Please note: This series is not being monetized in any way by me. If you see an ad, it's because it is being monetized by whoever owns Van Halen's music. I made this video purely out of love for Van Halen as a tribute. Seven months of my time to make this is nothing compared to all the happiness this band has brought me over the years. -Alan Berry 00:00 - Intro to Episode 2 of Van Halen’s 1984 documentary 00:18 - The Jungle Studs 01:21 - Van Halen gets a call from Apple’s Steve Wozniak 01:48 - Short history of the US Festival 02:32 - Offering Van Halen a gig at the US Festival 02:57 - Favored nation deal clause 03:15 - Tracking down David Lee Roth 03:32 - Booking David Bowie for the US Festival 03:49 - The US Festival booker Barry Fey 04:22 - Having to match David Bowie’s payday 04:45 - Van Halen and the Guinness Book of World Records 05:16 - Van Halen’s publicist, Steve Mandel, saves the day 05:50 - Why Stevie Ray Vaughan did play on the Bowie tour 06:13 - Why John Mellencamp dropped off the US Festival 06:28 - Van Halen learns they have more work than just playing the show 07:16 - A man was murdered at the US Festival 07:36 - Why the US Festival cost Van Halen so much money 08:16 - The Clash are not happy 08:51 - David Lee Roth pokes fun at the Clash 09:24 - The Clash’s petulant tirade 10:36 - Joe Strummer speaks highly of Eddie Van Halen 11:14 - Eddie Van Halen thinks this video sucks 11:28 - Heavy Metal Sunday at the US Festival 12:15 - Van Halen chills while everyone else weathers the heat 12:39 - The reason for the private party space at the US Festival 13:08 - Bash of 1983 13:21 - Van Halen’s rider at the US Festival 13:58 - Roth’s drugs are kicking in 14:15 - David Lee Roth has a press conference at the US Festival 14:49 - David Lee Roth tries some new material 15:26 - David Lee Roth makes MTV’s Mark Goodman feel uncomfortable 16:09 - Van Halen plays a pre-recorded message for the US Festival crowd 17:06 - Van Halen plays the US Festival 18:12 - David Lee Roth being a bit unstable 18:27 - Van Halen lays down a clinic on how to play live 18:59 - One last shot at the Clash 20:08 - One of the highlights of Van Halen’s US Festival performance 21:03 - Van Halen proves they are atop the rock’s world of live performance 21:29 - Fans are disruptive going home
Plus Dwarf Parties backstage,,,,Dave getting the costume lady to suck the air out of his clothes so the women can appreciate the contours,,,,,Dave revealing the CLASH are drinking Iced TEA in Jack Daniels bottles.....Poor ED having problems with his guitar strap at the start of his solo....And Alex playing drums with steam coming off his back .
I just finished watching the first two episodes, and by the quality of it ,I'm so looking forward to the next one, BRAVO!! For the excellent work Dude, as it's the best I've seen!❤😎👍
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For what it's worth Triumph's huge album 'Allied Forces" was released 18 mos before this in Sept. 1981. "Magic Power" and "Fight the Good Fight" went to #8 and #18 on the Rock charts and the album went to #23 on the Billboard Charts. Their best years were hardly 'far' behind them. They were all over MTV.
I could have worded that better. I love Triumph. I was meaning that compared to the other bands their hay day was more in the rearview. If I could take it back I would and phrase it better. Rik Emmett is one of the best ever.
@@TheTapesArchive Ha no worries. I just remembered listening to "Magic Power" on the radio around this time as a 13 year old. They weren't as "heavy" as many of the other bands so I do agree they were the odd band out and on their last flash. (So was solo Ozzy Ha!)
Alan, you've done amazing job putting together all this material in a such entertaining and impactful way... Kudos 👋👋 Die hard fans owe you a big one.👌👍🤟
This is such an incredible Gift you gave us Die-Hard VH Fans Alan…Absolutely TREMENDOUS job here…TY for all your Blood, Sweat, and Tears you put into this- Absolutely Epic!
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Loved this! Saw them on the 1984 tour in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens. Been to hundreds of concerts over the years - VH was easily the most memorable. What a night that was!
Two episodes in and I have to say if you took the glory days of MTV and The History Channel and put it together, it would be programming like this. Wow, I am blown away by how much I'm learning about Van Halen during this period. Kudos to you sir for an amazing job!
I know right. I remember that day like it was yesterday. Taking the buses up to get into the hot day and cold ass night to where DLR started shit he started with the police on horseback. But the drugs and music rocked! It was a great time in history.
Thank you for putting this together! I was there with a few friends and it was an experience I will never forget. It was truly special. So many people and the lineup was an absolute dream for a teenager in 1983. The only problem were the bathrooms, lol, which felt like a 5 mile walk through a wild, undulating, screaming human zoo, and good luck making it back to your little piece of land! It wasn't easy, I'll tell you that.🤘🍻
Eddie’s greatness made all the other madness acceptable. I saw them a number of times and NEVER have I seen a 4 piece band with 1 guitar player make so much sound, no drop off during the solos. Incredible live players
I just turned 17, and saw ALL the bands I loved in ONE NIGHT!!!! And this video recreated that MAGIC again!!! The MIGHTY VAN HALEN WAS, STILL and ALWAYS will be my favorite band! Thank You for the video!!! Tear down the roof in Heaven EDDIE!!!
Thank you so much for this long overdue documentary! I’m glad you took it upon yourself to make this for the fans. It was awesome!! Keep up the great work! Rock on!! 🤟🤟
I had to do it! VH has been so important in my life since age 11 or so. (I'm now 54.) I truly appreciate you being a subscriber. Most viewers are not. 🎉🍻🍺
Never will forget uS Festival 83. High school freshman. It was iconic then. And $20 was the price of every concert then. General admission! Front and center was anyone’s game if they got there early enough or fought their way to the front. My crew and I had mastered it. It was an golden era for concerts. I can’t believe ticket prices now. It’s beyond inflation. It’s disgusting.
Dude this is awesome work, I would have paid for this for sure, it must’ve been a lot of work to put together. I love the humorous feel which is akin to the party and fun vibe Van Halen gave off! It’s very frustrating as a long time VH fan, that there is so little quality live footage of the band during the DLR era and no official video releases at all from that time…so this has satisfied my VH cravings as this has a lot of clips I’ve never seen before which is awesome to see…….but it makes me yearn for those days, what with the world going to shit and there being no great rock bands coming through and true iconic rock stars being a thing of the past, we truly lived through the best of times as far as music and freedom goes. Can’t wait for the next episode, I just pray they don’t get taken down, that would be a sin. Thanks so much for doing this! 🤘🏼🙏🏻
Thank you for the kind words. If was to make it for the money, I would have never made it. Plus I would have never made what it cost me time wise. (I figured it at around $70k.) Knowing that folks had 15-20 min of fun and entertainment is an awesome pay-off. I will never get why VH doesn't treat it's fans better. We all know they are sitting on archives of material. I mean it is their call etc. But most of their fans will be dead in the next 20 years or so. Please consider subscribing if you haven’t already; that and hitting the like button is the best way to support the channel so you get more videos like this one. 🤘🍻
I was 15 and there Day 2! This day was awesome! Hot as hell in the day, cold as ice at night though. People broke the water cannons trying to get cool. But we survived, well most of us, and thrived that day and rocked on! Its a day in history in a time in an era like no other that will be again. RIP Eddie!
Excellent job, Alan! Finally someone gets it right with regard to the Us Festival. It was an awesome, energetic show, not the sh*t show people who didn't attend would say. Dave was also not as "lit" as people say he was, he knew exactly what he was doing. When he would gaze us 300,00+ fans and then signal to Al in utter amazement, that was our energy that kept him in that moment. It was like two bandmembers in disbelief that just 8 years earlier they were playing a dive bar called "Walter Mitty's Rock & Roll Emporium" just a few miles away. Looking forward to the next one! Rock
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@@TheTapesArchive I wish people would stop praising the US Festival performance. By the third song literally THOUSANDS of people were headed towards the gates because they were so bad. Anybody who was there, and is being honest, will tell you VH got their asses handed to them by The Scorpions. This is coming from a California fan who saw them DOZENS of times since the 70's. The only other time they've played that bad was the 2004 reunion shows. You did a good job with clips, but spreading the lie of the US Fest being an iconic performance HAS to stop. It's not true in any sense of the word.
I'm a native Californian that used to live in Pasadena. My then roommate is a professional bass player, and his band, Private Life, was co-produced by EVH and Ten Templeman. I got to meet Eddie and Ted at Warner's Bros. Studio. I also hanged with the band at a bowling alley they had rented out for the evening in Montrose. Those were the days!
Thank you for all your hard work in putting this masterpiece together! Having been a “HUGE “ VH fan fan since 1980, when this 14 year old first heard them. This is AWESOME
So many memories. In 1984 at age 16 I was hit by a car as I was crossing this big road and I wound up in the hospital for a month. It seemed like everything in my body was broken. My mom bought me a brand new Walkman and a brand new copy of 1984 on cassette and it lifted my spirit through the roof of the hospital and made my time there a lot more bearable.
Glad you were OK and VH has always made me feel better too. So glad I got the experience their music while it was first coming out during those formative tonnage years. Best band ever!
Thank you so much for doing this! I grew up listening to VH through my dad but took a liking to the Clash on my own and had no idea about their back and forth at the festival. Amazing to see the old footage
You know what I love about VH the most? It’s the happy look on EVH face when he plays guitar. He always is like a kid on Christmas morning, I miss him, the band and am so proud of his son Wolfie. He holds that guitar like it’s a limb…..just like hid dad. Of course I don’t even need to mention Valerie. She’s such a “mom”
Oh man awesome work dude, this stuff is great! keep it coming and lets hope the Van Halen Camp doesn't strike it for sure, us fans need this and hopefully a future movie gor the world to see!
This was great, thanks for doing it, really nice job! I especially enjoyed the story of Ed going into The Clash’s trailer after they played, he showed true class with that little visit. RIP Joe Strummer and Eddie Van Halen!!
Congratulations on a great presentation of the US Festival AND Van Halen's performance. Very interesting facts some hadn't gotten to see yet. Great footage 👍; stellar!!
Another fantastic episode! These are greatest VH docs we will ever get. Thank you for your hard work on this project. Looking forward to the next episode. Take care.
Pure excellence!! Your attention to detail and your depth of knowledge is just remarkable. And thank you for making me laugh that DLR edit of the sequence with Mark Goodman is gold!!
16:32 The best hard rock band ever!!😂 Thank you very much Alan, in my case I was born in the 2000s so this means a lot to me because it's the closest thing I have to knowing more about my favorite hard rock band. Van Halen has only given me joy like your documentaries, which by the way I've been watching more than twice. thanks for all the work you do for the fans, i can't wait for the next episodes ❤❤❤
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@@TheTapesArchive No need to apologize.....I actually was surprised to see I had subbed many moons ago....can't recall the videos that made me sub, but they musta been good too otherwise I wouldn't have signed up
The amount of time and research you’ve put in to this hasn’t gone unnoticed. Thank you so much for teaching me more about my favourite band after I already thought I knew everything there was to know (I’m now finding out my knowledge didn’t even scratch the surface) Can’t wait for the next installments!
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Me too! I made it! :) Please consider subscribing if you haven’t already; that and hitting the like button is the best way to support this channel so you get more videos like this one. 🤘🍻
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How did I not know about this channel before today?! The videos are like historical artifacts combined with fantastic (over) production memorializing one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist!
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Phenomenal!!!!! I remember watching MTV 24/7 that weekend waiting to see any clip I could of their performance and had the VCR running non stop so I would not miss one DLR interview or clip 0f their show. Great memories
Thank you Allen! Awesome Video. My 1st show was Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, Ca. 1979..... 48 shows later... including the US Festival in 1983, (I was 18!!!) June 10, 11, 12, 1981 Oakland Ca (infamous M-TV "So This is Love" Video) and the Final show at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood Ca Oct 3, 2015 (ok it was billed that way until they ADDED a show!) Eddie was so F-ing bad ass......period. In 1000 years they will still be talking about Eddie Van Halen....We Love You Eddie!
Great job on the videos. I've been a fan for 41 years, and EVH got me into playing the guitar. I have to say they don't have concerts like these anymore. 1983 Sammy Hagar was also a great show. Both shows, just intense, just incredible.
Watched the excellent part 1 a few hours ago and now this one. Anyone else hear that demo version of 'Romeo Delight' earlier in the vid? In one of my VH books it's basically said the work that Van Halen did for this one show was the equivalent of what they do for a normal U.S. tour. Very well done here @TheTapesArchive and I LOVE the funny little video bits & captions you added.
Thank you for this, very well done, bravo! Fills in more blanks and connects more of the dots of the landmark event that I was fortunate to be in attendance of..
Alan........loved it so far! Can't wait for the rest. Brings but such great memories of this band. I still remember opening night if the 1984 TOUR in Jacksonville. Such a great concert. Keep up the great work. 👍 (I know i have a cassette tape of the westwood one radio broadcast of the show. Hit record on my boom box whilst show was being broadcast)
Thank You Alan. What you put together & shared with fellow VH nuts across the globe is just astonishing! I would definitely be honored to buy you a drink. Bottoms Up!
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Alan, you did a great job on this! Your depth and pace are right on target, making for a very watchable program. Many of these things just move too slowly and drag out small bits info into interminable blather. Well done.
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When i was first getting into rock and roll around age 11 i used to go to the Safeway and just read all the rock mags, Cream, Hit Parade etc. I remember these stories at least what was printed, so well to this day. This was cool though to see some of this footage that you would just basically fill in the blanks in your mind, as a reader. I got into rock/metal mostly because of the guitar and drums. And ultimately wanted to be Randy or Eddie, but Roth was just such a powerful persona. While the guitarist were sitting in their bedroom kind of introverts this guy was not just a party animal rockstar singer with nothing in his head. He was a beast of human being. The kind of personality of a William Shatner or many others that, no matter what you think of them, they have this insane drive and have done an mind boggling amount of things with their time on this earth. I always found that quite fascinating.
Not the last time the Scorpions blew everyone else away including VH. There was also Monsters of Rock summer of 88 in Dallas. Bunch of drunks while Scorps 💯.
I was at the US Festival and for me the event stealing band was Triumph. In fact, last night Triumph showed their whole performance and Gil, Mike and Rik were in the chat with us, along with M.T.V V.J. Martha Quinn! On 5-25-23
I've seen bad VH documentaries, and this isn't one of them. Honestly, it's as good as anything that would have been signed off on by the band. Thanks for your work.
Please note: This series is not being monetized in any way by me. If you see an ad, it's because it is being monetized by whoever owns Van Halen's music. I made this video purely out of love for Van Halen as a tribute. Seven months of my time to make this is nothing compared to all the happiness this band has brought me over the years. -Alan Berry
00:00 - Intro to Episode 2 of Van Halen’s 1984 documentary
00:18 - The Jungle Studs
01:21 - Van Halen gets a call from Apple’s Steve Wozniak
01:48 - Short history of the US Festival
02:32 - Offering Van Halen a gig at the US Festival
02:57 - Favored nation deal clause
03:15 - Tracking down David Lee Roth
03:32 - Booking David Bowie for the US Festival
03:49 - The US Festival booker Barry Fey
04:22 - Having to match David Bowie’s payday
04:45 - Van Halen and the Guinness Book of World Records
05:16 - Van Halen’s publicist, Steve Mandel, saves the day
05:50 - Why Stevie Ray Vaughan did play on the Bowie tour
06:13 - Why John Mellencamp dropped off the US Festival
06:28 - Van Halen learns they have more work than just playing the show
07:16 - A man was murdered at the US Festival
07:36 - Why the US Festival cost Van Halen so much money
08:16 - The Clash are not happy
08:51 - David Lee Roth pokes fun at the Clash
09:24 - The Clash’s petulant tirade
10:36 - Joe Strummer speaks highly of Eddie Van Halen
11:14 - Eddie Van Halen thinks this video sucks
11:28 - Heavy Metal Sunday at the US Festival
12:15 - Van Halen chills while everyone else weathers the heat
12:39 - The reason for the private party space at the US Festival
13:08 - Bash of 1983
13:21 - Van Halen’s rider at the US Festival
13:58 - Roth’s drugs are kicking in
14:15 - David Lee Roth has a press conference at the US Festival
14:49 - David Lee Roth tries some new material
15:26 - David Lee Roth makes MTV’s Mark Goodman feel uncomfortable
16:09 - Van Halen plays a pre-recorded message for the US Festival crowd
17:06 - Van Halen plays the US Festival
18:12 - David Lee Roth being a bit unstable
18:27 - Van Halen lays down a clinic on how to play live
18:59 - One last shot at the Clash
20:08 - One of the highlights of Van Halen’s US Festival performance
21:03 - Van Halen proves they are atop the rock’s world of live performance
21:29 - Fans are disruptive going home
Plus Dwarf Parties backstage,,,,Dave getting the costume lady to suck the air out of his clothes so the women can appreciate the contours,,,,,Dave revealing the CLASH are drinking Iced TEA in Jack Daniels bottles.....Poor ED having problems with his guitar strap at the start of his solo....And Alex playing drums with steam coming off his back .
Very nice work dude. You created a piece of art with historical fortitude.
All I can say is AWESOME - the best documentary I have seen on VH - Hope to see the rest of these soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just finished watching the first two episodes, and by the quality of it ,I'm so looking forward to the next one, BRAVO!! For the excellent work Dude, as it's the best I've seen!❤😎👍
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I think it’s funny in 2023 we’re waiting for a livestream from 1984 😅
Don’t you mean we’re living in 1984 in 2023??
@@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544 OUCH FOR REAL
Time travel is real!
Some would agree that we are living 1984 (George Orwell 1948).
That’s Van Halen for ya…😆
This whole show should come out on dvd & cd !
It should. There’s a full length documentary about it on here
it is and has been for decades
You've crushed it. Thank you to the TH-cam gods for sending it to me.
The best days of my life, I was 17 in 1983, memories to never be forgotten!
For what it's worth Triumph's huge album 'Allied Forces" was released 18 mos before this in Sept. 1981. "Magic Power" and "Fight the Good Fight" went to #8 and #18 on the Rock charts and the album went to #23 on the Billboard Charts. Their best years were hardly 'far' behind them. They were all over MTV.
Not to mention their performance was fantastic.
I could have worded that better. I love Triumph. I was meaning that compared to the other bands their hay day was more in the rearview. If I could take it back I would and phrase it better. Rik Emmett is one of the best ever.
Agreed!
@@TheTapesArchive Ha no worries. I just remembered listening to "Magic Power" on the radio around this time as a 13 year old. They weren't as "heavy" as many of the other bands so I do agree they were the odd band out and on their last flash. (So was solo Ozzy Ha!)
Exactly! Rik Emmett could and STILL can play rock, jazz classical, flamenco Spanish guitar, blues and everything in between.
Alan, you've done amazing job putting together all this material in a such entertaining and impactful way... Kudos 👋👋 Die hard fans owe you a big one.👌👍🤟
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On behalf of ALL of us from Generation X. Thank you!!! ROCK ON!!!
the best era for bands and music in general that you cant beat !
Yes sir!
Here, here.🍺🍺.🎸🤟🎸🎸🎸🍺🍺🍺🎛️🎛️🎛️😁🎤🎸🎸🤟🤘🤙🍺🍺🍺👍
"I forgot the fucking words" was done at every show on the previous tour. its part of the show.
This is such an incredible Gift you gave us Die-Hard VH Fans Alan…Absolutely TREMENDOUS job here…TY for all your Blood, Sweat, and Tears you put into this- Absolutely Epic!
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I was there that day. And yes, I still revel in it.
RIP King Edward. :(
Loved this! Saw them on the 1984 tour in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens. Been to hundreds of concerts over the years - VH was easily the most memorable. What a night that was!
A proper and true documentarian. This is some must watch stuff! Can't wait for the rest!
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Two episodes in and I have to say if you took the glory days of MTV and The History Channel and put it together, it would be programming like this. Wow, I am blown away by how much I'm learning about Van Halen during this period. Kudos to you sir for an amazing job!
The "glory days of MTV". Back when they used to play Harden My Heart 18 times a day?
@@Frip36 And still better than anything Cardi B will ever put out.
@@jlowry71 Harden My Heart is a good song. But do you want to listen to it every hour on the hour?
This was the greatest show of my entire lifetime. I miss Ed and VH more than anyone will ever know.
Unfortunately at the show Van Halen was the worst band they were horrendous
I know.😥😥
It’s hard to believe that it’s 40 years since this concert took place.
Great job sir !!
Exactly what I was going to say. We ain't getting any younger, are we?
Nope. Look who has been leaving us so far this year … let alone one member of the classic Van Halen line up who is gone
I know right. I remember that day like it was yesterday. Taking the buses up to get into the hot day and cold ass night to where DLR started shit he started with the police on horseback. But the drugs and music rocked! It was a great time in history.
Thank you for putting this together! I was there with a few friends and it was an experience I will never forget. It was truly special. So many people and the lineup was an absolute dream for a teenager in 1983. The only problem were the bathrooms, lol, which felt like a 5 mile walk through a wild, undulating, screaming human zoo, and good luck making it back to your little piece of land! It wasn't easy, I'll tell you that.🤘🍻
Eddie’s greatness made all the other madness acceptable. I saw them a number of times and NEVER have I seen a 4 piece band with 1 guitar player make so much sound, no drop off during the solos. Incredible live players
Yeah but there was a 3-piece band of sounded better they were called Rush
I just turned 17, and saw ALL the bands I loved in ONE NIGHT!!!! And this video recreated that MAGIC again!!! The MIGHTY VAN HALEN WAS, STILL and ALWAYS will be my favorite band! Thank You for the video!!! Tear down the roof in Heaven EDDIE!!!
Keep ROCKIN'!! 🤘
A much over due tribute to the greatest Rock band of all time.
Thank you so much for this long overdue documentary! I’m glad you took it upon yourself to make this for the fans. It was awesome!! Keep up the great work! Rock on!! 🤟🤟
I had to do it! VH has been so important in my life since age 11 or so. (I'm now 54.) I truly appreciate you being a subscriber. Most viewers are not. 🎉🍻🍺
Never will forget uS Festival 83. High school freshman. It was iconic then. And $20 was the price of every concert then. General admission! Front and center was anyone’s game if they got there early enough or fought their way to the front. My crew and I had mastered it. It was an golden era for concerts. I can’t believe ticket prices now. It’s beyond inflation. It’s disgusting.
Dude this is awesome work, I would have paid for this for sure, it must’ve been a lot of work to put together. I love the humorous feel which is akin to the party and fun vibe Van Halen gave off! It’s very frustrating as a long time VH fan, that there is so little quality live footage of the band during the DLR era and no official video releases at all from that time…so this has satisfied my VH cravings as this has a lot of clips I’ve never seen before which is awesome to see…….but it makes me yearn for those days, what with the world going to shit and there being no great rock bands coming through and true iconic rock stars being a thing of the past, we truly lived through the best of times as far as music and freedom goes. Can’t wait for the next episode, I just pray they don’t get taken down, that would be a sin. Thanks so much for doing this! 🤘🏼🙏🏻
Thank you for the kind words. If was to make it for the money, I would have never made it. Plus I would have never made what it cost me time wise. (I figured it at around $70k.) Knowing that folks had 15-20 min of fun and entertainment is an awesome pay-off.
I will never get why VH doesn't treat it's fans better. We all know they are sitting on archives of material. I mean it is their call etc. But most of their fans will be dead in the next 20 years or so.
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I was 15 and there Day 2! This day was awesome! Hot as hell in the day, cold as ice at night though. People broke the water cannons trying to get cool. But we survived, well most of us, and thrived that day and rocked on! Its a day in history in a time in an era like no other that will be again. RIP Eddie!
Thank you for creating an AWWESOME ! VIDEO !!!!
I drove over from Phoenix. I was 18 years old loved the whole day
This was the single greatest rock show in history.
Excellent job, Alan!
Finally someone gets it right with regard to the Us Festival. It was an awesome, energetic show, not the sh*t show people who didn't attend would say. Dave was also not as "lit" as people say he was, he knew exactly what he was doing. When he would gaze us 300,00+ fans and then signal to Al in utter amazement, that was our energy that kept him in that moment. It was like two bandmembers in disbelief that just 8 years earlier they were playing a dive bar called "Walter Mitty's Rock & Roll Emporium" just a few miles away.
Looking forward to the next one!
Rock
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If he wasn't "lit" then there went his excuse for stinking up the joint. Everyone who says otherwise wasn't really there.
@@TheTapesArchive I wish people would stop praising the US Festival performance. By the third song literally THOUSANDS of people were headed towards the gates because they were so bad. Anybody who was there, and is being honest, will tell you VH got their asses handed to them by The Scorpions. This is coming from a California fan who saw them DOZENS of times since the 70's. The only other time they've played that bad was the 2004 reunion shows. You did a good job with clips, but spreading the lie of the US Fest being an iconic performance HAS to stop. It's not true in any sense of the word.
THANK YOU for putting these together!! Great memories
The US Festival is the stuff of VH legend. Thank you for the great vid…I thoroughly enjoyed it, can hardly wait for Ep. 3!
I'm a native Californian that used to live in Pasadena. My then roommate is a professional bass player, and his band, Private Life, was co-produced by EVH and Ten Templeman. I got to meet Eddie and Ted at Warner's Bros. Studio. I also hanged with the band at a bowling alley they had rented out for the evening in Montrose. Those were the days!
Thank you for doing this! this was outstanding! can't wait for the next one!
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Thank you for all your hard work in putting this masterpiece together! Having been a “HUGE “ VH fan fan since 1980, when this 14 year old first heard them. This is AWESOME
So many memories. In 1984 at age 16 I was hit by a car as I was crossing this big road and I wound up in the hospital for a month. It seemed like everything in my body was broken. My mom bought me a brand new Walkman and a brand new copy of 1984 on cassette and it lifted my spirit through the roof of the hospital and made my time there a lot more bearable.
Glad you were OK and VH has always made me feel better too. So glad I got the experience their music while it was first coming out during those formative tonnage years. Best band ever!
How did she know?
Thank you so much for doing this! I grew up listening to VH through my dad but took a liking to the Clash on my own and had no idea about their back and forth at the festival. Amazing to see the old footage
My heart is pounding so hard right now. God, I miss seeing them live!
This is gonna be a never a skip !
You know what I love about VH the most? It’s the happy look on EVH face when he plays guitar. He always is like a kid on Christmas morning, I miss him, the band and am so proud of his son Wolfie. He holds that guitar like it’s a limb…..just like hid dad. Of course I don’t even need to mention Valerie. She’s such a “mom”
I was there and it was one hell of a night
Oh man awesome work dude, this stuff is great! keep it coming and lets hope the Van Halen Camp doesn't strike it for sure, us fans need this and hopefully a future movie gor the world to see!
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This was great, thanks for doing it, really nice job! I especially enjoyed the story of Ed going into The Clash’s trailer after they played, he showed true class with that little visit. RIP Joe Strummer and Eddie Van Halen!!
Congratulations on a great presentation of the US Festival AND Van Halen's performance. Very interesting facts some hadn't gotten to see yet. Great footage 👍; stellar!!
Another fantastic episode! These are greatest VH docs we will ever get. Thank you for your hard work on this project. Looking forward to the next episode. Take care.
Pure excellence!! Your attention to detail and your depth of knowledge is just remarkable. And thank you for making me laugh that DLR edit of the sequence with Mark Goodman is gold!!
16:32 The best hard rock band ever!!😂
Thank you very much Alan, in my case I was born in the 2000s so this means a lot to me because it's the closest thing I have to knowing more about my favorite hard rock band. Van Halen has only given me joy like your documentaries, which by the way I've been watching more than twice. thanks for all the work you do for the fans, i can't wait for the next episodes ❤❤❤
you're very good at making these videos.....just watched the 5150 and this back to back.....really enjoyed them. Thanks!
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@@TheTapesArchive I was actually already subscribed!
@@davewestner Sorry about that; TH-cam showed you as not being a subscriber. Who knows with YT? lol Thanks for being a subscriber! 👊🏻
@@TheTapesArchive No need to apologize.....I actually was surprised to see I had subbed many moons ago....can't recall the videos that made me sub, but they musta been good too otherwise I wouldn't have signed up
Great work! One of the best I’ve seen. Thank you!!!! Eddie Van Halen….GOAT!!!!!!
This is probably the best thing I've seen in ages. Thank you so much for making this!!
Wow, just amazing!
The amount of time and research you’ve put in to this hasn’t gone unnoticed. Thank you so much for teaching me more about my favourite band after I already thought I knew everything there was to know (I’m now finding out my knowledge didn’t even scratch the surface)
Can’t wait for the next installments!
Incredible stuff Alan! Thank you for doing this!
What a FANTASTIC look at the whole ordeal. Thank you so much for this!
Outstanding work. The time you put in must have been immense, but COMPLETELY worth it!
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Love this ! Thank you
Another great episode. Looking to the next episode. This is way better than binge watching Netflix shows!
I do not have Netflix.
Amazing job, Alan. Thank you!!
I hope the Van Halen family allows this docuseries to stay on TH-cam . Thanks to whoever made this .
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Thank you for putting this out in the way you did! Us VH fans are happy! Great job!!
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Excellent documentary series! As a fan since 83 I really enjoy this!
How did I not know about this channel before today?! The videos are like historical artifacts combined with fantastic (over) production memorializing one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist!
Not sure, but glad you made it! The bigger question...what is Irish Nachos? lol
Great stuff! Thank you for making these for us all to see ❤
Thoroughly enjoying this doc! Job well done, Alan! Thanks for putting this together!🍻🤘🏻🎸
You did an amazing job. Excellent editing and story-telling.
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Thanks a lot guys it's been awesome
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Phenomenal!!!!! I remember watching MTV 24/7 that weekend waiting to see any clip I could of their performance and had the VCR running non stop so I would not miss one DLR interview or clip 0f their show. Great memories
Thank you Allen! Awesome Video. My 1st show was Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, Ca. 1979.....
48 shows later... including the US Festival in 1983, (I was 18!!!) June 10, 11, 12, 1981 Oakland Ca (infamous M-TV "So This is Love" Video) and the Final show at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood Ca Oct 3, 2015 (ok it was billed that way until they ADDED a show!) Eddie was so F-ing bad ass......period. In 1000 years they will still be talking about Eddie Van Halen....We Love You Eddie!
I’m gonna say it again… Thank you so much for putting this together!
Great job on the videos. I've been a fan for 41 years, and EVH got me into playing the guitar. I have to say they don't have concerts like these anymore. 1983 Sammy Hagar was also a great show. Both shows, just intense, just incredible.
Watched the excellent part 1 a few hours ago and now this one. Anyone else hear that demo version of 'Romeo Delight' earlier in the vid? In one of my VH books it's basically said the work that Van Halen did for this one show was the equivalent of what they do for a normal U.S. tour. Very well done here @TheTapesArchive and I LOVE the funny little video bits & captions you added.
Great series so far. Really well done! Thanks for putting this together!
Awesome job on this series. Thank you
Wow, its hard to believe it's been 40 years now since that legendary weekend!
Excellent job Alan! Truly well put together, with great live clips and commentary! Can't wait for the other epis!
Right the F**k on! 👊🏻👏🏻
I'll be there!
Thank you for this, very well done, bravo! Fills in more blanks and connects more of the dots of the landmark event that I was fortunate to be in attendance of..
Incredible work. Love it!
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@@TheTapesArchive done and done!
those opening warmup notes and mighty introduction always give me chills
Alan........loved it so far! Can't wait for the rest. Brings but such great memories of this band. I still remember opening night if the 1984 TOUR in Jacksonville. Such a great concert. Keep up the great work. 👍
(I know i have a cassette tape of the westwood one radio broadcast of the show. Hit record on my boom box whilst show was being broadcast)
Both parts of this were killer thank you! 🎸😎
Love that you put the Argentina concert that was my first bootleg Van Halen show. I still have it on VHS tape.
Good copy?
Thank You Alan. What you put together & shared with fellow VH nuts across the globe is just astonishing! I would definitely be honored to buy you a drink. Bottoms Up!
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Absolutely incredible documentary! Thanks much!
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Alan, you did a great job on this! Your depth and pace are right on target, making for a very watchable program. Many of these things just move too slowly and drag out small bits info into interminable blather. Well done.
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Thank you so much for making this!! I’m enjoying every second of it.
Thank you, Alan. Love your content. So excellent.
good to see the videos are back. way to go Big Al Berry!
YES!!!! IT RETURNS!!!!!!
Damn! you did again sir. Another masterpiece!
4 times through now. I just love this band so much! Excellent job! 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉VH4EVER!!!!!!
Fantastic video homage to “The Mighty Van Halen”
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The South America footage of that last show was incredible.
Thanks for another great episode. Excellent behind the scenes info and music again.
40 years ago.
Where have all the good times gone?
The video made me feel like 1983 all over again. 👍
I wish I had the chance to meet Eddie. I would just simply say thank you for everything. Everything.
I met EVH at a radio meet&greet and I was so stunned when he walked up to say hello thats what i said.."thank you.."😂😂
When i was first getting into rock and roll around age 11 i used to go to the Safeway and just read all the rock mags, Cream, Hit Parade etc. I remember these stories at least what was printed, so well to this day. This was cool though to see some of this footage that you would just basically fill in the blanks in your mind, as a reader. I got into rock/metal mostly because of the guitar and drums. And ultimately wanted to be Randy or Eddie, but Roth was just such a powerful persona. While the guitarist were sitting in their bedroom kind of introverts this guy was not just a party animal rockstar singer with nothing in his head. He was a beast of human being. The kind of personality of a William Shatner or many others that, no matter what you think of them, they have this insane drive and have done an mind boggling amount of things with their time on this earth. I always found that quite fascinating.
Not the last time the Scorpions blew everyone else away including VH. There was also Monsters of Rock summer of 88 in Dallas. Bunch of drunks while Scorps 💯.
Great job!!! I really enjoyed this. Thanks!
I was at the US Festival and for me the event stealing band was Triumph. In fact, last night Triumph showed their whole performance and Gil, Mike and Rik were in the chat with us, along with M.T.V V.J. Martha Quinn! On 5-25-23
I agree Triumph was excellent. I could have worded that better.
Triumph kicked major ass that night. Unexpected maybe, but they came out as the best of the bunch. What an amazing band.
wow!!! AMAZING gets....I had NEVER EVER seen footage like this before. To see DLR that young was a trip!
I've seen bad VH documentaries, and this isn't one of them. Honestly, it's as good as anything that would have been signed off on by the band. Thanks for your work.
Right the F**k on! 👊🏻👏🏻