The Road to the US Festival | The Van Halen 1984 Documentary Episode 2

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Van Halen members went their separate ways after their Diver Down tour. Dave stayed in South America with his travel troupe, the Jungle Studs. In 1983, they were offered $1.5 million to headline the Heavy Metal Day of the US Festival organized by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. The Clash, unhappy with the commercialization of the event and the paychecks of other bands, engaged in confrontations and refused to play an encore. Van Halen hosted a lavish private party during the festival. The band performed on Heavy Metal Day, delivering an explosive set despite being heavily intoxicated. For other photo credits, other credits, thanks, and more info, go to: https://bit.ly/45r7S3v These are not affiliate links: Photos by Neil Zlowower/Atlas Icons https://www.zloz.com/ Buy official Van Halen merch, go here: https://bit.ly/3owfxwY Special Thanks to Backstage Auctions: https://bit.ly/3WuqD1U Buy Greg Renoff's Ted Templeman book https://bit.ly/423LEla Buy Steve Rosen's Tonechaser https://bit.ly/3MSVTo9 Buy Brad Tolinski, and Chris Gill's Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen https://bit.ly/43nkIOj Buy Noel Monk's book Runnin' W/Devil https://bit.ly/3OCElxW Michael Christopher Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock https://bit.ly/4370Bo6 Van Halen links: Van Halen news https://www.vhnd.com/ Van Halen archival site https://www.themightyvanhalen.net/ Van Halen on Spotify https://bit.ly/3IEdnSz Go subscribe to Johnny Bean's Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3BZjop7 Thanks to @tufnall for letting me use his footage from his video. https://youtu.be/49wOXvQIES8?si=vWe4ZISjzH18UAwt 00:00 - Intro to Episode 2 of Van Halen’s 1984 documentary 00:18 - The Jungle Studs 01:21 - Van Halen gets a call from Apple’s Steve Wozniak 01:48 - Short history of the US Festival 02:32 - Offering Van Halen a gig at the US Festival 02:57 - Favored nation deal clause 03:15 - Tracking down David Lee Roth 03:32 - Booking David Bowie for the US Festival 03:49 - The US Festival booker Barry Fey 04:22 - Having to match David Bowie’s payday 04:45 - Van Halen and the Guinness Book of World Records 05:16 - Van Halen’s publicist, Steve Mandel, saves the day 05:50 - Why Stevie Ray Vaughan did play on the Bowie tour 06:13 - Why John Mellencamp dropped off the US Festival 06:28 - Van Halen learns they have more work than just playing the show 07:16 - A man was murdered at the US Festival 07:36 - Why the US Festival cost Van Halen so much money 08:16 - The Clash are not happy 08:51 - David Lee Roth pokes fun at the Clash 09:24 - The Clash’s petulant tirade 10:36 - Joe Strummer speaks highly of Eddie Van Halen 11:14 - Eddie Van Halen thinks this video sucks 11:28 - Heavy Metal Sunday at the US Festival 12:15 - Van Halen chills while everyone else weathers the heat 12:39 - The reason for the private party space at the US Festival 13:08 - Bash of 1983 13:21 - Van Halen’s rider at the US Festival 13:58 - Roth’s drugs are kicking in 14:15 - David Lee Roth has a press conference at the US Festival 14:49 - David Lee Roth tries some new material 15:26 - David Lee Roth makes MTV’s Mark Goodman feel uncomfortable 16:09 - Van Halen plays a pre-recorded message for the US Festival crowd 17:06 - Van Halen plays the US Festival 18:12 - David Lee Roth being a bit unstable 18:27 - Van Halen lays down a clinic on how to play live 18:59 - One last shot at the Clash 20:08 - One of the highlights of Van Halen’s US Festival performance 21:03 - Van Halen proves they are atop the rock’s world of live performance 21:29 - Fans are disruptive going home Photo by Ebet Roberts