Tales from across the pond

[Seshmeister]

Feature on Van Halen from this month in the UK Classic Rock magazine.

[ELVIS]

Thank you again, Sesh...

[Yount]

Do not like the Diver Down bashing. Certainly a unique and intriguing record IMO.

[guwapo_rocker]

Crap, I thought it said Tail from across the pond.

Thanks Sesh! :D

[Seshmeister]

10. Diamond Dave's Bonus Program: During the band's 1979 tour, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth institutes an "incentive program" to keep the roadies on schedule. Crew members are given backstage passes to dole out to the ladies of their choice. The roadie who gives out the pass pinned to the tube top on the floor of Diamond Dave's hotel-room floor is given $100 and a commendation at the next pre-show dinner.

[Nitro Express]

"When our drummer got hit by a padlock is when our band left the tour."

Shit. In 84 this band called The Velcros opened for VH. They were a rockabilly band and the audience HATED them. All sorts of shit was getting thrown at them. A little mini bottle of Jim Beam bounced off one of the guys guitars, coins were whizzing in. I don't think any padlocks. LOL! It was like the redneck bar scene in the Blues Brothers movie.

[Nitro Express]

I always thought Dave looked like Jeff Spicoli in that shot.

Dave and the blowjob queen. "Hey little momma uncle Dave ain't giving you any more quaaludes until you suck my dick and make me some more clothes."

[TJMKID]

"So there would be like 75 girls in the hotel room. It was a fuck fest. Back then it was pre-AIDS, no one wore condoms, and it was just one big bone-fest day after day. Even just being the photographer, I got two or three chicks every night."


Can Zloz or Ed Anderson please write an unrated book about the glory years '78-'84 ??

We've all heard about the brown M&M's and Dave's backstage pass incentive program ---- now it's time to hear the stories that would make Gene Simmons blush.

[Nitro Express]

It's safe to say the hotel maids had to deal with a big mess and soaked sheets.