In the early 1970's Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex started up a band in Pasadena, California. They brought in David Lee Roth as their front man and rock history was born. The band Van Halen was responsible for bringing hard rock music back into popularity through there success in the late 70's and mega stardom in the early 80's. Of course with all rock bands there is always bumps in the road as they reached stardom including drug use and creative differences. There were times that Roth was so high on cocaine he couldn't remember to song lyrics on stage. After their huge success with the song "Jump" and the album 1984 Roth left the band to pursue a solo career
Not being done yet the band brought in veteran rock singer Sammy Hagar who fronted the band through more highly successful albums and tours. He then also left the band in the 90's stating that the Van Halen brother were hard to along with. Eventually Hagar briefly returned to the band in the early 2000's and left yet again and they reunited with Roth once again. The line up then added Wofgang Van Halen (Eddie's son) to the band. Sadly in 2020 Eddie Van Halen died of cancer ending the bands years of up and downs.
Today I'm sharing three fun songs from the David Lee Roth era, which I always felt was their best music. First up is a performance of technically two songs that they almost always pair together. The first "Eruption" really set up Eddie Van Halen as a rock god leading into "You Really Got Me" which is a cover of the original by The Kinks. This was a live performance ins 2015:
The next one is a hard choice because it's not my favorite song by the band but is by far probably the best known. "Jump" came off the 1984 album and was when they really soared into rock history, but here it is, the original video of "Jump":
Last up is a great song that I couldn't find a live performance that I really liked. The ones from the 80's were on VHS but didn't transfer well so they are too fuzzy. So I went with the 2015 remaster. Here's "Everybody Wants Some":
That's my entry for Three Tune Tuesday, thanks to 
