Van Halen Pilgrimage

[Fabulous Shadow]

Dave's Child Hood House...



I heard he bought this from his Dad... But I think he sold it after the Northridge quake...



This is carved in the driveway out front...



Autograph practice? or a fan... You be the judge.



The VH Bros childhood home...


I heard they lived in this house until about 1982. I guess after 12 million albums they wanted something with a little more space.






Pasadena City College where Dave and the VH Bros met







This is claimed to be Eddies first guitar







An original foot pedal built just for Eddie







Early flyers




The rest is History...


(special thanks to dlroth for the pics...)

[BrownSound1]

If that is the Rothwood estate, then Dave still owns it.

[Fabulous Shadow]

that is the one his dad owned and then sold to Dave. I guess a few movies were filmed here and his Dad actually got small parts for letting them use the house.

[SoCalChelle]

He still owns that house. I'd post my picture of it, but.....

[aesop]

Originally posted by SoCalChelle
He still owns that house. I'd post my picture of it, but.....

...But....why?

Too cool FS. It really underscores the social differences between the VH Bros. and the Diamond One.

I've read where EVH talked about his upbringing being pretty shitty. He mentioned not having fond memories of his mom...

[Diamondjimi]

Originally posted by aesop
...But....why?

Too cool FS. It really underscores the social differences between the VH Bros. and the Diamond One.

I've read where EVH talked about his upbringing being pretty shitty. He mentioned not having fond memories of his mom...

I thought his Dad was the alki . What's the story with his Mom !
Just curious !

[aesop]

Originally posted by diamondjimi
I thought his Dad was the alki . What's the story with his Mom !
Just curious !

He said in the interview that his mom was always calling hm a screw-off for always wanting to play guitar instead of getting a 'real job'. She would say "Your never going to amount to anything" and stuff. Kinda sad...I can see where he'd be an alki. Bad genes and too much money too fast. Dangerous receipe...

[Matt White]

Originally posted by diamondjimi
I thought his Dad was the alki . What's the story with his Mom !
Just curious !

I remember EVH refereing to his parents as the "Conservative & the screw up", the "cheerleader & the stoner."
His mom was the one pushing for him to take college classes to repair computers right up until the band got signed.

[DavidLeeNatra]

great pics!

[Panamark]

What the hell is that guitar ??

[ELVIS]

Sears, maybe ??

[Panamark]

Interesting to see those flyers too, Quiet Riot and Van Halen.
Randy and Ed on the same bill !! How cool is that ??

[Panamark]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Sears, maybe ??

WTF is a sears guitar ??

[smaz]

That guitar looks pretty hideous........... Great pics though!

[Panamark]

smaz, I know we have known each other for a while now, so I dont feel so bad asking this.. What the hell is in your mouth ???