VAN HALEN 1 full album - performed in track order LIVE @ Melbourne Guitar Show 2019 - SIMON HOSFORD

[@NVH-hi7wp]

Best VH guitar sound I’ve ever heard from someone who isn’t Eddie. Unreal.

[@robertsmith-ux8ls]

I guess you never listen to Al Estrada.. David Lee's guitar player . He is the closest you ever get to Eddie again..

[@NVH-hi7wp]

@@robertsmith-ux8ls I’ll have to check him out

[@svwmusic]

😮 100% agree! Dude has the tone and the technique of EVH down. Bravo bro!!

[@johnnystiner8995]

This guys good!

[@peterschaefer1665]

...although it sounds like a modeler.

[@GMAJOR613]

the guitar player is Unbelievable

[@TornadoOfSouls777]

The Brown Sound is dead on

[@1tradesecret]

Bass player too

[@buff_stuff]

Professional muso. Player in a racer x a dream theater tribute band, he can play

[@SpencerDavis2000]

This guys technique on guitar and especially the tone captures EVH on the first album for sure. outstanding!

[@adamlee6946]

I had no idea the guy from U2 could shred like that...well done, Edgey Van Halen!

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

And Elvis Lee Roth on vocals !

[@kandykouturelondon2028]

😂😂😂

[@AndreCholmondeley]

Ha!!! Well said

[@jefffrain]

Ha!!!!!!

[@das250250]

Such a great comment and the Elvis one too.. I'm sure the Aussies intentionally messed with this ...great work boys

[@theaterdreamer]

This guy Simon is about as close to Eddie as I’ve ever heard, and I’ve listened to a lot of covers. His rig is set up perfectly. That’s so damned close to Ed’s Brown Sound. And technically....I’m freaking impressed. Really great band. Bravo, guys! And this audience should be ashamed.

[@mottosierra1372]

Kemper profile

[@SimonHosford]

Thank you sir. I'm guessing you're a Dream Theater fan? I actually played in a Dream Theater tribute show with Virgil Donati in the mid 90's (we called ourselves Theater Of Dreams lol). When Mike Portnoy came down to Melbourne in 1996, he had us do a whole Dream Theater show with him and we headlined the Australian Ultimate Drummers Weekend festival. Was great fun!

[@MoeedKazi]

@@SimonHosford DT fan I am... have played DT Tribute as well... looking forward to such beautiful Van halen Tribute gigs.. would Love to see you play For Unlawful Carnal knowledge Tribute and Balance Tribute, that where Eddie shined like a star.

[@SimonHosford]

@@MoeedKazi Thank you Moeed! It seems like we might have some more work to do then ;)

[@PIlotrcm]

He’s using a Kemper profile. A very high powerful processor that can rip the sound from a recorded album and sound identical

[@loungezinger]

I am a long time VH cover connoisseur and this has taken the top spot as most accurate, swingy and joyful playing of EVH's masterpiece. Loved every minute.

[@rayyager5237]

So good! The tone of the guitar is an amazing duplication of EVH. If only DLR was still as good as this band’s singer!

[@shapeshifter2926]

If you dare to play a EVH striped guitar on stage, you’d better be fucking good.....I think you’d all agree this guy falls into that category 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Ross-sx8jd]

You nailed it on the head Buddy. That's not your run 'o the mill Van Halen wannabe. LOL that was badass and enjoyable.

[@e.d.m5722]

Yes, he definitely earned the right, lol.

[@KMAN8599]

He fucked nailed every EVH lick👌

[@scottricci5063]

Absofuckinglutely!!!🤘

[@heyjarrod]

@@KMAN8599 Really close, sounded great. A lot of little things were different, but that’s probably about as close as someone can get-and playing at live! Awesome!🤘🏻🎸🔥😝🇺🇸

[@xpicklepie]

When the singer grabbed the cowbell in Jamie's Cryin' I said YES! They got it right!!

[@orsoncorson9083]

I stopped comparing them to VH a few minutes into it and just enjoyed it. They owned these tunes! The whole band nailed it.

[@SuperZiggyCraft]

I would say even compared to the recordings these guys hold up extremely well. They’re truly amazing.

[@jamesstewart1794]

In keeping with the real Van Halen vibe , bassist is hugely overlooked and a solid foundation. Just like Michael Anthony.

[@michaelcostello9157]

stellar performance. Great guitar player.

[@TheRt440]

Great Band!! Guitar sound is great, singer, bass, and drums all excellent.

[@refacingleads]

That lead guitarist ! FN killed it! Very impressive. The rest of the band as well. That was cool :)

[@chadevans72]

Best Eddie sounds and tone I've heard.....

[@TantoCDR]

yess

[@hawkwind8468]

I rarely get chills from a guitar player anymore but this guy is killer!

[@larrypugh9662]

Everyone is about as spot-on as possible with their part!

[@MoeedKazi]

Brilliant Guitarist.... 👏👏👏👏

[@ericbrooke2289]

Like everyone else commenting, this is amazing! One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is what a great job the sound company and recording crew did! Bravo!

[@davidduffin1580]

Best Eddie cover Ive heard.

[@ludedude5228]

Seem alot of VH tribute bands that look the part but never sounded the part. This guitarist has the Brown Sound nailed 👍

[@peteyoung7665]

The singer is amazing!A lot of people can copy Eddie but not David Lee Roth.This dude is incredible!

[@buttkrusher]

Saw VH for he fist time in '79, & several ore times after. Plus, a million bar bands, some good, some not, cover a million tunes. These guys are FANTASTIC! Some of the best renditions of these classics songs I've ever heard! Cheers from NYC, USA!

[@SimonHosford]

Aww thanks brother. Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🤟🙏

[@arock]

Just wanted to add a comment about how great the drummer and bass player are. This is a clinic in rhythm section greatness.

[@SimonHosford]

I completely agree! thanks Arock

[@rw8680]

The tone he has for his guitar is dead on to Eddies tone for the first album. Not only is the tone perfect but he plays all the riffs and subtle nuances of Eddies playing exactly. Hats off to you!! Amazing job. You should do a video of the gear you used to cop all of those sounds and guitar tones.

[@jetlee4871]

They should go to the USA and play would easily be the best

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

The BEST cover of Van Halen I have heard yetROCK ON!!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@ikercampos9190]

The best evh tribute perform I've ever seen

[@ProdByZVY]

Damn they sound so tight and good …. Phenomenal guitar player

[@kaoquinn]

You are the closest I've ever heard anybody sound like Van Halen. Guitar playing is amazing all the nuances the tone everything dead on. 100

[@danielhadida3915]

Came for the guitar sound but... that singer is amazing !

[@ricardoalon3826]

They all sound simply amazing, keep VH alive. Great Performance!!!!

[@larryhaze8476]

BEST VH GUITAR PLAYER IVE EVER SEEN. HE MAKES THE BAND HAND DOWN

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

Elvis Lee Roth with The Edge Van Halen.

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

Also staring Sam Michael Anthony Rivers also on drummer Alex Weezer Van Halen

[@michaeldec698]

U guys..lmao

[@jrglock34]

Great EVH guitarmanship from Simon!!! ✨🎸✨

[@LOBOIV]

The music/sound/performance is 100% on the money. The voices coming in at 99.9%. Singing the songs like they were recorded, 100%. Awesome job!

[@superf7]

Yeah, great backing vocals, which for this band is tough!

[@Boudica234]

Holy shit!!! That was amazing!. The whole band was great but Simon's technique and sound are beyond phenomenal. I've seen many great Van Halen guitar covers but this is the best hands down. Wow!!!

[@SimonBorro]

Best Van Halen tribute band I've seen in my life, and the guitar tone... amazing !

[@DanShredz]

Solutely unbelievable incredible performance just like seeing the real band

[@chukrock]

Holy smoke. This is stunning! The WHOLE band is really on it.The harmonies are bloody great. I especially love the way they look like they're having a blast and making it look easy. What can I say about Simon's guitar playing. Outstanding. This takes right back to 1978. Please tour this show in Oz.

[@SimonHosford]

Thank you kindly sir. Yes indeed we are looking to tour it in some form. And if you're in Melbourne we'll be doing a show at The Corner Hotel on Saturday July 3rd. 🤟

[@andrewmaher8409]

@@SimonHosford I’m in NSW, so not sure how things are going for you blokes…. Hope the show still happened and you had a good turnout… If not, please consider touring the show when things open up.

[@mikeglazier5993]

It's like watching Van Halen but with the singer hitting the notes

[@cleodumas2581]

Not even do you got a clue fool

[@michellezirngibl78]

1970s Elvis

[@robram2025]

Lol. You know that’s how great and unique they were during the 80 Invasion and the Mean Streets tours. Mean Street tour by far was the most exciting show I’ve ever seen in 40 years. So after a half of bottle of Jack if he was flat or sharp nobody gave a rats ass and overall the experience was far more special then any other trend setting gig. We’ll not really trend setting because NOBODY could take it that high.

[@chrislebon5927]

And he's not completely drunk and jacked up on coke!

[@josephvillalobos79]

Dudes are straight up legit .

[@byarkosyt311]

This guitar sound is fabulous !!! It sound like EVH🤗

[@wakekid2001]

everyone else has already said it but this guitarist is phenomenal. can't tell the difference between him and the album, singer pretty good too!

[@mike3715bass]

One of the best i've ever seen - great show guys !!

[@andreboisvert6936]

Wow, that guitar player, second to none. Talent, tone, just f**ck'in amazing.

[@foggyblues13]

How is it this hasn't had a million views already!?!?!? This is excellent! .... especially the guitar work.

[@HellOnWheels63]

Ed would be impressed, you dead nailed his playing style.

[@cgab12]

Tone and playing so accurate, it spooks me.

[@rickyapasan1311]

They are the best I've seen covered Van Halen

[@tsant6591]

Well, you guys absolutely captured the studio album to every little detail, and brought it to a stage, like the preface of the video said. Outstanding! 👏

[@taylorpenunuri8677]

Bro. This was an absolutely killer, fucking flawless performance. Love the singer, dude is rockin that DLR swag.

[@JCLADOG]

Eruption gave me goosebumps. Perfect timing, tone, so clean. This guitarist is a real talent!!! Encore!!!

[@deankay800]

Guitar - The Edge Vocals - Kurt Russell

[@madcamfilmes]

🤣 What a more dumb comment...

[@deejay7060]

That’s hilarious 😂 😂

[@palombi5150]

HOLY SHIT - guitar player - Damn!!! well done. impressive

[@JohnJano]

WOW! you are guys are ALL top notch!!!!

[@seanmccall7277]

I like the singer too! This lineup is fucking sweet!

[@gregceltorius4962]

Now THIS, is THE VH cover band! Great job boys.

[@tfrost33elkhunter]

Off the charts great!

[@kojam1]

Looks like The Edge, plays like THE KING 👑!

[@Zigaboomusiczig]

hahah

[@Millstreamer]

This is really REALLY good!!!

[@user-pq7ej9dw3l]

I've heard Eruption played maybe 2 million times since that album came out. I don't think even Eddie played it like that more than once himself, for the album. You did it about perfectly sir.

[@trickyfingers]

The guitar tone is spot on! Awesome playing!!

[@t.j.fuller9531]

As a die hard Van Halen Fan …. I think this is fucking awesome !! You guys took Great care taken to sound on point 👍

[@robfetter9933]

This is the album that changed how rock guitar is played. The moment I heard it played I was blown away. First heard it in late 1978. Van Halen fan ever since.

[@VaxxedStories]

I bought this album when I was 19 and I love it now just as much, 43 years later!

[@stephanies2239]

Hi Simon your set was nothing short of amazing! Loved listening and viewing this great video. Hope you plan to do it for every single Van Halen album!

[@SimonHosford]

Hi Stephanie! Yes we certainly are :)

[@bradelliott3698]

Absolutely phenomenal job !!!!!!! don't think I've ever seen a better VH tribute !! scratch that ,,, never have !!!! took me right back to the day I first spun ( when we still spun ) the album !! Great job guys !

[@groomie]

eruption actually sounds like the record. i cant believe that

[@kingsizeaugusta2489]

The guitar tone sounds spot on. The performance sounds like what’s in my head from 40+ years of listening to this masterpiece of an album. Well done, gentlemen!

[@karterestill]

That's the Kemper for you ;)

[@Gordcoffin]

😳 This blew me away. The amount of research, practice and rehearsal to learn everything so accurate must have been crazy. So solid. Even backup harmonies. Guitar player is killer ! Talk about attention to detail!

[@Guttalaser]

I tell you once again Man: tons and tons of "wanna be Eddie" videos here on YT... some are good enough, some are "gneh", some are terrible... BUT YOU ARE THE ONE AND ONLY "ONE" Man! I'm not a fan-boy of you... i'm an old fart that spent all my life chasing that TONE ... and YOU Man... you nailed ALL... tone, touch, intention, character, timing, pauses, tricks, primary and secondary noises... and... even the real electrical tape on the first BLACK&WHITE Stripe incarnation of the Frankie! Eddie is gone (RIP)... but... i'm happy you are on this Earth Man and - even if i'm so far from you - i can see and ear you play on YT! God Bless You Simon... and keep playing Man! PS: WAITING FOR "VH II" PPSS: wow... so many italian names and second names in the credits! Well... ya know... "italians do it better!" ahahhaha ;o)

[@gregorysleeth1792]

The greatest band debut every VH1

[@smeer001]

Amazing, spot on. It also fixes a problem that has always annoyed me about the album - I can finally hear the f*ck'n bass part!

[@Hugh_Manitee]

Man.....cant get any closer than that to the album. Guitar tone and riffs are SPOT ON.

[@Forgiveandholyspirit]

Alex need to find this guitar guy for the tribute tour

[@piafounetMarcoPesenti]

That's incredible to hear such a rendition

[@therealkevinmcnally]

Incredible!

[@kahmhalen4094]

That tone is as close as you can get. 🔥

[@jelleepit]

That band is incredible, note perfect. Playing to a crowd that might as well have not been there, a bag of spuds would have had more energy.

[@pathammerfall]

For sure, I'll play air guitar the whole set!! 🤪🤘🤘🎸

[@NZRoy]

Classic

[@switchbladeromance1466]

Definitely..I'd of got my boobs out!!💋🎸🤘🇬🇧💋

[@SimonHosford]

@@switchbladeromance1466 Oh my!! Well there certainly none of that at our show 😥.. maybe that would have vibed the crowd up on the day?!? lol Thanks for the comment x

[@misterjohnnymusic]

just amazing,,,, I´m the one is my number one of this record

[@ryanwhite5764]

Elvis Lee Roth

[@mikelair9144]

Can sing!!!!

[@mikelair9144]

Is a vocal beast. Sounds better than Dave!

[@russellgrove7261]

All the money you spend to get the brown sound and the kemper can produce his studio sound live just effing wow

[@richardholmes5963]

Absolutely brilliant! Get over to the UK

[@ElectricDoggyland]

Having enjoyed VH live back in early 80s, I can say you guys nail it and totally do the music and fun attitude justice. And as a guitar player I’ll say well well done ✅ . So great to hear a group pay tribute to an awesome band like this! Thank you!

[@SimonHosford]

Thanks Joe!! :)

[@andreavelinodacosta1418]

Great band ... Great job men !!!!!

[@profoundsinger]

The guitar is scary good....almost sounds like the raw guitar tracks from the record.

[@sdime9858]

Sometimes I think they were Eddie's actual raw tracks something's kinda fishy here

[@SimonHosford]

​@@sdime9858 Hi there Jeffrey :) I can promise you that the playing is all me, as is the playing from the other guys in the band. So I guess you gave me the greatest compliment of any of the comments on here then, so thank you for that brother, it really is humbling. Thanks for taking the time to watch 🤟🤟

[@mikeymojo8299]

every time I watch this I am more and more amazed. Simon, your tone playing and feel Is dead on. Well done, best in the business IMO. Dave on vocals is just stellar. Has the feel, bravado and nuances of diamond dave down. Well done mates, PLEASE bring this show to the states! 🇺🇸 I think we are on track for VHII by now 😆. Simon I really enjoyed your breakdown of eruption 🌋 on the #5150show yesterday. Just fantastic, I’ll never quite listen to it the same way again. The swing and boogie 👊🏼👊🏼🔥🔥🔥

[@e.d.m5722]

Elvis Lee Roth! :-)

[@andisuryowinarto5277]

what a great sound

[@mannyfragoza9652]

best VH cover band ive heard

[@jean-francoiscyr972]

Was here for 30 sec by curiosity and end it up listening the whole show! great show and Simon, wow you nailed "I'm the one" at the same insane tempo live, Nice😎👍

[@xpresident]

He nailed that guitar tone! Well done

[@mwelsh5150]

wait, are those mannequin's being used for the "audience"? no really wtf? Band is nailing this stuff...guitarist shreds!

[@adjkuhgajkn]

Maybe not happened in 2019 but in 2020 and fake audience due to COVID

[@BillArmington]

Best band Ever so tight great job

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Man, if I just heard this, I'd swear it was Eddie incarnate. The sound couldn't be any better. Hell, the whole band is great. Perfection

[@jamesmick8653]

Fantastic job.

[@ebozyn]

great stuff, by everyone involved here. a good time.

[@ericpina9950]

Amazing!!! 10/10

[@eriktorsteinhansen]

Why did they put all of the coma patients in the first couple rows?

[@UberDistortion]

Lol.. 😂

[@ajlsrv5490]

Holy crap this is good

[@vinniebredice7810]

This is badass! Nailed every single note and nuance! Great stuff.

[@basstings2]

Greetings from D.C. I'm totally blown away!! That was hands down the best Van Halen Cover band I've ever heard!! I'm sure Eddie is smiling upon you guys!! Totally badass.

[@SimonHosford]

Aww thank you Derrick! Merry Christmas from Melbourne Australia brother :) 🎄