Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil (First Known Live Recording)

Van Halen
Conference Building
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA
May 29, 1976

Runnin' With The Devil

[brentj.peterson]

Michael Anthony never got enough credit. His vocals were essential to the VH sound.

[carlov.]

Picked up my 10 year son from his baseball practice today - had the radio on, he says to me, "Dad, I like the old songs you listen to, better than today's music." I just smiled and turned the radio up.

[antoniosoul]

Eddie always smiled when he was playing, you can see the joy that playing guitar brought him.

[michaeld]

I know it sounds ridiculous but these guys seemed to have come out fully formed..just a truly magic band.

[danbam]

“I guess you guys ain’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love em”

[Dusty]

Dang. Eddie had his sound down even back in the day.

[tannertuner]

RIP Eddie. You provided the soundtrack for our lives

[dmarkj]

This is Van Halen in their rawest purest form. Love it.

[gladiator]

Van Halens first two albums were unbeatable 🤘👍

[ThePunitiveDamages]

Being a kid in the 70's was just awesome. The music was great and the risks that came with adventure were real. So lucky to have experienced the 70's.

[euanelliott]

The value of Michael Anthony cannot be overstated.
DLR entertains the crowd, and Michael strengthens the melody where David misses notes due to leaping around.
Eddie and Alex also sound terrific, very assured.
A winning combination.

[CynicalCharlatan]

I’m 33 but always been obsessed with this song. Van Halen was a super team of musicians absolutely perfect

[DMFSTUDIO]

The band was called "Mammoth" back in the day, saw them at a backyard party in Pasadena Ca in mid 1970s, They were awesome and I was so young😎

[markod]

damn even a shitty recording eddie's brown sound is there, it sounds like Alex is pounding on empty paint cans but damn eddie's guitar rips

[livelydog]

I heard Running with the Devil when they played in my den in July 1976 at my sister's high school graduation party in Hawthorne CA. What a party! There were 4 people found passed out in the backyard the next morning. My sister refused to See VH when they hit it big as she had seen then dozens of times at backyard parties!! In the same house 5 years later, a friend of my roommates brought over a band mate when she was a groupie for Motley Crue. Yes, there was Tommy Lee... thin, no name punk, at the time playing the Starwood In Hollywood. I did not see Motley at the Starwood, but saw Quiet Riot there before they hit it big. Also saw Sammy Hagar at Pasadena High School Auditorium back in the day before Can't Drive 55 was out. Those were the great High School Days in Southern California.

[williamjeffreys]

That guitar tone just kills me. My brother went to see them at a local show before the first album was released. He said "Man, you gotta hear these guys".

[paulwatsonLN]

Friends used to work on their Camaros, novas, and mustangs, on their driveways, with their buddies, while drinking beer and cranking up the radio.

[clubredken]

After this song, Huey Lewis stood up and said ..'Sorry boys, you're just too darn loud.'

[randywissler]

Damn Michael Anthony was already so on point with those backing vocals!!!

[elguerochoyero]

Michael Anthony’s backing vocals really stand out here