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

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:   A "death of hard rock" review from 1978 The band hosts Wet T-shirt night at Mitty's Stories about the making of some legendary VH songs Another review of "The Wild Life" (not great!) VH Vying for Gene Simmons' stewardship on the same night as not-quite-Dokken David Lee Roth on his suspicions that Gene was secretly just after Eddie Eddie's Ibanez Destroyer and the Chris Holmes connection Van Halen plays with Journey, Sabbath, and The Rolling Stones The time Eddie chopped a piece off of his Gibson SG during a recording session Some nice thoughts from Steve Lukather    New monthly bonus feed here! https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/ Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/ Send me an email with show suggestions: [email protected] Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 https://afsp.org/ National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/resources