'Van Halen Rising' Book Chat with Greg Renoff - Oct. 17th, 9pm ET

[Hardrock69]

Yes, you are right. I would have said "Screams", but I have found some entries on the net where they were called "The Scream". Does not matter. Either way they fucking sucked.

[Zing!]

some idiot had booked the new wave band "The Clocks" to open for them, and they had so much change thrown at them by the crowd that Heavy said he and the other local crew guys each had 50 bucks in change easy....the stage was ankle deep in trash and change, lol.

Ha ha - that's awesome. Those guys must have been shatting their new wave pants before they took the stage!

[twonabomber]

The Scream was the band John Corabi was in before he joined Motley Crue, no?

Going to get another beer, no time to Google.

[ffoner]

About the amp head sitting on the 4 x 12 in that photo of VH from 1975, it is not a guitar amp. It is apparently a Shure Vocal Master PA head.

WOW! Awesome. I was going nuts trying to figure out what kind of goofy amy head that was. Mystery solved!

[Von Halen]

Von....you may not believe this but you are the reason I signed up here back in about 2001 or so.

Heavy died that year (or thereabouts), and for some reason I was doing a web search on him.

I found a post here at Roth Army where you were talking about him, and after looking around the forums, I realized I had found a new home on the internet.

Heavy was a great friend. Lotsa great stories to tell. I had some fun adventures with him.

Did you see the Black Sabbath concert at Henry Levitt Arena in November of 1980 on the Heaven & Hell tour? Heavy was there that night. That was the night when some idiot had booked the new wave band "The Clocks" to open for them, and they had so much change thrown at them by the crowd that Heavy said he and the other local crew guys each had 50 bucks in change easy....the stage was ankle deep in trash and change, lol.


Wow....I just did a web search....seems he died in February of 1999. I found this online memorial to him:

http://www.colaw.net/heavy/

Wow dude. Thanks for posting that. I had no idea Heavy died. And at the age of 45. Just wow. He, along with VH of course, gave me my greatest rock and roll experience EVER. For some reason he liked Barrie and I. He probably knew we were crazy fuckers!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

WOW! Awesome. I was going nuts trying to figure out what kind of goofy amy head that was. Mystery solved!

membership has it's privileges

[Angel]

membership has it's privileges

Its. Gotcha!

[kwame k]

Good luck on the book......can't wait to get a copy!

Have you gotten any cooperation from the VH camp other than Mikey?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Its. Gotcha!

and i do that won weigh two often

[chi-town324]

anything to do with DLR or Van Halen i am in...keep us updated on the progress and good luck!!

[Dan]

Still have all ticket stubs,just not tech savvy to post.

Have Had The Chance To Meet-Up With Mug In Green Bay In 2009.I Think I Lost the Count On How Many Ticket Stubs You Have.

BTW.....Great Bar Too.

[ashstralia]

epic! i want one.

[ffoner]

Good luck on the book......can't wait to get a copy!

Have you gotten any cooperation from the VH camp other than Mikey?

Have not reached out to anyone but Mikey.

[ffoner]

anything to do with DLR or Van Halen i am in...keep us updated on the progress and good luck!!

Thanks!

[Von Halen]

How about one of Mike and Ed in '79.