"The Ched Chunkhead Opens His Insufferable Piehole And Inserts Both Feet" Thread

[So this is love]

Never was a fan. The only song they ever did that I really loved and still love to this day is "Rest In Peace" from "III Sides...", it sounds great turned up really loud.

Are you sure its named Rest in Peace?? I have twelve songs loaded in my Bose from VHIII and none are namedRest in Peace??/

Ohhh you mean EXTREME...

[gbranton]

Ohhh you mean EXTREME...

Yep, from the album III Sides To Every Story.


Shit I just Googled it, Rest In Peace reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. I thought I was the only one who liked it.

[Jetstream]

I was shocked how bad Cherone sounded on VHIII, he is like completely out of tune the whole LP but then Eddie was playing around with these John Cage like atonal chords. On Extreme's 'Pornograffiti' , he has one ballad where he takes out the other Sinatra wannabes like Harry Connick Jr. and pulls it off really well and songs like When I'm President gave me the illusion at least he could sing a track like Hot For Teacher live better than Hagar ever could. But like Hagar...it was an epic fail

[So this is love]

Yep, from the album III Sides To Every Story.


Shit I just Googled it, Rest In Peace reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. I thought I was the only one who liked it.

Yeah I agree its a good song...I like him better with Extreme...

[DONNIEP]

I still just don't get how Eddie was convinced that Gary was THE best, final, one and only, hallelujah-it-doesn't-get-any-better-than-this singer for Dave's previous backing band. I mean, you can only use alcohol as an excuse for so long. Never once, even when I was fucked up out of my mind, did I say to myself - "you know what, Gary Cherone would be the perfect lead singer for Van Halen!"

[Panamark]

I still just don't get how Eddie was convinced that Gary was THE best, final, one and only, hallelujah-it-doesn't-get-any-better-than-this singer for Dave's previous backing band. I mean, you can only use alcohol as an excuse for so long. Never once, even when I was fucked up out of my mind, did I say to myself - "you know what, Gary Cherone would be the perfect lead singer for Van Halen!"

Good one !

[ThatArtGuy]

Don't forget Ray Daniels' input on the singer. Also, don't forget Ed's "the previous company was crap. THIS company makes the guitars I have always wanted."

[ELVIS]

WARNING: Repeated exposure to Hagar music and/or lyrics may result in the permanent inability to discern between good and bad music. A condition known as Totalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis. This condition is believed to be contracted through exposure to Van Hagar, Chickenfoot, or any so called music or literature even reomtely related to Sammy Hagar and is curable only by a Hagar free environment for a minimum of 6 years at which time some testing is required to determine if the Totalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis is permanent.

Symptoms of Totalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis include improper discussion of Sammy Hagar on Van Halen and David Lee Roth message boards. More Extreme cases of Totalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis may include appreciation and discussion of gary Cherone. These Extreme cases of Totalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis, also known as Extremetotalfuckingstupidasscocksuckingitis, are considered to be non-reversable and the only known treatment is blowing your fucking brains out.

[Hardrock69]

What is wrong, E? You LIKE Spamicus Blasphemus?

[Jetstream]

I'm just waiting for So This Is Love's avatar, GI Barbie, to be put in more action poses...you know, the poses she had to get in before she was able to claim that beach in the current view...and I know she lost the dress, but from this shot it is hard to tell if she kept the shoes

[BITEYOASS]

I still just don't get how Eddie was convinced that Gary was THE best, final, one and only, hallelujah-it-doesn't-get-any-better-than-this singer for Dave's previous backing band. I mean, you can only use alcohol as an excuse for so long. Never once, even when I was fucked up out of my mind, did I say to myself - "you know what, Gary Cherone would be the perfect lead singer for Van Halen!"

How you ask? Because his manager at the time Ray Daniels said he was. Of course it didn't help matters that Alex divorced his wife, who was the sister of his manager. Hence the payback.

[sadaist]

I was shocked how bad Cherone sounded on VHIII, he is like completely out of tune the whole LP but then Eddie was playing around with these John Cage like atonal chords. On Extreme's 'Pornograffiti' , he has one ballad where he takes out the other Sinatra wannabes like Harry Connick Jr. and pulls it off really well and songs like When I'm President gave me the illusion at least he could sing a track like Hot For Teacher live better than Hagar ever could. But like Hagar...it was an epic fail

Eddie & the band were on Rockline or something when the album dropped. I remember him saying this was the first album where he wrote the music to the lyrics Cherone had. Totally backwards from standard songwriting. I think that's a huge reason it sounds so fucking weird and bad.

[SNIPER]

I bought the special tin edition of VHIII the morning it came out. I was exited about it not being Sambo and I had high hopes. What was the point of those damn cards anyway? What a lame time and a strange album. I really tried to like it and I think I might have convinced myself for a bit that it even kicked ass. But it did not. I have not heard the whole album for over 10 years. There has been a few times on a road trip or something I put it on but I can't make it past "The One I want" I like some of the music but the vocals make it unlistenable to me.

[DLR Bridge]

I bought the special tin edition of VHIII the morning it came out. I was exited about it not being Sambo and I had high hopes. What was the point of those damn cards anyway?.... I really tried to like it and I think I might have convinced myself for a bit that it even kicked ass. But it did not

Same here. Such a bummer to ever have to try to like something. There are decent musical moments peppered throughout, but moments alone can't carry a record on it's back. I love the music to Dirty Water Dog. I remember hearing that it had half cooked Sammy lyrics on it, then shelved. That would mean it was up for grabs when Dave popped in in '96. He clearly would've kicked some Panama-sized ass on that one. When the riff to Ballot's verse kicks in before the God aweful singing punishment commences, there is a gleaming 5 seconds of Fair Warning-esque beauty. Then it's dashed. The vamp at the end of the ultra shitty Fire in the Hole is also tremendous. I even like whatever carnival barking Gary is doing there. I will say that I, for the most part, love the song Josephina. I just can't stand when Gary thinks it's OK to even attempt to channel Freddie Mercury. One thing I will always say about VHIII is that as much as it takes it's lumps, it's still ions better than Balance.

And yeah, what the hell were you supposed to do with the cards? What a waste. The cover would have been much better with no writing on the cannon, but they managed to fuck the cover up, too. Oh wells.

[gbranton]

I'll never forget when VH III first came out they started playing tracks from it on a local rock station and the two DJs were going on and on about how bad it sucked. They were playing the songs while talking over them and laughing. Then one of the DJs said they were going to have a VH III compact disc giveaway, anyone who wanted their copy could drive by the station and pick it up off the middle of the street while the other one was dying laughing. I have never heard anything like that before or since. One of my best friends bought it the day it came out and later tried to give it to me and I turned it down.