I grew up enthralled by David Lee Roth as long as I can remember. It seems like only yesterday I was a 5 year old boy jumping on my bed doing leg kicks wanting to be the toastmaster of the immoral majority. Listening to Diver Down. when most kids my age were into Transformers and GI JOES, but that was the kida impact Classic Van Halen had on me. After being involved in these forums for almost six years, I am beginning to ask myself, "Why am I still here?" I guess what it basically comes down to is I am a diehard fan of Dave... even though the leg kicks aren't quite as high anymore, and the voice isn't quite like it used to be... It seems like I am still faithful to the man who captivated me for almost 25 years... and NOTHING has changed in the last six years. It seems like I still log everyday hoping to see a thread about a Van Halen reunion.
It still hasn't happened.
I think sometimes I'm alone in this world, spreading the world of classic Van Halen in generation of bad musical taste. Wondering why most people simply don't recognize classic Van Halen as the most influential group of the 20th century. Why is it kids my age (28 years old) don't understand the profound impact Eddie Van Halen had on the music industry? Why don't people recoginize my vintage Van Halen II tattoo on my arm? It's depressing. How can a group that single handedly changed the face of music not be inducted into the hall of fame? All of these questions are burning inside of me... but i'll tell you why I still proudly raise my fist when I heard Dave on the radio... while the majority people just walk away...
It seems like fate was destined for the breakup of this band. Recording 6 albums in six years... it was like David Lee Roth knew it wasn't gonna last... putting out as many albums as possible before it would end. Then Sammy Hagar came in, exit Roth and ruined the band I loved for so many years. With every mediocre Van Hagar album that passed my passion for classic Van Halen grew stronger. I guess a mojority of the so called fans, saw the breakup as a means of getting two Van Halens for the price of one, but for me... The name Van Halen was no longer valid. The attitude of the band was lost by that fat fucker with no personality... and the Van Halen attitude and sound was carried by Roth throughout his solo albums.
Around 94' by the time of the YFLM release, it appeared that on major scale audience David Lee Roth was washed up... but I wouldn't lose my group... refusing to go the Balance route.... no matter how skilled Eddie was as a musician... I stood in line buying the only copy of YFLM sold that day... and walked out the door proudly after the sale, even after the clerk at the registered laughed at me for buying the album... saying his voice was gone... and his hair was falling out... I STOOD TALL and stayed true to my idol.
I stood alone.
Then I saw Dave on the VMA's in 96' and it was like a fucking orgasim... I never felt better... I would have traded any drug or pussy in the world... could not have made me feel as HIGH as watching Dave take the stage with the band I loved for so many years. I was in college dorm at the time, cheering and standing like the rest of the audience giving a standing ovation, only to have my heart ripped out again. I contined to play, "Me Wise Magic" in the car for the next couple years, trying to fool myself into believing the reunion really happened. But everytime the song ended... the reunion was over...
And I stood alone again.
Rumors started circulating again in the summer of 2000. That's when I joined the Roth Army. Sarge opened up a message board and when I registered there was less than 50 people (me and pojo were battling for #1 poster) we were both tied at around 100 posts... which qualified me as a sargeant E-3 according to the army insignia ranking. Then Dave announced he did THREE songs with the band... "and the hands fell off the clock..." but before the hands could fall of the clock, the reunion was over again... cuz Eddie announced he had cancer on his tongue.
It must have been from all his lies.
And once again, I stood alone...
Not much has happened since then... a couple Roth tours... a lousy BBQ dvd... and a radio show that's about to go off the air... as Eddie Van Halen drinks himself to death... and of course Michael Anthony finally growing a pair of cojones... claiming that Roth was the problem for the failed reunion number... 3 ... 4 ... I can't fucking remember.
But about a couple months ago I wanted to leave this whole internet thing behind me... you know... like a memory and move forward with my life. Then I dusted off my fair warning CD,,, and I was hooked again. You see, it doesn't matter how bad things turned out for the band... cuz the music is still there.
Van Halen was Dave, Mikey, Eddie and Alex.
Always was... always will be...
And they all fucked up the band collectively.
Cuz they all point their fingers at each other, but none of them have the balls to admit it was their fault.
This place has what? 5,000 members? More? I dunno
I think I've read every fucking rumor there was in the world... and I wanted so many times to just fucking walk away.
But I can't.
It still fucking burns inside of me.
Classic Van Halen that is.
Except now i'm a 28 year old man jumping on my bed...
Hoping...
Waiting...
The Phoenix will rise from the ashes...
And the world's greatest rock band will reunite...
One day...
And i'm not fucking leaving until it happens.
Goodnight!
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Originally Posted by Seshmeister
