Set the Wayback Machine to 1978, Mr Mantler

Posted on December 16, 2011 by chet

Before they were gods, and long before they were wastrels, Van Halen did a record store appearance. Wow.

(Via MeFi.)

One thought on “Set the Wayback Machine to 1978, Mr Mantler”

https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk72xJ2GGRwwaGFInaoPw9HDfCa_ms98jc on December 16, 2011 at 8:57 pm said:

You did it, you monstrous brute. You made me get a Google account. I can tell you that this minor barrier to commenting saved MH from many a pointlessly contrary post from my impotent keyboard…for a while.

Great pics! Those fragments of time just after obscurity and almost before fame are fascinating to observe.

Suddenly I remember what my dad said after I’d played “Eruption” on my Radio Shack stereo for roughly the 27,000th time- “It sounds like he’s playing an organ.” (re: the triplet tapping section)

Also…”Well, at least they’re American.”