Van Halen #2 | "The Wild Life (1984)

<p>The second part of maybe three? Maybe four?  Besides me talking through the mid-phase of the DLR era with my friend Eve, and my real time reactions to Cameron Crowe and Art Linson's "The Wild Life", there's alla this action right hyeah:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">A “death of hard rock” review from 1978</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">The band hosts Wet T-shirt night at Mitty’s</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">Stories about the making of some legendary VH songs</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">Another review of “The Wild Life” (not great!)</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">VH Vying for Gene Simmons’ stewardship on the same night as not-quite-Dokken</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">David Lee Roth on his suspicions that Gene was secretly just after Eddie</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">Eddie’s Ibanez Destroyer and the Chris Holmes connection</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">Van Halen plays with Journey, Sabbath, and The Rolling Stones</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">The time Eddie chopped a piece off of his Gibson SG during a recording session</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="s1">Some nice thoughts from Steve Lukather </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>New monthly bonus feed here! <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock">https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock</a></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">PayPal tips: <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta</a></span></p> <p class="p1">Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/">https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/</a></span></p> <p class="p1">Subscribe to me on YouTube: <a hre