This documentary is not an official or authorized documentary of Van Halen.
In 1984, Van Halen experienced great success with their album “Diver Down” and a highly successful tour. However, the band members were behind the scenes facing internal tensions and conflicts. The album included cover songs due to time constraints. During this time, Eddie Van Halen connected with Frank Zappa and had a jam session at Zappa’s studio. Eddie also produced a song for Dweezil Zappa. Inspired by their experiences, Eddie and his engineer, Donn Landee, decided to build their own home studio called 5150. The band’s relationships continued to deteriorate, leading to their separation after the Diver Down tour.

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00:00 - Building 5150 Studio
00:18 - How Pretty Woman was picked
00:48 - Other times Van Halen used keyboards
01:25 - Ted Templeman’s thoughts on creating a hit
01:57 - The Diver Down album
02:41 - Playing with Allan Holdsworth
03:11 - A phone call with Frank Zappa
03:51 - Eddie Van Halen meets Frank Zappa
04:44 - Eddie Van Halen, Frank Zappa and Steve Vai pass a guitar around
05:17 - Frank Zappa ask Eddie Van Halen to procude a song for his son
05:44 - The making of Dweezil Zappa’s song My Mother is a Space Cadet
06:02 - Eddie Van Halen’s isolated guitar track
06:12 - Van Halen’s unwritten rule
06:24 - In comes KISS’s Gene Simmons
07:20 - Frank Zappa’s dislike of Warner Brothers
07:35 - Donn Landee and Eddie Van Halen see the freedom Zappa has
08:34 - Eddie Van Halen visits Dweezil Zappa at school
09:05 - Frank Zappa dies
09:33 - Building 5150
09:54 - Buying a Bill Putnan console
10:16 - Donn Landee brings in a crew to build 5150
11:02 - Contruction begins on 5150 studio
11:34 - Eddie claims he was building a raquetball court
12:08 - 5150 is literally bulletproof
12:37 - Local radio station causes static for 5150
13:18 - Keeping 5150 cool
13:31 - The Van Halen’s say goodbye to their garage
13:44 - 5150 Shopping list
14:30 - The first music played in 5150 Studios
14:49 - The Van Halen brothers cause a disturbance
15:17 - Van Halen finish their Diver Down tour in South America