Van Halen-Black Star (Club Days)

[thomasmorrismusic]

We Love George Lynch-I have one of his instructional video*s w/Mr Scrary- * And the Lead to *IN MY DREAMS* It may have been STARLICKS or GUITAR METHOD VIDEO*S-What a great guitarist-[he introduced two of his guitar instructors at the end-what a shock-but everyone learns from someone-[Every man is my master in that I can learn something from them]

[ZackAttackLoVe]

i thought this was an yngwie cover... lame

[bongnbud]

Rename it or take it Down,..

[cryogenics66]

wtf you all know about a good guitar player? George Lynch is bad ass!

He's not Eddie but he's no slouch by a long shot. You write mr. scary and then get back to me. Dokken was a cool band.

[MeanStreet93]

Awesome song!!

[theScytheofGod]

It's easy to change the title of this, so as not to confuse people.

[dlukstein]

Definitely hear the VH influence but that's not VH!!!

[funhistory]

As others have remarked, I bought an audio tape of this back around 1982-1983. It was combined with some genuine VH songs from a Starwood 1977 performance, but this song was labeled as 1975-6 Mammoth featuring Edward on vocals. I had my doubts, so it's nice to have closure from others now.

[Colierrannd2]

To me it sounds so much like George I don't know how it got confused. I don't blame the poster, it might've been labeled wrong. Cool song.

[robibm2003]

I have some early Van Halen club stuff and even some demo material and this sounds nothing like them. I would have to vote with the others who say this might be Lynch, who was kind of a Van Halen clone early in his career.

[AgentXPQ]

This song was on a vinyl VH bootleg I had when I was a wee tot. I think the album was called "Rules are for fools". I always assumed it was Mike Anthony singing. Have not heard this in years. Hearing it again, the basic guitar sound is a bit like Edward's, but the solo at the end, absolutely not.

[NuclearHendrix]

That AIN'T VAN HALEN!!!

[johnnybeane]

i have had this on a VH boot cassette tape since 1990 and just found it. had forgotten about this song.

Yes it is NOT VH.

[6672rock]

Now that we know it's not VH, how about making a new video for the song without the VH logo?

[SuperDali75]

this is NOT Van Halen. It's a band called "The Boyz"

[qwerty123123ify]

peeps stop complaining about the sound, its just a club recording

[ginobasile]

This is horrible!

[nehocyrrah]

there is a similar song on one of my old VH bootlegs!!  This is surely not the VH

[Reg197844]

I had the same bootleg. For years I was confused because the guitars defintitey weren't Eddie, nor the vocals Dave's.

[jonsilence]

100% guaranteed this is NOT Van Halen in any form. Its is Xciter with George Lynch, Mick Brown on drums and Greg Sanford on vocals.

[TheRisingforce2000]

audio sounds like shit

[RobertoVanni]

This is Xciter with Lynch

[ArseBandit85]

maybe this was from their "Mammoth" days???

[dajzilla]

How the HELL could anyone think this was the mighty Van Halen?!?! If the vocals didn't give it away then surely the shit guitar playing would have!! Jesus christ dude. Get yourself together man! LAWLZ!

[TheJohnnyDanger]

Wasn't it The Boyz? Xciter was the high school band he was in that became The Boyz which recorded this song.

[dennisandvicki]

In case you're curious, George released a CD with about 12 Xciter songs through his website last year. Black Star's on it in great quality, a few live tracks, and a couple of tracks with a short lived girl singer. Cool stuff!

[vhfanjack]

thanks for the info

[CAIRwatchdotcom]

I read this on Metal Sludge or in 'The Inside' VH fan magazine interview with George Lynch who confirmed this. Just do a google search for George Lynch and Xciter and it'll pull up a bunch of hits with info on this song and a bunch of others recorded in the same studio sessions.

[vhfanjack]

thanks man, ill change the info now

[CAIRwatchdotcom]

This is pre-Dokken George Lynch in Xciter.

[vhfanjack]

sounds right, do you have any proof? It would really help

[RNRDOLL]

@vhfanjack Go to amazon...its on one of George's official releases of his old bands/rarities. Xciter. Sounds just like pre '77 VH doesnt it though?! its uncanny and easy to see why anyone would confuse it.

[vanhalenkid]

I dont think its ed singing I think it must be mark stone....

[vhfanjack]

Your guess is as good as mine

[dudewinky]

Not DLR

[vhfanjack]

I know, read the description

[zackvanhalen]

I heard this was George Lynch's band. There two other songs like this with the same singer. But, I honestly don't know who it is. Except for the singing it sounds like VH. Actually now that I think about it, it sounds like early Sammy Hagar!

[vhfanjack]

Yeah, I've got one of the other songs, titled "Sleepless Nights". The guitar playing sounds like Ed, especially with the use of a phaser in the chorus, and the tone.

I agree, his does sound like Sammy!

[vhfanjack]

this*