“It was a very tense time”: Five bands that nobody could stand touring with
Don’t hit the road with this lot.
Van Halen
Why Sammy Hagar lost confidence during one album: “I didn’t know who I was”
The sound of an artist lost in the woods.
The forgotten Van Halen feud that almost ended in a stabbing: “It’s not play time anymore”
“Put the knife away, pal…”
The guitarist Howard Stern thought was out of everybody’s league: “Something superior”
Changing the world overnight.
The 1991 hit song that tested Eddie Van Halen’s patience: “Like pulling teeth”
Trying to nail down the one magical take.
The Van Halen album Sammy Hagar couldn’t stomach: “It has zero creativity”
Not moving their music forward.
The 1981 Van Halen album that made Eddie hate David Lee Roth: “A guy that wanted everything”
Getting a bit too jealous.
The 1986 song that made Van Halen fall in love with Sammy Hagar: “They got all excited”
Resurrecting the band.
Five times support bands destroyed the headliner: “We gotta follow these guys?”
“We blew everybody off the stage”.