Van Halen-House Of Pain

Montreal '84

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• Pian
• VH
• David
• Lee
• Roth

[DarthKazi]

Ed is the QB... Roth is a cheerleader. Not an insult to him... I'm just sayin'...

[JManGuitar5150]

Correction: The band IS huge.

[1briggster]

roth is still the best by far but man is he weird on stage

[glueforall]

@metrakos I also read that Ed was very influenced by Allan Holdsworth and his very progressive jazz / rock fusion at this point...some of his chording and quirky timing is very Holdsworth like

[clevelandrum]

@jgrahamwireless

Well said, they were young, and except for DLR, very awkward when put in front of a camera. Amazing how elusive they are, we would love to hear anything from them!

[jgrahamwireless]

Despite all the craziness of VH in their early years.......Picture this people...these were young dudes changing the tone of rock music! They had more influence on rock music(guitar) than any band ever. Yeah they might be wasted in most of their shows(all in their early 20's).....But they made it all happen.

[sparkles67]

absolutely well said

[hazor777]

@sparkles67 : that is a standard joke from DLR........he does it almost every show (or did)........it's to keep the feel/vibe loose with the crowd - after all they were the premiere "party animal" band of their genre......

[sparkles67]

@theShowStopper321 thats true, and i agree. id be super pissed if my singer kept forgetting up the lyrics or fucking up the melody cause he couldnt sing his parts properly. btw, al is awesome on 1984, but his timing is ALL OVER THE PLACE here!!!

[TheWhite1961]

House of Pain is a very much underrated song in the VH history.

[sasgay]

@metrakos exactly: those guys payed to hear the song like it was on the record. fair enough it gets boring to play exactly the same every night but you can't then rip on someone else for cheating the crowd by keeping things interesting for himself.

[sasgay]

why are they playing the so fast? fucking ruining it. evh is an asshole.