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Hi Guys - just wondering is anyone has a photo of the 1984 stage.I know it was a huge production tour but i cannot find anything via google on what the stage looked loike.
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I worked the barricade in front of it. Right in front of Eddie's microphone. I couldn't see shit and had to watch the crowd anyways. What was cool is I could sense someone was behind me and when I looked, Ed was sitting on the edge of the stage with his feet dangling down behind me just ripping it up on his Kramer. He was like he was in a trance and he kept time with his tongue moving it back and forth in his mouth.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar! -
I will say this about Van Halen in 1984. Their road crew were top notch. Kevin Dugan was the road manager and Ed Anderson was security manager. It didn't matter if you were just a day hire, for that day, you were one of the crew and they treated us as such. Ed Anderson himself showed us the in and outs of barricade crowd control and how to avoid getting puked on. LOL!No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Yup. I remember four flat bed trailers of chromed trusses for the lights and stage. I think it was one of Van Halen's best stages.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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That lighting rig was heavy as hell. They didn't mess around on getting the hanging points right for it. We were waiting for the riggers to get done so we could start building the stage. The front of the lighting platform was on winches so it could tip down. It was kind of scary to so all that above your head thinking if somebody screwed up, it could come crashing down on you. All the lights had safety cables on them incase the mount failed. They also had guys suspended in the rig operating spots lights.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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I had tickets to the VH show but the mom of a friend worked for the venue and they hired day laborers for all the acts that came through. She got us a day job with Van Halen Productions and the job did require heavy lifting. LOL! So you help set up the stage mostly moving equipment in from the trucks and placing it where they want you to. You can watch the sound check and then during the show you work the barricade. It was interesting and all the VH crew were really nice to us. A lot of those guys looked pretty hammered. It's a huge job setting up, tearing down, and moving it all. Plus, I imagined they partied pretty hard when they could.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Dave did an interview where he talked about it briefly. I can't find it on Youtube but he said it was the largest production ever taken on a world your. That may have also been the one where he said they traveled with a band of harden criminals he perceived as a gang or something like that. My memory is not as good as it use to be.Comment
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Lot's of steel trusses in that stage rig. It took three 18 wheeler flat bed trailer rigs to just haul those trusses. The speakers take up a lot of room to haul. The staging breaks down pretty compact.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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That fucking stage was HUUUUGE....
The truss coming down at the end of the show with the 1 9 8 4 flashing....
The big platforms on each side....
Ed's keyboards were up on the platform parallel to Al's kit.....Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
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Loved all the speakers. They went to the roof . I don't think they were all working. Just the bottom row for Ed & Mike. I mean Bass player.Comment
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I think that is an excerpt from the Crazy From The Heat book. He devotes a couple of chapters to touring, including a hilarious segment about going into the T-shirt business to foil the bootleggers. The band wound up having the merchandise printed up at the same outfit the bootleggers used.
That wall of speakers was actually a curtain with speakers printed on it. Every so often a breeze would come from somewhere back stage, and the whole thing moved.Last edited by chefcraig; 11-23-2010, 04:36 PM.
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