Van Halen #2 | "The Wild Life (1984)

A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll

The second part of maybe three? Maybe four? Besides me talking through the mid-phase of the DLR era with my friend Eve, and my real time reactions to Cameron Crowe and Art Linson's "The Wild Life", there's alla this action right hyeah:

• A “death of hard rock” review from 1978
• The band hosts Wet T-shirt night at Mitty’s
• Stories about the making of some legendary VH songs
• Another review of “The Wild Life” (not great!)
• VH Vying for Gene Simmons’ stewardship on the same night as not-quite-Dokken
• David Lee Roth on his suspicions that Gene was secretly just after Eddie
• Eddie’s Ibanez Destroyer and the Chris Holmes connection
• Van Halen plays with Journey, Sabbath, and The Rolling Stones
• The time Eddie chopped a piece off of his Gibson SG during a recording session
• Some nice thoughts from Steve Lukather

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