MA on songwriting credits

[Roth & Roll]

Mike and Sam sure like to talk a lot about VH dont they?

I'll never lump Mike in the same category as Spammy. Mike is light-years ahead in every way. His only fault was aligning himself with the fat tequila salesman.

[Matt White]

just my low opinion of you dude. Fuck off

bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Hit the road ass-clown!!!

[Matt White]

I just love these kants crying & pining for "the CLASSIC back ground vocals" of Hot-sauce......

I said it to the rubes on the GUITAR WORLD FB page...I ain't NEVER bought a cd because of farking "background vocals".......stupidest thing I've ever heard

He hasn't played on a VH record since 1981.............

Hell, they barely let the guy screech on those 3 turds Spambot recorded in 2004.............

He's got his money & his fame...........

Later Bass Player.............

There's a NEW VAN HALEN on board

[MUSICMANN]

I don't see that at all. Ed was not doing anything related to music and Sam got him to go and play bass in his band. Mike never told Ed that he quit...he probably thought that Ed was done and that's also likely why he signed away his 'future rights' with Van Halen. Ed used the tour to leverage Mike into signing. If Mike didn't sign then Ed would have just fired him outright after the tour.

The thing that I don't get in all of this is the people who say "Mike made the wrong choice" when I don't see where Mike made any choice. He played bass and he was never given an either/or. It has always been the Eddie fanatics who seemed to take that stand because they don't want to put it on Eddie. It is on Eddie.

Mike was just happy to play bass often and he made hotsauce - sure as F Haggis likes to eat and hotsauce goes with everything.

Life is full of the choices we make. MA made the wrong choice by going out and playing with fuckwade Spammy, instead of just going out and doing his own thing and being supportive of what was going on with Ed and the shit he was going through. Hell, all the nasty shit that Ed and Dave said about each other all through the years, still Dave called and lent a helping hand. Of course he knew how much Ed couldn't stand spammy no more, and he thought the best thing to do was to go out and tour with the guy. MA brought this upon himself, by letting spammy sway his opinion of people he basically grew up with and worked with for way more years than he knew that fuckstick.

[bueno bob]

I just love these kants crying & pining for "the CLASSIC back ground vocals" of Hot-sauce......

I said it to the rubes on the GUITAR WORLD FB page...I ain't NEVER bought a cd because of farking "background vocals".......stupidest thing I've ever heard

He hasn't played on a VH record since 1981.............

Hell, they barely let the guy screech on those 3 turds Spambot recorded in 2004.............

He's got his money & his fame...........

Later Bass Player.............

There's a NEW VAN HALEN on board

Is this John Jacob swinging from Mike's lowers?

[bueno bob]

Oh, never mind...he's banned already.

8 whole posts.

Wow. Guess we're being Johnny On the Spot about bannings these days?

LOL

[kwame k]

Aw, man.......

At least give us till after dinner to smack 'em around a bit

[chi-town324]

MA's background vocals are overrated

[Jagermeister]

Aw, man.......

At least give us till after dinner to smack 'em around a bit

Damn did I miss another troll?

Fuck Me! Next time someone send me a PM or something so I can join in.

[Yount]

"And, hey, it'll be nice to hear some of those old songs again that I haven't played in a long time."

He'd leave chickenfoot in an instant to go back to VH. Just my opinion.

[smorgdonkey]

MA brought this upon himself, by letting spammy sway his opinion of people he basically grew up with and worked with for way more years than he knew that fuckstick.

That's the part that I don't get. I haven't heard Mike slag any of them except for Dave when Mike was Ed's lapdog. Who says Mike didn't call once per week? It's not like Ed was going to be friendly with him knowing that he was going to have the kid play bass anyway.

It's just stupid anyway, like Gene Simmons' kid putting on the Ace makeup and taking over on tour. I know, that hasn't happened - YET!

MA's background vocals are overrated

Try saying that 2 octaves up.

[Mr Walker]

MA's background vocals are overrated

Last Friday my 14 year old son was going through my old bootleg DVDs looking for something to watch and he took out the VH show from Largo 1982. I sat with him for a few minutes checking it out and I asked him what he thought. He said "I don't think I can watch this... the background vocals really suck!"... wasn't expecting that response but laughed at how true the statement was. I also felt the same way today when I was listening to a VH show from Pasadena 1977. Mike's voice kinda reminded me of the noise I hear when my brake pads need replacing. They are called 'background vocals' because they are supposed to sit nice in the background and add to the overall sound of the band... not trying to overpower everything else with loud hi-pitched undisciplined yelps.

[kwame k]

Damn did I miss another troll?

Fuck Me! Next time someone send me a PM or something so I can join in.

Is your email addy still.....I'm_a_racist_cunt112@whitepower.com ?

I keed

[Jetstream]

Mike has taken the high road, but really...he is not exactly the sharpest pencil in the box...these people often get seen as a nice through their ho hum attitude of not being involved in things beyond them (like writing lyrics and the main melodies to songs). I don't think Mike is a bad guy or a good guy, he your average dude. Here is a question worth pondering (for a very short time because I luv the new LP by Van Halen)...why didn't Mike ask Dave if he could play bass for him when Van Halen was doing nothing? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Case closed

[MUSICMANN]

Mike has taken the high road, but really...he is not exactly the sharpest pencil in the box...these people often get seen as a nice through their ho hum attitude of not being involved in things beyond them (like writing lyrics and the main melodies to songs). I don't think Mike is a bad guy or a good guy, he your average dude. Here is a question worth pondering (for a very short time because I luv the new LP by Van Halen)...why didn't Mike ask Dave if he could play bass for him when Van Halen was doing nothing? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Case closed

Hit nail on head. Why did he side with that fat fucker, and not Dave. MA, is the reason he's not in the band anymore. Who cares really, Wolf Van Freakin Halen is the bass player now.