Van Halen 1982 interview with Jim Ladd for Innerview (Audio Only)

For this two part interview Jim Ladd sits down with David Lee Roth for Part 1 (September 12, 1982) and Alex Van Halen & David Lee Roth for Part 2 (September 19, 1982.)
41:15 Dave plays "79th and Sunset" live in the studio. This tune is very familiar to VH fans from many bootlegs often mistitled "Real Go Getter."
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[@davewakstein]

I actually STILL have this on cassette from college days! I've heard just about every interview he's ever done and this is one of THE best!

[@STEVEHEROLD]

agree it's a great one. thanks for tuning in hope ya dig around to some of the other stuff I have posted on this channel.....

[@RSTI191]

ME TOO!! True story- I'm at the vet, Blue Cross Animal Hospital, in North Hollywood, Ca. about 6 years ago. (My wife wasn't feeling too well) Someone behind the counter asks this gentleman, who's back was towards me, a question, he responded. 36 years later- I KNOW THAT VOICE!! IT'S THE GUY ON THAT TAPE! I turn around say to him, "You're going to think I'm nuts but I have 2 cassette recordings from about 40 years ago, John Lennon's last interview and David Lee Roth and Alex being interviewed, Roth goes on about the bugs, a root beer, change seats, etc..and the interviewer's voice is YOU isn't it? You're Jim Ladd.. He looks at me, with a "wow how do remember that face" say's Yes I am.. We talked for a minute about Roth, he went on how intelligent Roth really is. Told him I know, don't be fooled by the clown act. He's a genius. No Roth, No Van Halen.. Anyhoo- that's my Jim Ladd story.. I never did hold my wife down for that shot..

[@mojodojo5533]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is Dave Roth's greatest interview. Had this on an 8 track that I recorded off the radio then transfered it to cassette years later. Finally lost it somewhere in a move. Finally found this a few years ago here in youtube world but just noticed tonight that it had been removed. Thanks again for posting it. This was actually the first time I heard Dave's voice! He was a total stoner dude! But still highly intelligent. Rock on man!

[@STEVEHEROLD]

yeah this is directly off the vinyl that was sent to radio stations to play. picked it up years and years ago at a record show. tough for Alex to get a word in but i do love the part when Dave introduces himself as Diamond David Lee Roth and Alex introduces himself as Diamond Dave Alex

[@mojodojo5533]

@@STEVEHEROLD 😆😆 no wonder this sounds so good. Straight of the vinyl? That's awesome man! Very cool that you have part 2. I remember listening to that live but only records about 20 minutes of it. These two interviews really need to be heard by all VH fans. In part 2 Dave wasn't quite at toasted as in part 1. Note in the first that Jim Ladd says we got you some m&ms in case you got the munchies! 😂

[@STEVEHEROLD]

@@mojodojo5533 yeah I have I think two more interviews left to post that are directly from my vinyl collection. One VH and one Dave solo.

[@donanger1968]

I heard this when I was 14 years old. It then lead me to a 20 year radio career. Met Roth in 94. Interviewed him in 2002. Jim Ladd is a legend.

[@mojodojo5533]

@@donanger1968 Yes Jim Ladd definitely a legend. I think his intelligent demenor ( and long hair lol) made the rock guys really comfortable. At least Dave was.

[@hakashaqU812]

I remember listening to Jim Ladd here in Los Angeles one night in the 80's and he starts off his show with "I've been saving this half joint for tonight's show and right after I lit it I dropped it between two turn tables and I can't reach it..." LOL My first concert was tix I won from Jim Ladd from KMET ... STYX at the Pantages Theater...1982-3?

[@topJimmyP1984]

Too cool, this is awesome. I recorded most of the early interviews with Dave and often Al on cassette, sound quality is not the best and this is a lot nicer. By the way the singer on So this is Magic is Nicolette Larson which was found out many years later.

[@jamesmick8653]

I taped this off the radio onto cassette the night it aired in 1982. Still have it somewhere. I never forgot the greatest moment when Roth said "...when Ed speaks, ED SPEAKS." I think this is edited though. It seems like I remember a little more of guitar audio after he said that before they started talking again. It was very effective. Nice to have a clean version though.

[@mojodojo5533]

Undoubtedly Dave's greatest interview!

[@STEVEHEROLD]

I said somewhere else when Dave was in Van Halen there was no bigger fan of Van Halen than Dave. None of us come close. This is directly off the LPs I own that radio stations got back in 1982 to air so I can't imagine it's edited. But who knows.... thanks for checking it out James. I got a bunch of others up here hope ya check em out too.

[@jamesmick8653]

@@STEVEHEROLD Could be my faulty memory. I need to find that cassette.

[@charleskelley4453]

I recorded it too,still have it too😉

[@mojodojo5533]

Dave's description of King Edward is the most spot on I've ever heard. "Boy when Ed speaks, ED SPEAKS!"

[@STEVEHEROLD]

my favorite part of Greg Renoff's VH Rising book was when Dave was praising Ed before they opened for UFO or someone in the valley and he said Ed was gonna blow their guitarist off the face of the Earth.

[@mojodojo5533]

@@STEVEHEROLD haha and I love Michael Schenker, but yeah I'm sure he blew them away. Way away.

[@STEVEHEROLD]

@@mojodojo5533 it's such a great moment in that book. I love all four guys: Ed, Al, Mike & Dave. But I always felt back then Dave was always the biggest Van Halen fan there was.

[@mojodojo5533]

@@STEVEHEROLD I totally agree. Just like in that interview with Ladd, Dave says " they might not be cheering for me, but I am the Cheerleader". He was the attitude and the swagger and brought everyone for the ride. Of course Ed was the musical attitude and swagger. Unmatched combination.

[@walterevans2118]

@@STEVEHEROLD But ED never saw it as a ‘competitive’ thing at all. Ed just LOVED to PLAY….Same with Michael…..Ed would later say in an interview - ‘Competition ? I don’t think that belongs in music. It’s not like the Rock Olympics where someone can run faster or jump higher. Music is a subjective thing’.

[@marierobbins6771]

❤thank you for this. Wish they had video 😅

[@STEVEHEROLD]

yeh these guys always had fun with interviews back then. if you’ve never heard the interview with Al, Dave & Mike from 1984 with Bruce Coburn you def need to listen. I posted it on here if you look. It’s insane.

[@EBGBeee]

Good god, this is FANTASTIC.

[@conti2000]

What a great, fun, intelligent, smart guy he is! 👍 And I find out (great and fun, I knew), some 40 years after first hearing him/them! 🤷‍♂

[@kdm71291]

And I and a few of my friends were at one of those three September shows at The Forum.....epic!

[@kujansu]

I had recorded a cassette of this never knew how it disappeared till I posed this on Facebook, my brother commented he had a cassette of the same interview.... Mystery solved !! Thanks for the Memories 🤣

[@STEVEHEROLD]

hahah. glad i could help solve the mystery.

[@CP-kb1du]

Thank you so much for this 80's Cassettes Beat Boxes Music High School days ..5 Stars Radio Days .....

[@STEVEHEROLD]

glad i could help in some way. thanks for tuning in. hope ya check around at some of the other stuff I've posted VH-related and not.

[@johnfletcher948]

Diver Down rules all!!

[@STEVEHEROLD]

agree

[@rockingrolling3503]

Thanks! This is amazing ✨💯🎸🔥

[@STEVEHEROLD]

you got it. thanks for watching dig around the channel and check out some of the other videos when ya got some time. more to come, some even with video!

[@SteveBurk]

Roth should have been paid extra for all the promoting he did for the band. They never would have been as big if he didn't do all these great interviews!

[@STEVEHEROLD]

i don't know about being paid extra but i don't disagree with you as far as Dave goes promoting the band. i've always said when Dave was in VH there was no bigger fan of that band than him.

[@Iknowthelaw13]

Dave is high as a kite here lol. That low end drawl is coming out in his voice. Not quite James Brown on TV level but still. Lmao

[@STEVEHEROLD]

it's funny when I was kid hearing/seeing Dave interviews it didn't cross my mind he was high. Like stoned high not coke high. But now when I listen I'm like how did I NOT realize he was stoned? I think he probably was stoned in the majority of his interviews.

[@jamesb7168]

At 36:18 Dave says the funniest thing that had me dyin laughing. “Flatter not thyself my son”

[@STEVEHEROLD]

He's def had some memorable quotes thru the years.

[@musicalmikeful]

This is the picture disc interview. 😎

[@garylagstrom3864]

FOUR KEYS TO THE VAN HALEN SOUND: DIAMOND DAVE’S SCREECHING WITH WHOOPS AND HOLLERS EDDIE’S GUITAR 🎸 ALEX’S SNARE DRUM 🥁 AND MICHAEL ANTHONY’S STRATOSPHERE BACKING VOCALS!!! VAN HALEN: I SAW ALL THE TOURS WITH ROTH FROM VAN HALEN 1 IN 1978 TO 1984 AND AGAIN IN 2013! I SAW 5150, OU812, FOR UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE AND BALANCE WITH HAGAR. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER EDWARD VAN HALEN!!! RIP EDDIE

[@STEVEHEROLD]

that's definitely the formula that made that band awesome

[@ciadella1971]

Do you think Dave is stoned in this interview?

[@STEVEHEROLD]

probably. i miss stoned Dave.

[@mojodojo5533]

Oh yeah, definitely. Jim Ladd says he brought some M&Ms just in case he got the munchies! Lol!

[@Jointsnroaches06-15]

I believe he created the new standard for being high. Come to my mountain, so you can catch my breeze. Just don’t sneeze on my stash! Dave’s here.

[@DRUMTOY2002]

32:27 - FRICKIN HILARIOUS!!!

[@tk6137]

is it me or was dave n alex on the same brain wave...lol...

[@STEVEHEROLD]

yeah I think back then, they were very much on same brain wave....

[@titusjones3006]

41:16 - 44:46 / Dave Song