I'm a new subscriber,i had forgotten about Rand guitars even.i totally agree about Eddie,istarted listening at 8 yrs old in 1981.i studied everything,every song,article,picture,etc. VH music has stood any test of time,i may have been born in the best time!
In 1978, my older sister and her 2 friends were going to see Journey at the Houston Music Hall in Houston, Tx. They loved Steve Perry. On the night of the concert, one of her friends gets sick and can't go. My sister asked me if I wanted to go with them, I said ok. I heard Journey on the radio alot and i liked them. I had no idea who Van Halen was. The 1st album came out in Feb of 78, this was April of 78. My memory is a little sketchy of VH playing, I wasn't a fan yet, I thiink we left to get Journey t-shirts when they first came on. I just remember when we got back to our seats, Eddie was in the middle of his solo but it didn't register in my brain yet, we were excited to see Journey. Anyway, a couple of weeks later I heard You Really Got Me on my FM radio and it hit me like a ton of bricks and I realized i had just seen them in concert, but I didnt pay much attention!! I dumped Journey and devoured anythijng Van Halen to this day, I'm 60 now and still try to remember that concert.
I think that the Wolfgang guitar in decades to come could be as iconic as the Strat and Les Paul. With all the innovations and who designed it seems really possible.
When I discuss "origin" gear, I'm in no way am I downplaying the original strats, teles, LPs of the time, because of course, they were the first! However, I don't think many people growing up in the 1980s would realize how innovative the designs were compared to even today's modern guitars. The irony is that when grunge hit in the early 1990s, these highly innovative designs from the 1980s were considered worthless and disgusting - a remnant of the "glam" era of rock which featured spandex, long hair, and everything else grunge hated......flashy Floyded guitars included.
I'm a new subscriber,i had forgotten about Rand guitars even.i totally agree about Eddie,istarted listening at 8 yrs old in 1981.i studied everything,every song,article,picture,etc.
VH music has stood any test of time,i may have been born in the best time!
In 1978, my older sister and her 2 friends were going to see Journey at the Houston Music Hall in Houston, Tx. They loved Steve Perry. On the night of the concert, one of her friends gets sick and can't go. My sister asked me if I wanted to go with them, I said ok. I heard Journey on the radio alot and i liked them. I had no idea who Van Halen was. The 1st album came out in Feb of 78, this was April of 78. My memory is a little sketchy of VH playing, I wasn't a fan yet, I thiink we left to get Journey t-shirts when they first came on. I just remember when we got back to our seats, Eddie was in the middle of his solo but it didn't register in my brain yet, we were excited to see Journey. Anyway, a couple of weeks later I heard You Really Got Me on my FM radio and it hit me like a ton of bricks and I realized i had just seen them in concert, but I didnt pay much attention!! I dumped Journey and devoured anythijng Van Halen to this day, I'm 60 now and still try to remember that concert.
the guy was incredible on them strings! he played a guitar solo throughout the whole song! unreal talent
AGREED...always good to hear you..look forward to some new vids...rock on my brother!!!
I think that the Wolfgang guitar in decades to come could be as iconic as the Strat and Les Paul. With all the innovations and who designed it seems really possible.
When I discuss "origin" gear, I'm in no way am I downplaying the original strats, teles, LPs of the time, because of course, they were the first! However, I don't think many people growing up in the 1980s would realize how innovative the designs were compared to even today's modern guitars. The irony is that when grunge hit in the early 1990s, these highly innovative designs from the 1980s were considered worthless and disgusting - a remnant of the "glam" era of rock which featured spandex, long hair, and everything else grunge hated......flashy Floyded guitars included.