Van Halen performs in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on March 1, 2012. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh | License Photo

Wolfgang Van Halen (R) and David Lee Roth with Van Halen perform in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on April 10, 2012. UPI/Michael Bush | License Photo

Eddie Van Halen (R) and David Lee Roth with Van Halen perform in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on April 10, 2012. UPI/Michael Bush | License Photo

Eddie Van Halen with Van Halen performs in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on April 10, 2012. UPI/Michael Bush | License Photo

Alex Van Halen with Van Halen performs in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on April 10, 2012. UPI/Michael Bush | License Photo

David Lee Roth with Van Halen performs in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on April 10, 2012. UPI/Michael Bush | License Photo

FRESNO, Calif., April 6 (UPI) -- Never before seen footage from 1970s Van Halen concerts has been released on the Internet.

A series of clips from the band's 1978 and 1979 performances at Selland Arena in Fresno, Calif. have appeared online on YouTube. The footage was remastered frame-by-frame from the original Fuji single-8 films.


Van Halen assembled in 1972 in Pasadena, California. Their first album, Van Halen, debuted in 1978, and the footage shows the band as they were just starting to get big.