Van Halen - 1975 Pasadena High School

[@surfinwithsatch]

Saw Van Halen at Gazzarri's in 1976. Only 6 people in the place singing "Where have all the good times gone". What a night.

[@saxenas]

Damn a lot happened in two years apparently

[@legatomisterioso7]

Sean Saxena: Not doubting the guys story one bit, but he most likely saw them either during 75, or really early 76. They started to play at the civic and Starwood more during 76-77. They also got there first actual studio demo in mid 76, so that helped and 2 years is a lot of time. Also when they were at Gazzarri’s they were doing mainly covers, over than some exceptions like Take Your Whiskey Home, I live with Fools, I wanna be your lover and some others, so they hadn’t really became hugely popular around the club scene during early 76.

[@georgejackson4424]

@@legatomisterioso7 I thought that they got their first demo in fall of '76, like maybe September or so? Just wondering if you can clarify on the time it was recorded etc, because I get really into certain date-related trivia involving demos etc lol

[@legatomisterioso7]

George Jackson: No problem, the first demos were the “Glitter” demos with Mark Stone (RIP) on bass. These were recorded in either 72 or 74. If I add to guess it would be 72. They include the tracks Glitter and Gentleman of Leisure. In 74 they recorded “The Hound Dog Demos” which is titled because of where they recorded it. It includes an early version of fools (no 79 intro, riff more basic, ect), the first version of Woman in Love (completely different from the VH 2 one) and a couple more tracks. In May 1976 they recorded the Gene Simmons “Zero” Demo Tapes, which has Ed developing his sound more. There’s rumors that there was 15 songs on it, but only 10 have been leaked/released. October 26th and October 27th 1977 they recorded the around 30-50 track (similar thing to the zero demos, where only 26 songs on it have been “released) warner brother demos with Ted Templeman. Shortly after they recorded the actual album, but since WB were taking there time releasing it, and due to Ed showing off their version of You Really Got Me to the band Angel they released the Merrie Melodies EP with 5 songs on it

[@georgejackson4424]

@@legatomisterioso7 Oh okay, at the earliest I had thought that the Zero demo was recorded by late August or early September of '76, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the info!

[@chrisw647]

It's so amazing to hear Eddie 3 years before the whole world found out who he was. Even then, at 20 and still unknown outside the local scene, he was already surpassing Hendrix, Page, Townshend, Blackmore, Iomi etc, just in terms of pure, raw guitar skills alone. Such a treat to hear this recording. Smithsonian-type material. Thank you.

[@JS-ju6cv]

Ed was the best even back then. When he was young. No one knew it yet really, but Ed was like a Tsunami . He just kept forcing guitar and musical waves at us over and over through the years. All of it with masterful technique and child like enthusiasm and humour at the same time. Genius.

[@royharper2003]

not hardly

[@bobweiram6321]

Already surpassing Hendrix? Seriously? You need to change your anti-depressant prescription. Be very careful making such heretical comments regarding the greatest guitarist who ever lived. He was beyond a mere musician--he was a force of nature. Period. It's interesting you placed him first on your list alongside other guitarists far more gifted than Van Halen. That said, Eddie Van Halen was technically gifted with some musical talent, but he was merely a one trick pony who had the mullet hairs of every lout and dilettante, such as yourself. standing on ends. Eddie was also a clever copycat. While he never publicly admitted it, his playing style is largely influenced by John McLaughlin, a jazz fusion guitarist who worshipped Hendrix. Eddie was blown away by his playing on Miles Davis' Tribute to Jack Johnson album. Interestingly enough, McLaughlin credited Miles Davis for helping him discover an entire new realm in music.

[@orbithesun1]

@@bobweiram6321 if Ed was a one trick pony, what was Hendrix? Lmao

[@ezsmith420]

@@bobweiram6321 You are just full of it. Eddie was and will always be the Guitar GOD.

[@MikieH-hr3vi]

Hoochie koo is nuts !! Awesome post, kid !! 👍💯🤟🥰

[@imtweetydiva29]

2:29 and 22:16 ❤ The quitar rifts are insane in these songs!What a rare treat. I never heard these songs by Van Halen.Thanks for sharing!

[@farrington7971]

These guys truly worked their asses' off playing 5 sets a night, night after night. nothing was handed to them" For that fact alone, they have my RESPECT.

[@MatthewReiser123]

+ fighting the tidal wave of DISCO.

[@keithbryan9754]

I heard him say on an interview in a tongue in cheek kind of way, "Yeah an overnight success that took about 20 years

[@TheJohnnyCotts]

Much like when the Beatles went to Germany, or when INXS spent 6 months playing 5-6 sets a night at a bar in an oil refinery town.

[@SanDimas234]

​@@davidadair1387Yeah, pays off prostitutes 😅😅.

[@usaman7358]

As compared to you and I who work 5 - 6 days a week for DECADE after DECADE and make 1/1,000,000 of what they did?

[@geraldhartley]

In For The Kill 03:32 Take Your Whiskey Home 8:42 WildFire 12:24 Chevrolet 15:55 Maybe I'm A Leo 18:56 Brown Sugar 22:25 And We All Had a Good Time 25:50 Walk Away 29:25 Rock 'n Roll Hoochie Koo 34:10 Don't Call Us, We'll Call You 38:45 I Live With Fools 42:30

[@rightsideupvt]

Thank you.

[@MoreFormosa]

awesome… thx for playlist!!

[@geraldhartley]

@@MoreFormosa You're welcome! 🤘😎

[@79lpcustom]

Eddie is one of the baddest mo-fos on an electric guitar ever. His tone, rhythmic feel,and choice of notes is mind-blowing even 40+ years later. These licks and solo ideas are still fresh today, even as unpolished as this recording is.

[@Excalibur2112]

EVH is the *Lord of the Strings*

[@jeffreygoebel4650]

79lpcustom You got that right 79!

[@JimA-pp2nu]

overrated

[@michaelcraig9449]

@@JimA-pp2nu You are overrated.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Of course it is.. Time means nothing.. Classic music lasts forever.. it always has, it always will..Classic music sounds fresh any time.. 1,000 years from now too.

[@marine4lyfe85]

You can hear Michael Anthony's high harmonies even back then, which really gave VH their signature sound.

[@vonholland64]

scott d I don’t think mike was in the band yet , mark wrote take yOur whiskey home riff too

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

captain obvious

[@bigtravis6159]

Oh STFU with that bullshit

[@thomasaghotmail]

Mike was in the band by this time.

[@chipzrock2956]

@@vonholland64 Mike was in the band by this time. He joined the band in 1974.

[@jimisteel5149]

This is the greatest thing about KZbin. I used to order all those bootlegs from the back of metal edge or hit parader..you used to have to seek this stuff out. VH resonates through my blood and bones!!

[@paultroy5688]

You'd order a bootleg, wait 6-8 weeks only to find out the audio quality was dodgy. But, when you found that one great performance it was all worthwhile.

[@scottrichter7011]

Exactly......

[@PaulRhodes420]

R.I.P. Eddie! The world misses you!! There will never be another guitar God! Thank you for leaving us your music to enjoy! Play your guitar for my friends and family that's there with you in heaven! ✌😎💨🎸🔊🎶🎶

[@steveec9704]

Holy crap! these guys were awesome even back then Eddie's playing was way ahead of it's time

[@michaelcraig9449]

People say " its time, his time".. time only matters in music when you count to stay playing in time together.. Most players are way worse, then and now..the years means nothing to music..

[@howzaou812]

I had this on cassette when I was in High School, 1991....Takes me back. This is the pinnacle of Ed's playing. Uncanny sense of rhythm and smoothness to his playing.

[@mattm3892]

howzaou812 pinnacle? Ha

[@booifojoe]

Yeah, right. His playing was all downhill from here. LOL.

[@johnfitzgerald1957]

Lmao Pinnacle

[@genepoole1771]

Very, very tight band. Listen to how they move effortlessly between riffs and beats. Ed's fills are rapid and precise, and his feel is all there. In 1975 they were playing a high school when less exciting and less musical bands were filling stadia. Imagine bearing witness to this gig and seeing greatness before the rest of the world. Grinning Eddie casually running up and down the fretboard. DLR swaggering around like he owned the place. You'd know you'd seen something extraordinary.

[@LeftistUprising]

I love love love EVH as a human being, a keyboardist (he is actually rock's greatest!), as a fully-formed musician, AND AS A GUITARIST. I was very surprised that Ace Frehley in '75 was doing finger-tapping to a solo that started off as Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" solo, and EVH's solo in '85 in Live Without a Net evokes this quite plainly. EVH may have started fingertapping in the spring of '77, but Ace was doing finger-tapping with a pick in '75. I had no idea how innovative Ace was.

[@bobabooey8367]

Ladies and Gentlemen...MAMMOTH

[@cemvural7245]

MMA Name no mammoth was van halen brother's band dave was ün a band called "red smt..."

[@johnmongani5223]

@@cemvural7245 red ball jets

[@michaelcraig9449]

They should have kept the name Mammoth

[@bwise4691]

Another band claimed the name Mammoth before they did. Dave was the one that suggested the band be called Van Halen. 1974 Mammoth became Van Halen.

[@craigharrison5406]

Thank you god for giving the world Eddie Van Halen!

[@hendrikheemels8615]

You are welcome! I'm Dutch 😉

[@OmarTorrez]

EVH… such groove , rhythm and joy….

[@ceazerzeb269]

The essence is right here. Everything. The tapping The harmonics The bends Dive bombs Can’t forget that killer rhythm Everything! Michael Anthony’s backing highs Alex with the heavy artillery fills Classic Dave always interacting with the crowd. This is Eddie in its Rawest form

[@Gordies-World]

Never heard a High School Band like this. Legendary. Nice find on this classic audio.

[@jerrylehti7230]

like that fuckin just go for it attitude and spirit with big skills to back it up

[@olben1095]

Best cover band EVER! Their original stuff ain’t too bad either.

[@mikewasko4852]

Lol ..the poeple not clapping had no idea they were listening to a future rock legend EVH ..its wild hearing VH do cover songs...this is the best s..t I've ever listen to...

[@bigdogs6002]

I was 14 hanging with the homeboys, Mark and I had something in common good weed and music, talk for hours, and like him being bugged about school lol Rock was for bums like Davids mom bugged him too, passing out flyers for them back in 1973, the backyard keg party's, Pasadena Civic after partys, Golden Bear Huntington Beach, Southern Cal Chevys club, and Van Addicts Van Club, remember Jack from San Marino and his silly band and his highway star van lol, and Bills California Dreaming Van , Valley Blvd cruise & Bobs Big Boy, the 55 Chevy Airplane, Irwindale drags Saturday night, Thai Sticks, 4 finger Lids, Oh so many Good Times Real OG's of the party !! Play on homeboy Eddie !!

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Bell bottoms Bongs Feathered hair Colombian gold Planet of the apes 8 track tapes Ford pinto Lawn darts Beer tabs CB radios Black light posters Zig zags Biker wallet Tube tops White album 16mm films Roach clips Days on the green Monsters of rock Soylent green Son of Sam Viet Nam exit

[@johnfracentese266]

I grew up in NY. Back in the day I would go to the Village, to a record shop down on Bleeker St. and grab every VH bootleg record and cassette I could find. I would then go home and make multiple recordings of them all onto cassettes. Then when I went to camp out for VH tickets (you all know how that was) I would listen for folks playing VH stuff I hadn't heard before, then armed with my dual cassette recording boom box I'd offer one of my boots in exchange to copy theirs and record it while we all waited for ticket master to open. Good times.

[@charlesoliver2535]

I miss camping out for tickets. It was half the fun.

[@johnvlaho6866]

Back in the 80's Billy Sheehan told me that Eddie is way better than most people think. Quite the compliment .

[@deancj1]

Who thinks he's not?

[@Excalibur2112]

Sheehan is the EVH of bass players, in his own right.

[@JimA-pp2nu]

but he hasn't progressed. He plays the same now as he did back then. Same riffs, same solos, boring. Same with Alex

[@vonholland64]

Jim A disagree

[@bobpadilla3889]

@@JimA-pp2nu so he should just sweep pick all day like today guitar players? LMFAO

[@kdm71291]

This sounds pretty good for what was probably unmixed. They sound really tight and their vocals are very together. This is just good, hard rock! Come on, Eddie...dig into your personal archives, get on the computer and remaster some of this old stuff for us......I'd buy it!!!

[@the_original_jt]

kdm71291 Me too.

[@the_original_jt]

kdm71291 Me too.

[@miesen1of4]

kdm71291 Me too

[@kevinclose9152]

+kdm71291 OK...I'm in lol!!!

[@lillylove4690]

+kevin close Yep! I'd buy this in a heartbeat, it sounds great!!

[@joserodigruez3242]

19years !!!! Old this guy is phenomen

[@Ednerd]

+Jose Rodigruez some dude said he saw them playing in their junior high talent show and was blown away.

[@bobbobberson8791]

My Dad went to high school with em and saw em play waaay back when.

[@Joesfosterdogs]

+Bob Bobberson DUDE...call your pops and lay down some stories!!!

[@bobbobberson8791]

I'll try to get some details out of him but he usually answers with this , " If you remember it all in great detail , you weren't really there."

[@Joesfosterdogs]

lol ok...then give him a few beers and get the stories crackin

[@pauldubyna2243]

+Bob Bobberson I cant imagine sitting next to DLR in homeroom or EVH in gym class.

[@wesnorthcutt639]

Thanx for making me feel old-er.

[@SammyBones]

Very cool. I've had the honor of being guitar tech with both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar on spate solo tours and I have never heard this!

[@Puterized]

Digg it :-)

[@mgibby63mg]

Sammy Bones riiiight

[@Icepacalapse]

How did Sammy get such a good tone out of that red kramer baretta..................does he still have his old kramers?

[@stuwest3653]

ochomarvo, believe it or not there is a world outside of your basement and KZbin and real people exist there.

[@kellyclark6726]

Icepacalypse johnson he probably used "aftermarket" pick_ups. I had an 88 (give or take a year) Kramer Striker 200. Double humbucker neck and bridge. Sounded ok. but I switched out the bridge humbucker with a Seymour Duncan SH-6 and man it made a hell of a difference. Excellent distortion and tone. God I miss that guitar. Got stolen a few years ago. It's like I lost one of my kids. LOL.

[@crazyeyedudeman]

Dang how cool is that?! Just when I thought the internet was totally useless you go and totally redeem the internet!

[@johnjackson7340]

40 fucking years ago, ugh... man where do the years go?

[@calmistheway]

And 5 more...

[@exLARamsfan]

Why on planet Earth would anyone thumbs-down this recording???

[@funkdoktor9099]

Man how things have changed..can you imagine a band like Van Halen being Allowed to play at a High school today? Man the consent forms would be through the roof. Gluten free variants of marijuana and alchohol would have to be snuck in. Band members wouldnt be able to tell if it is a girl or boy in the crowd. David Lee Roth would be chatting up a super androgynous dude..not knowing. Somebodys parents would sue b/c their kid got their feelings hurt b/c the band "didnt pay enough attention to them". And nobody would be paying any attention to the band b/c they would all be watching tik toks on their cell phones. It would be the absolute opposite of rock and roll. Its so wild how different things were in the 70s and 80s. Man i mss it.

[@usaman7358]

lol, well put. Sad actually

[@DetVen]

Eddie tone is fantastic even back then, damn!

[@CitizenCarrier]

I thought the same thing. Ed had the best Marshall sound ever! I love his tone so much more here than with his new amps now. So much more percussive and powerful. Much more growl.

[@jopisano67]

Geo B. You have to remember , this was when disco was dominating the scene

[@jerryhoelting8434]

TheAxe4Ever Ed had a high school dude building custom amps for him, always trying to get the best sound he could..

[@jduncanm3golf]

i think he's playing mostly the ibanez destroyer

[@sandspar]

Giving Derringer LOVE!!! SO glad I lived long enough to be able to hear this, great cover EVH!

[@mjh5437]

I`m astonished they had even heard of Budgie,a little band from nowheresville in Wales who never made it big here and ...most people in Britain have never even heard of!!....An amusing sidenote is one of the first gigs the Sex Pistols ever played was supporting Budgie on Hastings Pier in England on 3rd July 1976.

[@farrington7971]

Van Halen Rising " has all the great untold stories you're looking for, such a fun read.

[@scottjamieson6350]

+James Patrick If your a real die hard fan, its an absolute must read. Gained a new respect for Roth. Nobody knew better about his lack of singing skills, but manned up and pushed through. Did`nt let the criticism keep him from his dream.

[@farrington7971]

Read it twice" months ago, it's awesome.

[@scottjamieson6350]

+James Patrick It seemed for me to be one of those books that got better the more times I read it. I highly suggest to anyone that is a VH fan to read it, gives you a much broader look at what they went through. Maybe being a musician and sharing some of those experiences it means more to me than the average reader. Hope thats not the case.

[@farrington7971]

I'm a songwriter/musician and it bums me out that I wasn't at any of those legendary pasadena backyard blowouts. I was seeing all the other bands, how did I not see these shows, lol" by the way Scott I share the same B Day as Dave.

[@scottjamieson6350]

+James Patrick 2 months younger than Eddie. Went through the 80s hearing about every day of my life..."do you know who you look like?"...and of course my response, yeah, Eddie Van Halen! Yeah, yeah...have you heard that before? lol

[@TheRegart]

Hows that for ultimate bragging rights? "Hey, Van Halen played at my High School!"

[@cato451]

Quiet Riot played at mine in 1978

[@hydraulics]

I think "im in van halen" might top that

[@Groteskfull]

@@hydraulics Heheh yea for sure, being in the band is the only thing that tops having them play at your school

[@billtrepkowski527]

Well, they played at my mom's--but 12 years after she graduated. They opened for Bob Seger. Alice Cooper played at homecoming at my high school a couple of months before I was born.

[@bossHogOG]

hystat oooh you showed him.

[@usaman7358]

Is this where I come to tell everyone how I met the band at a Starbucks and they were really nice like most people in the comments section say?

[@nilla003]

IFTK 3:32, TYWH 8:42, WF 12:24, CHEV 15:55, MIAL 18:56, BS 22:25, REAL GOOD TIME 25:50, WA 29:25, RRHK 24:10, DCUWCY 38:45, ILWF 42:30

[@Rnrf5150]

This is fricking awesome, what a find.

[@daviddigital6887]

These guys should have been signed right that minute and right there. How could have anyone listened to this and not see that Eddie was special and way ahead of his time. The licks, tricks and tone were like nothing else at the time.

[@ChrisBuonoGuitar]

The tone. Holy shit!

[@timothyhyde4206]

Chris Buono REALLY! 75? THATS CRAZY!

[@ChrisBuonoGuitar]

Totally!

[@georgebetts5567]

Perhaps the best high school in the country back in 1975 for producing VH, not to mention hot teachers, lol,

[@mikevesel7964]

Van Halen playing Sugarloaf. I can honestly say I've heard it all now.

[@ianweir2115]

HOLY SHIT! I'am 51 years old, die hard Van halen fan from Queens NYC. I have seen them many times. they would come to nyc area and play 5 shows man. in like a week! lol The earliest I had was when they played the Pasadena civic center right before they got signed in 1977. I had heard all these legendary stories about friends of mine going to LA , southern cali, and some dude named van halen. Now i finally heard them earlier than 1977. thank you, better late than never.

[@jackgriffith9229]

I was ten years of age and VH sounded like this!!!

[@ci3008]

I saw VH at the Golden West Ballroom the same year at the 4th of July Gig. They played most of the songs that would become their first album. There were so many great bands in the SoCal area back then. In addition to VH there was Stormer, Yankee Rose, Smile, Eulogy, Cheap Day Return, Featherstitch and many more, all of them should have been signed. Good times, great memories. Thanks for posting.

[@skyytheater]

Wow fantastic! Then I was amazed when I heard their first album three years later. What a sound! - Rob

[@myworstenemy680]

Eddie revolutionized guitar playing and his influence is still prominent today. I know he wasn't the only one, and I'm not saying he was better than Hendrix or anyone else for that matter. This lineup was amazing and they made some incredible, timeless music imo. Thanks Mike Wilson.

[@elizabethwiley2984]

+MyworstEnemy I think the great thing about someone like Ed, and Hendrix is that instead of being someone else taught them guitar, and they try to figure out how to play something someone will pay them for, they are themselves, and the guitar is a way in which they let us into that genius and let us enjoy that part of their enjoyment of life.

[@myworstenemy680]

Elizabeth Wiley Well said Elizabeth! Good comment.

[@marsattacks7071]

To be sincere, Eddie was pretty much alone between 1978 and 1990 maybe ? Everybody else was running behind him... Hendrix is still Hendrix ! I'm a huge fan for both of them ! Hendrix cranked the Marshall Plexi at 10 for the 1st time in history. There's nothing more funny than seeing Jimi warning the crowd for their ears before he starts playing. Eddie came much later in that decade. But he invented the "brown" sound (variax), the super strat, the potted humbucker, the asymmetrical back shape of a neck and raised the player's performance to new level. I mean... He is a legend. Jimi died when he was 27 sadly. Eddie found a way to keep playing until today for young people to discover him ! That's simply great !

[@christiancharles2866]

Eddie van Halen is the second best to Hendrix. Van Halen changed how the guitar sounds.

[@christiancharles2866]

Hendrix is the all time best.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Great sound...must of been in early stages of songwriting...learning their craft...Eddie seems there already...crazy

[@drfisto8212]

PHS was our summer swim spot little did we know The Mighty VAN HALEN played there .

[@ruthjohn8868]

Have you lost your min how can you deface Christ picture Im not worthy because Im a sinner but you shouldnt do that God have mercy on you dont think that God wont punish us both

[@crusheverything4449]

@@ruthjohn8868 - If he exists, I doubt Jesus is that thin-skinned.

[@bumblethebeadle3504]

Rest In Peace Eddie. It's a great opportunity to re-visit where it all began for the band and the legend.

[@hugom-s9429]

Extraordinary. Genius’ all.

[@addictedtoguitars4948]

They call Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo an old song, it had only been out two years at the time.

[@cuerollen]

DUDE! YOU'RE A FUCKING GOD!!! Thank you for posting this precious gem! Would have loved to have seen this in person, but I'll take the next best thing!

[@krelbar]

Dave is actually singing!

[@m.j.c.6969]

Doesn't sound like him!

[@MikeDee29]

@Mark Wilson no it certainly doesn't, especially when he talks.

[@MikeDee29]

@Mark Wilson that's your opinion, I don't know what it is, but to me it doesn't sound like him.

[@MikeDee29]

@Mark Wilson relax there buddy, regardless of fact, I'm just saying it doesn't sound like him, you think you'll be okay.

[@MikeDee29]

@Mark Wilson I'm 47, but I'll take the compliment.

[@tonyangelo6642]

I was at both shows thanks to my great friend the Late Robert W Werner R.I.P BROTHER BOB

[@therealkurtjames554]

Tony Angelo Do you remember any details from the gigs? like what guitar Eddie was using? or funny incidents? Thanks!

[@guitarkat99]

+TheRealKurtJames I'd like to know what Ed was using for gear at this point as well. Damn gear freaks! ;)

[@Joesfosterdogs]

+Tony Angelo DUDE...do tell...you need to write that experience up for us.

[@docnasty74]

You had a great friend in Bob, brother Tony. R.I.P. brother Bob.

[@rtornellort]

I saw this at a bootleg convention 20 years ago but didn't buy it because it was scratched,been kicking myself in the ass ever since!

[@Scottocaster6668]

This is what KZbin is all about. Actually hearing VH covers of Walk Away, RnR Hoochie Koo, Mabe I'm a leo etc in the mid 70s, not just reading about it in Guitar Player Magazine. Amazing 👍👍

[@warmoth68]

This is why KZbin rules!! I constantly find rare recordings and videos of bands I only knew from starring at the albums and wondering what they sounded like live... KZbin stuff lets me hear shit I would would've never seen or heard... And let's me see the nucleus of how many great songs were conceived... Priceless IMO....This is raw coal becoming Diamonds...absolutely amazing!!!!!

[@BazookaToe]

Very awesome! Dave throwing out knowledge turning the kids on to Budgie ;)

[@jessiegarcia3117]

Man some parts he sounds like Jimi Hendrix miss him thanks for posting

[@colindean3922]

Brilliant ..even so early in VH Career you can hear that definite sound...Amazing and to cover my favourite Budgie song...Epic R.I.P. EDDIE

[@michaelberry3780]

It's cool to hear Ed playing a guitar that obviously has no tremolo yet he still pulls off sounds that sound and even mimic the term. He's the reason I started playing guitar around 80 and still going. Had a chance to meet him at a gas station on Ventura and Coldwater canyon he was really cool my daughter went to school with Wolfgang all a few weeks after seeing Ronnie James Dio at the D.M.V. only in L.A. .even met Brian May at CVS....

[@pauldubyna2243]

These guys had enormous talent, very ruff but the talent is there.

[@maplesalt1482]

46:28 this lick is in "I'm the One" at the beginning of the first guitar solo

[@hagnewton4255]

We hear Eddie sure. I also hear some mean bass drums and I hear a young. David Lee Roth. it's just golden. I think I like this kind of recording better than later. can't go wrong with these guys. loaded with talent!

[@stringbender11672]

This is pure gold!! 💥 💥💥💥

[@haroldkeil8582]

Had a friend who grew up in Pasadena. He's a few yrs younger than these guys. He went to a backyard party. These guys were playing there. 1974!, Told me "they did a mean version of jumping jack flash"!

[@zthreedp]

I was at that party around christmas 1974. I was visiting my cousin in Anaheim and he took me out there. He was saying the Van Halen brothers are amazing you wont forget this! I never did. When the album came out a few years later I recognized the sound immediately and shit my pants. Eddie played some iteration of eruption at that party.

[@mrcarl1]

Great stuff, Ed used to borrow cabinets from my guitar player Chris Holmes when thay had gigs in Pasadena, those were great times and both are great people.

[@Joesfosterdogs]

+Carl Elizondo Killer band data here...love it

[@BillDerBerg]

How's Chris doing? Last I saw him he was spilling beer on me at an Armored Saint after party on Sunset circa 1982

[@UnitedSoundVideo]

My girlfriend Jasmine used to cut Eddies hair at The Haircutters See you soon Jasmine 😌

[@debrasalinas2831]

Wow he should have hooked him up with a new 5150 cab ... Lolol I bet he would have had he ran into him and said remember you use to borrow my cab... I bet he say what’s your address I’ll hook you up 😇 that’s what Eddie would probably have done 🤘🤘🌟rip EVH

[@crusheverything4449]

@@debrasalinas2831 - No doubt. Ed was cool like that.

[@jamminjim247]

Its kinda' cool to sit here and listen to these old tunes and try to figure out which ones were "massaged" into the ones on albums one and two. You can definitely hear familiar progressions and riffs in a few of them.

[@Voxtender]

This is kinda like listening to a Hendrix/Band of Gypsies bootleg. Great to hear Dave actually singing like a singer. Ed is brilliant with his improving on the covers. Would love to have been at one of their pre-record deal shows.

[@elizabethwiley2984]

+RIFFHANGER Should have come to the book signing party Gregg had in Pasadena, a lot of the old Pasadena friends, and fans, came and it was just like the old days, Ted Templeman was great, and the party with the legends band was fun..............Mark was there, and played, it was really wonderful!

[@mgibby63mg]

RIFFHANGER I'm pretty sure he always and like a singer you dipshit

[@daves4645]

Wrong. '83 and after Dave didn't bother singing half the lyrics live.....dipshit.

[@mifune9634]

It's amazing that they had so much material already written so early in their history. That must have provided a very welcome sense of comfort after their debut album. For so many bands, that sort of success on their debut results in unmanageable pressure.

[@HrhFish]

Most bands best material is written when they were hungry. 4 YEARS before VH1. The debut album is usually the strongest.Then they get distracted with sex and drugs.Success can kill a band as complacency sets in and later material lacks.

[@mifune9634]

+Hrh Fish I totally agree that, with most bands, their first albums are typically their strongest. My point was that most bands have one, or (if they're really lucky) two albums of material when they release their debut album. A lot of bands who experience rapid success fall into the trap you describe, and struggle to pull out of it because of the intense pressure to "keep the hits coming". Van Halen probably had three or more full albums of material to work with when they released their debut. It must have been comforting to have those songs already honed and ready when they went to record their follow up album.

[@vincezema94]

I was a HS senior in 1975 and played R&R Hoochie Koo then with my band but with nowhere near the intensity and improvisational flourishes of Eddie's version. But hey, he was two years older than me! Lol. I wish I would've paid more attention to the local music scene back then to see just how far behind the cutting edge I was. RIP Eddie.

[@Addingtone67]

Unreal ,...Thank You

[@jimforgrave6365]

wow.... 34:13 Hootchie koo. Eddies really coming into his own,

[@JacobZirkin]

If only there was a video for this. Not just audio

[@galus14436]

Jacob Zirkin we know what they look like, so I'm good.

[@graybeardsage]

I dont think camcorders had been invented yet in 75, lol... If they did exist it probably cost $10,000 own one so no one had one anyway.

[@chauncedude]

I used to have this cassette. Actually it was from '76 I think at the Starwood.

[@jhall2281]

That's my high school (late 80's). Funny that I didn't know they jammed there once.

[@crazycooper1024]

j Hall Nice man! That's awesome!!

[@drewfitz7861]

I live with fools!!

[@bartonknight2254]

So cool to hear covers. Still sounds like fucking VH to me. Awesome. I read somewhere that they could whip out something like 200 cover songs .. on command. I still love them the most. Never even paid attention to the guitar until I heard VH #1. Now I'm 57 .. killing it 5 nights a week in my band .. "Purple Dirt" ... Medford, Oregon. They changed my whole life. Thank you boys, I love you! 😎

[@normasanchez6914]

Awesome to have been there! Eddie was born with a guitar Dave sounds amazing Alex awesome! love love love❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@debrasalinas2831]

Sounds like back in the club days .. not very many people in the crowd but now these people probably remember hey I saw them at the club

[@1wickedgroove]

Would have loved to have a album of Van Halen playing other people's tunes... this is awesome

[@heathinvaderstudios]

These early Van Halen songs are great! I really like I Wanna Be Your Lover especially. I can easily hear the original Malfunkshun band (with the late Andrew Wood from Mother Love Bone) playing a cover of it!

[@Calrad]

Thank you, guys,...thanks Ed!! 🤟🤟🤟RIP.

[@markmnorcal]

I like to call this period of Van Halen the Dave's dad day's (DDD). Without a cool dad like Dave has, Van Halen would not be known to you. He gave them a place to practice to crash and some cash to make it happen.

[@elizabethwiley2984]

+markmnorcal That is not really true. Dave's band, Red Ball Jet practiced at Dave's Dad's office in the basement, and Dave had to do work at home to pay for it.....his Dad did buy him an amp, BUT he had to work at the stable where his Mom rode to pay him back...........The band did practice at my house, in the soundproofed garage, other bands had played there before I bought the house from a foreclosure sale........BUT, they helped re sound proof the garage, and helped me fix up the house, some bikers had had a raging party there and destroyed it, the landlord could not rent it and had gotten old and could not pay the mortgage without renting it out.............Later, when one of the lovely jerks who came by from time to time was stupid enough to talk about cocaine in front of my little sons, who said something about "straws" and using "bills" instead while we were at a posh store.....Dave and I had a chat, and he asked his Dad if they could practice in the basement of his new house which had a huge room downstairs that in the old days of Pasadena had either been a bootleg casino, or a rich people party room that was hidden from the police.........a soundproof place that gave them a place to practice. BUT, Dave bought the house from Dad............after they got some money coming in and HE needed a big tax deduction.

[@markmnorcal]

Elizabeth Wiley His dad is still 😎. Thanks though.

[@debrasalinas2831]

YUPPPPPP YOU GOT THAT RIGHT

[@crusheverything4449]

He also served apostrophes like popcorn.

[@ronaldsingcovlogs7241]

WHY DON'T THEY MAKE THIS 2017 ALBUM,,,,,,THE MAKING OF THE KING OF 6 STRINGS AND 10 FINGERS,,,,,,,,GOD OF GUITAR ROCK SOUND,,,,,THE INVENTOR,,,,,,,,

[@carlbrucefroehlich3986]

I like how DLR refers to Walk Away and Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo as old songs in 1975. I think both were originally recorded in '70 or '71.

[@breakerbroke23]

Great version of Take Your Whiskey Home

[@VinnyDrysdale]

They were signable at this point. Amazing it still took a couple more years.

[@paradisjr45]

This is a Awesome Snack . . . !!!!! Eddie was just born with a guitar stuck up his I guess . . . . kid could play ! This was actually 3 years b4 their 1st album . . . I wish I'd have seen these guys at Gazzari's. Eddie's concentration and rhythim is impeccable , "Walk Away" turned out nice !!!!

[@elizabethwiley2984]

+Bobby Paradis Ed actually played the piano, and was super at classic, without music...........I walked into Dave's Dad's house one day and thought he had al album on the stereo of Mozart, then realized there was a young guy there playing the real piano. If you read Gregg's book, or see some of the interviews of Ed and Al, you will find out that Ed actually played drums, and Al played guitar, but one day said, nope, and switched. Ed was lead singer for Mammoth, but decided he did not like it, and when they decided to put the bands together.............Dave took over as front man.........Dave also played the piano and guitar........he taught me slide on the twelve string steel guitar......I still have the slide he gave me somewhere or other.

[@Adriamarie40]

Loving the Guitar tone on Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo, has a real Southern Rock sound. Amazing how much they have developed since this.

[@christiancharles2866]

They were great in the 70s. I was just being born when this came out.

[@waywardspirit7898]

Incredible.

[@AlienPizzaZombie]

Covering Walk Away by The James Gang ( Joe Walsh ) , NICE!

[@rooseveltburrell9722]

Can you believe this was 40 years ago!!! Man, they were before their time, especially Eddie. SMH

[@lkb3rd]

DLR had charisma, confidence, banter. Every one of them was great, the others are mentioned so often already.

[@edgmeyers]

I live up the street from Pasadena HS. Always heard about the legendary backyard parties they played in the area. Missed 'em by 30 yrs! LOL

[@stevej4904]

At 16:10 is where you start hearing that EVH is not your regular guitar player.

[@falquest]

Steve J definitely a highlight... but I kinda thought his playing was something special SEVERAL minutes before that.

[@jamesrockford2626]

wow Eddie is just incredible here, what was he like 19?

[@JacobZirkin]

+James Rockford 20. He was born January 26, 1955

[@elizabethwiley2984]

+James Rockford Dedicated. VH practiced six days a week, four hours each day, and played clubs, day after day, and took dance, music, and whatever else kind of classes they could think they might make use of..........and he walked around with an unplugged guitar and played to himself hour after hour after hour.

[@jamesrockford2626]

Elizabeth Wiley thanks liz

[@bartonknight2254]

Elizabeth Wiley Nice .. very cool. Thanks for the "real". 😎

[@hadleymanmusic]

@@JacobZirkin 3 years younger than Neil Peart.