11 years ago EVH says "fuck you" to the fans...

[twonabomber]

and puts out VHIII.

Van Danniels...Van Cherone...Extreme-ly Bad Van Halen...any way you slice it, a piece of shit.

thanks for nothin', Ed.

[Seshmeister]

And 13 years ago and 25 years ago and5 years ago...

[Mr Walker]

I've still never listened to VHIII... not based on any kind of conviction to avoid it, just never bothered... I'd assume that it has to be at least thismuch better than anything they did with that fatso scumbag Hagar.

[FORD]

VDIII flashback time.....

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[FORD]

Funny thing is..... while the structure of the song is still incredibly fucked up, and Cherone looks totally out of place, looking at this performance again now, it's 100 times better than anything from the Velveetapalooza Trainwreck of 2004.

[chefcraig]

How To Pretty Much Suck All Of The Oxygen Out Of An Entire Arena In Under Six Minutes...

WARNING: DO NOT View on a full stomach!

"How Many Say I" Live, 1998


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[katie]

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[Sarge]

Do you guys remember when Cherone fell of the stage on MTV when they were on the 10 spot?
Hitch used to have some .gif of Cherone bending over during that performance..

Breasts,
Sarge

[FORD]

Do you guys remember when Cherone fell of the stage on MTV when they were on the 10 spot?
Hitch used to have some .gif of Cherone bending over during that performance..

Breasts,
Sarge

If I remember correctly, the story was that someone up in the audience called Gary a "faggot" and that he was going to go up into the crowd and confront the guy. He jumped over the rail, but not quite high enough, and hit his "elephant balls".

Ever the performer, Cherone thought of a clever way to hide his obvious pain and embarassment, and improvised the whole "rolling down the stairs" thing.

Or at least that's what someone from Oz posted in the Van Halen newsgroup back in the day.

And Gary was fingerbanging his own ass at another point in the show. That's the picture that Hitch posted.

[chefcraig]

And Gary was fingerbanging his own ass at another point in the show. That's the picture that Hitch posted.

More than likely during the painful to witness introduction to Fire In The Hole. At this performance, it appears at :28.


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[Coyote]

Gee, thanks, twona.

Now I'm starting to wonder why I still call myself a fan...

[katie]

It's nowhere as good as Extreme is it?

Wow when did this record come out?

I always thought that Sam was da man, but this cat aint bad.

[ELVIS]

VDIII flashback time.....

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That song wouldn't be half bad with Dave and without the happy Van Hagar chorus...

But check out the awesome bass playing, and Edward is way better here than recently...

[sadaist]

I've still never listened to VHIII... not based on any kind of conviction to avoid it, just never bothered... I'd assume that it has to be at least thismuch better than anything they did with that fatso scumbag Hagar.

SO WRONG. VHIII is so much worse than anything Van Hagar did. I can't even describe...but it was yucky.

[ELVIS]

What did ed say about not using effects in his comments about the Hendrix comparison ??

The guitar really is good in this song if you can stand the beginning and Hagar...

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