Van Halen - Unchained Recorded Live: 6/12/1981 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CA More Van Halen at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on RU-vid: goo.gl/DUzpUF
Which prime? With sammy Hager they were as bigger or bigger and sold 46 million records as much as they did with Roth. I like both but they are definitely different bands, I wish they could get along and do a sammy, Dave tour for Eddie smh.
@@joshuaschmidinger3993 Eddie never got a proper send off. No tribute concert like everyone else seems to get. But I think Alex is the one who puts a kibosh on anything like that every happening.
@@williamgreen9502If you take away Anthony and Eds vocals people would realize just how bad of a singer DLR is. Van Halen should have been a three piece band honestly
I first saw this video on Don Kirschners Rock Concert(I believe that was the name of the show) as a teen back in the 80’s, gave me the chills…40 years later still does. Van Halen kicked ass.
I used to to talk a lot of shit on Micheal Anthony, especially after hear he's rated as the worst bass player in rock history,now I don't think so HES WHAT A BASS PLAYER IS SUPPOSED TO BE,he keeps it simple and plays to the song,that's a good bass player right there
Always thought he was good, a decent vocalist, good bass player in my opinion and not a bad showman either. Who cares if Eddie had to supposedly show him parts every once in a while if that really was true
Saw David Lee Roth in Melbourne, Australia...October 1988 ; had Steve Vai with him, just a huge show. Dave had the tarzan rope going on, boxing ring came from out of the floor. He's a great athlete, a joy to watch the Diamond one himself ! He's a freak, he's a frontman in the mould of - maybe- Roger Daltrey, Plant and Mick (tbe latter requiring no last name). Dominant.
This is how VH should be remembered: full of energy, enthusiasm, Michael Anthony on bass and Dave had his voice. They were the best when they were in their prime.
RIP EDDIE! I just heard the news. Sad day for rock history. EVH was the most influential guitar player of the 80's, and literally changed the way an entire industry played the instrument for a whole decade and beyond. Rest in peace. May you shred it up there with Jimi and all the other greats.
True to that, was just listening to D.O.A. last night, forgot what album it was on , called one of my buddies to re-fresh my brain. Brought back good memories from the hazy day's of being in school in the 80's. him and the Dime two of my all time favorites.
David Lee Roth said. " We brought joy and jubilation to millions of people and if you got anywhere near us it changed your life" No truer words have ever been spoken. VH 1981 will never be topped.
@Kevin Prima I saw them in 1981 at MSG and when the show was over you felt like you could fly. There was no anger ,violence or destruction of property, just amazing good vibes. Like Meditation at 110 decibels. Eddies gone what a loss
This is probably my favorite Van Halen song. The video is epic despite being terrible quality. That’s what we had to work with “back in the day.” This is real talent. It’s a shame today’s generation will never get to witness something like this in person. Pure awesomeness. RIP EVH.
@@everydaycliche1529 I've heard that BS for years, and no I don't agree with that at all. I don't have spare time to dig through tons and TONS of subpar bands only to hear nothing redeeming.
@@everydaycliche1529 Put it this way. I currently leave the house for work at 3:45 am and get back around 5:30 to 6:00 pm. I work in remote areas with no cell service. So in other words, I don't have time to be looking for new music, I just go explore classic bands and albums I haven't heard yet, with alot of help from YT recommendations, and that's about it really.
Yeah, this tour the whole band was firing on all cylinders. Dave actually was professional enough at this point to remember the lyrics. Saw them on Diver Down and he was aweful. And on the 1984 Tour, he redeemed himself. But, they were never this good again. They played the entire Fair Warning album, plus about 12 other songs including Fire, Everybody Wants Some, and Running with the Devil.
What. I'm embarrassed for them and the KISS band. Spandex gay suits. Wake up and smell the coffee before you end up in the Satanic billionaires' new world order dictatorship. It's no joke. They promoted sleaze to lead you away from Jesus, which will put you under dictatorship just like happens to all atheist nations that aren't helped by Christianized nations.
@@TheBestLife2184 wow! Is that how it’s done? I’m a Born Again Christian, washed in the blood of Christ Jesus as my savior.... HOW DARE YOU come on the internet and think that you can share MY savior that way! This is a music video by Van Halen and people clicked on the video cuz they wanted to watch VAN HALEN, not hear you demoralize them with your uppity fake righteousness!!!!! Get in your Bible and shut up!
I saw them 6 times, 80-84. I now watch these vids, not sure if I want to cheer, or cry. days are long gone. be glad we were born when we were.. I was 16 when the 1st album came out. its 2022, still deaf
@mark jones Hey Mark, I was 17. F*ck we're old! I still remember hearing Running With The Devil on the radio, not knowing who the band was or what the name of the song was and running down to the local record store frantically trying to explain to the sales person what I had heard. Fortunately one of the sales people understood me and I very happily walked out with the Van Halen album. Those were the days!
@@sinjinadams2862 I bought their very first album but it was on a cassette and played it in a Sanyo single speaker boom box kind of thing. Over and over again, we had an ice storm in Portland zero power the entire family stuck in the living room for about four days huddled around the fireplace, my parents just about blew their brains out because of my constant flow of Van Halen. Finally the tape snapped. I was absolutely mesmerized and completely blown away by them.! People in my high school had vanity plates that had Van Halen put on them in one form or another. that Van Halen invasion absolutely swept through every fiber of my youth and to the best of my knowledge hasn’t stopped and I’m 58 years old now, I think. yes we are old but as I said before, absolutely the luckiest humans on earth to be the age we were at the time we were. 🤘🤘
@mark jones It was definitely a great time to be young. We still had all the great music from the late 50's and 60's. Then we had all the great music from the 80's and early 90's to look forward to. Fantastic time to be alive and young! It's no big deal but I think you may have been a little younger then you think you were. The Van Halen album came out on February 10, 1978. I was 17 and I'm 62 now. If you're 58 you couldn't have been 16. More like 12 or 13. Again, no big deal.
@Robin Taylor right? Only one person could've ever come to that conclusion. If it weren't for Kenneth and his pesky dog no one would've ever figured it out!
back in the day my father was in his 50's and i was watching a live concert on VHS - - my father was into rock and roll and took me to see bob dylan and a lot of great bands - - - i asked him what he thought of eddie van halen - - - - he said that he never heard of anyone play the guitar like that before - - - i asked what he meant and he said that EVH was brilliant enough to make his guitar sound like any damn instrument he wants it to sound like - - - we were listening to cathedral when he said that - - -
Rest in peace, Eddie. I was only nine in 1981, but this performance changed my life. I begged my parents for a guitar for MONTHS and was lucky enough to receive one, and I've been playing ever since. Thank you, Eddie, for bringing the gift of music into my life, and the lives of millions of kids like me all over the world.
Could not have said it better. There’s an EVH Wolfgang right next to me on a guitar stand. Edward has fueled my passion for the guitar for 36 years ever since I saw the video for Jump.
50 years from now people will still look back on these guys as the best. i think they were the most cutting edge band ever. they were rock but they were different, had that west coast powerful sound. and they always looked like they were having so much fun. i can still remember the 1984 cassette tape in everyones car. such great times.
VH literally changed the musical landscape for hard rock --- supposedly innovative bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin couldn't compete and disappeared
@@fredwerza3478 What a lot of people don't realize is that VH saved rock and roll. 1978 and disco was on the rise. VH came in the picture and people were stunned and shocked at what they were hearing. A lot of artists at that time had admitted that they were in trouble because of Ed's playing.
VH was throwing 107 mph at this point. Untouchable. I was fortunate to see this lineup 3 times. Watching this video brings back amazing memories. RIP Eddie.
They put KISS to shame at this point and ACDC at this point were on a roll. 2 bands Gene took credit for putting under there wings even though none of them needed him
The day Eddie passed away I went to visit my grandparents, and I couldn’t help but notice that my grandfather was upset. He told me that one of his favorite musicians died and I asked him if it was Eddie and he said yes. My grandpa was devastated to see a part of his teenage years just disappear and I as a guitarist found it very hard to say goodbye to my favorite guitarist ever. This was the only time I saw him shred a tear. RIP EVH
@@davidritter3107 Same here for me with Malcolm and EVH. I usually don't get effected by deaths of rockstars or celebrities, but hearing about those two hit me hard. Especially EVH, I wasn't aware of his condition and it was a shock to me.
Michael Williams Eddie was on fire! His playing was sharp, and it had a vicious bite, almost mean sounding in a good way. And Mike and Alex combined were earthshaking. Alex was especially incredible and LOUD! My dad commented on Alex, saying he was the loudest drummer he'd ever heard.
This is by far the best footage of Van halen live. Im 51 and seen alot of this mighty band including meeting them in boston in the day. Trust me this is them on point and on top of their game including Dave singing all the words and being in key....I know wish u were born then!
Full of sass and enormous energy and almost all of the band is shirtless. That was such a powerful and electrified band from start to finish. No one equaled the sheer energy, fun and testosterone filled stage presence like Van Halen. Wild and crazy rock n roll at its apex!
Phenomenal! Every aspect. Dave had an excellent stage persona. To jump & do a split like that? A well oiled machine. The era of great music is gone. We have many recordings of times past when 🎶 was easy to groove to. Long live E.V.H. One of my 1st party bands to put on the turntable. At 64 still loving every minute of it.🎸.
I love how DLR laughs after Alex lights the gong on fire and is done pounding on it. It’s as if DLR was momentarily one of the fans in the audience stunned by how bad ass that moment was.
Haha when I was 7 a neighbor on same side of the street 3 houses down would blast VH so loud it echoed off a hill and, I didn’t know about echo at that age, so to me it sounded like the music was coming out of the earth
I don't know David Lee Roth in his prime?... Mick in his prime?. Mick might have been cooler just as a human being.but David Lee Roth will take a straight man and make him question his sexuality.....lmao..(no homo here I'm just screwing around)
There is tons of good and great new bands.. Not quite this epic but still real good.. Check out Davy Knowles, Ally Venable and Danielle Nicole for starters.
@@rebecca75588 Lots of good new bands, they just dont get promoted or played by corporate clueless media and radio..It is all DIY now.. Support the good and great new rockin' bands!
In 1982 Van Halen had: (Arguably) rocks best drummer The most entertaining frontman alive A solid bassist with perfect backing vocals The best guitarist on planet earth Edit: Re drums - I’m talking 4/4, blues based rock bands. I personally don’t consider Neil Peart “rock”, he’d be prog (like Yes, King Crimson, ELP, etc). Obviously he was on another level. Bonham and Moon were not alive in ‘82.
@@Jefyb He's not a virtuoso, and that kit is mostly for show, but he knew right where to place a beat on the classics. And unlike say, Lars, he could keep a steady tempo. On this song for example, or Panama, I can't imagine any drummer writing or performing this part better. Alex got really lame in the past couple of decades in terms of his drum part writing, though how much of that is Eddie telling him what to do I'm not sure. But in the 80s, he was perfect for the band.
I disagree. Alex had a signature sound and tempo that nobody else could compete with. Alex was a great, hard hitting, on-time drummer. He got less inventive with his playing as he got older, but being a person who grew up with Van Halen and being a hardcore fan since day one, I can say that Alex never got the credit he truly deserved. "Medium drummer at best'...I dont think so...
The first four VH records are to me, not only the best VH records, but four of the best rock albums of all time! This video shows VH in a class of their own!
Chris Paneesh I agree. I can barely listen to 1984, even though at the time I loved it. I, II, women and children first and Fair warning I still listen to now. Diver Down at the time was a disappointment but now I really like it.
Honestly if you watch the footage.. out of all the guys.. Michael Anthony might be consistently having the most fun onstage of all the VH members who always had fun onstage... Every time you see him he's just having the time of his life onstage. So rad.
I. Was. THERE! Took BART over from SF and got stoned out of our minds before heading into the Coliseum. That concert had it all; Diamond Dave in his prime, endless Eddie solos, and Dave chugging a bottle of JD and picking up a joint off the stage and taking a hit. And it was LOUD! Unforgettable.
You’re lucky af. I’m barely 30 and all we have is shitty trap music or nu metal. Rap has completely taken over abd rappers are the new 80s rockstars. Shit makes me suicidal daily cause music is the only thing keeping me going and I will never experience these good times.
my 1st concert VH 1984 St. Paul Civic Center....I was 15, super excited. Lights went down and a spotlight hit the stage and the opening riff for "Unchained" started... it was so magical, time stood still, powerful. I remember it like it was yesterday. Everyone did a solo...i came home w shirt, program. Our friend's mom drove us there and back in huge Station Wagon. ahhhh the good ol days.
I'm sorry but that is objectively wrong. I agree that there were many great bands that influenced many more, BUT the 90's with the rise of alt-rock or what many refer to as "grunge" was the death knell of over produced cheesy hair metal and dudes who cared more about their makeup than memorable talent. Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, Black Crowes, Pantera, Down and SO many other bands that redefined popular music with INCREDIBLE talent and the best vocalists/lyricism in popular music then there had been in a long time and hasn't happened since.
@@PerfectCircle91 sorry but grunge was a very short-lived fad and it disappeared by 1995 --- hair metal was around for a whole decade and sold a lot more albums and concert tickets, and still produces big concert draws 30 years later
Unfortunately, for 1980... (it was a sad year for Led Zeppelin fans) and 1 year later the band van Halen especially their drummer Alex van Halen's little tribute to the Late-great John Bonham's gong lighting bit
What a wild tour this was. They played at MSG, NYC, 7-17-1981, their first time headlining at this venue. They had a monster-size VH backdrop sign with megawatt light bulbs and when the bulbs flashed on/off you could feel the heat. And someone lit an M80 fireworks underneath my seat. I had ringing in my ear the following day while celebrating my 20th bday.
Rest In Peace, Legend! The effect you had on my guitar playing and everyone whose ever picked one up is phenomenal. Hearing Eruption for the first time I stood in awe for like 3 minutes. Wishing his family all the best
I was there. If you weren't around back then, Van Halen ruled the universe. I drove from Sacramento to the 1983 US Festival and along with a supposed crowd of almost 700,000 watched Van Halen kick ass.
Stadium Rock this is the definition of that . It was created by other bands before Van Halen but they perfected it . I saw this concert and many others back then in Oakland. It was cool to have an LA band come up to NoCal and show us their stuff. Seriously the fans in Oakland just dug Van Halen at this time in their career they were my favorite band. It was so great they were performing back to back nights at the Oakland Auditorium you would be so blown away at how great they were on a Friday night you would buy tickets to see them on Saturday night . And it's crazy the tickets were like 11.50 I used to save my concert tickets. Man those were the good old days. R.I.P Eddie Van Halen you sure impressed me.
I was born in Oakland, my dad grew up there. I went to so many shows at the OACC over the years, starting w/ a Day on the Green with the Beach Boys and Linda Ronstadt and Elvin Bishop in 78, when I was 11, and at least 30 more after that. Not to mention Raiders (both stints) and A's games. Then there's the ton of concerts I saw next door at the Arena. That facility was a mecca for music in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
THIS is Van Halen, right here. Absolutely on fire! 3 things make the VH sound. Eddie's guitar tone, Michael's harmonies, and Alex's snare. I could recognize those 3 sounds anywhere.
I kinda think all of Alex's drums had a unique tone to them, not just the snare, he had a unique set of effects applied to his kit that I think made the whole rig sound very distinctive. But that's splitting hairs :)
R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen. This is my favorite Van Halen song. He was one of the best to ever pick up a guitar. He's only 10 years older than I am but their music really helped shape my musical tastes in the 70's and 80's and even now. Thank you so much Eddie.
Just read “Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen” and he mentions this show. Apparently, they filmed only 3 songs on 2 different nights. On “Unchained” he broke a string the first night and they used the audio from the second night and video from both nights. Which is why, from 2:25-2:28 Eddie’s suddenly playing the red Frankenstrat before going back to the white and black one that’s in the rest of the video. Cool little story that I would not have noticed had I not read the book. Thanks for pointing it out, Eddie!
