VAN HALEN
I love music. I love concerts. So last night someone hooked me up with Van Halen tickets and I was pretty jacked up. David Lee Roth is back singing for them and I was looking forward to hearing them because like it or not, they are one of the great bands of our time. They way they fight, I figured this might be the last time to get to see them.
So here are some quick hits:
- Roth has still got pipes.
- Roth is a GREAT frontman.
- Eddie is probably one of the great guitar players of all time.
- When you are the guitar player and you play in the center of the stage where the lead singer should be singing, you know you are good.
- The entire band left the stage and Eddie entertained for 15 minutes just playing the guitar. It never got boring.
- No fancy lights, stage, or video. Just loud rock and roll.
- 50/50 mix in age. A lot of over 35 and I lot of under 30.
- They played two hours straight, never talked, never stopped. It was great
- Sound was awful. Eddie’s guitar cut out of the mains probably 4 times, and Roth’s mic fed back twice. If looks could kill, Roth would be in jail for murder.
- Alex Van Halen can kill some drums. He was awesome. I thought we were cool because our drummer plays a double bass. Alex plays with 4 bass drums.
- Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie’s son) is not good enough to play with them. Obviously he is good, but not ready for the stage yet.
- I think they had his bass track looped because several times he wasn’t playing but the bass was still playing.
- GREAT night!
- They are back next week and I got tickets to go again from my lovely bride. It was so good that I am excited. This time I am going with Tim.