ALEX VAN HALEN's Stage-Played 1980 Drum Kit

[DFVH5150]

I'm always curious who ends up scooping these types of high finance Rock Memorbilia....very rare the buyers are known....

Adam Sandler....could buy it if he wanted....

But then again....so could Dave Grohl....

Or Drew Carrey....

Hell- Carrottop might scopp it up.

Or Clint Howard.

[DFVH5150]

Thank you! My birthday is Sunday...just saying.

Aw shit, I have dinner plans that day. Scratch the whole thing--sorry!

I did get to see it in Cleveland when it was shown at the HOF. My tongue marks are probably still on it somewhere.

[DFVH5150]

I like the '79 one with the numbers on it, too. Something about that looks cool.

[atomicpunk5151]

According to blabbermouth.net, Alex's 1980 drum kit can be purchased for only $275, 000, and a portion of the proceeds to charity👍🥁

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/al...rs-for-275000/

Not sure if this has been said yet... But hey Bono Vox... good to see you posting again. Damn, you were a big regular back 2004-2006..

[JUNGLE DRUMMER]

I like the '79 one with the numbers on it, too. Something about that looks cool.

The stainless steel wrap and rack of Vistalite Octobans. Also a very cool sounding kit.

[DFVH5150]

The stainless steel wrap and rack of Vistalite Octobans. Also a very cool sounding kit.

Especially when he lit the motherfucker on fire.

[Bono Vox]

Not sure if this has been said yet... But hey Bono Vox... good to see you posting again. Damn, you were a big regular back 2004-2006..

Thank you, I appreciate that. Yes, back in the day my younger years lol, a lot has happened since then some good and some bad. It is certainly a pleasure to see you here and many familiar vhlinkers especially during the darkest time for Van Halen fans, we unite here.

[Simon Ribeiro]

LOVE that kit. I always called it the spaceship kit. It always looked like a space shuttle turned into a drum kit to me.

That's a hell of a drum kit, hands down.

Still I do prefer the Van Halen II Tour one (The World Vacation Tour) - He had a Ludwig Stainless Steel kit back then.

Here: http://www.alexvanhalendrums.com/

[JUNGLE DRUMMER]

That's a hell of a drum kit, hands down.

Still I do prefer the Van Halen II Tour one (The World Vacation Tour) - He had a Ludwig Stainless Steel kit back then.

Here: http://www.alexvanhalendrums.com/

Oh yeah, I love that website. The VHII kit is another classic. FW, WACF, VHII, DD, OU812, 2007-08, and 2015 are my favorite tour kits of Al's, with the FW painted Ludwig Vistalite kit being the very favorite.

[TOM_5150]

One of the few things I looked forward to seeing at the RRHOF is now gone :-(

Probably needed to clear out space for a dump that Bruce Springsteen took while singing Born in the USA

LOL!

[PrideofPasadena]

Kinda sucks no gong, though. That, and the black and white stripped frame bring it together.

I got to see it at the Rock Hall, as well. They had a row of sets. I caught from a distance and said to my friend "Is that...it is!" Pretty cool.

[PrideofPasadena]

Very cool but FW is my fav, though. LOL.

[Elwood P.]

Question: Is this the actual kit that Alex finished the tour with? Or an exact replica?

[Simon Ribeiro]

Question: Is this the actual kit that Alex finished the tour with? Or an exact replica?

Alex Van Halen’s white Ludwig drum kit could be yours for a mere $275,000.

The stage-played drum kit, which the drummer used throughout the Californian quartet’s Invasion tour in support of their third album, 1980’s Women And Children First, is available for purchase from Reverb.com for $275,000 (or £217,249.99 plus shipping for a UK purchaser). An unspecified portion of proceeds will go to charity.

The kit which was used on more than 100 shows during Van Halen’s Invasion tour, was previously displayed at Cleveland, Ohio's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum. The custom-designed kit features two custom articulated bass drums, each more than five feet long, in addition to an array of floor toms, tom-toms, a gong and a host of cymbals.

It mentions the gong (POP spoke about it previously), though the picture does not show it.

[Heisenberg]

Good news is if you can't afford the real deal you can buy an Alex VH Lego drum set instead.