Roberto M Badillo

photographer/cinematographer/ guitar player/ writer/ leo

[Prince @prince]

42 years since Prince gave us this legendary guitar solo 💜 ⚡️We’ve seen you all embrace Purple Rain this year more than ever and we’re so grateful you’re keeping Prince’s iconic legacy alive. Thank you! #Prince #PurpleRain

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Random Song of the Day

Let It Go
Def Leppard
live -1983

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Random Song of the Day

The Full Bug
Van Halen
live -1982 (largo)

[Rock History Live! @KTrain939913]

Today in Rock History

April 5, 1984
MTV partnered with Van Halen to create one of the most infamous rock-and-roll contests in music history: The Lost Weekend with Van Halen. As part of the promotional campaign for their 1984 album, the band invited fans to send in postcards for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The winner would join Van Halen on their tour, party with the band backstage, and live like a rock star for 48 hours for two shows on the 4th and 5th of April. The contest gathered massive attention receiving over a million entries. The winner was 20-year-old Kurt Jeffries from Pennsylvania.
Jeffries and a friend were flown to Detroit, where they were thrown headfirst into the hedonistic world of 1980s Van Halen. The prize lived up to its “lost weekend” moniker: limo rides, all-access passes, backstage partying with the band, and non-stop drinking. MTV filmed much of the chaos, airing highlights of the debauchery, including scenes of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth reveling in their rock-god personas. For Jeffries, the experience was both surreal and unforgettable, embodying the excess, glamour, and unpredictability of the 1980s rock-and-roll lifestyle.

[peterkidder @peterkidder]

Van Halen

[muerdekeroyo @muerdekeroyo]

#ExplorerWednesday Gibson Allen Collins Explorer Korina #guitar #GibsonExplorer #LynyrdSkynyrd #AllenCollins

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Random Song of the Day

Unchained
Van Halen
live -1981

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Random Song of the Day

So This is Love
Van Halen
live -1981

[Just Rock Content @JustRockContent]

“The Morning After” - RATT

Live ‘84
https://t.co/xJHEhUE6ek

[Roberto M Badillo @spinstyle]

@crockpics I saw them right after this at the legendary Hollywood Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Amazing show.

[Just Rock Content @JustRockContent]

“You Think You're Tough” - RATT 🐀

Some great cameos in this music video.
https://t.co/7MHdZElyQT

[bArON3121 @Baron3121]

there used 2 b a time when the Grammys were ALL THE WAY LIVE

no lip syncing no backing tracks

Real Music by Real Musicians

ICON
LEGEND
GOAT

Baby I’m A Star

February 26, 1985
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, Cali4nia
27th Grammy Awards

#GRAMMYs  #PRINCE #PRINCE4EVER

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@RepTedLieu: "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands & thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children."

[Roberto M Badillo @spinstyle]

What the hell!! Now they’re working with ICE?? Fuck off @OnPatrolLive #OPNation

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Eddie Van Halen responding to a question on whether he feels nervous to be called a guitar hero.

[abdullah @skywalkerlikeme]

aura farming is crazyyyy

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

Benicio del Toro speaks to the moments in One Battle After Another that have turned into popular memes.

One Battle After Another is back in select theaters and available on HBO Max.

[𖤐 Bri 𖤐 @BriAnimator_]

every day is really one battle after another huh

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Prince broke every rule and yet he sounded absolutely untouchable each time.

Let him play that thing.