How Some Of Us (Of Certain Age) Accidentally Found Van Halen

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 3
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 template Next
  • chefcraig
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Apr 2004
    • 12172
    #1

    How Some Of Us (Of Certain Age) Accidentally Found Van Halen

    Quite simple...me and a group of fellow rockers are hanging out sometime in 1978 at Sid's West Records, and the promo disc of (I think) "Eruption/Ya Really Got Me" got played. (Do not trust my memory on this, since I've pretty muck lost a least a third of it by now).

    So, we get tickets (Yep, you could buy tickets for a gig at what were once called record stores, back then) to see these knuckleheads, but everybody with a brain in their head wanted to see Ronnie Montrose.

    Well, these fire-pissers Van Halen burnt the stage within 30-40 minutes, Montrose flattened it (touring on his instrumental album Open Fire a bit later, leaving these losers called Journey to play to a quickly leaving audience.

    Apr. 21, 1978 Sportatorium. Miami, FL Montrose, Van Halen... (and fucking Journey. )

    Anyway, here is why we went to see Ronnie Montrose, and discovered Van Halen as well...


    VH killed, Montrose was stunning...yet to this day, I have yet to run in to anyone claiming to have stuck around for Journey...









    “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
    Tags: None
    • cadaverdog
      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
      • Aug 2007
      • 8955
      #2
      The first show they performed in L A after they put out their first album wasn't until July at the Long Beach Arena. I've never come across any VH fans in So Cal that even heard of that show. The first time I remember hearing about VH playing in the L A area was this show.

      Boston, Black Sabbath, Van Halen and Sammy Hagar. Didn't see the show but I don't remember why. I was really into big festival shows. Saw Van Halen for the first time at one in 79 in L A.
      Beware of Dog

        Comment

        • Angel
          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
          • Jan 2004
          • 7481
          #3
          Sitting in my favourite hang out, and the old guy that serviced the jukebox came in and said I got some new music for ya...I THINK it was RWTD...but you know, memory thing...

          Saw them in Calgary in September 79 and I was perma-hooked...
          "Ya know what they say about angels... An angel is a supernatural being or spirit, usually humanoid in form, found in various religions and mythologies. Plus Roth fan boards..."- ZahZoo April 2013

            Comment

            • cadaverdog
              ROTH ARMY SUPREME
              • Aug 2007
              • 8955
              #4
              Originally posted by Angel
              Sitting in my favourite hang out, and the old guy that serviced the jukebox came in and said I got some new music for ya...I THINK it was RWTD...but you know, memory thing...

              Saw them in Calgary in September 79 and I was perma-hooked...
              They blew everybody away the first time I saw them. It was at that two day show I posted the line up to in another thread. Cheap Trick was quite impressive the first night but Van Halen was even better the next night. After that show in Anaheim all the L A area rock stations were playing Van Halen on heavy rotation.
              I wasn't aware of this video until I did a search for the dates of the Anaheim show. It's not real clean and crisp but it does appear to be recorded from the video feeds at the show.

              This was the second and last time I saw Van Halen. I saw Van Hagar in 93 but that doesn't count.
              Beware of Dog

                Comment

                • Kristy
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 16751
                  #5
                  Here I am thinking this whole forum needs a revamp.

                  Something along the lines of The AARP Roth Army."

                    Comment

                    • Nitro Express
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 32942
                      #6
                      I got Van Halen II for a birthday gift. I'm still good friends with the person who gave that album to me. We drank a lot of Lowenbrau in high school. For old times sake this summer we drank Lowenbrau and talked about the good old days including seeing VH the first time during the Women and Children First tour. Dave even played the infamous Davesicle that show.
                      No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

                        Comment

                        • Nitro Express
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 32942
                          #7
                          Originally posted by chefcraig
                          Quite simple...me and a group of fellow rockers are hanging out sometime in 1978 at Sid's West Records, and the promo disc of (I think) "Eruption/Ya Really Got Me" got played. (Do not trust my memory on this, since I've pretty muck lost a least a third of it by now).

                          So, we get tickets (Yep, you could buy tickets for a gig at what were once called record stores, back then) to see these knuckleheads, but everybody with a brain in their head wanted to see Ronnie Montrose.

                          Well, these fire-pissers Van Halen burnt the stage within 30-40 minutes, Montrose flattened it (touring on his instrumental album Open Fire a bit later, leaving these losers called Journey to play to a quickly leaving audience.

                          Apr. 21, 1978 Sportatorium. Miami, FL Montrose, Van Halen... (and fucking Journey. )

                          Anyway, here is why we went to see Ronnie Montrose, and discovered Van Halen as well...


                          VH killed, Montrose was stunning...yet to this day, I have yet to run in to anyone claiming to have stuck around for Journey...
                          Journey really thought they were gods. Even their road crew and security had the attitude. When I saw what a pathetic loser Steve Perry was on that Behind the Music thing on him, I just laughed. Look at their videos today. They look like a bunch of fags. Look at the VH videos posted in this thread. You want to be there. Big difference. Journey? Bwa ha! ha! ha!
                          Last edited by Nitro Express; 09-26-2014, 02:17 AM.
                          No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

                            Comment

                            • vaijuju
                              Sniper
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 830
                              #8
                              It was in summer 1978! i didn't know nothing about rock or hard rock music! I listened some french singers!One day, the Brother of my friend decided to put some music for me ! THe who "who's next" .. not my cup of tea ! Bob Dylan ! Sweet Smoke : listen some drums , Woodstock with Jimi Hendrix "star spangled banner" he said .listen it's the best guitarist in the world! The beatles "the double blue album ! Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" and a new band Van Halen ! Eruption /you really got me ! I was empressed about all the new music and bands that i didn't know ! A few day after , we were some kids and we listend music. A friend said " hey guys " listen this ! it was VAN HALEN ! I was happy, I knew this band! we were all excited and we listened many times VAN HALEN !
                              http://vhfrance.activebb.net/ (1 er Site Francophone sur Van Halen)

                              http://www.youtube.com/user/VHFranceVideos (Our new Channel)

                                Comment

                                • cadaverdog
                                  ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                  • Aug 2007
                                  • 8955
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by vaijuju
                                  It was in summer 1978! i didn't know nothing about rock or hard rock music! I listened some french singers!One day, the Brother of my friend decided to put some music for me ! THe who "who's next" .. not my cup of tea ! Bob Dylan ! Sweet Smoke : listen some drums , Woodstock with Jimi Hendrix "star spangled banner" he said .listen it's the best guitarist in the world! The beatles "the double blue album ! Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" and a new band Van Halen ! Eruption /you really got me ! I was empressed about all the new music and bands that i didn't know ! A few day after , we were some kids and we listend music. A friend said " hey guys " listen this ! it was VAN HALEN ! I was happy, I knew this band! we were all excited and we listened many times VAN HALEN !
                                  You post with a French accent. I can totally see Jean Reno telling this story. I can still remember when Van Halen was a new hard rock band burning up the radio. My education in rock and roll started with two older brothers who got into rock and roll as teenagers in the late 60s and listened to Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
                                  Beware of Dog

                                    Comment

                                    • vaijuju
                                      Sniper
                                      • Jan 2008
                                      • 830
                                      #10
                                      you know cadaverdog , when i was at school before the college! my englisg was better ! more 7 years to learn english and now my english is like a child' level ! sad but true ( thank metallica :D ).. anyway !
                                      http://vhfrance.activebb.net/ (1 er Site Francophone sur Van Halen)

                                      http://www.youtube.com/user/VHFranceVideos (Our new Channel)

                                        Comment

                                        • Jérôme Frenchise
                                          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                          • Nov 2004
                                          • 7219
                                          #11
                                          Dunno if being 44 makes me part of the certain-age league ( in a way, I don't hope so :D ), but I would turn 9 a few months later.
                                          French TV was not exactly up-to-date with rock music (was always a few months late, so it may have been in the summer of '78 or
                                          the beginning of '79, I can't really tell), but there was great stuff on at the time.
                                          I already loved guitar/bass/drums rock the Police did ( but as I was a child I also liked stuff like Abba, Blondie or even Boney M... :D )
                                          or Queen.
                                          Anyway, one day during a music show (or a 5-mn gap in the schedule of the channel, as they would do back then, fill in with music vids)
                                          there came the tremendous sound of Eddie's guitar (all the more so tremendous as he was smiling like a brat who's just got the latest
                                          killing trick - and man how he had!), then Dave's incredible look, voice, presence and acrobatics) - as for Alex's impressive, sparkling drums
                                          and Michael Anthony's presence, I honestly don't remember.
                                          I was positively shocked and hooked, couldn't believe my "steaming eyes and ears" and kept the song and flashes from the video inside my
                                          head for a damn long time. A real "revelation".
                                          posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
                                          posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

                                            Comment

                                            • Heater
                                              Foot Soldier
                                              • Nov 2010
                                              • 508
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Nitro Express
                                              Journey really thought they were gods. Even their road crew and security had the attitude. When I saw what a pathetic loser Steve Perry was on that Behind the Music thing on him, I just laughed. Look at their videos today. They look like a bunch of fags. Look at the VH videos posted in this thread. You want to be there. Big difference. Journey? Bwa ha! ha! ha!
                                              Wait, what? No tapping? Nothing wrong with a little tapping, just don't do it on every song. Throw in a horse whinny or two and a whammy bar dive bomb. Rinse. Repeat.

                                                Comment

                                                • vaijuju
                                                  Sniper
                                                  • Jan 2008
                                                  • 830
                                                  #13
                                                  between 1981 and 198? i saw some VH on french TV ... first Unchained 1981 (vh was in FRANCE for a tv show) ... jamie's cryin' clip video! then Two songs from US festival pretty woman and an other ... Loss of control vid ! ..Unchained , so this is love ? from Hoakland ....
                                                  http://vhfrance.activebb.net/ (1 er Site Francophone sur Van Halen)

                                                  http://www.youtube.com/user/VHFranceVideos (Our new Channel)

                                                    Comment

                                                    • Jérôme Frenchise
                                                      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                                      • Nov 2004
                                                      • 7219
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by vaijuju
                                                      ... jamie's cryin' video
                                                      Have you seen a Jamie's Cryin' VID on French TV??? I didn't know there was one at all. Great!
                                                      posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
                                                      posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

                                                        Comment

                                                        • vaijuju
                                                          Sniper
                                                          • Jan 2008
                                                          • 830
                                                          #15
                                                          In my memory it was on TV show " aujourd'ui madame" ! juste 3 or 5 secondes !! i don't think it was this vid .. i pretty sure, i remember they were dressed differently ! but i can try to find a pic !
                                                          Last edited by vaijuju; 09-26-2014, 03:12 PM.
                                                          http://vhfrance.activebb.net/ (1 er Site Francophone sur Van Halen)

                                                          http://www.youtube.com/user/VHFranceVideos (Our new Channel)

                                                            Comment

                                                            Previous 1 2 3 template Next
                                                            Working...