In February of 1978 Van Halen released their debut album.
Taking there live set directly into the studio and over the course of two week, the band recorded everything thing they knew how to play. The results? Well, they speak for themselves.
Lets talk Van Halen, Van Halen!
I loved when Ritchie from “The Bear” misquoted David Lee Roth, saying: “I’m not like this cause I’m in Van Halen, I’m in Van Halen cause I’m like this.” It’s a great quote, it was a great quote for that character and it’s such a rock star thing to say. That led me to read several websites compiling memorable quotes from David Lee Roth, which was well worth the time and effort. Two of my favorites were, “When you can spell subpoena without thinking about it, that’s when you know you’ve made it.” and “I’m a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year.”
Another one of his quotes was “The reason more rock critics like Elvis Costello than us is that more rock critics look like Elvis Costello than us.” Well, Mr. Lee Roth, your wisdom continues to impress, because I look a lot more like Elvis Costello than you, and I do not like your band. I get it; I can appreciate the shtick, but it’s not for me. Probably because I’m not twelve years old and it’s not 1983. I’m glad Van Halen was a thing for a while. I like the mythos of rock and roll excess and big hair and leather pants and shredding on guitar and … bandanas?, but it’s not for me.
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