Eddie Van Halen: The Final Years 

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My 13-14 y/o mind was not ready for when that needle dropped on Van Halen 1, on that turntable in 1978. The game changed on that day.

It's funny how people don't buy the argument of Edward being the conflictive one on these situations when he is the sole constant. The only VH members he didn't fire were his family (Alex and Wolfgang).

I’m fortunate enough to be able to say that I saw VH 3 times….and it will never be enough! As far as 2020 goes: We lost Neil Peart, Kobe, Eddie and many others….we had Covid, the lockdown, fake shortages and hoarding……F&@K 2020!!!

I remember when Eddie was the undisputed king of lead guitar in the '80s. Rest in peace, legend.

I've watched each 3 episodes of these series and your videos are a great watch. Thanks for this Van Halen series and all of your other ones on other legend guitarists, keep the good stuff coming!

I boycotted the last tour because they left out Mike (I was once an amateur bass player) and I wish I had that one back. In hindsight it’s clear the Van Halens are ferociously protective of their family circle and when Wolf was ready, Ed was elated to be playing with his son. I think in the end he would want his true fans to understand that. It’s not like Wolf was a hack, he was great on the last record as a 15 yo. Mike deserved it but in this case family came first. My $0.02

I agree with when Sammy joined the band they matured and went further than they had already went so far Sammy was great with Eddie it was magical in the beginning the rest is history

David Lee Roth is a psychotic ego maniac and I do believe that Sammy should have come back before eddies passing!!!! Eddie was the main songwriter so it was definitely his band he was the captain and it’s a shame that egos and bullshit rumours was said that caused relationships break ups !! I saw VH in Melbourne Australia with Garry on vocals and the show was unbelievable and to this day was the best performance from a band I’ve ever seen and heard !!! RIP Eddie !! The musical genius who invented guitars and amplifies and took a 6 string guitar to a level that future generations of musicians will be talking about for years to come!! ❤

😭😭. Thank god Eddie was our generations guitarist!

Thank you for making this series! I've been a fan of the original band since shortly after the first album was released and thoroughly enjoyed learning so much about this great band. RIP Eddie, we miss you. 💟

A different kind of truth rocked IMHO. The guitar was very overdriven but had lots of clarity!!! That album made me buy a white evh 5150 iii. I loved beats working,at that time i was kitchen managing a pretty trendy and upscale restaurant. I mean we'd do three thousand dollar lunches. Whenever my staff would go at each other. I'd take em in my office and put ,"beats working " on and spark a phat exotic blunt!!!

Michael Anthony is a master of the bass, and his harmonies were fantastic. I think part of bringing on Wolfgang was a power move. Now you had 3 Van Halens.

You nailed it!! "More Intense Annoyed Eddie did some of the most ground breaking work" This is the difference between Van Halen and Van Hagar....Love both...But nothing beats original Van Halen!!!

Eddie was the absolute best. Maybe he wasn’t perfect but every time he picked up a guitar he was great. We don’t realize how lucky we were to have him in our generation. Eddie forever #1

I really would have liked to have heard what Mitch Malloy would have sounded like with VH around the Time of the VH III Album . He had spent a lot of time with Eddie rehearsing Van Halen Songs and was the first Choice to replace Sammy Hagar before Gary Cherone came along at the last minute to get the Job . Mitch was a little devastated to lose the Lead Singer Job since he was promised the Job by Eddie repeatedly for Weeks .Fortunately for Mitch , Eddie gave Mitch one of his VH Demo Song Compositions as a Consolation Gift for not getting the Lead singing job . Mitch made a Great song out of it for his Solo Career . Eddie didn't get any Credit for the Song .

I did not know these things. Ty so much for making this my friend

Smashing work good Sir and Happy Father's Day! 🎸

I cant help it i grew up on him i always loved david and his craziness he was the rock and roll clown metalacoloops lol i may not like him in real life who knows but i loved him as a front man he would do seriously anything to get the crowd attention

I've gotta say, the tour with Cherone was fantastic. At the time, I never expected to hear those Roth tunes again. Cherone sang great, but he had a very..... let's say goofy, persona.

I didn't mind the three album , and I did not mind Gary being in the band. I'm pretty sure if they were given One More album to do with Gary they would have had a much bigger head and things would have been better.

Van Halen was amazing I I'm met Eddie Alex and Michael in an elevator at a hotel in Rapid City in 1986 Michael gave me a bass pick crazy I did not know who they were

This was awesome, man. Really well done! Enjoyed it!

I hope they puts together a swan song album of rare tracks and instrumentals.

Wonderful job on this series! I enjoyed every minute like a child 💪🏻👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Eddie saying you better be wearing a cup to dave is comical dave has been in martial arts for decades🤣

great series...they were one in a million

Without You is actually a great song. The live version from Australia floating around on RU-vid is awesome.

I seen em on the final 1984 tour, a show in Toronto before Dave left the band. It was an amazing memorable show just full of energy, and power, song after killer song. When I learned that Dave left after that incredible tour, I was blown away and crushed, I couldn't understand it, they were Huge.

With Gary, they had to be heard live! Just listen to the concert from Australia..They killed it!! A year to the Day, in that particular show imo was one of their best performances ever..

Loved DKOT. They nailed their last album and tour and this gave me, above all the slights, backstabbing, RNRHOF shenanigans, a very comforting conclusion to the VH legacy.

Wowww!!! 👌👌👌

Fortunately I saw V/H 5X! 2 back to back 1984 shows what a trip that was ! RIP Eddie Van Halen 😢 🙏 🎸✨️

You are the most thorough as well as entertaining guitar rock channel

I remember watching that MTv video awards. When they first walked out i was shocked to see Roth with the band. Then by the end of them presenting the award to Beck.... you knew this wasnt happening lol. Roth became Roth again. It imploded in front of everyone to see. Sad. But that was that.

I’ve always shunned Eddie when getting into debates on who the best guitarist ever is. I’ve always leaned towards Hendrix. But I’ve since changed my choice to EVH and it’s not even close.

Eddie was seriously going to collaborate with Limp Bizkit? What a train wreck that would have been but I’m still shocked that it was even suggested! Weird story

These videos were AMAZING!

I was a huge fan of Van Halen in the 80s and early 90s. I thought the transition from Dave to Sammy went well. The music matured as it should. Then, out of nowhere, Sammy's out. To me, especially looking back, this was the end of the Van Halen that i loved. Bringing Dave out at the MTV awards, they deceived the fan base who was salivating to have Dave back. The rest is history. VH3 flopped, and then they tried to reunite with Dave and Sam out of desperation. That's when they're true colors shown through. The way they treated Michael Anthony made me sick and watching Eddie on stage trying to perform while being wasted on drugs and alcohol was embarrassing. They did every money grab they could get and squeezed every dollar they could from their loyal fans. Now they can't even put together a tribute together for Eddie, the so-called GOAT of guitar players. He could have been, but to me, spent too many years doing nothing. Im glad Sam and Mike are still class acts. They are carrying the torch. The Van Halen story, if told honestly, is a very sad tale.

They were good informative documentaries thank you😮😅😊

Many thanks Guitar Meets Science ✌️

Eddie is perfect, Dave is yesterday, Alex is timeless, Wolfgang is the future. Van Halen Forever.

Well done. Made my Father’s Day. Thank you

wonderful - VAN HALEN

Very cool video! I enjoyed watching.

EDs the man.

Your Comment: Van Halen's Hard Rock Rescued us from the Monotany of Disco is Worth $1 Million Dollars! Because that's exactly how we all Felt after hearing Van Halen I in 1978!!

Im 53 I still will never get used to seeing SAMMY in Han Halen. Like a bad dream.

I’m convinced the VH’s resent Michael Anthony because he managed to keep most of the wealth he got from the band over the years while the rest of them bottomed out financially several times.

Such great content!

i think the VH fans getting teased with a roth reunion and then it not happening caused them to not give the gary cherone version of the band a shot out of anger and spite

Very freaking cool

David Lee Roth is The best. period.

Love =VH=

I’m a big fan of VH, but they did Michael Anthony wrong.

ADKOT is a masterpiece! I would say it is missing Michael’s incredible vocal harmonies. Not to take away from Wolfie as he played the bass at such a high level.

I saw them in 1981 , their 4th album. No fighting or BS. Just a great rock n roll show. I am lucky to have seen that because 1984 ,Eddie playing keys...not for me. I hate the song Jump & they were never the same. I'd go back to the summer of 81 & watch them if I could. That's the band everyone wants to see.

Loved Cherone in Extreme....but he absolutely sucked in Van Halen

Gary belongs with Nuno and David with Eddie . It's that simple . Sammy was great but only Dave could do Van Halen .

Don’t forget, they actually auditioned MitchMalloy in 96 as well

Like your videos, have you done one on Robin Trower?

~Never spent a nickel on their music... Too glamor R&R 4 me...

Micheal has been having a nice retirement 😊

How Many Say I is not the worst song…the lyrics were good. The piano playing was great. Agree, the harmonies…man…they were flat. All over, but the live show was great…music wise, but Gary looked weird onstage….imho. Al was on fire on this tour! However, we’ve just learned that Ed played most of the drums too…the bass, guitars… I don’t care VH3 was still better than 99% of other bands albums….he was the GOAT, andI miss the man each day! What a loss!

Why does everyone seemed to hate Hagar? It’s ridiculous

It's a shame VH3 didn't turn out better. Gary is a great singer that should have been a perfect fit. Extreme should be widely regarded as an amazing hard rock band.

For those who say "Eddie didn't use pedals", where does the wah come from....his pick?

A sad rock story

Million cigarettes, how Millions of gallons booze 100,000 pounds of Crack, coke, and he blames copper guitar picks 😮really ? Give me a break 😮

Van Halen ended at twister. I have not listened to or watched anything since.

Releasing Tattoo as the first single, and then releasing She's The Woman were HUGE mistakes/miscalculations. In my opinion, Tattoo is the worst/weakest song on the album. And She's The Woman was the 2nd weakest. As Is. (The "Two hot dogs and a root beer float" 😉 if you know, you know 😆 😂 😂)😂 HoneybabySweetyDoll. Beats Working. Big River. Chinatown. Stay Frosty. You and Your Blues. Ripley.......renamed Blood and Fire or something like that. 😆 As Is would've been a good 1st track. To each their own, but i really do believe Tatt and She's The Woman were bad choices to release as singles, while HoneyBaby, As Is and Blood and Fire never see the light of day. Especially As Is, it would've been a cool "comeback" song. It's a very good album, with way better songs than Tattoo. You And Your Blues would've made a good single. Give ADKOT a few listens. It's a very good album.

I truly gotta say that I've not been inspired so much by any other guitarist in the 57 years that I've been playing guitar other than Jimi Hendrix. But, the more I continue to hear and read about Eddie, he's starting to come off to me as a total, well rounded, full blown asshole🍩👈🎸🎶🎵

EVH completely changed how rock guitar sounded, and was played. He is truly a rock legend. But what he did to Michael Anthony, I cant forgive him. Eddie treated Michael like dirt and stole millions from him. Ed may have been a musical genius, but he was a shit human being.

I don't get the hard on for DLR. Sammy at the helm...better vocals, better albums, better live shows, more consistency.

there's a video of one of the australia shows. i don't know about the 'iii' album, but thought that the show was great, and even made a case that cherone was their best singer ever. roth was the best frontman, but as a singer, cherone might have been the best. there's such a small sample size of that era, though...

Have never heard Gary with Van halen lazy maybe he is a great singer!! But was done with Van Halen by that time, had been there done that with them, new bands came along 🤔 😊

That last bit got me a little choked up. Good job on this series man.

On the other side of the coin, Dave really should not have sabotaged the band on the stage

I prefer VanHagar

I have to say the Gary thing that Gary was forced out no i disagree he or vh should of toured first than VH 3 COULD OF BEEN RELEASED AND WOULD OF WENT LARGER THAN THE OTHER TWO LSD SINGERS JUST WHY I DISAGREE FAKE NEWS I KNOW 😴😖

The Van Halen boys are the problem. Period. Alex just did what Eddie told him. Eddie was great let's not look past but hearing interviews with Sammy and Michael, he'll they screwed Michael. RIP Eddie but you were the problem.

because we all hated Gary Charone

Saw em in 2007 and it was great. Skipped the 2012 and 2015 tours as Dave had become a clown by then.

I believe Mitch Malloy would have worked ! He could pull the Roth and Hagar tunes off! In my opinion! ⚡️space ace Ron ⚡️

How can Ray Daniels be Alex’s brother-in-law and not be Eddie’s brother-in-law….and how can he be their B-I-L when they didn’t have a sister?! (Or any other siblings, for that matter). Did anyone else catch that?!

A different kind of truth lacks high frequencies. It ruins the album for me.

I love Sammy Hagar as lead singer. I can't stand David Lee Roth who is a narcissistic and sick bastard. Hey dominated all the videos. Eddie Van Halen and my opinion, bed damn guitar player in the world

2 different bands as VH were totally different with Sammy. Sammy did best on his own and was the 5th singer asked to replace Dave after Patti Smythe, Daryl Hall, and 2 others I forget. Dave was the best. Michael was a basic bass player kind of like Newsted but he could sing. Wolfie has proven he's another talented Van Halen. RIP EVH you will be forever missed and thanks for all the great tunes!

Ed said repeatedly , Sam's attitude changed around that time around Carnal and Balance . In a Howard Stern RU-vid compilation of Van Halen , around that time Sam started saying things like " This is MY band . " , and " Lead singer of the band , leader of the band , what's the difference ? " . It wasn't Ray's fault . I always wondered why he even mentioned Ray's name in the BALANCE song Can't Stop Loving You . In the VH3 promotion issue of THE INSIDE MAGAZINE ( independent Van Halen fan magazine ) Alex , Eddie AND Mike all said Captain Candyass quit .

the van halen bros were jerks,,,,Michael Anthony was the best

I’m not a hug Van Hagar fan, but I totally believe Sammy on this stuff, and Dave for that matter. Eddie’s a musical genius there’s no denying it, but I think he was easily influenced especially when it came to his ego. I’m sorry but as egotistical and out there as Dave is, I just can’t see him saying “Tonight’s about my movie, not about your hip”. However, I can imagine Eddie being pissed about Dave promoting his movie on VH air time and saying something like that.

van halen was great until eddie started speaking

The best thing about Eddie is Valerie.

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Stay Frosty is my favorite what a banger.. An i think Sammy is a prick ... Dave all the way

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Thank you for this great trilogy about The King ❤

I still can't believe how bad they treated Michael 😒😒

The more I learn about the Van Halen's, the more I dislike them. Not that they were ever 'heroes' of mine but the old saying, 'never meet your heroes' comes to mind whenever I hear of the many stories of these two. Hard pass.

Hager is so much better than David Lee Roth. Love Sammy.