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[vanhalenrising]

No Hands: #VanHalen guitarist Eddie Van Halen performing live at Detroit’s Cobo Arena, 5 or 6 April 1984. 

Photo credit: Ross Marino

[mlepczyk]

Dinner at Gordon Biersch with Kendall

[johnnybeane]

This was my wall when I was a kid. #vanhalen #eddievanhalen #edwardvanhalen #evh #davidleeroth #michaelanthony #sammyhagar #alexvanhalen #kramer5150 #kramer #guitar #frankie #vh #vh84

[mlepczyk]

I like this configuration.

[mlepczyk]

[mlepczyk]

Little disgusts me more than bare feet on the dashboard.

[mlepczyk]

Jamming before I go to my "real" job- I work on Labor Day

[mlepczyk]

This a promotional copy of an album released in 1986 to promote the live Van Halen concert video, "Live Without A Net". I found it at a vintage record shop in Buffalo,NY. Side 1 is BEST OF BOTH WORLDS and Side 2 is ROCK AND ROLL( the cover of the Led Zeppelin song they closed the show with). I've watched that video 100's of times but have not listened to the record yet....no turntable. I have to pick an old one up to show my kids how it works. #Van Halen #Live Without A Net # VanHalenRising

[johnnybeane]

My #fendertelecaster #signed by #andysummers of #circazero & #thepolice. #teletuesday #fender #telecaster #guitar #guitarist #johnnybeane

[mlepczyk]

This is freakin' awesome

[vanhalenrising]

Ad and stub for #VanHalen’s 1981 shows at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. According to Billboard, #VH sold 31,081 tickets for the three sellout shows and grossed $298,445.

Photo credit: Umlaut Archives

[mlepczyk]

It makes me blue...I live with Fools!!

[vanhalenrising]

#VanHalen onstage on at the Forum, Los Angeles, California on 14 May 1984. This photo was taken from the 4th row. 

Photo credit: Pandemonium at aintnoright.org

[mlepczyk]

Thought vanhalenrising would get a kick out of this(and Greg- you are my only follower). It wasn’t quite $26.47, but I took my wife and kids, ages 9 and 6 at the time, to see VH for ADKOT tour in Buffalo, 3/9/12. Tix were $27.00 ($29.50 w/ charges). Granted they were 4th row from top of arena but dead center across from stage- right behind goalie net. I had reservations about taking the kids but they are huge fans by osmosis so we did it. My 6 year old daughter fell asleep during Kool and the Gang and woke up as VH took the stage. After 4 songs she said the bass hurt her chest too much so my wife spent the rest of the concert out in the concourse with her. Meanwhile my son and I enjoyed his first VH concert. He knows all the songs by heart from the steady rotation of VH that plays in my car. He was calling out the names of the songs as the band played them, including my all time favorite, Women in Love.

[vanhalenrising]

Edward #VanHalen and Van Halen, somewhere on tour, 1978. 

He’s customized everything from his Frankenstein guitar to his Marshall cabinets, which have every inch of the black Tolex vinyl material stripped off of them. 

Photo credit - Facebook’s That ’70s Page: http://tinyurl.com/mt4rcd5

[vanhalenrising]

How popular was #VanHalen in April 1984?

They were so popular that Dallas kids were willing to stay up all night waiting in line for tickets for the band’s July shows.

They were also willing to take on a snarling police dog and 18 squad cars worth of cops when things got out of hand. 

I hope the kids that went to jail got their tickets first…

[vanhalenrising]

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In 1984, #VanHalen played three sold out nights at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on May 9th, 10th and 11th, in support of their smash album 1984. 

Those three sold out shows translated into big bucks for Van Halen. According to Billboard, the band grossed $587,200 for the first night alone.

Roth’s expression and the crowd’s response in the photo above, taken on May 10th, says it all, doesn’t it? 

I can’t build you a time machine to 1984, but take a listen to some rare, vintage clips from San Francisco radio (including the announcement that VH’s single “Jump" had hit the top 10) hyping the band’s impending visit to the Bay Area. 

Photo credit: Bill Graham Archives. 

Audio Credit: Markum7.

[vanhalenrising]

A young Eddie #VanHalen. This rare candid photo was taken in early 1978. His Franky guitar lacks its trademark red stripes, which he’ll add at the beginning of the next year. It’s difficult to see, but it looks like the guitar also lacks its dog chain guitar strap that he’ll use for most of the world tour. 

Oh and his polyester shirt? It screams late-70s Hollywood rockstar fashion and was likely purchased on a pre-1978 tour shopping spree in LA. 

Photo credit: Share My Guitar forum.

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#VanHalen’s guitarist Eddie Van Halen takes a solo during a wild performance at the Los Angeles Forum, 13 May 1984.

Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times (Creative Commons License)