Rare VH Footage..At 5150 & 1991 Tour with Baby Animals.

that was awesome bro. Sounds like some new material that did not make III to me

Rob

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Thanks for your putting time and effort in tracking down the old footage and then letting us view it !!!

Yes, that short interview clip is from a very extensive interview that was conducted for ‘The Inside’ Van Halen magazine.

I had the opportunity to interview the band at 5150 just a year earlier, so I let Jon conduct most of this interview. I was on the couch next to him, and Brad was the one filming. Jon & I recorded audio of the interview for use in The Inside, and Brad recorded some video to possibly use on the band’s official website.

And just in case someone in the VH camp sees this footage, just know that I sure as hell didn’t leak this! I got a copy of the video from Brad, and I was told to never let it out, so I never did.
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Originally Posted by PT 5150
Cool Jeff must have been a great experience..
Did you get to see the whole band playing or just Ed playing various parts?
Just Eddie playing a bit of guitar on the couch in ’97. But in ’96, Ed & Al played me tapes of early demos of what became III, and all the while they were air guitaring & air drumming. It was fun.
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Originally Posted by I Coulda Hada VH
Was this after the whole MTV awards debacle with Dave?
Yes. Oct ’96 & Dec ’97.
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Originally Posted by I Coulda Hada VH
Did you ever feel the urge to ask them about that whole 3 or 4 month period where Sammy was out, Dave came back for the two “Best of” songs, and then Dave was out again?
ha ha… I can’t tell if you’re joking? Yes, we talked about that. In the original interview, Eddie really was venting about his frustrations with Sammy. Then, after it was transcribed, in hindsight, he wanted me to take a lot of his complaining out so that the interview would be more positive. So I did that.
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Originally Posted by ZachenFoot
So Jeff, this begs the question:

1) How much different were the III demos to the actual album? Because I know early on, they had an actual producer.

2) Have you ever heard the post-III songs with Gary or are those dwelling at 5150?

I’m not looking for specific details, I just wonder what it was all like. Despite the terrible album, ’96-’99 was a very interesting time in VH Land. What I would do to hear both of the above.

These are great questions. The demos were pretty different! Some had Gary’s vocals, and many didn’t. It was all very HEAVY.

I only heard the demos just once. My first impression was, it was a damn heavy band, with some unknown guy singing over it. Sure, I was familiar with Extreme, and loved Extreme, but Gary’s voice didn’t make me think of Extreme. It was really weird hearing VH with some other guy singing. This was almost 2 years before III came out! What I heard was cool. A couple things stood out:

*One song had a 100% bass intro, and had very cool & very heavy bass throughout. It was very unique because of that. From then on, I always hoped it would end up on the album, but it definitely did not!

*When III came out much later, the only piece of music that I 100% recognized from my little “demo listening party” was “How Many Say I.” Now, that song irritates me as much as it does most people. HOWEVER, I really loved the demo!! The demo had NO vocals. Now, try to imagine that song with no vocals. Sure, I only heard it once, but I liked it. I think it’s the vocals and the harmonizing that ruin it for most people?

After the release of III, I talked with a person who owned the III demos. He said he loved the demos way more than the album. He thought it was pretty much ruined in production.

As far as the follow-up to III? What I think of as the “Three and a half” album? I never heard any of it, but I heard a couple people say it was much better and sounded more like traditional VH.
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i am ssssoooooo tempted to sit on the rest of the interview!!!!!!!

i really dont want to mess up anything and that is why I let out the guitar playing part only!!! last thing I ever want to do is have someone else’s issues become my issues over this! so you have to respect that!!

I can’t say…and I’ve thought about it….this would bring a lot of heat to me and honestly as a fan….I’m good. I have made lots of connections and I don’t want to screw things up. I think by letting that clip go its harmless….but the rest….isn’t worth what would happen. I don’t want to know what would happen….I just have a really weird feeling because I know for a fact other certain people have seen it and are very quiet…..so…..be happy with what I shared and I’m back to lurk mode for a bit. At least until I’m ready to let some other stuff out…