When younger gen kids see this it does NOT have the same impact it had on me when i was younger. When i saw EVH at the Philadelphia spectrum in 1978 it was life changing! NO ONE was playing like him! He was UNREAL to me and i remember going home after that show and playing my guitar all night!
I was there too guitarz on the floor dead center at the Spectrum. The good ol' days when tickets were 15 bucks maybe. Excellent show of what i can remember
I saw them at the Spectrum too in 1978 i walked out after the show trying to comprehend what i just saw and herd it totally blew me away..R.i.p..the great Philadelphia Spectrum...
Anyone who hasn't seen EVH do a guitar solo live can't really fathom the energy and adrenaline invelved, the passion and athletics he could effectively transmit from the stage to the audience member.. it was jawdropping, chillbumps, tears, shortness of breath.. Someone in another comment called it life changing. And it literally was. LITERALLY
Many a virtuoso guitar shredder has come and gone over the 80's, '90s, and 2000's, and NOT one of them - no matter how wide in scope their ability, no matter how many different styles they could play, no matter how mechanically perfect their technique is/was, etc. - NOT ONE of them has made the kind of IMPACT that Edward Van Halen made upon the electric guitar. Edward was truly the Lion of them all, King of the electric six string forevermore! All hail the King 👑! 2:13, 6:22,12:08, 12:35 is all iconic soloing! We today have no idea how groundbreaking that sound and technique was; it was otherworldly to the crowds of the late 70s.
Many a virtuoso shredder has come and gone over the 80's, '90s, and 2000's, and NOT one of them - no matter how wide in scope their ability, no matter how many different style they could play, no matter how mechanically perfect their technique is/was, etc. - NOT ONE of them has made the kind of impact that Edward Van Halen made upon the electric guitar. Edward was truly the Lion of them all, King of the electric six string forevermore! All hail the King 👑!
Saw them at the LA Forum on the Diver Down tour in '82. Life changing event. Dave seemed 20 ft tall. Nobody could touch them in the early days. Nobody!!
What is so surreal to me is that this is Eddie Van Halen's debut on the big stage and out in front with the big boys- Black Sabbath. To me- Eddie Vam Halen sounds just like a superhero right out of the comic-books. To be able to see Eddie play what he was playing back in 1978 just sounds amazingly frightening to me. No one was playing like this back in 1978! With the musical ear I have now, I can comprehend what it's all about and what he is playing- but back in 1978 when I was just a kid- this -is just amazing. This is what we call- "an oral explosion for all senses"..@14:20 that's when the brain begins to melt. Imagine seeing and hearing this for the first time back in 1978..Wholy Mooly
i can watch this a million x and it will always mesmerize me and leave me speechless at how powerful this band was....taking over the world one arena at a time!! Greatest band to ever come out of the USA oh and yeah they embarrassed sabbath day in and day out.
Saw him perform seven times. met him. Shook his hand at the Smithsonian. Met Alex and Wolfie. Truly the Greatest Guitarist EVER, in the Greatest American Rock Band ever and a legacy with a family history that will never be topped. 3 people named Van Halen, with the greatest frontman in history. It cant ever be surpassed. Its Music History. (drops mic)
It's cool to realize I was just over 3 months old living within about 5 miles of this venue when this show occurred...my '96 high school grad was in the same venue so I'd guess I walked across the same area as their stage nearly 18 years later.
Ain't Talkin' bout love! Roth smashes all other rock singers at this time, he could go off script, out of the safe zone. He wasn't afraid to rough it up, that's where the true magic was with the Mighty Van Halen band. They were confident enough to throw away the training wheels that made other bands sound stagnant, stiff. A live show ought to be.........A live show!!!!!!! Roth being a natural leader, led the band into stardom. He knew there was more to it than just the music, this is Rock n' Roll chemistry at it's finest! obviously Eddie and the rest are as good as it get's on their instruments but, they needed the one and only Roth to shine that light on that greatness. And yes here Eddie Trunk, Roth sounds as good as the record, those screams aren't studio magic, the lyrics, the stage presence, This Van Halen is unmatched to this day!
My older brother turned me on to Van Halen at a very young age. While other bands were/are great, none of them could touch the energy these guys had. Hearing the intro to Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love influenced me to start playing guitar!
alex in particular was on fire that night! His playing on I'm the one boom boom boom booom booom boom boom boom! FUCKIN FANTASTIC! And ed hendrix would have been blown away watching this!
this vid clip of VH live has changed my life, 1978! The entire band's talent, eddie's playing and even the way he moves on stage. it is like his guitar is his dance partner. Beautiful!
Damn 13:00 Eddie making his guitar sound like a screaming animal! Amazing. I read he was told to turn around during his original solos so others wouldnt easily copy him. This shows that he was an anomaly.....
I was at that show and for those of you that said how lucky Sabbath was to have VH pulling a crowd for them your wrong. no one knew who VH was at that point they had not even hit the radio in Fresno yet don't get me wrong we was impressed but they didn't draw the crowd Sabbath did that on their own
I saw this tour in Dallas and I knew who Van Halen was.... Already had the first album because of local radio playing it. They opened for Black Sabbath and blew them away! Ozzy plodding around the stage clapping his hands over his head was a real letdown after seeing this performance. Great show but I had seen Led Zeppelin the year before as my second ever concert and it was hard to match that. Early VH was good but they couldn't quite hold a candle to the magic and mystique that was LZ at the time....
@@tonibarnett1109 you are 100% correct on that after seeing Led Zeppelin play 6 nights at LA's Fabulous Forum. Zep played 4 hours without an opening act the night Keith Moon came up on stage with Bonham's drum solo. There was just something very huge about Zep's presence in an arena and how they brought the mystique of their amazing music and recorded history with them along with being from England. Van Halen was still just a flashy guitar oriented party band that could always entertain a new audience and untouchable in their own way compared with peers of their own age. They were nothing less than amazing to new ears.. o;)
To think Randy Rhoads was saving Ozzy Osbourne's career just one year later but here Black Sabbath were being roasted alive must've been humiliating....
Bottom line, who cares who blew who offstage. JUst tink of the bills: KISS open for Sabbath, VH open for Sabbath. Give Sabbath credit for having the balls to put them onstage.As KISS is my fave band...OMG..KISS for the most part ALWAYS had awesome bands open be it: AC/DC, Crue, WASP, Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche.
sabbath weren't that tapped about it. they're all cool motherfuckers. and they were falling off anyway. too many drugs. too many expectations. not enough inspiration. i'd luv to see a sober 1970 sabbath vs 1978 van halen. now THAT would be a fucking show I'd give my left nut to go back in time to see.
They were opening for Black Sabbath when they were supporting the NEVER SAY DIE album which was Ozzie’s last album with them before leaving to start the BLIZZARD OF OZZ with Randy Rhoads who Ozzy snapped from Quite Riot.They left everybody Numb with their mouths open.Gene Simmons bought David lee Roth his first pair of leather pants that he wore on the back of the colossal first album!!!
Saw them BLOW Black Sabbath off the stage in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville Florida in 78 and again 8 months later after the release of their Van Halen II album in 1979 in Jacksonville only that time headlining at the Civic Auditorium...they crushed it ! Both shows were freaking awesome.
Roth and Eddie had great chemistry. This is the REAL VH. Every other VH is a weak imitation. Roth was the perfect counter part to Eddie. You need a giant showman like Roth to complement Eddie. Sammy sort of watered down Eddie. Roth brought out Eddies best. He sort of bugged Eddie, but their edgy relationship translated well musically. Roth seemed to be constantly pushing Eddie to the next level.
they'd hate to admit it, but that's why they both came back and played with each other despite the fact that they both can't stand one another. cuz when they're on, it's musical bliss. and they know it.
Dad, I and our very best friends were there! Was my very first rock concert! Rest In Peace Eddie, long live your influential greatness and timeless inspiration!
Just a quick FYI, this footage is from the September 22, 1978 show in Fresno at Selland. It is widely reported that Van Halen did play 1/28/78 in Fresno, and also 3 dates in February, there is no footage and no pics of these gigs. The black/white pants Dave is wearing in this video, and the white shirt Ed is wearing, they began wearing on March 3, 1978 when the first tour started with Journey. If this video were from a gig on 1/28/78, Dave would have most likely been wearing his black leather pants, and Ed would have been wearing his black shirt with white stripes, as they did for their 12/30/78 and 12/31/78 shows at the Whiskey.
Hi Gabriel. Thanks! for sharing this rare, and Amazing footage. Do you, or anyone know why all of Fresno Media Resoration's classic rock concerts were removed lately, from RUclips. I am mourning this Rock and Roll loss. I reached out to FMR, but to no avail.
@@cornbobrimlove7892 , Don't be stupid. VH only has speed technique over Hendrix.. In terms of sound innovation, songwriting Hendrix is above him. The dive boms, feedback control and squeels VH is known for.. Hendrix did ALL that first. Listen to the live recording of 'Machine Gun' from the Band Of Gypsies album.
@@theconstruct77 I"ve heard all that Hendrix stuff.....not even in the same room with Eddie VH........Eddie took it to a whole other planet when he hit the scene. Changed rock guitar more than any other player in history. Then Yngwie did it again for heavy metal guitarists in the early 80's.
the date is wrong. they didn't play on a tour opening for anybody 1/28/78. they were still doing an occasional gig in LA, preparing to go on the Journey/Montrose tour. the album came out in early march/end of feb.. they didn't join Journey/Montrose in Chicago until end of Feb/'78.. this concert was later that year.. and yes nobody wants to go on next. The energy level and entertainment factor is amazing. It's so f'ing exciting. purposely. They understood the concert is a huge party. If you want sedate perfect playing "go to the philharmonic. this is rock n roll."
![Van Halen - Live in Fresno 1978 [watermark removed & upscaled to HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/98pfx1B5LVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
When younger gen kids see this it does NOT have the same impact it had on me when i was younger.
When i saw EVH at the Philadelphia spectrum in 1978 it was life changing!
NO ONE was playing like him!
He was UNREAL to me and i remember going home after that show and playing my guitar all night!
Yes. I saw them last year. It was an awesome concert! Dave can't sing like that anymore, but the band was as tight as ever.
Or are you referring to the kids that are playing now? If that is what you meant, I agree with you.
I was there too guitarz on the floor dead center at the Spectrum. The good ol' days when tickets were 15 bucks maybe. Excellent show of what i can remember
I saw them at the Spectrum too in 1978 i walked out after the show trying to comprehend what i just saw and herd it totally blew me away..R.i.p..the great Philadelphia Spectrum...
Saw Van halen at the Philadelphia Spectrum in 1978 what a world Tour that was
Anyone who hasn't seen EVH do a guitar solo live can't really fathom the energy and adrenaline invelved, the passion and athletics he could effectively transmit from the stage to the audience member.. it was jawdropping, chillbumps, tears, shortness of breath.. Someone in another comment called it life changing. And it literally was. LITERALLY
And the chant just before his first solo!
Many a virtuoso guitar shredder has come and gone over the 80's, '90s, and 2000's, and NOT one of them - no matter how wide in scope their ability, no matter how many different styles they could play, no matter how mechanically perfect their technique is/was, etc. - NOT ONE of them has made the kind of IMPACT that Edward Van Halen made upon the electric guitar. Edward was truly the Lion of them all, King of the electric six string forevermore! All hail the King 👑! 2:13, 6:22,12:08, 12:35 is all iconic soloing! We today have no idea how groundbreaking that sound and technique was; it was otherworldly to the crowds of the late 70s.
MAN....this is a REAL guitar hero ! RIP, you guitar genius !
Well said🤘🤘🤘💯
Nobody topped Van Halen during this six album run. This is Rock and Roll fact.
Led Zepplein or Kiss or Black Sabbath,AC/DC they might be Able to challenge them But VH is one of my top 10 Favorite Classic Hard rock bands
Many a virtuoso shredder has come and gone over the 80's, '90s, and 2000's, and NOT one of them - no matter how wide in scope their ability, no matter how many different style they could play, no matter how mechanically perfect their technique is/was, etc. - NOT ONE of them has made the kind of impact that Edward Van Halen made upon the electric guitar. Edward was truly the Lion of them all, King of the electric six string forevermore! All hail the King 👑!
@the_dune_mannah.
A total and undeniable FACT! FO SHO!
@@mikeskillings5985AC/DC was a killing machine during this era, no argument.
Saw them at the LA Forum on the Diver Down tour in '82. Life changing event. Dave seemed 20 ft tall. Nobody could touch them in the early days. Nobody!!
What is so surreal to me is that this is Eddie Van Halen's debut on the big stage and out in front with the big boys- Black Sabbath. To me- Eddie Vam Halen sounds just like a superhero right out of the comic-books. To be able to see Eddie play what he was playing back in 1978 just sounds amazingly frightening to me. No one was playing like this back in 1978! With the musical ear I have now, I can comprehend what it's all about and what he is playing- but back in 1978 when I was just a kid- this -is just amazing. This is what we call- "an oral explosion for all senses"..@14:20 that's when the brain begins to melt. Imagine seeing and hearing this for the first time back in 1978..Wholy Mooly
The other big name veteran rock guitarists in ‘78 were probably like “what the fuck!” Regarding EVH. Many have admitted this.
i can watch this a million x and it will always mesmerize me and leave me speechless at how powerful this band was....taking over the world one arena at a time!! Greatest band to ever come out of the USA oh and yeah they embarrassed sabbath day in and day out.
me too man!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite band then and still now. Love 'em.
Grew up with this band, and many others in that time period.. Best musical experience in my life...
Saw him perform seven times. met him. Shook his hand at the Smithsonian. Met Alex and Wolfie. Truly the Greatest Guitarist EVER, in the Greatest American Rock Band ever and a legacy with a family history that will never be topped. 3 people named Van Halen, with the greatest frontman in history. It cant ever be surpassed. Its Music History. (drops mic)
The mighty Van Halen,! Absolutely effing vicious
It's cool to realize I was just over 3 months old living within about 5 miles of this venue when this show occurred...my '96 high school grad was in the same venue so I'd guess I walked across the same area as their stage nearly 18 years later.
WOW!!! They were a real POWERHOUSE!!! Really young and undeniable talent!!!
wow this sounds killer!....A band firing on all four cylinders, that's for sure.
RIP Eddie Van Halen. The King of 10 Fingers and 6 Strings
Let me make this very clear...there will never be another front man like DLR...period..(energy for days)
Have you seen Jim Dandy?
Too bad he let his audiences down by putting almost no effort into actually singing.
Dave had the Face to let him get away with it Pretty good live but on the Albums Fantastic
He was the Gold standard of what a front man was and is supposed to be!! Just like Ed, There will Never be another Dave...
Watch videos of the j Geils band live in ‘72. Peter wolf is untouchable
Classic VH!... I think the first album is still their best. Thank you Gabriel for sharing!
Totally.....Blown....Away....this has to be one of the best LIVE performances/shows that I have seen of The Mighty VH
for sure mate
VH really put on a good show back in the day. They gave their ALL every show. You could tell the love to perform...
They were like time travelers from the future. Except for their bell bottoms.
damn eddie van halen sounds so great
If you like this era then read Van Halen Rising by Greg Renoff. Excellent book about their early years
Followed by Noel Monks book Running w the Devil .. VH from 1979 to 1984
@@DVincentW yep. Read that also
I saw VH several times from 1979 to 1983 - they were a force of nature!
i saw them the first time in 1978 opening for Black Sabbath at Madison Square Garden music changing Event!
The year I graduated high school. Saw them that summer at the famed Texxas Jam & then again the following November, opening for Black Sabbath.
I wouldve shit my pants had i seen this live in 1978- from another planet!
Ain't Talkin' bout love! Roth smashes all other rock singers at this time, he could go off script, out of the safe zone. He wasn't afraid to rough it up, that's where the true magic was with the Mighty Van Halen band. They were confident enough to throw away the training wheels that made other bands sound stagnant, stiff. A live show ought to be.........A live show!!!!!!! Roth being a natural leader, led the band into stardom. He knew there was more to it than just the music, this is Rock n' Roll chemistry at it's finest! obviously Eddie and the rest are as good as it get's on their instruments but, they needed the one and only Roth to shine that light on that greatness. And yes here Eddie Trunk, Roth sounds as good as the record, those screams aren't studio magic, the lyrics, the stage presence, This Van Halen is unmatched to this day!
Roth’s intelligence is underrated, IMO.
My older brother turned me on to Van Halen at a very young age. While other bands were/are great, none of them could touch the energy these guys had. Hearing the intro to Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love influenced me to start playing guitar!
alex in particular was on fire that night! His playing on I'm the one boom boom boom booom booom boom boom boom! FUCKIN FANTASTIC! And ed hendrix would have been blown away watching this!
My first concert ever...ruined me for life. NO ONE has come close to out doing this show.
Paul Mccarty What an awesome experience that must’ve been 😭
i'm so envious. i know it must have better than my first show ever, VH 1986
P Mac same here!
I saw this show in ‘79.
My first concert too and nothing has ever come close 👍🎸🎸
P Mac - you’re a lucky prick
this vid clip of VH live has changed my life, 1978! The entire band's talent, eddie's playing and even the way he moves on stage. it is like his guitar is his dance partner. Beautiful!
Thank you Cortesia de Psiquiatria!
Love how you can hear bits and pieces of what becomes his solo on You're No Good off VHII at 16:44. Long live EVH.
Rest In Peace Eddie Van Halen.
Damn, even dating back to '78 and we still see Dave messing around with the lyrics live.
Doesn`t matter.......Good Rock n Roll is always ad-libbed to some extent.
Damn 13:00 Eddie making his guitar sound like a screaming animal! Amazing. I read he was told to turn around during his original solos so others wouldnt easily copy him. This shows that he was an anomaly.....
gofd thanks for this-- so early-- eddies so fluent on these early shows
yes....Van Halen opened to Black Sabbath...this show...I have one photo..in Sabbath biographie!!
VH in their absolute prime!!
6:14 Now that is a classic DLR scream.
6:23
One word. Incredible.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this.
Epic falsetto by Dave at 6:31. What a band!
...f’ing A🤘🤘🤘
Thank you for posting this. Again, thank you.
Gid damn I was born in the wrong time! They were near over as a band when i was born. Amazing to watch, thx for the upload.
Spectacular!!!
Um, wow. What a treat of a lifetime.
Damn I was only a baby back then, wish I could have been old enough to see something like this
I was at that show and for those of you that said how lucky Sabbath was to have VH pulling a crowd for them your wrong. no one knew who VH was at that point they had not even hit the radio in Fresno yet don't get me wrong we was impressed but they didn't draw the crowd Sabbath did that on their own
for sure, but sabbath must have been shitting themselves coming on after that performance
Yep. They did, and then they were completely blown off the stage
I saw this tour in Dallas and I knew who Van Halen was.... Already had the first album because of local radio playing it. They opened for Black Sabbath and blew them away! Ozzy plodding around the stage clapping his hands over his head was a real letdown after seeing this performance. Great show but I had seen Led Zeppelin the year before as my second ever concert and it was hard to match that. Early VH was good but they couldn't quite hold a candle to the magic and mystique that was LZ at the time....
@@tonibarnett1109 you are 100% correct on that after seeing Led Zeppelin play 6 nights at LA's Fabulous Forum. Zep played 4 hours without an opening act the night Keith Moon came up on stage with Bonham's drum solo. There was just something very huge about Zep's presence in an arena and how they brought the mystique of their amazing music and recorded history with them along with being from England.
Van Halen was still just a flashy guitar oriented party band that could always entertain a new audience and untouchable in their own way compared with peers of their own age. They were nothing less than amazing to new ears.. o;)
@Funk Enstein around $7.50
This Video Awesome✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️captures the Van Halen Sound
This video should be in the Smithsonian
Great band. They where on fire, especially in their club years, while their first 3 records until the early 80s
To think Randy Rhoads was saving Ozzy Osbourne's career just one year later but here Black Sabbath were being roasted alive must've been humiliating....
KISS destroyed Sabbath offstage in 1975...
Bottom line, who cares who blew who offstage. JUst tink of the bills: KISS open for Sabbath, VH open for Sabbath. Give Sabbath credit for having the balls to put them onstage.As KISS is my fave band...OMG..KISS for the most part ALWAYS had awesome bands open be it: AC/DC, Crue, WASP, Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche.
sabbath weren't that tapped about it. they're all cool motherfuckers. and they were falling off anyway. too many drugs. too many expectations. not enough inspiration. i'd luv to see a sober 1970 sabbath vs 1978 van halen. now THAT would be a fucking show I'd give my left nut to go back in time to see.
They were opening for Black Sabbath when they were supporting the NEVER SAY DIE album which was Ozzie’s last album with them before leaving to start the BLIZZARD OF OZZ with Randy Rhoads who Ozzy snapped from Quite Riot.They left everybody Numb with their mouths open.Gene Simmons bought David lee Roth his first pair of leather pants that he wore on the back of the colossal first album!!!
Awsome - King Edward on the 1st tour - totally smoking !!!
EDDIE VAN HALEN YOU ARE SO SO MISSED BY MILLIONS
Give me a Time Machine, I Want to be There!!!!
Fu/$/ing $hit!!!! Awesome! RIP Eddie
Saw them BLOW Black Sabbath off the stage in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville Florida in 78 and again 8 months later after the release of their Van Halen II album in 1979 in Jacksonville only that time headlining at the Civic Auditorium...they crushed it ! Both shows were freaking awesome.
Lucky
Roth and Eddie had great chemistry. This is the REAL VH. Every other VH is a weak imitation. Roth was the perfect counter part to Eddie. You need a giant showman like Roth to complement Eddie. Sammy sort of watered down Eddie. Roth brought out Eddies best. He sort of bugged Eddie, but their edgy relationship translated well musically. Roth seemed to be constantly pushing Eddie to the next level.
they'd hate to admit it, but that's why they both came back and played with each other despite the fact that they both can't stand one another. cuz when they're on, it's musical bliss. and they know it.
Dork.
Love hearing these comments that seem genuine..coming from the late 70's an 80's and rocking to this error...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
When the kings were at there best.Saw them in 1979 at 14 years old at The Cape Cod Coliseum. Everyone had there mouths wide open....
Speechless
¡Eress el mejor!
Epic recording! Minor flaw in the title: actual date was September 22, 1978, not "28.01.78".
blew me away
1978
n.falls ny
convention
center (now seneca niagara casino)
black sabbath
van halen..
halen stole the show!
Amazing
Dad, I and our very best friends were there! Was my very first rock concert! Rest In Peace Eddie, long live your influential greatness and timeless inspiration!
Rock Royalty at it's very best
Amazing the best.
A new type of metal rock was created
Several sites have the date of this concert as happening on September 22nd 1978, not January 28th 1978.
Awesome
Just a quick FYI, this footage is from the September 22, 1978 show in Fresno at Selland. It is widely reported that Van Halen did play 1/28/78 in Fresno, and also 3 dates in February, there is no footage and no pics of these gigs. The black/white pants Dave is wearing in this video, and the white shirt Ed is wearing, they began wearing on March 3, 1978 when the first tour started with Journey. If this video were from a gig on 1/28/78, Dave would have most likely been wearing his black leather pants, and Ed would have been wearing his black shirt with white stripes, as they did for their 12/30/78 and 12/31/78 shows at the Whiskey.
DLR fucking epic!
The first album came out..thinking What is this EVH doing!..on the guitar 🎸..never heard of these harmonics;tones before 😊😊
if the date is right, VH I hadn't been released. Wikipedia shows the stop in Fresno as Sep 22, 78.
What a Gem
Missing 4 songs.....but this is probably the best VH I've ever seen.
agreed
His VOICE. Jesus he made van Halen. To many egos
Shame the camera is so long-distance,..anyone know a quality close-up film from the early days?
So so true
I think the date on this incorrect, they played Fresno on 9/22/78 during their first world tour.
Who's Next💫
Hi Gabriel. Thanks! for sharing this rare, and Amazing footage. Do you, or anyone know why all of Fresno Media Resoration's classic rock concerts were removed lately, from RUclips. I am mourning this Rock and Roll loss. I reached out to FMR, but to no avail.
Balance and chaos.
Eddie was the heir of Jimi Hendrix in terms of revolutionary guitar playing. Second greatest guitar player, just behind Hendrix.
Dork
@@dougdavis8986 douche
Eddie blew Hendrix away......no comparison . Made me laugh.
@@cornbobrimlove7892 , Don't be stupid. VH only has speed technique over Hendrix.. In terms of sound innovation, songwriting Hendrix is above him. The dive boms, feedback control and squeels VH is known for.. Hendrix did ALL that first. Listen to the live recording of 'Machine Gun' from the Band Of Gypsies album.
@@theconstruct77 I"ve heard all that Hendrix stuff.....not even in the same room with Eddie VH........Eddie took it to a whole other planet when he hit the scene. Changed rock guitar more than any other player in history. Then Yngwie did it again for heavy metal guitarists in the early 80's.
This footage must be when Fresno Media Restoration first uploaded this a few years ago
Rest In Peace Eddie
42 years ago...wow
Eddie Van Halen!!!!!!!
the date is wrong. they didn't play on a tour opening for anybody 1/28/78. they were still doing an occasional gig in LA, preparing to go on the Journey/Montrose tour. the album came out in early march/end of feb.. they didn't join Journey/Montrose in Chicago until end of Feb/'78.. this concert was later that year.. and yes nobody wants to go on next. The energy level and entertainment factor is amazing. It's so f'ing exciting. purposely. They understood the concert is a huge party. If you want sedate perfect playing "go to the philharmonic. this is rock n roll."
First time at Fresno then 8 months later would be back open up for Sabbath
I love color ww2 footage
One week before releasing their first album.
gabriel villavicencio rules!
Did they open up for black sabbath here
is this before the release of VH1? are they opening for another band here?
This is when they blew sabbath off the stage
How good , holy shit .i would hate to have to follow that , i dont care what band you are.
I think they played more than 20 minutes didn't they??
22 minute show ?