True story… Van Halen was my first rock show. Diver Down tour. My friend’s sister drove. We parked and drank two beers in the parking lot. Then we went in, watched the show, and tried to sneak backstage after the show. I got in through the loading dock entrance. Friend’s sister was already inside, maybe.
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I’m walking in the Long Beach Arena hallway behind the stage, and Diamond Dave struts right by me with two girls following. He was tall and wearing assless chaps over zebra-striped pants and a leather vest. Later we all rendezvous at the car… sister says she followed EVH into the bathroom and he took out a vial of coke and let her snort some off his fingernail. Good times. I was 15 and never looked back.