Despite an early-set knock on the nose that required a bandage for lead singer David Lee Roth, Pasadena's greatest rock export Van Halen survived its nationally televised debut on Monday night -- and shut down Hollywood Boulevard in the process.
You read that right. Almost 45 years after it formed and at least a few decades beyond its commercial peak, a Roth-fronted Van Halen finally performed on national TV. Returning to support its new live album, "Tokyo Dome Live in Concert," and a recently announced summer tour, the band tore through a handful of its classics as the musical guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday night.
They did so in grand, if predictable, fashion: by playing "Panama," "Running with the Devil," "Hot for Teacher," "Dance the Night Away" and more in front of the El Capitan Theatre to a raucous crowd of fans and tourists.
"We waited 45 years for this," screamed Roth, a cheesy smile overwhelming his face.
Kimmel's show does this sort of thing on occasion, but Van Halen doesn't. Long an arena rock mainstay, the band earned its stripes on the Sunset Strip a few miles west. Now consisting of brothers Alex and Eddie and the latter's son Wolfgang on bass, Van Halen rose to great heights in the MTV era, when bands could hit the top through heavy rotation and hot videos. Live sets were for concerts, not TV cameras.
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