Van Halen Open the 5150 Vaults, kinda...

[GreenBayLA]

Was this posted here? I didn't see it...
I'd watch the full video but not pay for it, 3 Van Halens and no DLR? Doh!
Hope it is legit and sign of better things to come.

[Kristy]

Great. Demos. Nothing but boring demos.

And who wants to see hand-held videos of Eddie giving his guitar another rim job?

For fuck's sake.

[ZahZoo]

I doubt that much more than that 1 mediocre clip will be put out publicly... No way Ed allows it. No big money in it...

[Nickdfresh]

Ooooh! 500 lucky people get to pay to hear band practice! When does their boxset of soundchecks come out?

[twonabomber]

Wait until it hits the torrents.

[Seshmeister]

With only being done 500 they could put a number on each one to stop that like they do with some screeners.

[Terry]

Yeesh.

I mean, one would have to be QUITE an Eddie Grunt to want to sift through/watch rehearsal footage of that 2006-2007 period when Ed was still fucked up.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Yeah, about that "vault"....

http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/26/eddie-van-halen-sues-videographer-rehearsal-footage/

EDDIE VAN HALEN SUES VIDEOGRAPHER OVER OLD FOOTAGE
You Really Got Me ... Mad!!!
1/26/2018 6:52 PM PST

Eddie Van Halen Sues Videographer to Keep Him from Selling Old Rehearsal Footage
EXCLUSIVE

Eddie Van Halen ain't talkin' 'bout love, but he is talkin' 'bout a videographer who's allegedly trying to make a quick buck by selling old band footage ... according to a new suit.

The Van Halen guitarist claims he invited videographer, Andrew Bennett, to film music rehearsals with his son, Wolfgang, and his bro, Alex Van Halen, back around 2006 with the purpose of using the footage for a DVD or video project.

Eddie claims he didn't like the footage and scrapped it ... but Bennett threatened to release it years later and claimed he never got paid. According to the docs ... Eddie says they settled the matter in 2015, and Eddie got the rights to the footage after the settlement.

However, Eddie claims Andrew's back at it and is now trying to sell the old footage ... and even released a trailer for it on his website, 5150vault.com.

According to the docs ... Van Halen got the site suspended for copyright infringement, but Bennett launched another one with a similar name and is currently linking to a preview video of the music rehearsals.

Eddie's now asking a judge to step in and order the removal of the video, keeping Bennett from releasing or selling footage, and damages.

[FORD]

Andrew Bennett was apparently the same guy who filmed the failed Van Hagar reunion studio footage which I linked to last week. Can't blame Eddie for not wanting that shit out in the world.

[Seshmeister]

It did seem weird that they would release something from that period to make maybe just $10-$20k.

[ZahZoo]

Nobody cashes in on Ed's shit... literally...

That seemed obvious to me this wasn't any sort of legit offering from a Van Halen when I first saw this thread. I'm reminded of the Trademark™ and Copyright© stipulations Ed mandated for fan owned and based websites back in the 2000's... His attorneys even sent some cease and desist orders to a few sites. Funny thing is... no one ever made a single dime hosting a fan site for this band, just the opposite!! Van Halens and Roth got a ton of free advertising and kept their business names and fan bases alive for nearly 20 years on the backs and wallets of hard working regular folks, like the ones who host this place, links and the trail of dead websites long gone...

The folks who carried this band for nothin but their love of the music and attitude are the real rock-n-roll heroes...

[FORD]

Yeah, the argument over striped replica guitars is what killed off the Pasture Dump once and for all (aside from their multiple bans of me and my friend in the red suit, of course)

[Kristy]

Nobody cashes in on Ed's shit... literally...

That seemed obvious to me this wasn't any sort of legit offering from a Van Halen when I first saw this thread. I'm reminded of the Trademark™ and Copyright© stipulations Ed mandated for fan owned and based websites back in the 2000's... His attorneys even sent some cease and desist orders to a few sites. Funny thing is... no one ever made a single dime hosting a fan site for this band, just the opposite!! Van Halens and Roth got a ton of free advertising and kept their business names and fan bases alive for nearly 20 years on the backs and wallets of hard working regular folks, like the ones who host this place, links and the trail of dead websites long gone...

The folks who carried this band for nothin but their love of the music and attitude are the real rock-n-roll heroes...

Let this be known: this post is the definition of homoerotica.

[Seshmeister]

Yours or his? If I'm honest neither gave me even a semi...

[ZahZoo]

Tough room... I guess I'll have to unfriend™ you both...