The Van Halen Encyclopedia The Van Halen Encyclopedia By C.J. Chilvers Malpractice Publishing Oak Lawn, IL Autographs Autographs The following trademarks appear in this book: Wolfgang, Pepsi, Crystal Pepsi, Coke, Yamaha All Access. The author and publisher apologize for any omissions and ask readers to send any information that could be used in updated editions to this book to Malpractice Publishing, P.O. Box 79, Oak Lawn, IL 60454, or visit www.vanhalenencyclopedia.com. The Van Halen Encyclopedia. © 1999, 2001 C.J. Chilvers. All rights reserved. No part of this book can be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the author except for reviewers who may use short excepts in their reviews. Published by Malpractice Publishing, P.O. Box 79, Oak Lawn, IL 60454. Permission was obtained from Rockline and Detroit's WRIF (the Drew and Mike show) to reprint selections from interviews with the band. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks to the following people who shared their knowledge, memories, and experiences. Without them, this book would not have been possible: John Q. Adams, Paula Allen, Rick Ames, Eddie Anderson, Andrea Andrajacks, Michael Anthony, Lucas Aykroyd, Stephen Bagiatis, Sonia Bar, Andy Barrett, Pat Baustert, Thomas Bell, Shawn Berman and Rumbo Recorders, James Berry, Valerie Bertinelli, Steve Betz, Martin Bissett, Tony Bowe, Brian Brantley, Bill Broadway, John Bros, Ali Brown, Michael Brown, Timothy Brown, Nik Brownin, Jimmy Cain, Rodney Carr, Guillermo Carrera, Wayne Charvel and WRC Music, Greg Cherone, Mike Clark, David Clausen, Greg Coach, Scott Cook, Brian Costanza, Chris Cothrun, Liza Cozad, A.J. Crumley, Adam Davis, Steve Davis, Rey De Carlo, Jason Degen, Joe Demartini, Darren DePoy, Kevin Derbyshire, Mike DiGiorgio, Mark Dittmer, Ron Dodson, Kevin Dugan, Leon Duran, Joe Duider, Russ Dunn, Jon Dunphy, Kevin Eaton, Linn Ellsworth and Speedster Amplifiers & Boogie Body Guitars, Matt Emanuel, Everyone on the Van Halen Internet Mailing List, Falcon, Jeffery Falk, Chet Farwell, Grant Fisher, Tim Freeman, Mark Fuller, Rick Garcia, Vince Garcia, Andrew Garrett, Scott Gilbert, David Goodspeed, Danny Grabher, Dave Grant, Robin Gregg, Ryan Greenwood, Dominic Griffith and the Global Satellite Network, Neal Hannan, David Harris, Marie "Scrufflove" Hardy, Jeff Hausman and The Inside magazine, Bruce Henne and the Rock Radio Network, Steve Henning, Rob Heuser, Ron Higgins, Chris Hinger, Mark C. Holt, Alfred Hopton, Jeff Hubbard, the Internet Movie Database, Dave Jablinsky, Robert Jackson, Eric Jaye, Ken "Mr. Big" Jensen, Michael Johnson, Sonia K., Brian Kennedy, Cindy Kennedy, Roger "WWOTR" Kinney, Jon Kohilakis, Greg LaBuda, Drew Lane, Sindre Lausund, Steven Leavitt, Brian Ledgerwood, Dave Lees, Brad Lefler, Michael Leone, Patrick Leone, Jerry Lica, Jim Liotta, Ellen Lloyd, Rob Lomicka, Preston Luber, Bob Lynds, Derrick MacDougal, Ben Manilla and the House of Blues Transmitter Network, Marco, Paul Marshall, Tom Matthews, Claudio Mantovani Matsui, Tom McGinley, Bryan McGuire, Gerri Miller and Metal Edge magazine, Rob Mills, Paul "Mav" Mitchell, MTV, Jim "MULLY" Mullins, Andrea Murphy, the Muscular Distrophy Association, Greg Musi, Andrew Neal, Joseph J. Northrup, Scott Oakley, Tim O'Keefe, Roberto Nakata Olimpio, Fernando Oliveira, Shail Paliwal, Mark Palowich, Gregory Parker, Kerrijo Patten, Ron Peck, Greg "Top Hat" Phinney, Richard Pike and Greasy Kid’s Stuff, Eduardo de Souza Pinheiro, Ron Piotrowski, Len Radeka, Eleanor Ramsay and Boston Rock Opera, Butch Renfroe, Greg Renoff, Chris Reppert, Nicole Reynolds, Scott Cory Roberts, Randy Rogers, Scotty "T-Bone" Ross, Brian Rubino, Henry Ruiz, Dave Russell, Jon Schell, Michel Schinkel and the Dutch 5150 Fan Club, Brian Seppman, Chris Sernal, Rich Sewell, Kim Sharman, Billy Sheehan, Dale Shera, Roger Shirin, Ken Smiley, Ernie Smith, Mike Smith, Dave Snider, Kurt Sokolowski, Peggy Souder,, Dennis Stanley, Ian Stanley, Brad Starks and the Official Van Halen Web Site, Mark Stawasz, Kent St. Clair, T.J. Steele, Arvid Steinbach, Maciej Stoinski, Robert Stolz, Scott Swanson, Deborah Szatkowski, Mike Tagler, Jeff Taylor, Mike Taylor, Andrea Teed, Chuck Thomas, Gina Tobin, Greg Tsigaridas, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Steve Vai, Edward Van Halen, Eli Vigil, Dave Vincent, Bill Waagmeester, LeDell Wallace, Willie Walter, Brian J. Welch, Tom Welch, Marty Wharton, Alan Wood, Charles Woodward, WRIF in Detroit. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction 1 The Timeline 5 Alphabetical Entries 23 A 23 I 120 R 178 B 32 J 126 S 189 C 47 K 132 T 199 D 62 L 134 U 204 E 72 M 145 V 207 F 86 N 159 W 227 G 98 O 166 Y 236 H 109 P 172 Z 239 The Tours 240 Club Days 240 Van Halen 247 World Vacation 255 World Invasion 261 Fair Warning 265 Hide Your Sheep 269 1984 274 5150 281 Monsters of Rock / OU812 286 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 291 Right Here, Right Now 298 Ambulance 302 Van Halen III 310 Index 317 PREFACE The first thing you should notice is that this book includes information on all the side projects and former bands of the six past and present members of Van Halen. Don't be surprised to find just as much information about Extreme as David Lee Roth's band or Sammy Hagar's solo career. This stems from the hope that this will be the first unbiased detailed history of the band. No specific era of the band is preferred over the others. The top Van Halen memorabilia collectors from around the world were asked to contribute all the information they could to this book. The result is the most detailed record of Van Halen and Van Halen-related releases, from singles to EPs, that has ever been compiled. It isn't perfect, though, so where there were problems in confirming a date of release or a serial number, blank spaces have been provided for entering more information if another collector has it. To make increasingly more accurate editions of this book, we encourage you to send any information not included in this book to: The Van Halen Encyclopedia P.O. Box 79 Oak Lawn, IL 60454 www.vanhalenencyclopedia.com HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED The Timeline The timeline is meant to explain the general history of the band, after which more information can be looked up in the rest of the book. The timeline entries are short and simple to tell a concise story that's easily understood. The more detailed accounts of events will be found in the alphabetical entries. The Alphabetical Entries The entries are arranged in a way that will make it easier to find what you're looking for. Every Van Halen song, whether released or unreleased, has its own entry. In some cases an unreleased Van Halen song may be known by two or three titles. In these cases you will find the song under its most common title. Songs by Van Halen-related and side-project bands do not have their own entries. You will find information about these individual songs under the entry for the album on which the song appears (every album by a Van Halen-related band does have its own entry). Entries detailing an individual Van Halen member's involvement on another artist's album have been listed under the artist's or band's name. For example, Eddie worked on a Dweezil Zappa album named Dweezil. You will find the information about this under the entry "Zappa, Dweezil." The entries also include six biographies, one for each past and present member of Van Halen. These biographies are not meant to be equal in length or detail. The longest biography is Eddie Van Halen's. This is because there has been a great deal more written about Ed in the past, giving the public much more knowledge of his role in the band. Alex Van Halen's biography is relatively short for similar reasons; he doesn't do many interviews. The Tours Though most of this section is self-explanatory, there is one part that may puzzle some people. For each tour there is a listing of whether an audio or video recording was made of each show. These recordings include any recordings circulating in public. It doesn't matter if the recording is an official release or a bootleg. If it's listed, it means that someone in the general public has a recording. This is not at all meant to encourage bootlegging. The listings are meant to give the reader an idea of how many Van Halen concerts are archived by their fans. DO NOT contact the author or the publisher about acquiring these recordings. The band has recorded many of their shows but have not provided any details of these recordings. Therefore, only the recordings that have been proven to exist in public are listed. THE INTRODUCTION: A QUICK REFERENCE Introduction VAN HALEN IS... David Lee Roth - Lead singer 1973 - 1985 Sammy Hagar - Lead singer 1985 - 1996 Gary Cherone - Lead singer 1996 - 1999 Edward Van Halen - Guitars, Keyboards Alex Van Halen - Drums Michael Anthony - Bass Guitar ALBUMS Van Halen (1978) Runnin' with the Devil • Eruption • You Really Got Me • Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love • I'm the One • Jamie's Cryin' • Atomic Punk • Feel Your Love Tonight • Little Dreamer • Ice Cream Man • On Fire Van Halen II (1979) You're No Good • Dance the Night Away • Somebody Get Me a Doctor • Bottoms Up! • Outta Love Again • Light Up the Sky • Spanish Fly • D.O.A. • Women in Love… • Beautiful Girls Women and Children First (1980) And the Cradle Will Rock… • Everybody Wants Some!! • Fools • Romeo Delight • Tora! Tora! • Loss of Control • Take Your Whiskey Home • Could This Be Magic? • In a Simple Rhyme • Growth Fair Warning (1981) Mean Street • "Dirty Movies" • Sinner's Swing! • Hear about It Later • Unchained • Push Comes to Shove • So This Is Love? • Sunday Afternoon in the Park • One Foot Out the Door Diver Down (1982) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? • Hang 'Em High • Cathedral • Secrets • Intruder • (Oh) Pretty Woman • Dancing in the Streets • Little Guitars (Intro) • Little Guitars • Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) • The Full Bug • Happy Trails 1984 (1984) 1984 • Jump • Panama • Top Jimmy • Drop Dead Legs • Hot for Teacher • I'll Wait • Girl Gone Bad • House of Pain 5150 (1986) Good Enough • Why Can't This Be Love? • Get Up • Dreams • Summer Nights • Best of Both Worlds • Love Walks In • "5150" • Inside 1 THE VAN HALEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OU812 (1988) Mine All Mine • When It's Love • A.F.U.