The Early Days of Van Halen

The Early Days of Van Halen
Van Halen concert chronology
Promotional tour by Van Halen
Location	North America
Start date	1971 (1971)
End date	February 25, 1978 (1978-02-25)
No. of shows	1971 (1 known) 1972 (1 known) 1973 (3 known) 1974 (66 known) 1975 (60 known) 1976 (93 known) 1977 (51 known) 1978 (5 known) Total: 280 known

Personnel

Genesis/Mammoth (1971–1972)

Mammoth (1972)

Eddie Van Halen – Guitar & Lead Vocals
Alex Van Halen – Drums
Mark Stone – Bass & Backing Vocals
Jim Pewsey – Keyboards

Mammoth/Van Halen (1973–1974)

Eddie Van Halen – Guitar & Backing Vocals
David Lee Roth – Lead Vocals
Mark Stone – Bass & Backing Vocals
Alex Van Halen – Drums

Van Halen (1974–1985)

Eddie Van Halen – Guitar & Backing Vocals
David Lee Roth – Lead Vocals
Michael Anthony – Bass & Backing Vocals
Alex Van Halen – Drums

Songs

Songs	Discography (Originals/Covers) Bands (Covers)	Earliest known live performance	Last known live performance
Originals
Glitter	Unreleased	Fall 1973 ^[1]	May 3, 1974
Gentleman of Leisure		Fall 1973 ^[1]	Fall 1973
Angel Eyes		January 1, 1974	January 1, 1974
Believe Me			September 18, 1976
Take Your Whiskey Home	Women & Children First		February 8, 1975
In a Simple Rhyme	Women & Children First		February 8, 1978
I'm with the Wind	Unreleased	May 3, 1974 ^[2]	May 3, 1974
I Can Hardly Wait	Unreleased		May 3, 1974
Outta Love Again	Van Halen II		X
Show Your Love ("I'm the One")	Van Halen		X
I Wanna Be Your Lover	Unreleased	February 8, 1975	February 8, 1978
Fools	Women & Children First	April 1, 1975	June 30, 1976
Forced Entry	Unreleased	April 25, 1975	April 25, 1975
Eyes of the Night		April 25, 1975	June 30, 1976
Woman in Love		June 13, 1975	January 2, 1976
Eruption	Van Halen	October 31, 1975	X
House of Pain	1984	November 22, 1975	February 8, 1978
Babe Don't Leave Me Alone	Unreleased	January 2, 1976	February, 1977
She's the Woman	A Different Kind of Truth	January 2, 1976	February, 1977
Let's Get Rockin' ("Outta Space")	A Different Kind of Truth	May 9, 1976	June 30, 1976
We Die Bold aka We Die Young	Unreleased		May 9, 1976
Last Night ("Hang 'Em High")	Diver Down		February 8, 1978
Somebody Get Me a Doctor	Van Halen II		February 18, 1978
On Fire	Van Halen		X
Runnin' with the Devil	Van Halen	May 29, 1976	X
Honolulu Baby	Unreleased	May 29, 1976	June 30, 1976
Dead or Alive (D.O.A.)	Van Halen II	June 29, 1976	February 25, 1978
Big Trouble ("Big River")	A Different Kind of Truth	November 3, 1976 ^[3]	?
Put Out the Lights ("Beats Workin'")	A Different Kind of Truth	November 3, 1976 ^[3]	?
Piece of Mind aka Bad Women	Unreleased	January 18, 1977	February 8, 1978
Light in the Sky		February 1977 ^[4]	?
Young & Wild (Kim Fowley/Tetsch)			June 10, 1977
Get the Show on the Road			June 10, 1977
Little Dreamer	Van Halen		X
Feel Your Love Tonight	Van Halen		X
Bring On the Girls (Beautiful Girls)	Van Halen II		?
Voodoo Queen ("Mean Street")	Fair Warning		May 10, 1978
Show No Mercy aka No More Waiting	Unreleased	June 10, 1977	February 25, 1978
Atomic Punk	Van Halen		X
Bottoms Up!	Van Halen II		June 10, 1977
The Shape You're In	Unreleased		June 10, 1977
One More Time	Unreleased	October 1, 1977	February 25, 1978
Tora! Tora!/Loss of Control	Women & Children First		February 25, 1978
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love	Van Halen		X
Down in Flames aka Stop Trying (Tattoo)	A Different Kind of Truth	December 31, 1977	June 22, 1978
Bullethead	A Different Kind of Truth		December 31, 1977
Just What You Wanted	Unreleased		December 31, 1977
Covers
Wildfire	Spooky Tooth	July 30, 1973 ^[5]	February 8, 1975
Will It Go 'Round in Circles?	Billy Preston		?
Superstition	Stevie Wonder		September 21, 1976
Three O' Clock Blues	B.B. King		?
Woman	James Gang ?		?
In for the Kill	Budgie	February 8, 1975	February 8, 1975
Chevrolet	ZZ Top	February 14, 1975	April 1, 1975
Might Just Take Your Life	Deep Purple		February 14, 1975
Maybe I'm a Leo	Deep Purple		April 1, 1975
We All Had a Real Good Time	Edgar Winter		April 1, 1975
Walk Away	James Gang		May 30, 1976
Can't Get Enough	Bad Company		April 25, 1975
Make It Last	Montrose		February 14, 1975
If You Can't Rock Me	The Rolling Stones		June 13, 1975
Brown Sugar	ZZ Top	April 1, 1975	April 1, 1975
Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo	Rick Derringer		June 13, 1975
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You	Sugarloaf		April 1, 1975
All the Way	Kiss	April 25, 1975	April 25, 1975
Now I'm Here	Queen
Some Kind of Wonderful	Grand Funk Railroad
The Jean Genie	David Bowie	June 13, 1975	December ?, 1975
The Fool & Me	Robin Trower		May 9, 1976
Rock Steady	Bad Company		June 13, 1975
Man on the Silver Mountain	Rainbow	November 22, 1975	November 22, 1975
Tush	ZZ Top	December ?, 1975	May 9, 1976
Twist & Shout	The Top Notes		September 21, 1976
Sweet Emotion	Aerosmith
Walk This Way	Aerosmith
Keep Playin' That Rock & Roll	Edgar Winter
Get Down Tonight	KC & the Sunshine Band		December ?, 1975
Trampled Under Foot	Led Zeppelin
The Grind	Tommy Bolin
Stone Cold Sober	Rod Stewart
Ice Cream Man	John Brim (Van Halen)	January 2, 1976	X
Let Me Swim	Cactus	May 9, 1976	June 30, 1976
Last Child	Aerosmith		September 18, 1976
The Rover	Led Zeppelin		September 18, 1976
Hots On for Nowhere	Led Zeppelin	May 27, 1976	May 27, 1976
Rock & Roll All Nite	Kiss		May 27, 1976
Summertime Blues	Eddie Cochran		October 1, 1977
Live for the Music	Bad Company		September 18, 1976
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers	ZZ Top		September 18, 1976
La Grange			May 30, 1976
Waitin' for the Bus		September 21, 1976	September 21, 1976
Francine
Still Alive & Well	Rick Derringer
Firehouse	Kiss
30 Days in the Hole	Humble Pie
Gudbuy T' Jane	Slade		June 10, 1977
Happy Trails	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (Diver Down)		December 31, 1977
All Day & All of the Night	The Kinks (Unreleased) (Van Halen) (Diver Down)	November 19, 1976	November 19, 1976
You Really Got Me		February 1977	X
Where Have All the Good Times Gone!		?	February 11, 1983
Gonna Take a Lotta Drugs (Neil Young)	Nicolette Larson	February 1977	February 1977^[4]
Tomorrow's Dream	Black Sabbath	?	?
Drive My Car	The Beatles
You're No Good	Dee Dee Warwick (Van Halen II)
Speedy's Coming	Scorpions
Catch Your Train	Scorpions
Bright Lights, Big City	Jimmy Reed
Lucille	Little Richard
I'm So Glad	Cream
Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley
79th & Sunset	Humble Pie

Information

Take Your Whiskey Home
• January 1, 1974: Earliest Ever Known Performance
• February 8, 1975: Only Ever & Last Known Live Performance until March 19, 1980 during the "World Invasion Tour"

In a Simple Rhyme
• January 1, 1974: Earliest Ever Known Performance
• May 29, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 8, 1978: Last Known Live Performance until July 5, 2015 during the "Summer/Fall North America Tour (2015)"

House of Pain
• November 22, 1975: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 8, 1978: Last Known Live Performance until January 18, 1984 during the "1984 Tour"

She's the Woman
• January 2, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Performance
• May 9, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• June 30, 1976: Last Known Live Performance
• January 1, 1977: Last Known Performance until January 5, 2012 during "A Different Kind of Truth Tour"

Last Night (Hang 'Em High)
• May 9, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 8, 1978: Last Known Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Somebody Get Me a Doctor
• May 9, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 18, 1978: Last Known Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Eyes of the Night
• May 29, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• June 30, 1976: Last Known Live Performance until the "World Vacation Tour" (1979)

Dead or Alive
• June 1, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 25, 1978: Last Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Voodoo Queen (Mean Street)
• January 1, 1977: Earliest Ever Known Performance as "Voodoo Queen"
• June 10, 1977: Only Ever & Last Known Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Bottoms Up!
• June 10, 1977: Earliest Ever, Only, & Last Known Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Tora! Tora!/Loss of Control
• October 1, 1977: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• February 25, 1978: Last Known Live Performance until March 19, 1980 during the "World Invasion Tour"

Down in Flames (Tattoo)
• December 31, 1977: Earliest Ever, Only, & Last Known Live Performance as "Down in Flames" until the "1978 World Tour"

Summertime Blues ("Eddie Cochran" Cover)
• May 27, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• October 1, 1977: Last Known Live Performance until the "1978 World Tour"

Happy Trails ("Roy Rogers" & "Dales Evans" Cover)
• September 18, 1976: Earliest Ever Known Live Performance
• December 31, 1977: Last Known Live Performance until July 14, 1982 during the "Hide Your Sheep Tour"

Shows

Date	City	Venue
1971
November 12, 1971	?	? (Only Known Live Performance as "Genesis")
1972
October 28, 1972	Pasadena	Sexson Auditorium (Earliest known performance as "Mammoth") ^[6]
1973
May 5, 1973	Mission Hills	The Joker Room (Last known performance as "Mammoth")
July 30, 1973	La Puente	(1st studio demo) ^[5]
Fall 1973	Pasadena	455 Bradford Street (Basement of David Lee Roth's father's home) (Glitter Demos)
1974
January 1, 1974	Hollywood	Cherokee Studios (Earliest known performance as "Van Halen")
March 9, 1974	San Marino	970 Arden Road (backyard party) (Earliest known performance as "Van Halen") ^[7]
April 4, 1974	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
April 5, 1974
April 6, 1974
April 7, 1974
April 11, 1974
April 12, 1974
April 13, 1974
April 14, 1974
April 26, 1974	Los Angeles	Proud Bird Nightclub ^[8]
May 3, 1974	Pasadena	Pasadena High School Auditorium
May 16, 1974	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
May 17, 1974
May 18, 1974
May 19, 1974
May 29, 1974
May 30, 1974
May 31, 1974
June 1, 1974
June 2, 1974
June 6, 1974
June 7, 1974
June 8, 1974
June 9, 1974
June 20, 1974
June 21, 1974
June 22, 1974
June 23, 1974
June 27, 1974
June 28, 1974
June 29, 1974
June 30, 1974
August 1, 1974
August 2, 1974
August 3, 1974
August 4, 1974
August 8, 1974
August 9, 1974
August 10, 1974
August 11, 1974
August 15, 1974
August 16, 1974
August 17, 1974
August 18, 1974
September 12, 1974
September 13, 1974
September 14, 1974
September 15, 1974
September 19, 1974
September 20, 1974
September 21, 1974
September 22, 1974
September 26, 1974
September 27, 1974
September 28, 1974
September 29, 1974
November 9, 1974	Pasadena	881 Madre Street (Immler kids' house party) ^[9]
November 14, 1974	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
November 15, 1974
November 16, 1974
November 17, 1974
November 27, 1974	Duarte	Barnacle Bill's
November 28, 1974
November 29, 1974
November 30, 1974
1975
January 10, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
January 11, 1975
January 17, 1975
January 18, 1975
January 25, 1975	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
February ?, 1975	La Cañada Flintridge	La Cañada High School Auditorium
February 7, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
February 8, 1975	Pasadena	Pasadena High School Gymnasium
February 9, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
February 14, 1975
February 15, 1975
February 16, 1975
February 28, 1975	Duarte	Duarte International Casino Club
March 14, 1975
March 21, 1975
March 28, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
March 29, 1975
March 30, 1975
April 1, 1975	Pasadena	La Salle High School Auditorium
April 4, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
April 5, 1975
April 6, 1975
April 25, 1975	Pasadena	Pasadena High School Gymnasium
May 2, 1975	Duarte	Duarte International Casino Club
May 4, 1975	Duarte	Barnacle Bill's
May 16, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
May 17, 1975
May 18, 1975
May 19, 1975
May 23, 1975
May 24, 1975
May 25, 1975
May 26, 1975
June 13, 1975	Pasadena	Hilton Hotel Ballroom
June 21, 1975	?	?
June ?, 1975	Downey	Tahitian Village
July 4, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
July 5, 1975
July 6, 1975
July 11, 1975
July 12, 1975
July 13, 1975
September 5, 1975
September 6, 1975
September 9, 1975
September 12, 1975
September 13, 1975
September 14, 1975
October 10, 1975	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
October 31, 1975	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
November 1, 1975
November 2, 1975
November 7, 1975
November 8, 1975
November 9, 1975
November 21, 1975	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
November 22, 1975	La Cañada Flintridge	Lanterman Auditorium
December ?, 1975	Pasadena	John Muir High School Auditorium
December 25, 1975	Los Angeles	Myron's Ballroom
December 28, 1975	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom ^[10]
1976
January 1, 1976	Santa Monica	Santa Monica High School Auditorium
January 2, 1976	Los Angeles	Hound Dog Studios
January 6, 1976	La Cañada Flintridge	Lanterman Auditorium
January 9, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
January 10, 1976
January 11, 1976
January 16, 1976
January 17, 1976
January 18, 1976
February 1, 1976	Pasadena	Hilton Hotel Ballroom
February 27, 1976	Glendale	Glendale High School Auditorium
March 13, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
March 19, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
March 24, 1976	Pomona	Walter Mitty's
March 25, 1976	Pomona	Walter Mitty's
March 26, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
March 27, 1976
March 28, 1976
April 2, 1976
April 3, 1976
April 4, 1976
April 7, 1976	Pomona	Walter Mitty's
April 8, 1976
April 9, 1976
April 10, 1976
April 11, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom ^[11]
April 17, 1976	Duarte	Duarte International Casino Club
April 23, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
April 24, 1976
April 25, 1976
April 30, 1976	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
May 1, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
May 2, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
May 9, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom (Supported UFO with Michael Schenker) ^[12]
May 18, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
May 27, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
May 29, 1976	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
May 30, 1976	Pasadena	Sexson Auditorium
June 1, 1976	West Hollywood	Starwood
June 3, 1976		Gazzari's
June 4, 1976
June 5, 1976
June 6, 1976
June 10, 1976
June 11, 1976
June 12, 1976
June 13, 1976
June 27, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
June 28, 1976	West Hollywood	Starwood
June 29, 1976
June 30, 1976
July 12, 1976	Wilmington	Longshoreman's Hall
July 31, 1976	Pasadena	Sexson Auditorium
August 5, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
August 6, 1976
August 7, 1976
August 8, 1976
August 12, 1976
August 13, 1976
August 14, 1976
August 15, 1976
August 18, 1976	San Bernardino	Bogart
September 18, 1976	Long Beach	Bogart's Nightclub (3 shows)
September 21, 1976	San Bernardino	Bogart
October 1, 1976	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
October 6, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
October 7, 1976
October 8, 1976
October 9, 1976
October 10, 1976
October 14, 1976
October 15, 1976
October 16, 1976
October 17, 1976
October 31, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
November 2, 1976	West Hollywood	Starwood (Discovered by Gene Simmons) ^[13]
November 3, 1976	Santa Monica	Village Recorders (Gene Simmons Demos Session)
November 19, 1976	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
November 21, 1976	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
December 3, 1976	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
December 4, 1976
December 5, 1976
December 9, 1976		Whisky a Go Go
December 10, 1976
December 11, 1976
December 12, 1976
December 21, 1976		Gazzari's
December 22, 1976
December 23, 1976
December 25, 1976
December 26, 1976	Norwalk	Golden West Ballroom
December 31, 1976	Santa Monica	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1977
January 1, 1977	Pasadena	The Studio
January 14, 1977	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
January 15, 1977	West Hollywood	Gazzari's
January 17, 1977	Huntington Beach	Golden Bear ^[14]
January 18, 1977	West Hollywood	Starwood
January 19, 1977		Starwood
January 27, 1977		Whisky a Go Go
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
January 30, 1977	Long Beach	Long Beach Arena (Supported Santana) ^[15]
February 2, 1977	West Hollywood	Starwood (Discovered by Ted Templeman & Mo Ostin) ^[16]
February 3, 1977	West Hollywood	Starwood (Discovered by Ted Templeman & Mo Ostin) ^[16]
February ?, 1977	Hollywood	Sunset Sound (Warner Bros. audition demos with Ted Templeman)
February 18, 1977	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
February 25, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
February 26, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
March 17, 1977	La Puente	Amat Patio
April 8, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
April 9, 1977
April 10, 1977
April 23, 1977	Glendale	Glendale Community College Auditorium (Supported by Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads)
April 30, 1977	West Hollywood	Starwood
May 18, 1977	Glendale	Glendale Civic Auditorium
May 26, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
May 27, 1977
May 28, 1977
May 29, 1977
June 10, 1977 (2 shows)
June 11, 1977
June 18, 1977	Los Angeles	"The Proud Bird" Nightclub
July 14, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
July 15, 1977
July 16, 1977
August 19, 1977
August 20, 1977
August 26, 1977	Buena Park	Retail Clerks Auditorium
September 16, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
September 17, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
October 1, 1977	Valencia	Six Flags Magic Mountain Club
October 8, 1977	Buena Park	Retail Clerks Auditorium
October 15, 1977	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium ^[17]
October 22, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
December 9, 1977	Mount Baldy	Roc Shoppe
December 10, 1977	Mount Baldy	Roc Shoppe
December 20, 1977	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
December 21, 1977	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go
December 22, 1977
December 23, 1977
December 25, 1977
December 30, 1977
December 31, 1977
1978
January 27, 1978	Mount Baldy	Roc Shoppe ^[18]
February 8, 1978	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
February 18, 1978	Pasadena	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
February 25, 1978	West Hollywood	Whisky a Go Go

References

↑ Renoff, Greg (2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
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↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. pp. 182–187. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. pp. 187–189. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
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↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
↑ Renoff, Greg (13 October 2015). Van Halen Rising. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
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