Realistically........

[Bill Lumbergh]

...........how many copies would a CVH reunion album sell today? We all know a tour would be through the roof, but what are your thoughts on how the album would do with the masses?! Assuming there is no hit single(they were never about that anyway with Dave) of course.........Gold(they would hit that plateau EASILY I'm sure)? Platinum? Yes, I know album sales dont mean a fucking thing as long as we dig it, but whatever.........

[Nickdfresh]

Multiplatinum providing they can rouse some of the ol' magic.

[rikredbrain]

now i voted DIAMOND.. cus thats the only way fer van halen to go...

[moose]

Exactly how they left off in 1984.........shining like a "Diamond"

[Warham]

Realistically, probably a platinum album, but not much more.

They won't get any kind of push from any of the media establishments, which is required for you to break the 10 million mark anymore. Even aging rockers like the Who, Stones and Zeppelin, if reunited (and all the members were still alive) would sell in excess of about 5 million copies.

I'd say lowball estimates of about 800k-1m range. Highball would be in the 1.8-2m range.

[rikredbrain]

well in reality ..... sadly i agree the van halens have screwed up so much over the last twenty years that the name Van Halen is a joke...........but in my head




double diamond dave triple platinum gold edged wrapped in the finest silk hand crafted by the aliens in area fifty one sealed with air breathed by god himself........

is that overkill?

[canadiandlrgirl]

Diamond of course were talking about David Lee Fucking Roth here the greatest frontman of all time no one can top him in my opinion CVH=DLR=DIAMOND

[Northern Girl]

Multicolor

Multiorgasmic

Multiplatinum

[Rikk]

I'd say about 2 million copies. The media and the world still want a Diamond Dave/VH reunion. It would be BIG news.

[canadiandlrgirl]

Originally posted by Northern Girl
Multicolor

Multiorgasmic

Multiplatinum

LMAO

[canadiandlrgirl]

Originally posted by Rikk
I'd say about 2 million copies. The media and the world still want a Diamond Dave/VH reunion. It would be BIG news.

I agree that's what i want

[rikredbrain]

there would be alot of happy people the day they announced that......

if only

maybe if we all close our eyes and wish as we click our heels togethr three times

[jojo2371]

remember folks the bov1 sold almost 3 million alone with no support! if 2 news songs can generate those kinda sales ,12 new songs and a full tour in support of the record could do 5-7 million in sales!

[Terry]

Could see it moving a million units/going platinum without difficulty. Could even see it doing 2 or 3 million if some of the tracks found some heavy rotation on rock radio.

But I don't see it going Diamond. 10 million CDs is a shitload, and let's not forget it took Van Halen's debut album and 1984 quite a bit of time after the initial release dates to reach that status.

Hate to say it, but am sure there are more than a few who bought CVH records back in the day who don't even listen to that stuff anymore, or have no interest in what CVH would be currently doing.

Plus, all the bullshit put out post-1984 under the name 'Van Halen' helped whittle away some more of the classic fanbase. Would be pretty much a given that I'd get a copy, but I doubt that everyone who was into the band when they were still classic would feel the same way.

[Unchainme]

I could see It going platnium. Of course would MTV show a video they would release to increase popularity? Probably not unless Dave and Ed rapped a song. LOL

[SammySucks1984]

Me wise magic proves that when dave returns to the band that they can still produce some pretty sick shit while different it would still sell big time because their are people who have been waiting for 20 years for that shit to happen.

[SammySucks1984]

Originally posted by Unchainme
I could see It going platnium. Of course would MTV show a video they would release to increase popularity? Probably not unless Dave and Ed rapped a song. LOL

That is very true MTV plays nothing but rap and some bullshit fake rock. Good post

[vanzilla]

I'd go with 2 million. Radio wouldn't play the single because VH no longer fits their "hipster" demographic. And because they don't rap, MTV would give it little attention (Although it would be nice if they'd dust off the WELCOME BACK Promo)

[Thorman]

Originally posted by Bill Lumbergh
...........how many copies would a CVH reunion album sell today? We all know a tour would be through the roof, but what are your thoughts on how the album would do with the masses?! Assuming there is no hit single(they were never about that anyway with Dave) of course.........Gold(they would hit that plateau EASILY I'm sure)? Platinum? Yes, I know album sales dont mean a fucking thing as long as we dig it, but whatever.........

A CVH album would sell a ton...think about it....Sam,Ed,AL and Mike getting together for a new album...the shit would rock out....cant wait to hear it...

BAM

[SammySucks1984]

The Darkness did pretty well trying to act like a hair band but the guys in van halen have grown up. Look at santana he can still make platinum albums im sure that VH could do that.

[FORD]

They sold 2 million copies in 1996 based on just 2 songs. A whole album of new material should do easily as well. Or even better with the proper promotion.

But then I don't see even corporatized radio turning down a Van HALEN album if it sounded like the real thing.

[Thorman]

I agree a CVH album would sell a ton...wonder if they could get DLR to at least come in and watch the other 4 record it

BAM

[SammySucks1984]

Originally posted by Thorman
I agree a CVH album would sell a ton...wonder if they could get DLR to at least come in and watch the other 4 record it

BAM

I got in touch with my feminine side turns out i'm a lesbian

[Unchained42]

I believe it would be huge. I can see it being larger than anything we have seen in the last 20 years. Imagine Bon Scott rising from the grave to do an album and tour with AC/DC. I believe it would be larger than that.

[canadiandlrgirl]

Originally posted by Thorman
I agree a CVH album would sell a ton...wonder if they could get DLR to at least come in and watch the other 4 record it

BAM

honestly, nobody is that stupid

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by Thorman
A CVH album would sell a ton...think about it....Sam,Ed,AL and Mike getting together for a new album...the shit would rock out....cant wait to hear it...

BAM

Oh, indeed. If the smashing success of the three new tunes recorded for BOBW is any barometer, then a WHOLE ALBUM of new stuff with Sammy would really sell...
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For $1.99 in the cardboard bargain bin at your local record store.

[Thorman]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
Oh, indeed. If the smashing success of the three new tunes recorded for BOBW is any barometer, then a WHOLE ALBUM of new stuff with Sammy would really sell...
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For $1.99 in the cardboard bargain bin at your local record store.

I want the best of both worlds

BAM

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by Thorman
I want the best of both worlds

BAM

For you that means one cock in your mouth...and another in your ass.

[moose]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
For you that means one cock in your mouth...and another in your ass.

A vote for ya!!!

[moose]

Ladies and gents you are all wrong. Trust me there are a tonne of people both young and old who would buy this album. The numbers would grow and eventually go Diamond. The record companies, radio stations, media etc etc would be all over this(unlike the last degredation of a reunion) Dave alone would generate so much media that sales will topple 1 mill in it's first week. If it happens just get ready for one heckava fuckin ride. You think Mount St Helens was big, this reunion would be bigger.
Cheers

[Figs]

1 million tops!

The only alums that sold 10 million were 1984 and VH1, which was at the height of their popularity (VH1 even re-entered the charts in '84). There's no way they would equal that 20+ years later.

Radio stations would play it at first, but it's likely to get very little airplay overall.....

File sharing and all that sorta stuff.......

It could suck......you have to realize that possibilty.....there are a lot of old acts that put out shit when they are hovering 50 years old.

[Carmine]

Originally posted by moose
Ladies and gents you are all wrong. Trust me there are a ton of people both young and old who would buy this album. The numbers would grow and eventually go Diamond. The record companies, radio stations, media etc etc would be all over this(unlike the last degredation of a reunion) Dave alone would generate so much media that sales will topple 1 mill in it's first week. If it happens just get ready for one heckava fuckin ride. You think Mount St Helens was big, this reunion would be bigger.
Cheers

Right on my friend! We are talking about the GRANDEST reunion in history!! Original VAN HALEN, my friends, I sayyyyy! Sales would be multi-orgazmic!!

[moose]

Originally posted by Figs
1 million tops!


Radio stations would play it at first, but it's likely to get very little airplay overall.....

File sharing and all that sorta stuff.......

It could suck......you have to realize that possibilty.....there are a lot of old acts that put out shit when they are hovering 50 years old.

Figs we are not talking about a band that keeps saying "last tour etc etc" we are talking about a band that ruled the airwaves and arenas from 78' to 84. We are talking about a leadsinger that owned the stage and airwaves and medias attention. About a guitarist that shook the world from the minute he recorded VH1 right up to until the final chord on 1984. This band has made a massive impact on the music world that has not been forgotten. This reunion, if it were to happen, would be huge, period.
Cheers

[Figs]

Well, I just think the average person is not as nuts about this as I am...

[moose]

That is why Dave is such a major player in this. Look at all the attention he's been getting lately. Dave is not stupid. This is being done for a reason. Remember that today everywhere you look the media is around. you can't take a fucking shit w/o someone knowing about it 2 sec later. Dave is gonna use this medium to the fullest and rest assured that everyone is gonna know that CVH is back in business, even if it is for one album and tour, the world will know. How do you start to re-build something that was destroyed, from the bottom up. Dave is laying the foundation first...............just wait and see(we all hope)

[Terry]

Originally posted by Thorman
would sell a ton...think about it....Sam,Ed,AL and Mike getting together for a new album...the shit would rock out....cant wait to hear it...

BAM

Yeah.......seem to recall last year the Best Of Both Worlds was released, featuring 3 new Van Hagar songs.

Last 'Van Halen' release before that was in 1998. 6 years between releases, 10 years between the last release of Van Hagar material and the 2004 droppings, and the craving for new Sam Halen stuff was so great that none of the tracks got any substantial airplay, with the collection still struggling to go gold (paragon of lameness being that because it was a 2-disc set, Van Hagar fans were claiming that once 250,000 of the BOBW sets were sold it actually sold 500,000 copies).

New CVH record would have a more than reasonable chance to go multi-platinum. With last years litmus test, probable verdict can be concluded on what a new, full-length Van Hagar effort would sell; about the same as Van Halen 3, probably a little less.

[American Gypsy]

but, seriously, (that means Thorman need not post),
The big money gang would want to see contracts written in blood before they backed something from the 'Quake' Bros., even if Dave agreed. They just procrastinated too many times and really shit on too many people.

[canadiandlrgirl]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
For you that means one cock in your mouth...and another in your ass.

LMAO

[rikredbrain]

bang on the nose there american gypsy..... no one either in the INDUSTRY or the fans can take the Van Halen bro's seriously now.... there a musical hot potatoe.... sad but true... some serious contracts would need written....

but lets be honest not a one of us could care about numbers... we would be happy if they toured small clubs and released an album out of the back of there car... actually that may be the wya to go back to the garage route and plaese the fans for once

[fret_buzz_blues]

I think it will be so fucking awesome if they really decide to do this. I really do wonder...

Just imagine the ticket prices, they're so going to be outta this world!