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UPDATE: This article was originally published before the new video premiered today. Now that we\u2019ve seen it, there\u2019s something important Van Halen fans should know: <\/p>\n
Despite being billed as an \u201cEXTENDED CUT,\u201d this isn\u2019t simply a longer version of the 15-minute video released last month. It\u2019s 32 minutes of additional footage from the conversation, with no repeated dialogue from the first video.<\/p>\n
TEDxFargo has released \u201cBeyond the Stage,\u201d featuring Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and acclaimed artist Robert Vargas from their July 30 conversation at TEDxFargo\u2019s 2026 \u201cCHARGE\u201d event.<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s plenty of great Van Halen talk.<\/p>\n
At one point, Roth remembers meeting Alex for the first time:<\/p>\n
New METAL EVH License Plate Frame at Van Halen Store<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll tell you, when I first met Al, he was terrifying. He tried to cadge money out of me in front of the 7-Eleven over on Altadena Boulevard. I was terrified. He was so big, but I thought he was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Dave says Alex later picked him up hitchhiking a couple of times and the two talked about music.<\/p>\n It also offers a great glimpse into how grassroots Van Halen\u2019s early club days really were.<\/p>\n The band members weren\u2019t just the musicians. They were their own road crew. Roth remembers them wearing navy jumpsuits with the sleeves cut off while they set up their equipment at the clubs. Then they\u2019d go behind the amps, take off the jumpsuits and emerge as the band.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wore many hats,\u201d Alex says.<\/p>\n The conversation also turns to the work ethic behind Van Halen\u2019s rise. Alex recalls the band playing five 45-minute sets a night, as many as four nights a week, and building up a repertoire of roughly 120 songs.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to physically do it,\u201d Alex says. \u201cThese songs get transferred into your being and then you put your own spin on it. Don\u2019t duplicate it. Don\u2019t imitate it. Don\u2019t regurgitate it. Take that and then from there you go a little further.\u201d<\/p>\n The three also get into songwriting, originality, work ethic, Roth\u2019s unmistakable voice, Alex and Eddie\u2019s musical upbringing, martial arts, art, books and the experiences that shaped them creatively.<\/p>\n We watched both TEDxFargo videos, and we actually enjoyed this one even more.<\/p>\n Watch all 32 minutes of \u201cBeyond the Stage\u201d below.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FRAME01_ad_1000-720x275.jpg\")
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