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EXPLAINED: 5 | Vintage Vibes

At last! The "holy grail" footage of Van Halen's full set at Donington 1984 has unexpectedly surfaced online

Watch it before it gets taken down

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"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a helicopter, and you can land next to some": The wit and wisdom of David Lee Roth

The very best quotes from Diamond Dave, original Van Halen mouthpiece, Hollywood bon vivant and unbeatable wit

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“Dave said, ‘No, not doing it’”: Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen once wrote a brand new Van Halen song, only for David Lee Roth to refuse to sing it

Van Halen’s swansong album A Different Kind Of Truth could have featured a song with the working title Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Panama if it wasn‘t for David Lee Roth having a hissy fit

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"Certain people in the band at that time didn't like me doing things outside the group" – remembering when Eddie Van Halen joined Michael Jackson onstage to play Beat It without a rehearsal

"You got it Eddie!"

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Steve Vai hails Devin Townsend as “a bona fide genius” – but admits HevyDevy’s talent was “a little squelched” when he fronted his band

Vai says Townsend is “as brilliant as they come” but he didn't fully appreciate it until the Canadian prog-metal virtuoso went solo

MusicRadar

Classic Rock tracks of the week: eight new songs you need to hear right now

Extreme, Queens Of The Stone Age and David Lee Roth are among the best new rock songs this week. Vote for your favourite

Louder

Do you need a great singing voice to be a great rock’n’roll frontman?

Dee Snider created a Twitterstorm by suggesting that Ronnie James Dio was a great singer but not a great performer – and rock history is filled with other examples

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Epic five-part documentary focusing on Van Halen's crucial 1983-1984 period announced

2.5 hours in total, the film will be free to watch on YouTube, and covers the construction of 5150 Studios, the band's legendary US Festival performance, the making of 1984, and the intra-band tensions that led to David Lee Roth's departure

Guitar World

Every band each member of Korn was in before Korn

LAPD, SexArt… the original Steel Panther?! This what Jonathan Davis and co did pre-Korn

Metal Hammer

Watch David Lee Roth dancing joyously to an Annie Lennox song in front of a statue of a rearing stallion

Diamond Dave is dancing again, and boy has he got some spectacular props

Louder

The Eddie Van Halen I knew, by Gene Simmons

"Our millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix" - Gene Simmons on the late Eddie Van Halen

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The 50 best Van Halen songs - the ultimate American party soundtrack

Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best

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The stories of 10 'regular folk' made famous by rock songs

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

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Sammy Hagar muses on a Van Halen reunion and weighs in on David Lee Roth: "The guy sang so bad last time he was doing shows, it was embarrassing to me"

Hagar also said he pitched shows with Michael Anthony to Alex Van Halen – "We've got to do it for the fans"

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Sammy Hagar says "embarrassing" David Lee Roth doesn't care about singing or his voice, states "I care more about my voice than I do my dick"

The feud continues: Sammy Hagar slams David Lee Roth's voice while dubbing him a "chest-beating motherf**ker" who is allegedly always trying to make him look bad

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Wolfgang Van Halen says the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen "doesn't get any respect"

Wolfgang VH says people need to give the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen "a chance"

Daily Mirror

Brett Tuggle dead: Fleetwood Mac musician dies from cancer aged 70

Former Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and David Lee Roth Band musician Brett Tuggle died after being diagnosed with cancer

Tribune News Service

Don’t freak out, but Jameis Winston may be the Bucs’ best bet

TAMPA, Fla. — David Lee Roth eventually went back to Van Halen.

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John Romano: Don’t freak out, but Jameis Winston may be the Bucs’ best bet

TAMPA, Fla. — David Lee Roth eventually went back to Van Halen.

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