Van Halen vs The Clash

The guys get a letter asking why Diamond Dave was being so mouthy about a certain band of British punks during Van Halen's headling set at the 1983 US Festival. This leads to an investigation of authenticity, genre death, and lots of Jack Daniels consumption. SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Rhodes https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/185213 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Calling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jones_(The_Clash_guitarist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen_(album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diver_Down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Festival https://www.loudersound.com/features/us-festival-1983 https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1007bq4/does_anyone_know_why_david_lee_roth_said_that/ Alan Berry documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JrKjGBnHA https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/8-382-3637?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-the-clash-say-goodbye-at-the-1983-us-festival-57636/ https://www.spin.com/2023/05/us-festival-40th-anniversary-oral-history/ The initial US Festival 83 press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUT5sP_egM DLR at press conference weekend of fest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLKxRAAFGQ4 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-reason-why-the-clash-fired-mick-jones/ Robert Fithen YouTube episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhpaSDYvwaE https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/clash-mick-jones-last-us-festival-1983/ The Clash’s US set:https://youtu.be/dsZks2ZxqTs?si=GktR4U2yjwhXEopH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmo_Vinyl https://www.grunge.com/733482/the-guinness-world-record-that-was-created-for-van-halen/