Rock N Roll Story Guys

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Rock N Roll Story Guys features two best friends discussing (and maybe setting straight) the rumor, innuendo and hidden details that surround some of the biggest bands and songs in rock n roll history.
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Van Halen vs The Clash
Tuesday, 15 April, 2025

The guys get a letter asking why Diamond Dave was being so mouthy about a certain band of British punks during Van Halen's headling set at the 1983 US Festival. This leads to an investigation of authenticity, genre death, and lots of Jack Daniels consumption. SHOW NOTES:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clashhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Rhodeshttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/185213https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Callinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jones_(The_Clash_guitarist)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen_(album)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diver_Downhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Festivalhttps://www.loudersound.com/features/us-festival-1983https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1007bq4/does_anyone_know_why_david_lee_roth_said_that/Alan Berry documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JrKjGBnHAhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/8-382-3637?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=truehttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-the-clash-say-goodbye-at-the-1983-us-festival-57636/https://www.spin.com/2023/05/us-festival-40th-anniversary-oral-history/The initial US Festival 83 press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUT5sP_egMDLR at press conference weekend of fest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLKxRAAFGQ4https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-reason-why-the-clash-fired-mick-jones/Robert Fithen YouTube episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhpaSDYvwaEhttps://faroutmagazine.co.uk/clash-mick-jones-last-us-festival-1983/The Clash’s US set:https://youtu.be/dsZks2ZxqTs?si=GktR4U2yjwhXEopHhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmo_Vinylhttps://www.grunge.com/733482/the-guinness-world-record-that-was-created-for-van-halen/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.