Van Halen I Biloxi, MS

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https://youtu.be/ 5iR94rpjhtA - Van Halen - 24 July 1982 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi

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From a Facebook post: 

To my dear brother JJ, this one's for you. Here we have a totally unheard, un-circulated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Biloxi during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. Not even an audience recording of this show has circulated previously. Due to being so early in the tour, this is one of very few recordings that documents this earlier setlist arrangement, which would soon be significantly reorganized sometime between July 27th and 30th. This Biloxi recording starts a bit late, a little over a minute into Romeo Delight, but over half of the song was still captured. The first side of the 90 minute master tape runs only about 35 seconds into Somebody Get Me A Doctor, and while no songs are missing in between, it seems it took a while to realize to flip the tape because the second side doesn't start again until about a minute into Cathedral. Luckily, this recording captures the remainder of concert. 

Van Halen 24 July 1982 

Venue: Mississippi Coast Coliseum 

Location: Biloxi, Mississippi 

Source: Soundboard (Master) Lineage: Maxell UDXL-I C-90 cassette > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjustment) > Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD > Audacity (24-96) > FLAC 6 

01 Romeo Delight (cut) 

02 Unchained 

03 Drum Solo 

04 Dance The Night Away 

05 Runnin' With The Devil 

06 Dave Talks 

07 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 

08 Hang 'Em High 

09 Little Guitars 

10 Bass Solo 

11 Jamie's Cryin' 

12 Dave Acoustic Solo 

13 Ice Cream Man 

14 Somebody Get Me A Doctor (cut) 

15 Cathedral (cut) 

16 Secrets 

17 Drum Solo II 

18 Everybody Wants Some!! 

19 Intruder 

20 Pretty Woman 

21 Guitar Solo 

22 Keep Playin' That Rock N Roll 

23 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 

24 Bottoms Up! 

25 You Really Got Me 

26 Happy Trails 

27 You Really Got Me (Reprise)

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Thanks to my brother EDGE at G101 for the share. Enjoy and play this loud JJ.

Wolfgang Van Halen Hears 5 Seconds Of Summer For The First Time

Some adult words in this video. 

https://youtu.be/GUPVdYicNJE?si=DrLxkNxHsku47NTg 

The Making of the 1984 Album | The Van Halen Fan-Made 1984 Documentary Episode 3

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https://youtu.be/ XcuiOh50alY - The Making of the 1984 Album | The Van Halen Fan-Made 1984 Documentary Episode 3

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History of Van Halen - 2006

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https://youtu.be/ 4VTFGRCMplQ - History of Van Halen - 20006

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M-O-R-1988

If someone could organize a concert in 2022 with the following replacements, I would go.

1. Replace Kingdom Come with The Pretty Reckless
2. Replace Metallica with Lamb of God
3. Replace Dokken with Shinedown
4. Replace Scorpions with Korn
5. Replace Van Halen with Def Leppard

Van Free Riot - "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Metal Health Now"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zkCJbfe2Pk

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Ranking Albums by Some Awesome Bands

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Speaking of Van Halen

The 10 Best Uses of Van Halen Songs in Movies:

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I'm Funny on a Monday

This article from Blabbermouth.net - Kingdom Come Might Have To 'Alter' Band Name In Order To Release New Music - caught my eye on Friday and, after reading it, I have this thought: 

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If Kingdom Come needs to change their name, I suggest Come Kingdom. If that is unacceptable, my second choice would be Come, Kingdom.

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I got the idea from Wikipedia, which is where I learned the following:

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[Kingdom Come] was due to tour the UK, supporting WASP, shortly after release of the second single, but split up before the tour commenced (ironically WASP also lost guitarist and co-founder Chris Holmes at the same time, meaning they also had to cancel the tour). ... In an interview, the band's members talk about the title of the album, saying that when you first look at the LP, you read "Kingdom Come", then, as you move your eyes downwards, you read "In your face". They laugh and say: "Kingdom come ... in your face, get it?", making an obscene joke or double entendre of it.

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Honestly, I have not listened to a single Kingdom Come album since their second album, called In Your Face. I know they were on the Monsters of Rock tour with Dokken, Metallica, The Scorpions, and Van Halen in 1988, but I didn't attend that concert. I wish I would have. I wonder what it would have taken to get those 5 bands to tour again to celebrate the 25th anniversary of that tour in 2013. Eddie Van Halen was still alive.  This is a review of a concert from that tour that happened 30 years ago!: https://www.vhnd.com/2018/05/28/monsters-of-rock/

Also, I found out that the band Kingdom Come has released over 10 albums! (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Come_(band)#Discography)

Editor's Note: While enjoying the first and second album by the band Kingdom Come, today is the first time the Kingdom Come label has ever been used on this blog.

Teasing What Might Have Happened

In addition to missing that the Ozzy Osbourne tour has been rebooked for 2022, I also missed that Van Halen Planned Reunion for Farewell Tour. Here's the awesome part about that article:

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Among the plans were for major special guests like Foo Fighters and Metallica to join the band in select cities.

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Maybe that means in some cities, it would be Foo Fighters and Van Halen and, in other cities, it would be Metallica and Van Halen but, consider for a moment, if it actually meant that it would be a triple bill of The Foo Fighters, Metallica AND Van Halen in all the cities, with ALL of the bands playing a "normal" set of 2 hours, plus add an opening act like Volbeat.
I would schedule the shows to be only on Saturdays, not during the week, which would allow plenty of time for getting things from stadium to stadium. Oh, by the way, yes, this tour would play Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City (just saying)...
Doors Open at Noon
    Volbeat at 1
        Volbeat End at 2
1 hour Stage Change
    Foos at 3 PM [Setlist would not include "Times Like These"]
        Foos End 5 PM
1 hour Stage Change
    Metallica at 6 PM [Setlist would not include "Enter Sandman"]
        Metallica done at 8 PM
1 hour Stage Change
    Van Halen at 9 PM [Setlist would not include "Runnin' with the Devil"]
        Van Halen done @ 11
Jam Session with all bands 11 - 11:30, playing one tune from each band
    Volbeat - Devil's Bleeding Crown
        Foo Fighters - Times Like These
            Metallica - Enter Sandman
                Van Halen - Runnin' With the Devil
End of show

9.5 out of 30

1. AC/DC - 1991
2. Aerosmith - don't have any desire to see in concert
3. Alice Cooper - 2018
4. Allman Brothers Band - don't have any desire to see in concert
5. The Beatles - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
6. Black Sabbath - well, Ozzy Osbourne  - 2017, 2019 (cancelled), 2020 (cancelled)
7. David Bowie - don't have any desire to see in concert
8. Deep Purple - don't have any desire to see in concert
9. Def Leppard - 1998
10. The Doors - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
11. The Eagles - would like to see if they came to the area
12. Fleetwood Mac - would like to see if they came to the area
13. Grateful Dead - don't have any desire to see in concert
14. Guns-n-Roses - 1993
15. Jimi Hendrix - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
16. KISS - 1992, 2017
17. Led Zeppelin - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
18. Lynrd Skynrd - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
19. Metallica - 1989, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2017
20. Motley Crue - 1987, with Whitesnake opening; feels like I saw them one other time on their "Girls Girls Girls" tour, 1995, with Cheap Trick opening
21. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - missed when they played in Cedar Rapids
22. Pink Floyd - don't have any desire to see in concert
23. Prince - don't have any desire to see in concert
24. Queen - not sure if Queen ever played in Cedar Rapids
25. The Rolling Stones - would like to see if they came to the area
26. Rush - 2003, 2007
27. Santana - don't have any desire to see in concert
28. Van Halen - 1988
29. The Who - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
30. ZZ Top - would like to see if they came to the area

All Worthy of a Blog Post But Combined Because I Feel Like It

Sometimes learning three things through an email from Metal Injection is an easy way to group three things that could be three separate blog posts into a single blog post. For example, this email arrived yesterday and while Eddie Van Halen's health, James Hetfield's rehab status, and Robb Flynn lashing out at critics could each be separate posts, but, because I learned about these three things through an email from Metal Injection, an easy and fast way to translate the email to this blog is to group those three things into a single blog post.

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• Eddie Van Halen Reportedly Battling Throat Cancer Once Again
• METALLICA's Lars Ulrich Offers An Update on James Hetfield Rehab
• MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn Lashes Out At Critics of New Song
• Warning!! The lyrics in the following video include adult language!
• Read the lyrics, if you want...

Tunes

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Metallica: The Story Of Ride the Lightning

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Tommy Aldridge Drum Solo

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Paul Simon - Late in the Evening 1992

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Van Halen 09/22/1978 Selland Arena

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Rollins

I don't believe I realized what a masterful speaker and storyteller Henry Rollins is. I have to believe that because I vaguely remember he did a concert in Des Moines within the last few years and when I read that he was going to be doing a concert, I didn't have any interest in investigating what it would be like.

I'm a dumb ASS for not doing so.

This video came up as a suggestion so I listened to it. I love the way he talks.

Warning! Henry Rollins is an adult and uses adult words!

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After I listened to his stories about Van Halen and Diamond Dave, I wanted to hear more. The video below was set up to play next so I started listening to it.

I adore the first line - When I was 15 and heard the song "Iron Man," my life changed. It is precisely the type of opening sentence I want to write every time I write, whether for pleasure or in a Knowledge Article or in my Disaster Recovery documentation or within any technical writing content that crosses my desk today, tomorrow, and each workday thereafter for the next 16 years, 10 months, 1 week, 4 days (6160 days). The writing is captivating and entertaining and informative. Thus, for the next 9:26, listened to Henry Rollins.

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Then I looked around for a youtube playlist of the album called Provoked and didn't find one. I did find the following videos. They will be living in my ears for the foreseeable future!

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A Favorite VH Tune

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Rumors

Report: Van Halen Rumored to Tour With Original Lineup in 2019

KISSing EVH

Paul Stanley shoots down long-standing rumour that Eddie Van Halen almost left Van Halen to join KISS - NME

Talk Before Death

Regarding http://loudwire.com/sammy-hagar-reached-out-alex-van-halen-heard-nothing/, I love Sammy Hagar's idea. Get over the past and live in the present.

Imagine / Jump Mashup

Clever mashup of John Lennon & Van Halen

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Turns out it has been done before:

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Regardless, it's cool.

The Grunge Gold Rush Followed the Hair Metal Gold Rush Part II

This post is a continuation of Part I.
The point is, that when the author of this article about the "Grunge Gold Rush" wrote "Mike Gitter, a punk-rock specialist who was starting out as an A&R man for major label Atlantic Records, home of hair-metal veterans White Lion, Ratt and Mr. Big", he is too dismissive of an entire movement. White Lion, Ratt, and Mr. Big came out in different parts of the 'hair-metal' movement. Ratt came first, then White Lion, then Mr. Big. In fact, with Mr. Big, I can't call that band "hair-metal" with a straight face. Read the WikiPedia article here.

Maybe I should have sat down and formulated an outline to my arguments in this post because I've rambled quite a bit, all because I read this article: The Grunge Gold Rush Is there a lesson here? January 12, 20186:38 AM ET Steve Knopper

Editor's Note: An article relevant to this post lists the Top 10 Metal Albums of 1988.

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10. Metallica, '...And Justice For All'
9. Napalm Death, 'From Enslavement to Obliteration'
8. Testament, 'The New Oder'
7. King Diamond, 'Them'
6. Danzig, 'Danzig'
5. Death, 'Leprosy'
4. Helloween, 'Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II'
3. Iron Maiden, 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'
2. Slayer, 'South of Heaven'
1. Queensryche, 'Operation: Mindcrime'

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In general, #10, #2, and #1 belong on the list, but unable to make a credible judgement about the other 7. Unlike other Internet music writers, this blog's editor has self-control! Read the entire article here. Also worth noting is the fact that the following labels were created for this post:

• Napalm Death
• King Diamond
• Danzig
• Death

which means these 6 bands have been mentioned elsewhere on this blog:

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1. Metallica
2. Testament
3. Helloween
4. Iron Maiden
5. Slayer
6. Queensryche

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60% is a passing score!