kid !! Keep that positivity going strong young buck. Your parents did well !!

[@Swanlord05]

@shanghunter7697 I knew a chef in Atlanta Georgia back in 84 when they were on tour......he said him and the brother (Alex) were at the hotel late one night eddy comes out of his room with a guitar in his hands ... naked And a Hot black girl nekkid on his shoulders.....drunk out his mind.... still married to Val They had to chase him back into his room.....the crazy part is he said the Big One(Alex) was even crazier than him Black dude chef.....said he don't even like Rock but he liked them 2 after that

[@tonylawson8116]

I still pinch myself in disbelief that Eddie Van Halen is gone still. A lot of people does not know it, but Gene Simmons was the one who found the band, and helped them get a record contract.

[@alicebertovsky2490]

Because David knew him.

[@MaestroErnestoGitarrenkurse]

Well made docu thank you very much 😊! So sad this genius is gone...

[@uberrox452]

Eddie Van Halen was a genius on the guitar. I always picked the best bands by their guitar 🎸 players, and I've seen some of the best. RIP Eddie.

[@jeremyhester3971]

It wasn’t the Beatles. It was the Dave Clark Five. Eddie’ and Alex have both said this numerous times.

[@rockinrob2004]

I said the same thing to myself when he said the Beatles here, I was like? No it was Dave Clark Five!

[@garyrunnalls7714]

❤❤

[@jimdep6542]

Without the Beatles, I doubt the DC 5 would have caught on. They were a poor man's Beatles.

[@andrewmiller4573]

Fair Warning is STILL my favorite VH album!

[@Fat12219]

Hot for the teacher . 😂

[@ChristianLanctot]

There was a noticeable worn out groove on my Fair warning LP from over playing. Unchained!!!

[@michaelmichaels138]

Van Halen’s first 5 albums shaped by teenage years and gave me much joy. I moved back to Texas when 1984 came out and moved on to King Diamond at that point. Yeh, it was a dark time.

[@MetalHeart8787]

well if it was a dark time, what were you Doing Listening to King Diamond for? LOL I got much Joy from listening to VH & many other bands. My Dark time didn't come until 1993 when things changed alot Musically

[@wickedfairies3111]

King diamond was definitely on another level of heavy metal! Loved it! And I enjoyed both singers with VH but I could not stand David Lee Roth! He just annoyed me with the EGO!! But they all rocked !!! Miss watching and hearing Eddie jam❤

[@charlesedwards1109]

Wow, good details, thank you. RIP Eddie, you're number 1 for me!

[@snorkyblundabus7063]

@Sjwolosz321 I feel you here my friend.. I'm Stage 4 lung cancer, they gave me 12-18 months, 8 months ago and the clock is ticking.. I've got all my family etc and I'm as comfortable as can be considering the situation.. I've stuck my head, hands and heart right in on my guitar though my friend and I'm just loving it.. I'm playing along to youtube vids and learning all of the songs and tunes that I've loved from my whole life from wherever I heard them and it's a right mish-mash of different stuff .. Rock, Jazz, Classical even TV themes bla bla.. I'll be leaving all my guitar parts of these songs recorded with a local recording guy who's a friend, where, for any musician who is interested can add their part to the recording, no matter their instrument.. Even if I don't get it all finished up, I'm having a wonderful time trying and it's all I have left as I live and love everything about Guitar and its music and I keep playing 🎸🔊

[@jamespullos8027]

I'll pray for you

[@MaxMax-lq6kg]

Praying for you.....God bless 🙏

[@josephblomeister3040]

🙏💙❤💛

[@tiradoentertainmentllc.2517]

Pray to Jesus and keep on rocking--great music lives on forever

[@sandrakenney567]

@Sjwolosz321.im so sorry on your news. Its good you have your most cherished family and friends around you when your time nears its end godbless you. 🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🌈❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🐬🐬🐬🐬🕊🦋🕊🦋🕊❤🌹🕊🦋

[@madelineanabella6400]

One of my favorite VH songs is “ Im The One “, It really showcases Eddie’s guitar skills. I know there are a lot of other songs that do the same but “I’m The One “ is a very underrated and underplayed song. I

[@thedude7099]

The atomic Punk, on fire, Im the one those never got any airplay, but we knew them.

[@jonaldblip_]

"I'm The One" is like punk rock or heavy metal, but it's way, WAY better than either of those genres!!

[@scotthill3650]

As the husband of an amazing Oncology nurse for 33 years (which eventually succumbed to a brain tumor at only 54 herself)...and seeing and hearing all the stories... I applaud your tenacity, and perseverance. It's not an easy thing to go through. God bless you on you journey into the future... and may you STAY cancer free forever!

[@johnfowler9497]

very refreshing in a vast sea of click bait. AI voiced, inaccurate crap from china, a respectful and well researched tribute like that blooms. Great work, I'm subscribing!

[@nymike06]

Great video! Very informative. R.I.P. EVH

[@ricksmith7881]

Cigarettes are the worst drug. Don't smoke

[@Pjt1700]

Definitely don't help...nasty h.p.v woman part's ...are what's causing this epidemic

[@LauraStaley-Skinner]

Fentanyl is the worst drug

[@Fat12219]

😢 so true 👍

[@raythackeritsbillwardsingi8504]

Nicotine is the drug that's in tobacco

[@danilaroche1156]

I just quit. 3 days so far!

[@user-ns6uf4rc2i]

That’s terrific!! I’m happy for you!! It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to overcome what you faced.

[@ChristianLanctot]

I'm just so grateful Eddie and by extension Van Halen's music and concerts, which I went to, were part of my life. From my early teens all the way into my early 50's, Van Halen music has always been part of my life. From Vinyl LPs, many which I destroyed from constant wear and tear, then cassette tapes in my car, which I easily destroyed many times over, then my cassette walkman, then CDs in my car and Discman and at home etc. I bought so many VH albums and never regretted a single purchase. Note: I never bought VH 3... lol So while i was very saddened to have lost EVH in the same year I lost another legendary musician, Neil Peart of Rush, I'm just very grateful I lived during the "golden age of modern rock" where I saw the rise and success of these legends of rock. Especially Eddie. So RIP EVH and thank you for shaping my music culture for over 4 decades! If it wasn't for you, and Neil Peart, I'd be listening to crappy disco. ugh...

[@twinkletoe5884]

One of the greatest guitarist i have ever listened to very sad to lose this icon in history 😢

[@joeygay7115]

I was one of the lucky people to see the OG lineup on their 1984 tour. Honestly, one of the best shows ever. The things Eddie was able to do with his guitar was to the point of insane. I personally would have to list him as the BEST guitarist ever and even though he's no longer with us nobody will ever take the #1 spot from him and growing up in the heavy metal/ hair band days I've been fortunate to see some of the greats. Rest in peace Eddie

[@robertsheppard4321]

Yep see that tour at the Oakland Coliseum I think they opened for Talking Heads not quite sure though

[@nowhereman9928]

Rust zacht landgenoot! Je was de beste! Jij behoort voor altijd tot diegenen, die Nederland echt "Groot" hebben gemaakt! (Tonny)

[@ZblockWoW]

2024, and this still brought me to tears 😭 We miss you, Edward. 🫡

[@zachakers4385]

I love that Eddie didn’t wanna be a cover band. And 5fdp is like, fuck it let’s just be a heavy cover band

[@TheMeJustMe75]

People forget Eddie was classically trained in music. He probably had a good handle on music theory before picking up the guitar. He said in an interview that he never "read the book" on how to play guitar but his abilities on the piano translated. People say he made everything up as he went but I don't think he did. I think he understood music theory and applied it. He just did it in a way that hadn't been done on the guitar before. I'm not taking anything away from him. Eddie changed our lives with 1984.

[@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526]

yeah exactly like Getty lee and Neil Peart in rush also highly technical musicians and even J Masics (Dinasaur jr) Took jazz drum classes before forming a band and eventually forming his more famous bands

[@walterevans2118]

He wouldn't have had a handle on music theory in order to have applied it because its theoretical abstractions would have been too difficult to comprehend at his age of 6-12 which was when he studied classical piano. If people want to read theory into his ear playing way of doing guitar later in order to teach others then that's fair enough. People have their own way of doing things & they should not be chastised ..Not me just me but law before mob.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

@@walterevans2118 A 6 - 12 year old would understand basic music theory like chord structure. I'm not saying he was throwing in Modes into his guitar playing.

[@walterevans2118]

@@TheMeJustMe75 Depends how simple or complex you want to go with your definition of what music theory is doesn't it ? ....I can't imagine 6-12 going into tonics,,,dominants and subdominants...Or aeolian dominant.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

@@walterevans2118 I said in my comment he probably had a basic understanding of chord structure/ chord theory. Yeah he didn't care what Mode he was playing in.

[@frasermacdonald4466]

im young, i never saw the rise of van halen, but ive loved music my whole life, especially van halen, and listening to eddie play helped my through alot of my depression, the second i heard about his death, i was distrotten, i knew right then and there that i need to play guitar, now i cant stop playing, i have my own band, and i love music with everything i have, so i really need to thank eddie for everything. rest in piece, rock n roll legend and icon

[@antithug7942]

I still get goosebumps listening to Eddie's rhythm guitar playing during the lead break on the song Mean Streets. The whole song, including the lead break is greatness, but the rhythm on that lead break is sheer genius. RIP.

[@zackk695]

Dave became someone so different than we thought he was from the early years. He was a hard rocker and wild and after 5 records they just went pop. Very bad for the hard rock fans that made them famous but financially going pop allowed them to reach a massive fan base and sold albums very well. Great business decision. The real heartache to us all is we only got 4 hard rock albums from VH. I wish they would have stuck to the VH I sound all the way. I think they still would have done very well

[@eccrawford7759]

Totally agree!! The first 4 VH albums were solid creative hard rock. Eddie's guitar work was incredible! Eddie going to keyboards and Hagar replacing Roth made VH a pop rock band. I never was a Roth fan ever! Had Eddie been able to find a David King (Fastway) Lenny Wolf (Kingdom Come) or Jack Russell (Great White), VH would have been the Zeppelin of America.

[@gansosmansos]

Hard rock? ?? Yes like Could This Be Magic, Dancin' in the Streets, Happy Trails. Beautiful Girls , Big Bad Bill *atomic eyeroll* If Dildo Dave had his way , they would have just remade show tunes their whole career

[@gansosmansos]

@@eccrawford7759 Hagar's lyrics and pipes are legendary. If you analyze it, Eddie was already heading down another path. Hagar just wrote lyrics to Eddie's more mature compositions.

[@zackk695]

@@gansosmansos He’ll yeh it’s VH is hard rock. I’m talking with Dave. They played what they wanted so they also had fun tunes in there as well but just listen to the greatest songs. Eruption, Running with the devil, I’m the one, Tora Tora, everybody what’s some. VH is one of the wildest bands ever. Look at the stage show. They were also loud as hell. That’s hard rock

[@gansosmansos]

@@zackk695 "I don't know where you get your delusions, Laser Brain" - Princess Leia Organa 1984 was made BECAUSE Eddie was dismayed with Diver Down and Women and Children First. He wanted to do what HE wanted to do. Not cover tunes etc. He dragged Dildo Dave kicking and screaming to 1984.

[@joshjones3408]

I like the fact that when dim bag died he put the original black an yellow guitar in the casket with him

[@Winterstick549]

I hate it. I love the meaning, but that guitar should have been placed in a museum, or given to Wolfgang.

[@visionboxed]

@@Winterstick549 nope. he did the right thing....

[@Eddiesuckiel-eq8rf]

Should have given it to me 😂

[@russblack443]

The bumblebee

[@1956tojo]

Yeah... YOU should have stopped Eddie doing what HE wanted at the time.... I'm sure he'd still be thanking you...@@Winterstick549

[@CurtisWarren-vf3xk]

So lucky to have saw Eddie three times ....teared up every time he played eruption...

[@Exit-Time1111]

Saw them in 1993 in outside arena in Phoenix. It was when Eddie still looked really good and they all sounded great! I was not a cannabis user at the time because I was 8 months pregnant but people were blazing all around me and I actually got dizzy from it lol. My good friend, who was a nurse, was with me and helped me get out of the smoke and sit on the grass. I was not about to miss them in concert even though I was so far along in my pregnancy. I use to tell my daughter, who was born just 3 weeks later, she may never see Van Halen but she certainly heard them live❤ One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Such a great memory 😊

[@giuseppemartino9783]

He still never quit smoking was his own down fall.

[@sfsandman4489]

2008 he looked great. He burnt the candle at both ends and in the middle. Super Star Rock Star with loads of money and fame that had an addictive personality like a lot of people plus for him people would give him drugs just to be near the great EVH. Right or wrong he lived the life. My step father died of lung cancer and never smoked a day in his life, many young people get different forms of cancer it is a hateful disease. RIP EVH!

[@whitebird357]

Very good documentary narrative. Thanks. Didn't know what really happened till now.

[@davidprice6222]

I went to school in the same era (ok, the early 1970's) and am white from a nearby school district, but still experienced bulling from both blacks and white kids while in school. I looked at it as just how kids interacted. As we got older, the skills of those that played good covers was very much appreciated. None of us care what skin color of the performers. I was 15 when I heard Van Halen I for the first time. I will never forget it.

[@MrRidleyDog]

Death is not avoidable.

[@doodlebob3758]

It's delayable in most cases, with good choices and repelling stress. Then again, a texting driver could get you tomorrow. Only profound thoughts on Heavi's comment sections.

[@mustardseedist]

Hebrews 9:31 KJV

[@iantaylor2737]

I don’t need to say anything about Edward that hasn’t already been said. But in my opinion he’s the one and only. If you’re reading this then please listen to his son mammoth. I’m certain you will be blown away!

[@thefool2007]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@robertdeen8741]

He's a legend now. Dankyawell Ed. Had no idea our lives were so similar. RIP and God bless you and those you left grieving.

[@clarityforall]

He was a legend already when he was alive! Dank je wel Eddy💫

[@paulpaid]

This is the best VH documentary I've ever seen. Well done. One thing... To be fair, Mark Anthony, good dude and all, did no writing. Music or lyrics. So being asked to turn over publishing was a reasonable request.

[@jetmechgirl9022]

No not really, he was an important member of the team. He gave a lot of his time and I’m sure a lot of his personal life. He deserved to be treated better.

[@paulpaid]

@@jetmechgirl9022 I'm not sure you understand what publishing royalty actually is. Ted Templeman produced VH. I'm sure he gave his time and dedication as well but he did no >song writing

[@green323turbo]

They would not have been as popular without DLR . Ya, he's a goof , but a hell of a Front man !

[@donaldpype7018]

I don't know of a front man that was better than david

[@Thoth_al_Khem]

I started Hang Gliding at 22 in 1978. One of my Hang Glider buddies Kris Doe grew up watching VAN HALEN in the garageband days. Kris said everybody would scream SHUT UP DAVID LET EDDIE PLAY.......

[@terryburdenrocks]

Over here still wishing Dave would shut up heh.

[@WhiskerBiscuit1]

​@@terryburdenrocksFOR REAL!!! Just stop talking and deflate that ego a bit! Lmfao!! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@debbysimon120]

I live in Pasadena and have seen van halen many many times playing at backyard parties KEGGERS! seen them many times, never knew they were going to turn into what they did. We always thought Eddie was cute, Dave, was all ego, good body, but the face, not so much, lol!

[@vincentrobinson9325]

Despite all the finger pointing and who this and who that. one of the greatest bands ever. no one lives forever, but music does 🤘🏻

[@phoenixjim0527]

He’s not just Dutch! Never knew that. He is half Indonesian.

[@manjufrodo]

one quarter Indonesian (his mother was half)

[@cor2250]

Yes his father was Dutch so he is Dutch to

[@cor2250]

Thats why the band name Van Halen

[@laydown6]

He was Dutch his father was dutch his mother part Indonesian . Born in the Netherlands the two brothers . Indonesië was first a part of Holland long ago . An kolonie

[@cor2250]

@@laydown6 💯

[@frankG335]

David Lee Roth truly did understand the importance of spectacle and performance, without which the music won't come across.

[@jimmypage2931]

Thank you Eddie. Memory's best revisited with the volume on eleven...

That is a good documentary/video essay. Very well done. Thanks for this :)

[@ewob52h74]

I never heard Slash talk before. Cool.

[@richardsmith7322]

I wish I had half the charisma that Sammy and Mikey had in that band they are so charismatic because to them it’s about the music and never the greedy side of fame and money. As for Diamond Dave he is so unique, smart and a party guy that how could you not be a fan of his! Now Ed and Alex especially Eddie is my guitar hero next to DimeBag Darrel

[@gansosmansos]

I can not like him. He sucks as a vocalist and as a lyricist. He a cover-song squealer

[@eccrawford7759]

Dave is unique? And smart? Are we talking about the same Dave???? Dave was egotistical, obnoxious, always had to be the center of attention, couldn't sing worth s%^t! Had cliche lyrics for songs when he was insisting on doing his little dance cover songs.

[@gansosmansos]

@@eccrawford7759 Amen

[@ferraroannie4058]

Lol, I so agree. When I read that, I was like, I can NOT like him. haha @@gansosmansos

[@edsnotgod]

@@eccrawford7759 Daves a closet gay needing attention by any means necessary, he is far too articulate to be a generic white boy hetero

[@JayRee1993]

He died very, very young. Loved this video.

[@SemolinaBee]

"I'm the rock and roll clown! I do cocaine!"