Dave is still the KING LIVE!! ARMY die hards please read.

[fryingdutchman]

"atlantakat", in my "Thank You, Wolfgang" Thread?

Still the dudes one and ONLY post!

That might have been the one, but the name doesn't ring a bell...

I'll have to go check it out. I was looking through my posts to see if I could find where I posted back at him, but I couldn't find it.

[ashstralia]

yes that's the one guys... it is a great post.

[fryingdutchman]

Of course I'm vain... I'm a singer damnit!!! lol...

I guess I'm just fired up over the fact that, to me, David Lee Roth is IT... and I really thought in 07/08 he was the rock and just really kicked ass... and now it seems he is the weakest link and it bothers me...
If he is having vocal issues, then I would think he would not try to sing so high and sound like he is straining...

As much as I hate critiquing him, I hate it more when other slag him (if that makes sense)... and watching that DTNA clip from Indy just hurt my ears and doesn't make sense to me (as a singer)...

Anyway, this is what makes this place what it is... and definitely was not my intent to disrespect the 'regulars'!!!

Plus we all have our united hate for "the replacement singer" so we all have that going for us!!!

\m/ \m/

All good, 'bro. Glad you and I could have a rational discussion.

It wasn't that many years ago that I would have gone apeshit and started flaming the shit out of you...so I like to think I've matured as a member here a little bit.

I agree totally with what you're saying. But I think that time and distance have colored our recollections of the '07/'08 tour. I think Dave had some miscues back then too, and it always happened when he tried to strain for that upper register. And his yelps and screams sounded like he was doing them on an "inhale" rather than an "exhale"...if you know what I mean.

Funny when you listen to ADKOT, Dave sounds like he has his "classic" raspy howl back on some of his screams. I actually found myself wondering if Shanks or Hogarth went to one of the DLR soundboards on the internet and grabbed some clips from the 70's and 80's and mixed them in. But that's probably the byproduct of an overactive imagination.

Glad to have you here, man. Stay with it and keep posting.

[fryingdutchman]

"atlantakat", in my "Thank You, Wolfgang" Thread?

Still the dudes one and ONLY post!

Yup...that was it and here it is.

Agree 110% on this!

Wolfie gets huge credit for giving Ed a reason to pull back from the edge, getting Dave back in the band, doing the 07-08 tour clean and sober, Ed getting his chops back, the band going back to its roots and making new music and touring -- again with Ed clean and sober and on the top of his game.

No way the Edward that walked off the stage in Tucson at the last Sam show in 04 does any of the above.

And what about Wolfie's chops??? A key reason so many of the up-tempo boogies on ADKOT sounds like EEAS-era Roth is because Wolfie is channeling some Sheehan madness and tearing off crazy unison riffs with Ed. No way MA could pull that stuff off.

I read with interest the quote from the producer dude that Mike is a great guy but Wolf is responsible for making all of this possible.

That a father's love for his son saved this band is to me the most special and poignant angle on all of this serendipity.

Thanks Wolfgang.

Funny thing is that the guy (or girl) is online right now!!! Gotta get the 'Kat to stop lurking and start posting!!

[FALCO]

All good, 'bro. Glad you and I could have a rational discussion.

It wasn't that many years ago that I would have gone apeshit and started flaming the shit out of you...so I like to think I've matured as a member here a little bit.

I agree totally with what you're saying. But I think that time and distance have colored our recollections of the '07/'08 tour. I think Dave had some miscues back then too, and it always happened when he tried to strain for that upper register. And his yelps and screams sounded like he was doing them on an "inhale" rather than an "exhale"...if you know what I mean.

Funny when you listen to ADKOT, Dave sounds like he has his "classic" raspy howl back on some of his screams. I actually found myself wondering if Shanks or Hogarth went to one of the DLR soundboards on the internet and grabbed some clips from the 70's and 80's and mixed them in. But that's probably the byproduct of an overactive imagination.

Glad to have you hear, man. Stay with it and keep posting.

Yes, and I thank you for that... in another thread ELVIS just made up immature, yet well crafted, vulgar acronyms of my name, lolol...

The band name in my signature is a link to my music... feel free to dig on it or not!!!

\m/ \m/

[DavidLeeNatra]

What name did you use back then?

zinoman

[DavidLeeNatra]

Yes, and I thank you for that... in another thread ELVIS just made up immature, yet well crafted, vulgar acronyms of my name, lolol...

The band name in my signature is a link to my music... feel free to dig on it or not!!!

\m/ \m/

ELVIS???? who could that happen...

relax dude...we're a family here...hopelessly dysfunctional but a family at least...at each other's throats every five minutes, no matter who...no matter what...and that Jero from the Gaytherlands is the biggest fag of all...

[DLR Bridge]

Of course I'm vain... I'm a singer damnit!!

Wait a minute. Did you do Rock Me Amadeus?? I keed!

[ZahZoo]

What is it with this rash of newbies who want to come on here and lecture to us ??

My thoughts exactly... nothin wrong with new folks at all.

What I find most absurd is anyone these days thinking that making a pilgrimage to VHLinks to educate their member base is some sort of merit badge for bravery and for the greater good of mankind. What bullshit. Those days are long past... The two sites share far more in common with today's VH than ever before.

[twonabomber]

anyone who puts "please read" in the thread title should be banned. it wasn't really that great of a post, just another fucking opinion piece that didn't deserve its own thread.

[Seshmeister]

What I find most absurd is anyone these days thinking that making a pilgrimage to VHLinks to educate their member base is some sort of merit badge for bravery and for the greater good of mankind. What bullshit. Those days are long past... The two sites share far more in common with today's VH than ever before.

We're older and wiser but a bit past our best?

[Va Beach VH Fan]

My thoughts exactly... nothin wrong with new folks at all.

What I find most absurd is anyone these days thinking that making a pilgrimage to VHLinks to educate their member base is some sort of merit badge for bravery and for the greater good of mankind. What bullshit. Those days are long past... The two sites share far more in common with today's VH than ever before.

Agreed, those feuds were twelve fucking years ago....

The newbie is more than welcome, just busting his balls.....

[Von Halen]

Agreed, those feuds were twelve fucking years ago....

Besides, it's much more fun to piss, moan and fight with our own right here!

[fryingdutchman]

Agreed, those feuds were twelve fucking years ago....

The newbie is more than welcome, just busting his balls.....

A good ball-busting never hurt anybody.

(Unless you actually kicked them in the balls...)

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Besides, it's much more fun to piss, moan and fight with our own right here!

There's that too...