{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Van Halen #5 | &quot;The Wild Life&quot; (1984)","description":"Next episode will feature a deep dive on &quot;Better Off Dead&quot; and conclude the Van Halen saga. But until then, please enjoy:&amp;nbsp;  A very well-rounded view of VH history by Eddie Van Halen in 1990  Sammy Hagar's arguably sketchy claims about Van Halen's numbers before and after he joined  Eddie producing and promoting a band called &quot;Private Life&quot; who obviously did not go on to amazing things (but hey, even if you or I never heard their songs, they still accomplished more than most of us, eh?)&amp;nbsp;  Eve Clarke interviewing me about my &quot;Perfect 10&quot; VH tunes of the David Lee Roth era  Sammy's tale of meeting Eddie for the first time and joining Van Halen&amp;nbsp;  The final installments of my real-time (and space-time) reactions to the Art Linson\/Cameron Crowe teen epic that had a lot going for it even if it didn't come out fully cooked - &quot;The Wild Life,&quot; starring Nice Guy Eddie, Marty McFly's mom, Vincent Vega's heroin dealer, Clark Griswold's cousin Eddie, and the &quot;Wanna take a bath?&quot; gal from Pink Floyd's Wall film adaptation.&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rockfilmrock Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/whatsamatta Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/store\/justtheworstshirtsever\/ Subscribe to me on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ Follow on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/justtheworstever\/ Send me an email with show suggestions:&amp;nbsp;Justtheworstever@gmail.com Suicide Prevention, Text\/Call: 988 https:\/\/afsp.org\/ National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/resources &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll","author_url":"http:\/\/rocknfilmnrock.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30212463\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/30212463"}