Official 6/9 Los Angeles Meetup/Review Thread

[jhale667]

Snippet of "Romeo Delight".

[jhale667]

The "Hot for Teacher" solo...

[sadaist]

First off, picking KATG - genius.

One reviewer put it well saying you know all their songs but are not sure how or why.

I hate KATG

then proceed to sing along to every tune. lol

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[big fatty]

So happy for you guys. I noticed your good seats on 1 of J's pics earlier. Fucking killing me I couldn't be there with you guys Thanks for the pics & updates!

And Gene can suck a dick. Roth Army deserves better seats for VAN HALEN than that money grubbing prick. RA there to enjoy the show....GS there to remind everyone he "found" them. Ass. I wonder how many times he mentioned that last night? Would have been a great drinking game. Every time Gene mentions how he discovered VH everyone has to drink!

By 10:15 pm everyone would be out cold from alcohol poisoning and Gene would be rifling through our wallets.

HA HA good one.

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[jhale667]

Way better vantage point and camera than we had. Also caught the scream I was talkin' about - and Eddie patting him afterwards like "Dude!"

I just watched a couple of my videos from the Henson gig again to compare to these, and gotta say...they sounded tight at Henson, but they're just pumping it here...the road-time has made them sound pretty fucking muscular. To use a wrestling analogy, now it sounds like they're coming off the top rope doing an atomic-elbow drop on your head...massive.

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The "Hot for Teacher" solo...

Not sure what the scoop is but the vids you posted are not viewable...any ideas?

[jhale667]

Not sure what the scoop is but the vids you posted are not viewable...any ideas?

Ah, need to go back and make them "public"...thanks for the heads up...try 'em again.

[So this is love]

I get goosebumps everytime I see the opening drunk or not! I like when Ed Wolf and Dave are in the pics for the Jam and Did you guys see how Dave moves along with Ed to involve Alex in the picture....These guys are for real....

[Momshell]

I get goosebumps everytime I see the opening drunk or not! I like when Ed Wolf and Dave are in the pics for the Jam and Did you guys see how Dave moves along with Ed to involve Alex in the picture....These guys are for real....

I am totally with you on the goosebumps. I also had the biggest grin watching that jam. No other band comes close to these guys, and they looked like they were on fire last night! And that scream....HOLY FUCK!!

[RedEye]

I am totally with you on the goosebumps. I also had the biggest grin watching that jam. No other band comes close to these guys, and they looked like they were on fire last night! And that scream....HOLY FUCK!!

Second leg dates can't come soon enough. After some rest and some possible retooling of the set list... I am ready to travel to see them again.

[VAiN]

Second leg dates can't come soon enough. After some rest and some possible retooling of the set list... I am ready to travel to see them again.

I'm thinking the same thing. I can't wait to see a few more shows in the fall. I hope they play more/other tracks from ADKOT. As-Is would be fantastic!

[EdVanZep]

Oh that jam in the middle of Unchained in fucking awesome

[EdVanZep]

And damn that was a kick ass version of Somebody Get Me A Doctor

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A different clip of....

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[Romeo Delight]

And damn that was a kick ass version of Somebody Get Me A Doctor

Please, please let there be a DVD...there wont be. But Damn...what a way to end that song

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[So this is love]

one of the most underrated guitar solos along with I'm the one...

[VAN HLN CA]

Went to show as well, not bad.

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Fuck that guitar is ugly....Eddie I hate your red pants as much as that red guitar of yours....I give you good grades for you playing motherfuckr!!!

[EdVanZep]

Killer version of Romeo Delight, Dave sounds great

[So this is love]

Dave with a mic stand is a natural...

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God damn Dave sounds good at this show!!

[jhale667]

God damn Dave sounds good at this show!!

He really did.

[VAN HLN CA]

Went to show as well, not bad.

All Sarcasm aside.....

As far as Entertainment is concerned this was Unquestionably the best day of my Life!

From expecting pretty great seats to getting Front Row right between Wolfs mike and edge of Dave's dance floor and him spending tons of time in our spot and getting eye to eye most every song. SoundCheck Ed and Wolf appreciated how respectfully in awe we were, Ed grinned and posed all night. Priceless and so much to share but how without overdoing my run on sentence writing. So much the entire day. Everything in between went dream speed as well. So much don't know where to begin. I still am in Full Effect of the VH Ether. Yes I get excited in posts but this night really may be perfect in anybody's book not just mine. Another holy shit is sure used iPhone and Matt had cam, they let me take my bazooka in, still don't know how, maybe from entering at 4ish helped as pretty much kept it safe and covered all day for real purpose to come late set. Have a Nikon D300 on it a 70-200 mm so lets just say once the show was soaked too fullest I got great iPhone shots of Dave in my face, i have so many good shots and havent even gone to the gems from Nikon. Pretty much most vids checked out from You Tube and JHales first tweet were in. There were two cool guys next to us pretty crazed, so the four of us were loud and proud and Dave and Ed seemed to dig our die hard spirit, we raised hell big time, no standing and gawk like many in old clips we rocked All Night.

No Words, absolutely no way of describing last night and I haven't slept since 8:30 Sat morning so not going to make it far tonight. So much classics just from iPhone, the real camera will have history and I'm a good shot. Been out with family most the day feeling On Top of the World-there is just no other way to say it. Couldn't have planned the chain of events everything just came together magically the entire day and afterglow. Give me some time and there will be all time Masters of "The Master's" About to open the files, always wanted to shoot close and personal with real camera, logging out shortly to open presents. But sleep is in the way of much more happening tonight.

If for any reason never see them again it's all gravy now, impossibly outstanding in all angles......Last Friday was great, the Saturday was a top 3 all time for any CVH fan, it was all Right ALL NIGHT.

........... =VH= 6~9~2012...........

Is Instagram best for posting pics? That's another thing to work out later...

[IceCreamBlondie]

Great reviews....KILLER SHOW...I will post more later!

[IceCreamBlondie]

IMG_0713.jpgLook at what I found outside the Staples Center! Someone knows Kickass rock n roll!

[jhale667]

Look at what I found outside the Staples Center! Someone knows Kickass rock n roll!

Bwahahahahahaha!!!!

[jhale667]

A friend just posted this pic of tonight's Chickenshit crowd..



The Greek seats 5,700 people...doesn't look like they packed it.

Compare and contrast...Staples seats over 19,000...and I'd guestimate 2 if not 3x more people were already in their seats during KATG's set...

[IceCreamBlondie]

KILLER SHOW!

Where do I begin? I am still recovering from last night's glorious show!

First of all, the crowd outside was PRIMED and ready to go! Lots of VH fans, lots of Kings fans watching the Stanley Cup game in the sports bars across the street. Fantastic to see so many people in VH shirts, all pumped up for the concert. I took my friend with me who had never seen VH live before. I told him he was in for a TREAT!

As we settled into our nosebleed seats, and were waiting for VH to start, we noticed a large commotion on the floor below us. Everyone on the floor had turned around to see what was going on in the mixing / sound area in the back of the floor area. A rumor was up in our area ('cuz we couldn't see what was going on) was that Eddie was in the mixing / sound area. BUT, as I read here, that must have been when Gene $immons and Sharon Tweed showed up. Trust me, practically everyone on the floor had their smartphones pointed their way.

The show started out incredibly with Unchained - the energy they bring to pump up a crowd and start a concert lasted the whole night through. The energy that Diamond Dave and the mighty VH has just goes through the fibers of your being throughout the whole show. I was out of my seat most of the night, literally Dancing the Night Away.

A lot has been said about the performances of the individual songs, so I can't top you guys. Dave's stage presence, his raps and stories, and the way he plays along with the rest of the band is always great. The "fluourescent orange" mic stand was a great addition - - now we in the back can see his twirls better! Boy, is Dave limber as he bounces around the stage. WAY TO GO, DIAMOND DAVE! (I just wish I saw his Tattoo "asscam"! I was waiting for that!)

ED was ON FIRE. I'm not the biggest Eddie fan, nor do I play guitar, but man, he sounded tight and great. Just awesome. The camera closeups of his solo was great this time. And his one liner (one of the few times he addressed the audience directly) of "I'm as high as a kite!" brought the house down. Laughter, oodles of laughter.

Alex was good stuff. Steady and killer as always..... I just wish his drum solo was longer!

Wolfie, when he was shown on the big screen, looked like he was having fun and he was much more self confident than he was in 2007. Dave gave him a hug at the end.

My friend, newbie to VH, was blown away at how great the show was. I think we have a new VH fan!

What else can I say? AWESOME SHOW.....waiting for a TRIUMPHANT return to L.A. on the second leg of the tour!

.....and thanks to everyone here that posted!!!!! GREAT to read the updates and reviews!

[IceCreamBlondie]

Ya know, its a funny thing...after last nights VH show, there was a girl outside of Staples on the sidewalk passing out Chickenfoot concert flyers......
Sam must be desperate for an audience!

[jhale667]

Ya know, its a funny thing...after last nights show, there was a girl outside of Staples on the sidewalk passing out Chickenfoot concert flyers after the VH show.
Sam must be desperate for an audience!

Yeah, Bantonelli and I verbally harassed her for a sec...poor kid...

[Nitro Express]

Looks like the grand VH machine was in top form on their home turf and yes, Sammy and Chickenfoot do suck.