Holy Smokes. I fell into the rabbit hole of Van Halen stories. Incredible. I love how many of these old school stories are coming out. Perfect for the real Van Halen fan.
You hit it with the sensitivity. When i saw him in Toronto in 2004 😢 after about 4 songs i turned to my wife and said, holy fuck, he's balling his eyes out. His use of the sustaniac and the way he was playing i could feel his intense sadness. To her he was playing the guitar. To us or to me at least, he was screaming for help. Only those truly in tune with Ed could pick up on that emotion simply by his playing. I'm proud as fuck to say i lived in this age of greatness 🤟 Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Oh man, you have me hangin’ here! So want to hear the next part about putting out the actual bootlegs. Great stuff. Thank you again for these interviews!
Stellar Part 2! OMG! Now there are 2 people who have Edward singing on tape. Please let me be able to hear it before I die! 🙏Mike Wolf is so lucky to have been around back during the heyday of all of this Rock-n-Roll greatness! And he's is a great story teller. That's a lot of work to go back and make notes for a video memoir. Way to ask all of the right questions Jeff! YOU ROCK! Biting my nails waiting for Part 3! ❤🤍🖤
34:18 real to real copy 🤘🏻you know all music we had was bootlegs, back in 2000-2001-2002 So we trade our music with music we hadn’t, I took our hard drive to my friends house and trade VanHalen with Scorpions for example 🫡 I remember Iron Maiden Rock in Rio was new and rare - so I tried to steal those DAT files from my friend when he was out of room 😂 good old days / weird old behaviors 🤘🏻 Your Van Halen stories are pure gold - remembering what memories and how they happened like dominos and result would be A different kind of truth is enjoyable for me and knowing them won’t add a penny or wisdom, they’re just awesome 🤘🏻 Thanks Mr. Jeff for chasing footsteps of our mighty Van Halen man 🤘🏻🫡🙇🏻♂️
This is a great interview/podcast. I remember me and my friend ordering old bootleg Van Halen concerts from The Whiskey, Gazzaris, audio tapes and concert vhs tapes that are all on you tube now. It was about 1991 when we ordered this stuff. There was a number in the back of Rolling Stone. That’s how we got the tapes. We were so happy we had these tapes. We watched them every night. The old You Really Got Me, and Running with videos nobody had back then. We ended up talking to the guy we bought all of this stuff from. But he was real private and would not say much. I wonder if some of those audio tapes came from someone Mike W knew. Anyway I enjoy your interviews very much. I saw VH in 1984 when I was 12 . Still have my ticket stub. Nashville 2/11/84. Thank you for the great interviews. Chip
I’ve filmed certain bands that’s I’ve never uploaded to TH-cam or given away on dvd etc for the same reason. I did give one away and this was 20 years before TH-cam when people bootlegged through the mail. I told the guy not to trade it, but he did. Within a couple of months it was everywhere. I even ran into it in a bootleg shop in Tokyo when I was over there.
Awesome, Jeff! Quick comment, I know the family that sold the house to the Roth’s. I used to work at that country club on the corner close to Bradford, and the old owners were members. I may have told you before, the older woman, whose son stayed at the house with the Roth’s after it was sold, told me some pretty funny stories. Same club where I met Mark Algorri, and a couple other Van Halen friends. 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
@@FinalResonanceTV Yes, sounds like this guy that was staying at the house after it was sold, had his own personal collection of recordings. If that’s what you meant. Small world! 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
This interview is hilarious. The interviewer says “So tell me about Van Halen”, Mike Wolf goes “I’m glad you asked that question” and then proceeds to talk about himself.
If the car Eddie drove up in looked anything like an Opel GT (which, to a car guy like me, it is vastly different), it was probably his 1972 Lamborghini Muira S…which was used for the revving sound in the breakdown in Panama.
1:05:43 so that’s why I goosebumps with some music 🤔 interesting 🫡🙇🏻♂️ good observation about Eddie, yeah, I think he needs a good friend some how, he had, I mean some one who has no connection with Van Halen universe, I remember once Howard Stern said something similar about Eddie, like he called him in a period of time and talk with him constantly but he (Howard) was busy 🤘🏻 Good stuff 🫡🤘🏻
@@WOLF2216Is this actually Mike Wolf? This stuff is spectacular. Awesome job. I’m curious, Did you ever converse with Roth? Any goodies you could give me? 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis Thank you! I did tell a story of my only time talking to Roth on Part 1 @ 50:29. Roth is not a very approachable person, and unlike the other guys, not real easy to talk to
@@WOLF2216 I wonder why that is. Is he really just an introvert, despite his bigger than life persona? Maybe he is anti-social? Ha Ha I love the guy, but sometimes he seems like he lives in a bubble of his own making.
Edward always insisted his Main 1968 Marshall Plexi #12301 was originally the house amp at The Pasadena Rose palace and that is where he purchased it from. This is the Marshall he used on all the VH records until F.U.CK. He said it had unbelievable balls and sustain and was his No.1 Marshall. I am not sure which Plexi this MIke wolf is talking about but his story does not match what Eddie had always said about his No.1 Plexi he used on all the studio records and early live VH shows until it was retired due to temporarily being lost by pan am when they were doing the first tour. After that incident he retired that head from live shows.
Are these the bootlegs that are available online now, that used to be on the trading sites? I have a lot of VH bootlegs but some aren’t the greatest quality. Or are there some awesome bootlegs out there that most of us haven’t heard?
When Kim Fowley is your mentor Lol! You probably don’t trust giving anyone anything without meeting up with the source. Why would you let Dweezil potentially take all the credit, when you did the work that persevered these tapes? I love Dweezil, but I’m going to push to meet with Ed myself too for my 30 years of effort to preserve something Edward didn’t think to care about. The least he could do is give ya the time of day, which is exactly what Edward did with Mike and Craig.
He said wanted to release the bootlegs and he wouldn't give him the tapes? Now, if he released the tapes, I wouldn't buy them. I'm betting if this guy, as a kid, was getting beat at basketball, he cry "I'm taking my ball and going home!" 🙄
Hey Mike Am Not Mad at You Like That Yes It Was almost 40 Years Yet What Happened Too Me I Went To Gladiator College I Was Gone All of The 1990’s in Chino East Doing 14 Too Life Hey Mark Kendall From Great White I Remember Dirty Deeds With Butch Say and I Would Take Drum Lessons From Tony Richards I Thought he Was a Amazing Drummer And Buster Savage and Chris Holmes I Would Sing 🎤 in His Band With His Drummer Pig Pen at Store More on Valley Blvd Yet I Got Disenchanted With Rock I Started Hanging With The Wrong Bunch and I Went Into The Biker World and I Am In Chatsworth a Complete Brawl Breaks Out and I Go Too Prison With 4 Class A Felony’s and My Life is F&@% Lucky Me I Did 7 Years and Two Prison Riots I Got Out on Good Behavior and Didn7 More on The Outside That’s Why The Entire 90’s No One Saw Me…. Hey I Hope You Got You’re Guitar Back I Think I Weight less than 100 Lbs I am 300 Pounds Now and In 3 Years I Will Be 70 Peace Until We Meet Again
Yes i did get the guitar back a few years later it turns up at a pawn shop in Riverside... I never thought you did it and I dont know why Tad would say that to you...Crazy...but its all good Sorry to hear about your time in the 90s...but at least we're still here.
I used to work at MusicBox studio though at the time it was called Atlantis Studios after Jon bought Musicbox from Mike and added another SSL room to it. Mike after selling the place had moved into a small space next door. I remember Mike telling a funny story, though I don't know how well I remember it. Something along the lines of Mikes son or something was working on a record and Andy Johns was going to come in for the mix. Mike stayed up all night working on the mix trying to make it perfect for Andy. When Andy arrived and as they were exchanging hellos. Andy just started zeroing out the console without even having listened to anything Mike had done yet. Later on Rodney Jerkins bought the studio so not sure if it still exists.
Hey Colin! Great to 'see' your still alive! It's been like 20 years since I saw you last!...I think the story you almost remembered was that Andy John's sons had done some recording...I don't even remember working on a mix for that but Andy came in a few times He was a great engineer and a very funny guy to work with....RIP Andy...Rodney Jerkins eventually moved out and took all the Atlantis Equipment with him including the SSL J9000. The Studio sat vacant for probably 10 years! Then Capitol Studios bought it and made an Annex studio out of the place...
Hey Mike It’s Been Many Years let’s See if You Remember You Lived on Eagle Rock Blvd By The Rose Bowl Hotel Across The Street From a Diner Upstairs With a Silly Mirror Horizontal Across You’re Bed The Strat With All The Hot Rod Stickers I Remember I Asked “” What Are You Doing With All These Hot Rod Sticker in a Box “” You Said “”Am Gonna Build a Strat and Use All these Stickers “” I Asked Hey Am Jamming With Greg Leon We Have The Bass Player from Leggs Diamond and The Guitar Player From little Tokyo Do You Want To Jam You Said Yes This Was A Year Before You Join King Kobra and Dyed You’re Hair Pink a Blond A Year After You Where Suing Carmine…. Then You Had a Birthday Party And You’re Strat Was Stolen and You Made Me Suspect Number 1 So I Stopped Hanging With You and You Found Out Latter I Didn’t Steal You’re Strake But All The Damage Was Done”” Am The Red Head Drummer That Always Was You’re Friend Now Do You Remember You Drove a Honda CCVC
Hey Steve, of course I remember you! You came by a few times with your GF on guitar to record, but it's been like 35-40 years, so some of your memories are a little bit twisted...Let me help set the record straight...I lived in Eagle Rock at 5109 Loleta Ave, off of Colorado Blvd across from Cindys Diner...I drove a Honda CRX..When we jammed with Greg Leon, that was after I was in King Kobra (probably around 1986). I never sued Carmine (perhaps i told you i was angry that Spencer Proffer was ripping us off on publishing royalties). I did have a Strat stolen at a big rock party I threw at Loleta (not my birthday party) But I never suspected you! (how could I since I don't think you were even there) That was an awesome party though with a lot of Rock musicians...Mark Kendall, Gary Holland, Greg Leon, and Robert Sarzo were there and a lot of Pasadena musician friends all partying and jamming out...
Holy Smokes. I fell into the rabbit hole of Van Halen stories. Incredible. I love how many of these old school stories are coming out. Perfect for the real Van Halen fan.
Yes. I always noticed the absolute joy on Eddie’s face when he played for people!
This is really great stuff….thanks for this!
Of course your welcome!
Keep up the good work Eddie was so reserved, and us van halen geeks love the stories !
You hit it with the sensitivity. When i saw him in Toronto in 2004 😢 after about 4 songs i turned to my wife and said, holy fuck, he's balling his eyes out. His use of the sustaniac and the way he was playing i could feel his intense sadness. To her he was playing the guitar. To us or to me at least, he was screaming for help. Only those truly in tune with Ed could pick up on that emotion simply by his playing. I'm proud as fuck to say i lived in this age of greatness 🤟 Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Of course! Ed was everything to so many including me!
But he achieved peace. For us to witness and got to play with this son and his brother and the crazy Jewish guy.
Oh man, you have me hangin’ here! So want to hear the next part about putting out the actual bootlegs. Great stuff. Thank you again for these interviews!
Your welcome! It’s really cool! It will be out tomorrow!
Stellar Part 2! OMG! Now there are 2 people who have Edward singing on tape. Please let me be able to hear it before I die! 🙏Mike Wolf is so lucky to have been around back during the heyday of all of this Rock-n-Roll greatness! And he's is a great story teller. That's a lot of work to go back and make notes for a video memoir. Way to ask all of the right questions Jeff! YOU ROCK! Biting my nails waiting for Part 3! ❤🤍🖤
34:18 real to real copy 🤘🏻you know all music we had was bootlegs, back in 2000-2001-2002 So we trade our music with music we hadn’t, I took our hard drive to my friends house and trade VanHalen with Scorpions for example 🫡 I remember Iron Maiden Rock in Rio was new and rare - so I tried to steal those DAT files from my friend when he was out of room 😂 good old days / weird old behaviors 🤘🏻
Your Van Halen stories are pure gold - remembering what memories and how they happened like dominos and result would be A different kind of truth is enjoyable for me and knowing them won’t add a penny or wisdom, they’re just awesome 🤘🏻
Thanks Mr. Jeff for chasing footsteps of our mighty Van Halen man 🤘🏻🫡🙇🏻♂️
Great, totally great. Tripped me out when you talked about the Guy in Sierra Madre. Been recording there with Devin for years.
This is a great interview/podcast. I remember me and my friend ordering old bootleg Van Halen concerts from The Whiskey, Gazzaris, audio tapes and concert vhs tapes that are all on you tube now. It was about 1991 when we ordered this stuff. There was a number in the back of Rolling Stone. That’s how we got the tapes. We were so happy we had these tapes. We watched them every night. The old You Really Got Me, and Running with videos nobody had back then. We ended up talking to the guy we bought all of this stuff from. But he was real private and would not say much. I wonder if some of those audio tapes came from someone Mike W knew. Anyway I enjoy your interviews very much. I saw VH in 1984 when I was 12 . Still have my ticket stub. Nashville 2/11/84. Thank you for the great interviews. Chip
@@philipreedwallace thank you!
I’ve filmed certain bands that’s I’ve never uploaded to TH-cam or given away on dvd etc for the same reason. I did give one away and this was 20 years before TH-cam when people bootlegged through the mail. I told the guy not to trade it, but he did. Within a couple of months it was everywhere. I even ran into it in a bootleg shop in Tokyo when I was over there.
Awesome, Jeff! Quick comment, I know the family that sold the house to the Roth’s. I used to work at that country club on the corner close to Bradford, and the old owners were members. I may have told you before, the older woman, whose son stayed at the house with the Roth’s after it was sold, told me some pretty funny stories. Same club where I met Mark Algorri, and a couple other Van Halen friends. 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
Yeah I rememeber you mentioned that. Is this the guy that had the bootlegs your referring too?
@@FinalResonanceTV Yes, sounds like this guy that was staying at the house after it was sold, had his own personal collection of recordings. If that’s what you meant. Small world! 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
This interview is hilarious. The interviewer says “So tell me about Van Halen”, Mike Wolf goes “I’m glad you asked that question” and then proceeds to talk about himself.
If the car Eddie drove up in looked anything like an Opel GT (which, to a car guy like me, it is vastly different), it was probably his 1972 Lamborghini Muira S…which was used for the revving sound in the breakdown in Panama.
I want to hear all this old stuff...mammoth etc.
I worked at HAMER. I did a video last year touring the facility that they used in Arlington Heights.
1:05:43 so that’s why I goosebumps with some music 🤔 interesting 🫡🙇🏻♂️ good observation about Eddie, yeah, I think he needs a good friend some how, he had, I mean some one who has no connection with Van Halen universe, I remember once Howard Stern said something similar about Eddie, like he called him in a period of time and talk with him constantly but he (Howard) was busy 🤘🏻
Good stuff 🫡🤘🏻
Dope stuff man.
Which video discusses the details about A Different Kind of Truth? 😊
This one (Part 2) at 52:10 to 56:40... Thanks for listening :)
@@WOLF2216Is this actually Mike Wolf? This stuff is spectacular. Awesome job. I’m curious, Did you ever converse with Roth? Any goodies you could give me? 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis Thank you! I did tell a story of my only time talking to Roth on Part 1 @ 50:29. Roth is not a very approachable person, and unlike the other guys, not real easy to talk to
@@WOLF2216 I wonder why that is. Is he really just an introvert, despite his bigger than life persona? Maybe he is anti-social? Ha Ha I love the guy, but sometimes he seems like he lives in a bubble of his own making.
Edward always insisted his Main 1968 Marshall Plexi #12301 was originally the house amp
at The Pasadena Rose palace and that is where he purchased it from. This is the Marshall he used on all the VH records until F.U.CK.
He said it had unbelievable balls and sustain and was his No.1 Marshall.
I am not sure which Plexi this MIke wolf is talking about but his story does not match what Eddie had always said about his No.1 Plexi he used on all the studio records and early live VH shows until it was retired due to temporarily being lost by pan am when they were doing the first tour. After that incident he retired that head from live shows.
Edward's original Plexi Head he told me he purchased at Barry and Grasmuck's in Pasadena was a used Amp that was originally from the Rose Palace
Are these the bootlegs that are available online now, that used to be on the trading sites? I have a lot of VH bootlegs but some aren’t the greatest quality. Or are there some awesome bootlegs out there that most of us haven’t heard?
Apparently many still unheard.
How do you not just give Edward Van Halen copies of the tapes?
Right?! And it was an huge honor to do that
When Kim Fowley is your mentor Lol! You probably don’t trust giving anyone anything without meeting up with the source. Why would you let Dweezil potentially take all the credit, when you did the work that persevered these tapes? I love Dweezil, but I’m going to push to meet with Ed myself too for my 30 years of effort to preserve something Edward didn’t think to care about. The least he could do is give ya the time of day, which is exactly what Edward did with Mike and Craig.
Does the Van Halen organization know about any of this?
He said wanted to release the bootlegs and he wouldn't give him the tapes? Now, if he released the tapes, I wouldn't buy them. I'm betting if this guy, as a kid, was getting beat at basketball, he cry "I'm taking my ball and going home!" 🙄
Carmine Ah-PEE-chey. Please, hah.
Just like Edward answered to Ed, Eddie or Edward, Carmine answered to A-PEACE, APA-CEE, or A-PEE-chey! :)
Do you think that more vh material will be released?
sadly...No
@@WOLF2216 Really unfortunate. ill never lose hope, theres proshots sitting around somewhere
Hey Mike Am
Not Mad at You Like That
Yes It Was almost 40 Years
Yet What Happened Too
Me I Went To Gladiator College I Was Gone All of
The 1990’s in Chino East
Doing 14 Too Life
Hey Mark Kendall From Great White I Remember
Dirty Deeds With Butch Say and I Would Take Drum Lessons From
Tony Richards I Thought he Was a Amazing Drummer And Buster Savage and Chris Holmes I
Would Sing 🎤 in His Band With His Drummer
Pig Pen at Store More on Valley Blvd
Yet I Got Disenchanted With Rock I Started Hanging With The Wrong Bunch and I Went Into The Biker World and I Am In Chatsworth a Complete Brawl Breaks Out and I Go Too Prison With 4 Class A
Felony’s and My Life is F&@% Lucky Me I Did 7 Years and Two Prison Riots I Got Out on Good Behavior and Didn7 More on The Outside
That’s Why The Entire 90’s
No One Saw Me….
Hey I Hope You Got You’re Guitar Back I Think I Weight less than 100 Lbs
I am 300 Pounds Now and In 3 Years I Will Be 70
Peace
Until We Meet Again
Yes i did get the guitar back a few years later it turns up at a pawn shop in Riverside...
I never thought you did it and I dont know why Tad would say that to you...Crazy...but its all good
Sorry to hear about your time in the 90s...but at least we're still here.
King Edward was the best.
I used to work at MusicBox studio though at the time it was called Atlantis Studios after Jon bought Musicbox from Mike and added another SSL room to it. Mike after selling the place had moved into a small space next door. I remember Mike telling a funny story, though I don't know how well I remember it. Something along the lines of Mikes son or something was working on a record and Andy Johns was going to come in for the mix. Mike stayed up all night working on the mix trying to make it perfect for Andy. When Andy arrived and as they were exchanging hellos. Andy just started zeroing out the console without even having listened to anything Mike had done yet. Later on Rodney Jerkins bought the studio so not sure if it still exists.
Hey Colin! Great to 'see' your still alive! It's been like 20 years since I saw you last!...I think the story you almost remembered was that Andy John's sons had done some recording...I don't even remember working on a mix for that but Andy came in a few times He was a great engineer and a very funny guy to work with....RIP Andy...Rodney Jerkins eventually moved out and took all the Atlantis Equipment with him including the SSL J9000. The Studio sat vacant for probably 10 years! Then Capitol Studios bought it and made an Annex studio out of the place...
I'm getting kinda tired of hearing about Mike Wolfe..
Hey Mike It’s Been Many Years let’s See if You Remember
You Lived on Eagle Rock Blvd By The Rose Bowl Hotel Across The Street From a Diner Upstairs With a Silly Mirror Horizontal Across You’re Bed The Strat With All The Hot Rod Stickers I Remember I Asked “” What Are You Doing With All These Hot Rod Sticker in a Box “”
You Said “”Am Gonna Build a Strat and Use All
these Stickers “”
I Asked Hey Am Jamming With Greg Leon We Have
The Bass Player from Leggs Diamond and The Guitar Player From little Tokyo Do You Want To Jam
You Said Yes This Was A Year Before You Join
King Kobra and Dyed You’re Hair Pink a Blond A Year After You Where Suing Carmine….
Then You Had a Birthday Party And You’re Strat Was Stolen and You Made Me Suspect Number 1
So I Stopped Hanging With
You and You Found Out
Latter I Didn’t Steal
You’re Strake But All The
Damage Was Done””
Am The Red Head Drummer That Always Was You’re Friend
Now Do You Remember
You Drove a Honda
CCVC
Hey Steve, of course I remember you! You came by a few times with your GF on guitar to record, but it's been like 35-40 years, so some of your memories are a little bit twisted...Let me help set the record straight...I lived in Eagle Rock at 5109 Loleta Ave, off of Colorado Blvd across from Cindys Diner...I drove a Honda CRX..When we jammed with Greg Leon, that was after I was in King Kobra (probably around 1986). I never sued Carmine (perhaps i told you i was angry that Spencer Proffer was ripping us off on publishing royalties). I did have a Strat stolen at a big rock party I threw at Loleta (not my birthday party) But I never suspected you! (how could I since I don't think you were even there) That was an awesome party though with a lot of Rock musicians...Mark Kendall, Gary Holland, Greg Leon, and Robert Sarzo were there and a lot of Pasadena musician friends all partying and jamming out...