Story of Van Halen: The Early Years

[ThrillsNSpills]

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There's other documentaries out there but it's impossible to tolerate the whining coming from the same guy. This one has less band involvement but at least it's about the music and the power and not as much about the bullshit.
If it weren't for the early period of this band there wouldn't be any situation for someone to walk into after the fact and piss and moan about things that aren't about the music. Watch History of Van Halen (VH-1 2006) if you want to know what I mean. Well maybe not on part 1 so if you want:


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[twonabomber]

more like it had NO band involvement. a cash grab.

[Terry]

more like it had NO band involvement. a cash grab.

Couple of decent outtake photos from the WACF album cover sessions...I have it around here somewhere....from what I recall, there is no Van Halen music on it (just some "In The Style of Van Halen" riffs playing in the background), and maybe a few brief band interview audio snippets from the CVH days.

Agreed overall it is very underwhelming stuff, even for a die-hard CVH fan.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

And don't forget the lame-ass "Van Halen Museum"....

[VHscraps]

And don't forget the lame-ass "Van Halen Museum"....

Don't know if the youtube clips include the end titles - but did you notice that Steve Rosen was script consultant, or something like that? I wonder if this was before or after Ed excommunicated him when he was in the middle of writing EVH's official biography ...

Agree it is underwhelming. Just compare other bands and the attention they pay to their own history - look at the Stones. They probably pro filmed all of their American tours from the late 60s on - real warts and all stuff.

Anybody got any info on a tour film VH shot with a Dutch film-maker Snade Krellmans in 1979? I have an old clip from a UK magazine that said it was inspired by Robert Frank's film of the Stones 72 tour ('Cocksucker Blues') - the whole backstage shebang.

[hambon4lif]

I remember being at Daves HOB show in Anaheim, Ca back in '03 (June 11th to be exact), and two of the guys that were putting this doc together were interviewing us while we were standing in line waiting to get in. Cameras, microphones, clip-board, the whole deal....
They approached me and asking me all kinds of questions, and I chatted with 'em about everything Van Halen for the better part of a half-hour. One of the last questions they asked me is what I thought of the Sammy Hagar-Van Halen....I told them "Well...my mom and dad really liked the 5150 album, but to me, it's just not Van Halen.", and when they told me they were going to show Alex the final footage of these interviews, I knew damn well I was gonna end up on the cutting room floor. Some of the people I was in line with actually ended up in the beginning of this video. They were looking for general non-biased opinions, but everyone had the same opinion, so they used excerpts. (What the fuck do you expect when you interview folks in-line to see a Diamond Dave show? I don't know why the hell they would expect anything else.)
When I saw the vid at Tower Records a month later, I bought it, saw how shabby the whole thing was, and thankful that I wasn't a part of it.
Aside from J.J.Jackson (R.I.P.) doing the narration, it's nothing more than a generic 99-cent piece of shit documentary.

It was a total letdown from all angles, and I felt they could've done their homework and done the band more of a justice.

That's my unbiased opinion anyways. LOL!

[jharp84]

Nice shit thrills! I taped that roth and ronnie wood on VHS as it happs...years back! Still got it! And you are welcome for your last package! Fukk is it weed time again! Me's say's Yeah!

[ace diamond]

Nice shit thrills! I taped that roth and ronnie wood on VHS as it happs...years back! Still got it! And you are welcome for your last package! Fukk is it weed time again! Me's say's Yeah!

smoke it.............get high...........show your love for the sweet leaf!
BURN!

[thome]

INTERESTING...............STUFF!!!

Perhaps, the men will make a little more music for us....or themselves? I still really don't know how that all works?


I mean I'm down..

[Unchainme]

Keep saying it, Van Halen needs to do a Behind the Music.

If Lady Gaga and FUCKING Bret Michaels can get one, VH should have earned 2 hour special

Do like 4 parts

1-The Early Days, Dave and co's childhood 1953-1977
II- Hitting the Big times 1978-1985
III-Splitsville 1986-1996, 1998-2005
IV- Reunited and it feels so good. '07 to the pres.

[hideyoursheep]

Keep saying it, Van Halen needs to do a Behind the Music.

It would have to be a mini-series.

[TAKIN WHISKEY]

And yet again we here how Edward has shelfs full of recorded music and how he is a MUSICIAN and has to have a studio because of all of his recording. Unlike other rock stars who only need a studio every three years. When did Van Halen last record a full album? How good did hat turn out?

[hideyoursheep]

I like that the one and only Jim Dandy acknowledges Dave and appreciates him, lending proof to the fact that everyone, no matter how original they seem, borrowed something from someone before them.

[chefcraig]

For such a low rent production, the end result isn't all that bad. Surprisingly enough, the absence of VH tunes really doesn't hurt the film too much. I'm a little fuzzy on why the tunes were not used, it was either the band refused to sign off or it was simply cost prohibitive. All in all it's a worthwhile project, and the closest anyone has come to producing a feature on the band. Considering the anal nature of the Van Halen brothers, this and Dave's book will more than likely be the final word until someone convinces Mike Anthony to write a "tell-all" book, which he obviously will not be doing while still drawing a paycheck for his work with the band. The same could be said of Roth for those looking for a sequel to Crazy From The Heat.

[Anonymous]

I like that the one and only Jim Dandy acknowledges Dave and appreciates him, lending proof to the fact that everyone, no matter how original they seem, borrowed something from someone before them.

Noone's original.

However, if you copy someone, you'll be called on it, no matter how obscure the one you copied is or isn't, whatever the fuck fuck.

The trick is having a shitload of references, famous, not famous, obscure, spotlighters & in-betweeneers to copy from.

This way, noone short of someone having your exact life experiences, tastes & knowledge will be able to tell just where you got it from.

Sure, you'll be called on copying this from that one, but the rest is, until further proof, YOU.

And the truth is, since noone before you ever came up with such a mesh, you ARE original.

Cheers! :bottle: