Van Halen In the Studio For 'OU812' Anniversary was a top 23 story of May 2023: The 35th anniversary of Van Halen's 'OU812' is celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.
Redbeard shared, “OU812 by Van Halen topped the US sales chart in the summer of 1988, the band's second with this lineup in what would eventually become a string of four Billboard #1 albums in a row. It was a heyday for '80s hard rock popularity, and the period is captured like a Polaroid snapshot in my time capsule of a classic rock interview with the late Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar, who are back for the second round of America's most popular hard rock band then as singer/songwriter with Van Halen.
“A lot of tequila has flown under the bridge since then, but even a barrel of thirty-five-year-old mezcal can't change the fact that these guys were having too much fun at that point. Van Halen fans selling out football stadiums coast to coast devouring more than 4,000,000 copies of OU812, featuring “Black and Blue”? “Feels So Good” (suffering under a dated 80's keyboard layout and now begging to be revisited), “AFU” (great guitar lick from Eddie Van Halen, reminding me why we have so much respect for his late brother Van Halen), “When It's Love”, “Cabo Wabo”, “Finish What You Started” and “Mine All Mine”. Stream the episode here.
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