Listening to Tokyo, June 1978 right now.
1. They can never recapture that shit-hot intensity they once had.
2. Ed is a lame old pop music pussy. He might want to vomit on his guitar from too much Night Train as his "guitar solo".
3. Alex will sit behind his kit in a full body cast.
4. Uncle Dave will be as great as he can be, but as any rock musician knows, a band is only as good as it's weakest link. And in this case, the Sisters would cancel out anything good that the bass player or Uncle Dave might bring to the table.
5. They could not possibly get more than a few shows into a tour before Ed would break down sobbing because "Mommy Dave hurt me!!!".
6. Dave and the bass player do not need the kash.
7. God knows they do not need the aggravation of trying to drag a couple of losers around on a major tour.
We got what we wanted out of them. Some great albums, some kickass tours, and some great memories for anyone who saw them (and some lame memories for anyone who saw the post-1986 pathetic excuse for a CVH cover band that was called 'van-hagar').
Dave has his great career ahead of him in radio.
the bass player has a great future as a sideman and hot sauce salesman.
Ed has no future, other than as a taster for the Heineken Brewery.
Al has no future except for being a 5th-rate boxer promoting himself fighting women in the ring and getting his ass kicked every night.
We had fun.
Let's move on....