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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Dedication
OVERTURE
1 CALIFORNIA DREAMING “We were like a kid freak show.”
2 RIOT ON THE SUNSET STRIP “Stop! I hired you to play Top 40. What is this shit?!”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Part I
3 ON FIRE “I wasn’t trying to show off… it was just fun!”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Eddie Van Halen and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi
4 WARNING SIGNS “What do you got, Eddie?”
5 1984 “I wasn’t going to allow them to control me anymore.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather
6 A TALE OF TWO SINGERS “Dave used to say I wasn’t happy unless I was unhappy. That was a crock.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with former David Lee Roth guitarist Steve Vai
7 IN AND OUT “I just started thinking, hey man, let’s write something real.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Van Halen manager Ray Danniels
8 WHO THE FUCK IS EDDIE VAN HALEN? “Everything comes to me when I’m sitting on the pot.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Van Halen III vocalist Gary Cherone
9 THE LOST YEARS “I came home and on the six o’clock news Dan Rather was saying, ‘Up next, Eddie Van Halen has cancer.’”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Part II
10 THE WHOLE TRUTH “[Dave’s] lyrics are hilarious… I think he’s brilliant.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE A conversation with Edward and Wolfgang Van Halen
11 THE ART OF GUITAR “We never once said, ‘Yeah, that will do.’ It has to be right because my name is on it.”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE The SoCal Guitar Triangle: Edward, Les, and Leo
12 CAN’T GET THIS STUFF NO MORE “Those truly magical fingers opened a door to a new kind of playing.”
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Thank You
Also by Brad Tolinski
Praise for Eruption
Notes
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