I never knew VH tribute bands played at retirement homes...half the crowd are on hearing aids and dentures...if I was the guitarist, I'd say to the lead singer "dude, are we in the right place?"
hahahaqaaaaaa!! look at the elderly couple down in front."hey Mabel I thought the VFW was having bingo tonight?" "Why no Harold,I just figured since you took a couple of viagras that a good rock show would be just what we need before tonight's festivities!"
Very cool man. A lot of VH tribute bands have the look, but can't back it up. These guys have the look and the chops. As well, the guitarist has the early VH tone down perfect. Awesome. I'd go see them.
This Guitar Player is the best I have seen at note for not and sound of Eddie by far, especially Eddies early songs where he tore the neck up with speed without sounding like crap shredding.
This guy should have hooked up with sammy and Mike A instead of Joe Scratchamini....
I took a online webcam guitar lesson from this guitarist. Hes way cool. And he don't sit there and show off like hes the shit. He IS the SHIT, but he is really helpful. Super nice guy.
Fuckin out of controll!!!!!!! Love the whole thing. How did you get Kevin Nealon to jam on drums for you?!?!? NO but really, like everybody is saying, Eddie guy, you are bad ass. Well done. Dave guy is kick ass too
This, minus the awesome guitar player, is awful... I mean are they at retirement home or something, whats with grandma and grandpa getting their heads shredded off in the front row next to the amps by the guitar player...
Absoulutly the best performance of him doing a rendition of Eddie. Believe me, after hearing many players in many cities across the states doing Eddie, this guy is it!
yeah the guitar player jams but the band sucks! They cant sing backups for shit! Why waste all your time covering a band????? HAHAHA! what a bunch of butt burglers!
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This guy should teach eddie these songs.This guy blows eddie away.What a sound.I saw VH in ny and the sound of eds guitar was horrible.This guy should finish out the tour for ed.
Man I dont think the singer sucks I think his mix sucks, and yeah the backvoc suck, but man if you guys get your shit together youde be the best tribute for van halen, that dude looks like Roth the bass player looks like MA, and your guitarist could take EDV place in van halen and nobody would know the difference, seriously my dad who was listening to VH since he was 16 came in and thought it was the real Eddie playing, great band I like you guys alot.
Al's great - not impressed with the tone though- it's over-saturated, mushy and not at all like a vintage Plexi. Perhaps it's more of a cross between the old 5150 MKI and a JCM800. Apparently Al's not in this band anymore either - six months or so ago the rest of this band reformed with another guitarist as "Fan Halen". I haven't heard that incarnation as of yet... or the new "Ed clone".
must be hard up for gigs to be playing at an old folks nursing home.the old guy in front was probably hoping for a frank sinatra impersonater that night
I agree, if this were in uk it would be in a working mens club, ppl who are only interested in bingo. Vocalist is shite also...and the drummer is laughable. Excellent guitarist though.
Drummer and Bass player aren't even close to playing together,,guitar players good..but,,, I could understand the outfits if they were in a big club.. but this looks like the senior center..Spandex for Grandma and Grampa????
first of all the guitar player is the shit.he should be in rock band....not a cover band. but, where the fuck are they playing at? i dont have a problem with cover bands but he is just so good to not be in a huge rock band!
Great Guitar, almost exact to the original song. Vocals need refining, way off. Audience is cracking me up big time, was this footage shot at that local VFW??
Good GOD...is this audience dead? This is one of the best Van Halen covers I have ever heard, not to mention just a generally DAMNED good stage presence.
cool guitar playing the singer needs to sing more on key kick him out he cant sing and get a bass player thats not 300 lbs keep the drummer.good guitar playing though.
Don't that suck when someone nails the brown sound better than Eddie. LoL... This guy Must be single, no kids, and never had a girlfriend. I envy him!
Ummmmm...... you can't nail the brown sound better than Eddie since EVH created the brown sound. EVH had it how it was supposed to sound, you can only make it 100% as good, but never better.
What the heck is the "brown sound"? That note Cartman hits that makes you crap your pants? Seriously, I am a guitarist for 40 years and never heard a brown sound. Peace PS This Estrada guy looks a little like Dave! nice cover band!
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This band SUCKS ASS!
john11565 6 months ago
I think it's great.A lot of fun to watch.
Guitfiddlejase 7 months ago
The Guitarist is "On Fire" The Bassist is "Unchained" Drummer is "Hot for Teacher" The singer is "you're NO GOOD" and the backup vocals just suck...
1977BanditTransAM 7 months ago
Work on the backups guys!!!!
RasputinsFate 7 months ago
suhr custom? how much did u paid that :O?!?
88ueshiba88 7 months ago
The guitarist is spot-on....perfect.
cbgou812 7 months ago 3
I think they are playing in front of the Rollings Stones... Isn't that Charlie Watts?
nickhilken 1 year ago
I never knew VH tribute bands played at retirement homes...half the crowd are on hearing aids and dentures...if I was the guitarist, I'd say to the lead singer "dude, are we in the right place?"
5150VanAlien 1 year ago
that must be the third van halen brother on guitar... holy shit was that some good guitar playing
Pepper2Jason 1 year ago
great guitarist, the rest of the vid JUST PLAIN WEIRD, WHO THE FUCK ARE THEY PLAYING FOR? A NURSING HOME? WTF
skirbyr 1 year ago
why dosent a guaitarist with his ability to his own thing instead of a side show?
valkour22 1 year ago
hahahaqaaaaaa!! look at the elderly couple down in front."hey Mabel I thought the VFW was having bingo tonight?" "Why no Harold,I just figured since you took a couple of viagras that a good rock show would be just what we need before tonight's festivities!"
EddySwass 1 year ago
Guitarist is good....that is all
maxwellthedog 1 year ago
Nice guitar playing for sure
tmwnat 1 year ago
lmao what a shitty gig but GUITAR PLAYER WAS SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK
thenamesfrancisco 1 year ago
The Singer Sucks..........
evhfrankie 1 year ago
I love that grey-haired couple on the first row! If they aren't they already deaf they were after sitting six feet from that 4x12 cabinet.
talledu 1 year ago
That bass player is one sad looking dude.
infernalhammer 1 year ago
They could need a new drummer....
Taggzahriagahtarr 1 year ago
The guitar player is the star. The other guys are a joke.
KingEdwardVanHalen 1 year ago
One dimemsional guitar tone, not much going on here, no expression, not even in the same universe as Ed
2368CHRIS 1 year ago
I'M THE ONE.
1313motley1313 1 year ago
great fucking guitarist but the singer is bringin them down
frankenstrat25 1 year ago
the singer sounds like he's drunk, nice job on guitar though!
Angeltheband1 1 year ago
Very cool man. A lot of VH tribute bands have the look, but can't back it up. These guys have the look and the chops. As well, the guitarist has the early VH tone down perfect. Awesome. I'd go see them.
604Ronnie 2 years ago
HA HA Check out the old people in the front row!! Looks like they are really diggin it!
79lpcustom 2 years ago
haha the singer looks like fabian crema. look for him in youtube
MarcosKtulu 2 years ago
es mas linda que fabian!
79lpcustom 2 years ago
Fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Philippe55JS 2 years ago
LOL!!!!
BugLegss 2 years ago
This Guitar Player is the best I have seen at note for not and sound of Eddie by far, especially Eddies early songs where he tore the neck up with speed without sounding like crap shredding.
This guy should have hooked up with sammy and Mike A instead of Joe Scratchamini....
alcondragon 2 years ago
great player but he sures looks different without his hair:D
underoath115 2 years ago
I'd go see these guys, be fun as hell
sniffy45 2 years ago
Brilliant, brilliant guitar playing, sort out the vocals though...
hobbsie5 2 years ago
he is probably the best guitar player that sounds like eddie
he is pretty kick ass
DevonVanNote 2 years ago
The bass player looks like a blonde Wolfgang. Music A+, vocals B-.
jroundy1649 2 years ago
I took a online webcam guitar lesson from this guitarist. Hes way cool. And he don't sit there and show off like hes the shit. He IS the SHIT, but he is really helpful. Super nice guy.
Guitarhero1000 2 years ago
Fuckin out of controll!!!!!!! Love the whole thing. How did you get Kevin Nealon to jam on drums for you?!?!? NO but really, like everybody is saying, Eddie guy, you are bad ass. Well done. Dave guy is kick ass too
wantit1 2 years ago
yeaaaaaaaa
franpurasangre 2 years ago
i love the old guy.. he must be deaf by now lmaoo!!
but great show
chez117 2 years ago
The old guy in the front row must be dead! Great guitar, lousy vocals!
SCLUCAS01 2 years ago
i fucking hate tribute bands, and the singer from this one is a great example of why.
but that guitarist is great.
birdiejoehoaks 3 years ago 15
@birdiejoehoaks Good thing the singer is no longer in the band!
1978eruption 1 year ago
@birdiejoehoaks but hes exactly like dave. drunk off his ass. and sings like shit live
frankenstrat25 1 year ago
@frankenstrat25 hahaha
birdiejoehoaks 1 year ago
@birdiejoehoaks so in my opinion hes the best impersonator ever
frankenstrat25 1 year ago
@frankenstrat25 i yield to you sir.
birdiejoehoaks 1 year ago
@birdiejoehoaks hey when any singer sings like dave can live. i give them props. mumbling. and forgetting the words.
frankenstrat25 1 year ago
Is that pat benatar on drums? The guitar player is incredible.
EddySwass 3 years ago 8
@EddySwass Is that Curt Schilling on Base?
briwhi 1 year ago
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the whole band sucks
billyfan8305 3 years ago
Fucking Perfect Performance!
carychilton 3 years ago
I have to agree great job al!
MusiciansQuarters 3 years ago
fa nominal guitar player!!!!! but stick to the guitar dude U suck at singing! Grandma and Pa can be rockers too!!!!
fatz1340 3 years ago
all right guys !!! Great !!!!
stratbluesman 3 years ago
Al Estrada is one of the best Van Halen players in the world.
The guy knows it all!
luckluc 3 years ago
This, minus the awesome guitar player, is awful... I mean are they at retirement home or something, whats with grandma and grandpa getting their heads shredded off in the front row next to the amps by the guitar player...
SkippyJJ20 3 years ago
Has the singer got a pair of socks stuffed down his kex? Guitarist is amazing SHIT HOT
Q3Lithium 3 years ago
dude is nasty on the guitar
B2Rockin 3 years ago 2
my guitar looks like his but i did it my self
VanAllan5 3 years ago
Great guitarist!! Not that great a band tho
VanHalenRulze 3 years ago 2
you guys should come to graspop! or at Rock Am Ring. im sure everyone would love you guys!
08376 3 years ago
Eddie would certainly be jealous....ha ha ha
Jimster99 3 years ago
Absoulutly the best performance of him doing a rendition of Eddie. Believe me, after hearing many players in many cities across the states doing Eddie, this guy is it!
trevorhingtgen1990 3 years ago
pretty damn good
ATOMICPUNK27 3 years ago
This is how I invision hell.
Mojomanmadness1971 3 years ago
Ha ha ha ha!!!
DougFCKNSteele 3 years ago
Ha ha ha ha ha yea...
Jimster99 3 years ago
HAHAHHAHA
slayer666metallica 3 years ago
is this guy using a tonelab, coz his tone sounds wxactly like the se demos on the vox site
nickvanhalen 3 years ago
yeah the guitar player jams but the band sucks! They cant sing backups for shit! Why waste all your time covering a band????? HAHAHA! what a bunch of butt burglers!
EddySwass 3 years ago
i love the ol people in the front row,,,,man that guy is one tight guitar player!!!!!
petegoyeroslin 3 years ago
pretty good, but horrible singnin, nothing like the original
alexios1994 3 years ago 2
eddie would be proud
Metalzilla2007 3 years ago
It's kind of sad, but hey it must be really fun.
Kiejzo 3 years ago
pretty cool. great video!! keep it up!!!
guspech 3 years ago
I can fart a tone better than that EV imitator can sing.
TrinitySoccer2008 3 years ago 2
I dont get how anyone can say hes better then eddie, he didint write the music hes playing... that simple
AssassinSteven 3 years ago
eddie you rule...STILL number 1 in their time
cha2x30 4 years ago
eddie you rule...STILL number 1 in their time
cha2x30 4 years ago
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This guy should teach eddie these songs.This guy blows eddie away.What a sound.I saw VH in ny and the sound of eds guitar was horrible.This guy should finish out the tour for ed.
RayMac53 4 years ago
that guy's really got the evh sound going on
AstorSkywalker 4 years ago
That was bosifus!
Psychofunkapus 4 years ago
Are those your parents in the front row??? Awesome!!! Great guitar work!!
VHwantabe 4 years ago
Just as in VH,guitarist is the shit and the band BLOWS!!!
tomigunn777 4 years ago
that guitarist could go further the rest of the band is just ok. the guitarist should look for new ppl to play with
TGMONEYproductions 4 years ago
that drummer cracks me up. He looks like Adam Sandler. He looks like he's afraid he's gonna pop himself in the head with a drum stick. :)
Ednerd 4 years ago 2
Nice job on Ed's part on this 1.
evh7775150 4 years ago
Super guitar everything else just ok.
steveg127 4 years ago
vocals and drummer suck!!!! Guitar is amazing.
coolbreeze8159 4 years ago
you took the words out of my mouth.
RuneScapeNetworks 4 years ago
as a vh fan it would've been cool to see this, and this fuckin' lame ass crowd just sat there. sorry bastards!
VHCLIFF 4 years ago
Guitar is good singer lacks feeling and a voice........the stage could be a little bigger too doncha think? :D
mattnnancy 4 years ago
uhhhhhh the guitar is good but the singer and the back up vocals suck
Showmaster1984 4 years ago
Man I dont think the singer sucks I think his mix sucks, and yeah the backvoc suck, but man if you guys get your shit together youde be the best tribute for van halen, that dude looks like Roth the bass player looks like MA, and your guitarist could take EDV place in van halen and nobody would know the difference, seriously my dad who was listening to VH since he was 16 came in and thought it was the real Eddie playing, great band I like you guys alot.
Zoso9090 4 years ago
That audience has to be cardboard cutouts... or maybe that old dude was waiting for the Frank Sinatra impersonator...
fxe1200 4 years ago
Al is the freaking best!! He just rips! that audience is the worst. I think they have been living in a cave for the last 20 years.
Ednerd 4 years ago
guitar playing is seriously flawless... daaaayum O_O
ohpoepoe 4 years ago
Al's great - not impressed with the tone though- it's over-saturated, mushy and not at all like a vintage Plexi. Perhaps it's more of a cross between the old 5150 MKI and a JCM800. Apparently Al's not in this band anymore either - six months or so ago the rest of this band reformed with another guitarist as "Fan Halen". I haven't heard that incarnation as of yet... or the new "Ed clone".
BillDerBerg 4 years ago
amazing guitar tone,the od100, is really amazing
keyswala 4 years ago
must be hard up for gigs to be playing at an old folks nursing home.the old guy in front was probably hoping for a frank sinatra impersonater that night
kevin5555 4 years ago 2
These guys are definitely rockin...drummer make me a little nervous watching for some reason...hhmm...
shogunwarrior32 4 years ago
The guitar playing is flawless. The best Eddie cover I've seen. But man the vocals really suck.
funkypratt 4 years ago
Three Plonkers and One Great Guitarist!
albatross11 5 years ago
Isn't that usually the case?
I have Al's solo disc, it is really good. Even the fact that he did all the instruments himself doesn't take away from it.
RedCell24 4 years ago
Dude that frekin rox. how did you learn how 2 play like that?^o^
guitarfreekidge 5 years ago
I agree, if this were in uk it would be in a working mens club, ppl who are only interested in bingo. Vocalist is shite also...and the drummer is laughable. Excellent guitarist though.
Peaveywolf 5 years ago
Drummer and Bass player aren't even close to playing together,,guitar players good..but,,, I could understand the outfits if they were in a big club.. but this looks like the senior center..Spandex for Grandma and Grampa????
ittenbitten 5 years ago
I agree-they should write(even) a (mediocre)song and go on tour. I'll go see them! They're too good to play only covers.
robert303 5 years ago
They need to stop acting people they aren't... omg it's so gay.
xomelyssox 5 years ago
first of all the guitar player is the shit.he should be in rock band....not a cover band. but, where the fuck are they playing at? i dont have a problem with cover bands but he is just so good to not be in a huge rock band!
peagravel 5 years ago
guitar is like the best vocals are the worst
masterohumans 5 years ago
I wish I could punch the drummer in the face. He looks like a jackass.
mjc7 5 years ago
hahahahahaha
jimhofman 5 years ago
Gimme a break!
McDonalds is hiring!
cchavez1 5 years ago
Is Eddie playing an ibanez? It doesnt look like the fender head.
danthemanrocks 5 years ago
Heh. I think the faux DLR is packin a cucumber.
moby68 5 years ago
lmao
DynastyLang 5 years ago
Great Guitar, almost exact to the original song. Vocals need refining, way off. Audience is cracking me up big time, was this footage shot at that local VFW??
saugusg16 5 years ago
I think they're in the singer's basement and those are his parents and family. They must be impressed with his threads.
Briman24 5 years ago
The old guy is looking at the singers Spandex and saying to himself... WTF am I doing here?
Briman24 5 years ago
That is some funny shit!!Looks like a bunch of old dudes in the audience!!
steelgil 5 years ago
That is funny as shit!!Looks like some old dudes in the audience!
steelgil 5 years ago
Good GOD...is this audience dead? This is one of the best Van Halen covers I have ever heard, not to mention just a generally DAMNED good stage presence.
Barogas 5 years ago
The guitar is a look a like of Eddies guitar from the second album. The same guitar that Eddie put in Dimebags coffin.
Redrobin63 5 years ago
Let Eddie Play Eddie PLEASE!!!
silatyogi 5 years ago
This gutar player plays this great. His backing vox are a bit to high but again his playing/riffs are right on!
jawbreakerjo 5 years ago
He plays the note right, But seems to lack that Ed feel & Sole, Don't mean to piss anyone off, Just my opinion
Guitarwannabee 5 years ago
yep,,singer spoils it bigtime
Monsterpop 5 years ago
the crowd looks really excited. lol!
kamaboko1 5 years ago
The guy trying to be Dave didn't do a good job. The guy on guitar did though.
ZOSO5150EVH 5 years ago
Stick with the guitar, not the background harmonics!
JakeELee 5 years ago
cool guitar playing the singer needs to sing more on key kick him out he cant sing and get a bass player thats not 300 lbs keep the drummer.good guitar playing though.
mrmetalxxx 5 years ago
Dead-on Eddie playing as far as I'm concerned. But that's where it ends.
bagrat22 5 years ago
Suhr made that guitar?
davisdavisdavisdavis 5 years ago
aye El Strada is the best EVH tribute guitarist i've ever heard!
ukwan 5 years ago
It looks like someone's grndfather in the front row.
Theo80126 5 years ago
mas que merda!!! o som é ótimo mAH platéia wajakkeakekakkakaka LOL!
eduardomiotto 5 years ago
..get this guitar player to THE Atomic punks quick!!!
pvwunder5151 5 years ago
Man im sorry but the drummer looks like a gay 1940's sailor !!!
turdhat 5 years ago
That crowd rules! :) Really though the guitar player is badass.
Wruff 5 years ago
Are you kidding, that's Eddie sitting on the left side w/ the chick. LOL
theaterdreamer 5 years ago
it cant get any gayer.
cobias 5 years ago
This singing is as bad as the guitar playing is good. The Atomic Punks Rule!!!!
hystyk28 5 years ago
as hard as Eddie is to impersonate, Dave is even harder
RandyEllefson 5 years ago
great guitar player. Dead on impersonation. Almost like watching Eddie himself.
RandyEllefson 5 years ago
Sept his voice sounds nothing like eddies.
shebopxx 5 years ago
The guy`s a monster on guitar! Is that a Titlest in DLR`s spandex?
tubesoupio 5 years ago
sounds great to me, too bad the crowd sucked.
evhwolfie 5 years ago
Don't that suck when someone nails the brown sound better than Eddie. LoL... This guy Must be single, no kids, and never had a girlfriend. I envy him!
Moosenukel 5 years ago
Ummmmm...... you can't nail the brown sound better than Eddie since EVH created the brown sound. EVH had it how it was supposed to sound, you can only make it 100% as good, but never better.
sh4JBhumbucker 5 years ago
It was a joke. This guy has the most accurate re-creation that i've heard.
Moosenukel 5 years ago
What the heck is the "brown sound"? That note Cartman hits that makes you crap your pants? Seriously, I am a guitarist for 40 years and never heard a brown sound. Peace PS This Estrada guy looks a little like Dave! nice cover band!
hamwinkie 5 years ago
The band may not be the best, but this guy NAILS Eddies early tone.Best Eddie clone Ive ever seen,heard.
Machine1 5 years ago
Checkout the Atomic Punks, They do it right
Guitarwannabee 5 years ago
Not Bad, The DLR dude is Horrid, The Ed dude can play the notes but lacks the feel, Emotion, & Spirit of Ed, Sorry, just opinion
Guitarwannabee 5 years ago
That is so true, he is missing hte tightness that Eddie had.It looks to me he rushes to get to the next lick...sometimes, not all the time.
But still it his amazing that he has Eddie's sound.
Money baby, bring on the money
sega1962 5 years ago
Hey you guys do a really great job. The Eddie dude's a monster player! Keep it up! Sorry the venue seemed so lame.
yolchie 5 years ago
that was great, but id rather just have my own band rather than always pretending im someone else
Davey1992 5 years ago