seems like Michael Anthony is the only non toxic Van Halen member

Van Halen is no more. Let’s finally admit and accept it.

Went to high school with Michael Anthony ,nicest guy you could ever meet, great player ,great guy

I hated what they did to Michael, thought it was really shitty. Watch any group interview, everyone speaks except him. That's messed up. Played great rock bass, Great hi harmony singer, great audience connection and energy

When Ozzy says you've lost some nuts and bolts, that's saying something 😅

Fair Warning may not have sold as much back in the day, but it's still some of Eddie's best guitar work. I ❤that album.

If they called Tyler & Perry the Toxic Twins for their drug use, then Eddie, Alex & Dave would have to be the Toxic Trio for their personalities. How poor Mikey managed to spend all those years in the middle of that shit fight without losing his mind is really worth thinking about.

I don't consider Wolfgang a true member of van Halen.

He’s blowing bridges with heavy explosives. Too bad this band continues to be completely dysfunctional even after Eddie’s death.

Pure unintentional entertainment. the drama, money, egos, resentment, fame, drugs... Van Halen became this myth which teaches us what to do and what not to do with their own failures... I love all of this

I saw Van Halen in concert in 1984. Incredible concert. Ahh the 1980s...

Ozborne criticizing Roth about his metal state is next level.

My research on the VH brothers is" They unceremoniously dumped Dave, Sammy and screwed their amazing Bass player Michael as they kicked him to the curb. VH was and remains the common denominator of this decades old pattern.

DLR is totally wrong about Ozzy's solo Career. Randy Rhoads was literally one of the greatest Metal/Prog/Classical guitarist to ever do it.

Imagine coming into a massive band like VH because your dad is the guitar player, kicking out a 33 years member and having an opinion about VH.

IMHO, this happens in a lot of bands: Eddie was a musician, Dave was a showman. they both needed each other to get to the top. once they made it, it was like Eddie resented needing a showman and Dave resented the focus being on the musician. for Eddie it was the music, for Dave the show. and once they weren't struggling to make it any more, they started struggling with each other.

Dave has aged into Don Rickles.

Diamond Dave has *always* been off the rails -- and I love him for it. Dave took chances that *skyrocketed* Van Halen into the stratosphere.

DLR “ This hamburger don’t need no helper”. Hahaha

There is no doubt that both singers turned out some good songs so there is equal grounds on that. However Roth as always been an egomaniac with a big mouth.

I’d like to hear more about that accounting lady and the the paychecks and bonuses 😊

Ozzy osbourne saying that dave Lee roth is nuts. Soooooo hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂

How does anyone think Axl is a Robert Plant copycat? What??? I mean if he wants to play that game we can accuse Dave of blatantly copying Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas which he obviously did, in every way.

I always thought David was an arrogant ass .

Van Halens first album was amazing. Would have never been the same without Dave. But he needs to let it go.

New found obsession with synthesizers. Lol EVH was a trained pianist.

Fair Warning may have been the worst selling VH album on the 80s, but it was one of their best musically, artistically.

I'm glad I got to see the 2002 tour. Despite all the drama, both put on a great show, and Dave still sounded great. It will be a cold day in hell before that ever happens again.

Dave made a flippant comment to Axl that he would never say now (although the Travis Scott show was never stopped when audience members were crushed and trampled so it still happens) but Dave also talked about playing club shows where there were bikers and someone was killed during their show. The ironic part is that a few years later, 2 riots happened at GNR concerts that people were injured at, and Axl encouraged the audience to beat up people in the audience that were annoying him. Of course that wouldn’t happen now either, especially after a mic toss in the audience led to him being sued. Back then if someone got hurt at a show, they’d get stitched up and brag about where they got it to their friends .

Great vid, but I disagree with one comment the narrator made: He said Eddie wanted to do dark heavier songs , where as Roth was more interested in showy stuff. If you look at what happened to VH after Roth left, they did NOT become "Heavier"---Quite the opposite, they got more commercial and more pop oriented. I think Roth wanted a more blues /hard rock approach, and Eddy wanted to have more keyboards and go that route, which is one of the reasons that VH with Roth didn't last. Eddie had been trying to bring keys into VH for years(Cradle will rock, One Foot out the door, Dancin in the Streets), but Roth had always vetoed it, saying "Youre a guitar hero, no one wants to hear you play keyboards. On 1984, Eddie did 2 very mainstream songs with keys(Jump and I'll Wait) and both were huge hits. On 5150, they did 3 keyboard songs: "Why cant this be love?", "Love walked in" & "Dreams"---So VH wasnt going dark, he was going light. LOL

Unless you want to run with the devil on the mean streets, don't jump on the ice cream man. Otherwise, you'll wind up crying...just ask Jamie.

As a teenager in 1978 of course I was a huge Van Halen and Diamond Dave fan. But now as an adult I don't know how Eddie made it that many years with him. His Mental Health is an obvious issue.

I didn't know that Chumlee joined the Band! Huh!

My friend grew up in Pasadena, Ca where they were from and he would go to house parties and Van Halen would be playing at some of them and he said he was in a bedroom smoking weed (very illegal back then) with some people and Roth came in and said "whose got some good smoke for Old Dave"!? Then they hit the big time

I wish that Dave would just sit tight and keep his mouth shut except to sing. He is tarnishing a fantastic legacy.

The Van Halen brothers were notoriously toxic.

Van Halen was like a great car. Edward was the engine, Mike and Al the fuel and spark plug. But Dave was the driver. Hard to keep it on track but always finishing first.

Big Van Roth fan but I do have to admit that 5150 is one hell of an album.

In fact, Eddie van Halen liked Diver Down! In a Guitar Player interview from 1982 Eddie stated: "We spent 12 days making the album... it was a lot of fun!"

I saw Van Halen open for Black Sabath in 1978 and they blew BS away. WHen BS came out on stage apeople were still chanting VAN HALEN!!!!!! In 78 they were incredible.

I’m amazed Roth is still around. I’ve personally seen him so high he looked like he was going to OD right in front of me. As well as seeing him stumbling around the forum by himself wasted.

I can only speak for my daughter when she was two her biggest Idol was David Lee Roth I even took her to David Lee Roth concert oh goodness she absolutely loves him. As far as music bands come and go they split they get back together again they grow they do their own thing it is what it is

Nothing sadder than old rockers. Rock n Roll was about vibrancy, youth and rebellion. They all act like a bunch of yenta's now.

I bought those Montrose albums. I don't hate the early Hagar stuff. Like everybody my age, I bought the first 6 VH albums. Those are ALL killer NO filler. I bought them on cassette . I bought them on CD. I bought Dave's ... Gigolo single and the Eat 'em & Smile album. Those Van Hagar albums aren't so so bad, but honestly I only care for 3-4 songs across ALL of them. Someone gave me ...Carnal Knowledge. I don't know where it is. The original VH was MAGIC live too..Great GREAT show. Top 3-4 for me & I've seen LOTS of shows.

Read Neil Monk's book about Van Halen. Michael Anthony was the only normal guy in the band. All the rest had pickled brains and unstable egos.

Dave was a EMT in New York city, he helped save 100's of victim's live's.

I remember I saw him live 0:11 with VH. It was so entertaining to watch him sing the lyrics when he felt like it. He did a lot of improvisation and weird stuff.

My sister worked with him at WBCN Boston when he had a morning show. Not good stories. He's apparently an awful heartless human being. Only other lead singer I know who is as abysmal as this guy is Gene Simmons.

"This hamburger don't need no helpin' " 💀

Wolfgang should do a tribute with Sammy and Michael anthony including alex VH and leave roth out of it

I met DLR several years ago and he was really really nice and turned me on with some great weed.

Take it or leave it. I wouldn't want the watered down version of roth, then he might not be as entertaining. I think the saying "don't meet you heroes" is true. I'll watch, but don't want to meet. It is what is, They got along long enough to make some great records, appreciate that.

Sometimes egos on either side are too big to stay together. DLR and VH did great work together in their heyday, but it was inevitable they would want to express themselves away from each other.

Great video. Two things; the first VH album is their biggest selling LP to date. In large part their fan base did reject the 1984 album but they gained a whole new fan base.

Thanks for this, very well done and certainly some revelations that few outside the industry would have known. I love the track "Jump" but apart from that all I can say on this is RIP Eddie.

Van Halen ended in '1984' ! Just in case you didn't know!

Vanity leads to INSANITY 😢. Enough said

Funny I really liked fair warning, completely disliked diver down, my least liked VH album

Lots of famous singers and guitarists fight--Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, or Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

Van Halen bringing in Sammy Hagar was the best move they ever made, and really when i started liking Van Halen, Sammy Hagar rocks and is a legend in my music history.

Great singer! As a person not a person I would bother with Look at Hagar he can still sing at his age & everyone respects him. The kid is a prodigy nuff Said

8:30 I don’t know who the hell Ozzie thinks he is, criticizing other people for their behavior. Especially after everything we know about him and the way the Osborne’s treated Jake E Lee among other bandmates. Those people are total scumbags. Dave was right. By Sharon‘s own design, her husband is product.

It was cheaper to let him in the band then to keep renting his PA system. Whatever it was, 74-84 was a hell of a run, even though they didn't become huge until 1978-79.

Everyone has been very cautious when it comes to David Lee. The term Egg Shells is a nice way saying Roth is still a Primadonna. & His Life Style 🌈Conflicts with the other Members of the Band.

they changed my life , 1rst album was unreal

Eddie didn't "tire of singing lead", Alex had to force him to stop. Ed thought he was a better singer than he was. This is the source of Ed's horrible treatment of Mike Anthony. Ed was jealous that Mike got all the credit for backing vocals. Sad. Long live the Mighty.

I do know that Dave prefers gigantic over-sized surf boards. I witnessed it live on a stop in Binghamton, NY on his Skyscraper Tour in 1987.

I saw them on the 2002 tour. Watched David Lee Roth open the show and then left before Sammy Hagar came on. A lot of people left. I was never a huge fan but David Lee Roth was the reason I went to see them and he is iconic and that’s when all of their memorable songs were recorded. I liked Sammy Hagar before he joined Van Halen but just didn’t really see him or their music as very interesting.

So Wolfgang had everything handed to him on a silver platter and he’s just having fun.

Nepotism? Didn't Dave's uncle Manny give him his first gig? 😂

A friend of mine and his wife bumped into Sammy Hagar and his wife in New York City, they have been shopping and carrying bags with my friends wife ask them for an autograph. She said, both of them couldn’t have been more accommodating and sweet, and talk to them for 15 minutes. I think Hagar is probably a pretty good guy.

I love the story from a couple of years ago where Dave was in a hotel room in Vegas and heard some guys down the hall playing VH music. He went to the room and none of the guys had any idea who he was! They thought he was there to complain about the noise! Arrogant ass.

Without DLR, Van Halen would have been just another LA band. Listen to the classic work. DLR is a huge part of it.

Despite millions of dollars, I guess dentistry isnt part of the plan?

The first album is good but I think their best is Balance. It gets one short sentence on their wikipedia bio page; that says a lot to me

12:29 Damn. That is my absolute favorite VH album. The first seven songs are so great they make up for the last two, "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" and "One Foot Out the Door."

"Bad Publicity is better than No Publicity..." for some.

Dave's closing question: "Where is Jump being played, right now"?? Most likely answer: ... An elevator....

Has always been a narcissistic hole. The only reason VH hired him was his LA surgeon daddy bought a PA system. Thank you for Sammy Hagar. A total class act. The best music ever from VH.

Love Dave & those first VH albums with him but he can’t sing anymore, it’s tough to listen to.

a.) Wolfie has come into his own as a musician b.) Sammy, has matured and can still sing c.) David Lee Roth cannot sing to save his life. His last tours were embarrassing.

La vida no es facil para el hombre entrado en años , pero es menos dificil si se retira honorablemente y feliz de sus logros . La era del rock al igual que toda era historica cumple un periodo, forzar al cuerpo anciano a desempeñar un papel de joven es como un adulto que use pañal y tome biberon . La experiencia de un veterano es respetable y enfocada en compartir conocimiento con los que vienen surgiendo es una mejor forma de dejar un legado .

Its sad they both have talent and it would be great see them together..

Dave has held his tongue for the longest time....I'm glad he finally expressed himself...in his ever oblique way

I didn’t know Fair Warning sold poorly at the time. It’s a great album. I agree with Eddie. Diver Down is their worst album.

Pledging allegiance to Roth Valerie Bertinelli hated Roth, and I can only imagine how much of that she downloaded into her kid… as women are often given to do Because of Roth, there was a Van Hagar… and sure, Hagar had a fairly good career before VH, but how many more _I Can't Drive 55s_ do you think her was gonna write

Roth is a showman Sammy is a musician Michael is amazing musician, singer and person.

I LOVE BOTH SINGERS. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES, SO VAN HALEN AS A WHOLE, BROUGHT US INCERDIBLE MUSIC WITH BOTH SINGERS.

Yea eddie also said sammy quit too

Dave is crazy, and that’s why we like him.

"There are two rules to living well. The first is, don't sweat the little shit. The second is, it's all little shit. In other words, it's all okay. We may be lost, but we're way ahead of schedule."

Unless you were there back in a day at the whiskey, when they first premiere themselves actually was out in The Valley at a birthday party and I remember David Lee Roth singing, and it's just for that time being time period I was young and sometimes in my life, now that I'm 57 years old, I can say I took the lesser road in life and show the high road and that lisser road took me to places where I got to see and hear things. And this is one thing you all need to know David Lee Roth. Is Van Halen none of you know what really is went on all the stuff that was said, I was there, I remember when Valerie dumped Eddie for a Kung Fu fighter, a karate fighter. Whatever his name was and that little son of Eddie's seriously, you live enough, your daddy's f****** s***, man we all know this and the other thing too, Michael, he got the worst job of them. All he got dreamed so hard that they stuck it to him hard the base player, they didn't allow him any rewards off any of the songs you guys, so you want to think Eddie's all that and Alex, they're both a******* Have a nice day. Yeah, Ozzy, same thing. He's just over and over same s***If you grew up listening to the same s*** from Black Sabbath. He hasn't changed the same stuffjust different guitar players. When you see a lot of things and go a lot of concerts when you're young and you see how they act and interact, you know who's at fault. It's really 2 guys who had great. Skills of doing making music and creating it when you have that you're gonna have conflict, you're going to have problems we all know this if you ever been in a band which I have been back in a day, and I was a front man front man has to put everything out there. Why the rest of the band behind him has to create the music yet. Guess what that front man's got to make everybody love the band remember that he's the one that's speaking, everybody deeply Ross rocked everybody his voice alone rock, everybody Sammy Hagar, only put out 2 f****** albums and they're oh. Can't drive 55 Woo. Yeah, okay. There is why Eddie went through to him. It's because he looked like david lee ross in the almost had😅😮

Jump is being played through the grocery store PA.

Ozzy saying someone lost a couple nuts and bolts? C'mon people, these quotes aren't making the case you think they are.😂

I saw both versions. NOTHING compares to the show David Lee Roth put on in the 80s. He was funny, charismatic and his voice made VH. After he left it lost it's lustre. I also saw both Roth and Hagar as solo artists with Vai/sheehan/bisonnete for DLR and Sammy opening for someone [Lakeland Civic Center] Go back and listen to some of this old Rock Talk shows with David Lee and VH, they are hilarous and funny. Fair Warning was brilliant. I liked sammy most when we was singing for Montrose.

Notice how Wolfgang isn't hiding behind dark glasses. Roth couldn't hold up to performing anything with Van Halen anymore. He should have been greatfull they gave him the opportunity instead of showing his true colors. The incident with him cutting his own nose with his flinging the sword display was a message.

Dave Rocks!

" Diamond Dave"?....Not Anymore!😮 ( I used to like " The Human Cartoon", but I knew it was over when he performed a " COUNTRY" version of "JUMP" on Letterman.)

I personally protect my feelings regarding Roth and VH. I JUST listen to the old music and remember it for what it was. I played and worked with a singer bass player that reminded me so so much of David Lee. So hard to work with and so hard to just be around and when he calls it’s hard to even pick up the phone.

Everybody in the Van Halen Hagar is still in junior high except Michael Anthony,