If Van Halen isn't the best American rock band ever, they certainly deserve to be in the pantheon of rock "gods", in the top 10.
The band changed massively from David Lee Roth to Sammy Hagar, changing from top 40 stuff to more metal related tones. Ironic that they dumped an egotistical expletive deleted for someone, in the end, even worse. But musically, Sammy Hagar was great; his scratchy voice and surprisingly sound guitar playing filled the last gap in the band, bringing it to top level.
The lighting and sound could have been better for this recording; the stage was obviously more set for the concert, where dark and shrill is good, than for the recording, where light and acoustic subtleties are important.
Don't overlook the bass solo at the end of the disk. The bass guitarist turns his instrument into a classical bass fiddle; it is a brief but thrilling moment, over all too soon. To think that this "dude" could be capable of classical music...surprise surprise...Get more detail about Van Halen - Live Without a Net.
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