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So I suppose if you've actually got a source from Van Halen's mouth, that's probably more authoritative. Yes, that's exactly why I was searching for that trans
by woodpanel 6y ago
So I suppose if you've actually got a source from Van Halen's mouth, that's probably more authoritative.
Yes, that's exactly why I was searching for that transcript. Maybe Howard Stern will re-air it or re-publish the interview in his app (I don't live in the US, so I don't have proper access to the show's content sadly). Thats why I added the IIRC. But whatever VH said in that interview clarified were that knocking came from.
- toyg 6y agoBecause musicians never lie or self-aggrandise, of course ;) i bet it’s one of those things where half the people in the recording studio have a different story to tell.
- Klinky 6y agoYeah, some of these stories you should take with a grain of salt, probably a 51/50 chance they're true.
- woodpanel 6y agoI agree, but there were conflating stories about the knocking for decades. That MJ is listed as "drum case beater" in the credits is surely not helping. However this HS interview was done at least 15 years after, a time after which I assume any secret joke they conspired must have worn off. I've listened to a rerun from that interview, which might was recorded in 1998 (http://marksfriggin.com/news98/3-16-98.htm http://marksfriggin.com/news98/3-16-98.htm)