Soundboard audio of an April, 1975 Van Halen performance at Pasadena High School has surfaced. The 30-minute set, comprised of eight songs, is mostly cover songs alongside an early version of “Fools,” then titled “I Live With Fools.”
Before Van Halen signed a record deal and later hit the world’s stages opening for Black Sabbath upon the release of their self-titled 1978 debut, the group were slugging it out anywhere and everywhere, no different than any rock band trying to make a name for themselves.
