New Michael Anthony pic with "Van Halen"

[Von Halen]

This isn't an old shot, Von. At least not more than a few weeks or months, tops. It's a promo shot for 2016.

A few weeks or months means it is not a "new" pic. This pic was presented as "new", like this is the first time its been seen. That's not the case. I have seen that pic before. I can't tell you how long it has been, but I'm betting it was months as opposed to weeks. I don't even know if I saw it online, or maybe in a music publication. All I know, is I've seen it before. I never forget a photo with a Ford GT and a '33 Hiboy in it.

Just because that's a "2016" Model, do you think M.A. just got it?

I can hear the Schecter guys now. "Yes Mike, we know it's your signature bass that has your name on it, and built to your specifications, but we can't let you have one until 2016, because it's the 2016 Model".

[twonabomber]

Prove it old man!

After you done eating at the 55 and up menu at Denny's!

Ever been to a bar with Von? He's always rooting through his wallet looking for a coupon! "I have a coupon for a free appetizer!"

[VAiN]

A few weeks or months means it is not a "new" pic. This pic was presented as "new", like this is the first time its been seen. That's not the case. I have seen that pic before. I can't tell you how long it has been, but I'm betting it was months as opposed to weeks. I don't even know if I saw it online, or maybe in a music publication. All I know, is I've seen it before. I never forget a photo with a Ford GT and a '33 Hiboy in it.

Just because that's a "2016" Model, do you think M.A. just got it?

No, but I think you're confusing it with another pic. There are a bunch with Mike & his GT. Either way, it probably means fatso is back, so I don't really care.

[DONNIEP]

No, but I think you're confusing it with another pic. There are a bunch with Mike & his GT. Either way, it probably means fatso is back, so I don't really care.

Hells yeah - the good times are about to roll!!! I'm telling you all - this is part of OBC's master Fuk'a You to the fans! He brings back Sammy AND we finally get Mike back in the band and OBC is actually all charged up and happy and healthy and hopefully not sober and they bring out a huge stage and show and sell live DVDs at the venue after each show and online and we're all sitting here with the what the fuck look on our faces like Dave had in the Gigolo video when the cast of characters walks out of the studio.

Except for me. I'm gonna be front and center for this train wreck. I've just got to figure out a way to sneak in a cold case of Heineken so I can tempt Ed throughout the show. Because I am evil.

[WARF]

If Michael Anthony doesn't come back. I am officially saying "fuck off" to the Van Halen sisters. I don't even care if a new album comes out! They have nothing left to prove. I just want the John 5 album and or a EEAS reunion tour. I don't care... I'll even take a DLR Band reunion with BYoung. I'm more of a DLR solo fan anyways, I'd be happy to see him in a 10,000 max venue playing just YFLM from beginning to end. Van Halen is a fucking business nowadays, and whoevers name they draw out of a raffle basket will be their next CONTRACT singer. It's not about Music. It's about Eddie Van Halen whipping out his dick and saying "Fuck you! I'm the boss!" while he sits around another 20 years jerking off and puffin' his vape. What a bunch of arrogant cocksuckers. Ed got a taste of premium Italian pussy in the early 80's and his head has been fucked up ever since. Van Halen for the past 30 years has been a game of who can fuck each other up the ass the hardest. What a bunch of loons up there on Howdy Doody Mountain. All we're gonna get the next several years is holiday greetings from them and few pathetic fucking tweets from their dog! That's it!

Bring on the Eat Em And Smile band!
Van Halen is a fucking snooze fest.
Dave is 60 fucking years old, it's time for him to settle down and put out a whole album of him accoustic talking to his dog, or mumbling about whatever the fuck he had for lunch... I don't give a pigs dick what he does! Whatever it is, it will be a million times better than him prancing around on stage with Jazz hands trying to recapture a time and place that doesn't exist anymore. Rock music is a fucking youth sport. It's not 1983 anymore, and it's time to stop pretending it is..... it's time to grow old and give us slower shit with AWESOME fucking lyrics.

Give us Mike..... or lick my cum stained underwear you fags!

WARF
out

[WARF]

Ever been to a bar with Von? He's always rooting through his wallet looking for a coupon! "I have a coupon for a free appetizer!"

I heard Von only eats the cheese quesadilla from the $2 menu and maybe a soda if he's in a spending mood....

He spent the rest of his retirement money at Target on the new "Sammy's Island" clothing line from Hagar......

[DONNIEP]

He spent the rest of his retirement money at Target on the new "Sammy's Island" clothing line from Hagar......

There's another Sammy clothing line?? I'm going to buy some right now!!!

[WARF]

Yeah, you can now look like Jimmy Buffet - 7 days a week!

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sam...sammys-island/

[WARF]

Now that Sammy Hagar's show is on, Von may never leave the couch again. Instead of building buggys he should build a built in toilet on his sofa so he can watch this on repeat all day and night!

[VAiN]

it's time to grow old and give us slower shit with AWESOME fucking lyrics.

This... I'd like to see Dave do his thing in to the sunset..

[DONNIEP]

Now that Sammy Hagar's show is on, Von may never leave the couch again. Instead of building buggys he should build a built in toilet on his sofa so he can watch this on repeat all day and night!

Well....lets see...watch Sammy's show or sit through Dave's two part wrasslin episodes of the Roth Show...

Pass the rum! Mas Tequila!!

[Whorehey]

3/4 is better than nothing...

[Von Halen]

No, but I think you're confusing it with another pic.

Wrong

[WARF]

Von Halen has special senior citizen abilities! He can see pictures that never came out before years in advance!!!

Goddamn it!!!

Is it Alzheimer's or does he have the power to shine???

How'd you like some Ice Cream DOC?!???!!



Ice Cream from the 55 and up menu....



You're out of luck

[Va Beach VH Fan]

http://www.vhnd.com/2016/01/16/micha...-halen-rumors/


"I want to clarify some confusion surrounding a recent picture from a video shoot for my new Schecter Signature Bass that will be debuting at NAMM next week. Apparently, because a road case with the name "Van Halen" on it is in the photo (which was taken by someone off to the side of the shoot), there is speculation of me having involvement with the band. This is not true. The shoot took place in my warehouse and this is just one of the many road cases I still own from the VH days that happened to be there. As a matter of fact, The Circle will be performing at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, NM next week. I hope to see you all out there!"

[Terry]

3/4 is better than nothing...

Maybe that can be the title of Van Halen's next album...

[DLR Bridge]

http://www.vhnd.com/2016/01/16/micha...-halen-rumors/


[B][I]"I want to clarify some confusion surrounding a recent picture

aaaHAAAAH!!!

[DONNIEP]

http://www.vhnd.com/2016/01/16/micha...-halen-rumors/


"I want to clarify some confusion surrounding a recent picture from a video shoot for my new Schecter Signature Bass that will be debuting at NAMM next week. Apparently, because a road case with the name "Van Halen" on it is in the photo (which was taken by someone off to the side of the shoot), there is speculation of me having involvement with the band. This is not true. The shoot took place in my warehouse and this is just one of the many road cases I still own from the VH days that happened to be there. As a matter of fact, The Circle will be performing at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, NM next week. I hope to see you all out there!"

Ok, what rumor are we gonna spread next?

[vandeleur]

Ok, what rumor are we gonna spread next?

I heard from my contact , quote me and I will deny it,that Ed will go on stage with the circle at the very concert Mike just mentioned. Keep it under wraps tho guys .

[Jetstream]

I want this Sammy Hagar love fest to begin. I want that Wed Woker fronting the reenergized Van Hagar. I was a train wreck of Biblical proportions. I want to see his ass plastering his Cabo Wabo logo on the tour shirts and a freaking new CD. I want Michael Anthony's commercial hot sauce on the EP cover of their new tune "Love to Dream". I want to see Edward seriously screw the pooch (but not little Kody, animals are innocent) which he calls his legacy... I want to see the worst bloodbath of egos hit the shit on the industrial ceiling fan and plaster all the AOR nerds who found Van Halen finally acceptable to them after the big bad David guy left the group

[twonabomber]

Ok, what rumor are we gonna spread next?

Start with this one

"This rumor was mostly started by a tweet from Eddie Trunk, who said he had a wet dream about seeing Hagar on stage next to Eddie again."

[Anonymous]

http://www.vhnd.com/2016/01/16/micha...-halen-rumors/


"I want to clarify some confusion surrounding a recent picture from a video shoot for my new Schecter Signature Bass that will be debuting at NAMM next week. Apparently, because a road case with the name "Van Halen" on it is in the photo (which was taken by someone off to the side of the shoot), there is speculation of me having involvement with the band. This is not true. The shoot took place in my warehouse and this is just one of the many road cases I still own from the VH days that happened to be there. As a matter of fact, The Circle will be performing at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, NM next week. I hope to see you all out there!"

Mike "Sauce" Anthony is fucking delirious.

What recent picture? I know from a good source that picture is YEARS old.

YEARS.

[vandeleur]

Mike "Sauce" Anthony is fucking delirious.

What recent picture? I know from a good source that picture is YEARS old.

YEARS.

Is that good "sauce" ( see what I did there ). Vonzie

[Anonymous]

Is that good "sauce" ( see what I did there ). Vonzie

Yes, I do see what you did there. Unfortunately, sauce for source had been way overused in what we call the internet. Sorry, you suck.

But yeah, it's Vonzor that's my source. He said it. Repeatedly. And I respect his opinion & trust his claims, fuck me if I know why.

Either way, one of them is wrong. And since it can't be my good friend Vonella Halen, it's gotta be "Sauce" Anthony. Boo, he doesn't even get to play with the boys any more. Boo.

[vandeleur]

Yeah it was a cheap gag ... But hey ho

[ZahZoo]

This just proves that Von's Old Guy™ act was legit... but weak. He hasn't mastered the art yet...

[Fairwrning]

Does anybody really still care about VH anymore?...Hopefully its over and Ed doesnt fuck up the legacy any worse..

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Does anybody really still care about VH anymore?...Hopefully its over and Ed doesnt fuck up the legacy any worse..

I care about the band, Van Halen, in the sense that I agree with your second sentence. I don't see them ever releasing anything old or new with Dave. As far as their individual futures go, I'd be interested in seeing what any of them are up to from time to time with the exception of anything involving Hags.

[Fairwrning]

I would buy if they put out a disc of new music with Roth..but that just doesnt seem likely. No tour needed , just some new tunes.

[DONNIEP]

Does anybody really still care about VH anymore?...Hopefully its over and Ed doesnt fuck up the legacy any worse..

They had their final chance in '07 to cement their legacy. Instead OBC shows up at the press conference with his kid. And no, I do not care about nor believe the Magical Ear Buds story one fucking bit. Sure, it was great to see that tour and the next one. But honestly if Dave had walked out on opening night in Charlotte in '07 with the DLR touring band I would have had just as good of a time. I really only go to see Dave anyway.

As far as what they do next...I don't think I give two shits. They'll wait until they're three years older then try to do something, unless they haul Sammy back into the band. And if they do...holy shit get ready for Ed to go into overdrive ripping Dave a new ass hole.

[DLR Bridge]

Yup. Just about any other band would have put out 3 studio albums in the time they took to put out one. The fact that they could do more but don't makes it hard to care. They could easily make more summer fun rockers. If only they wanted to.

[Fairwrning]

Had they been able to pull off the alleged vaulted stuff instead of the Tokyo bullshit would have been huge..

[FORD]

Yup. Just about any other band would have put out 3 studio albums in the time they took to put out one. The fact that they could do more but don't makes it hard to care. They could easily make more summer fun rockers. If only they wanted to.

Not so sure about that..... Seems that all rock bands over 40 these days (and there aren't many actual rock bands left that aren't) average about 5 years between albums. So maybe in the 9 years since the VH reunion was first announced - February 2007 was the Rolling Stone cover - they might have made 2 albums, but 3 is unlikely even if the band was a fully functional creative unit. And of course, the "Tattoo You" like results of ADKOT (old songs refreshed with new lyrics & vocals) certainly suggest they are not.

Final result was still a damn good album, of course. But I really wish they had been able to make an album from scratch.

[vandeleur]

There is only one way to finally enshrine The David lee Roth era of Van fucking halen and that is to bring back Sammy.
Let's get the balance set that the we all loved and get it on the road.
Give us the steinbugle , the top knot and give us right here right now.

Just fucking saying

[DLR Bridge]

Not so sure about that..... Seems that all rock bands over 40 these days (and there aren't many actual rock bands left that aren't) average about 5 years between albums. So maybe in the 9 years since the VH reunion was first announced - February 2007 was the Rolling Stone cover - they might have made 2 albums, but 3 is unlikely even if the band was a fully functional creative unit.(

For comparative measure, Pearl Jam, who are well past 40, put out 3 CDs between '06 and '13. For any group of guys who are not also working a shitty day job, 3 CDs in 7 or 8 years should not be a problem. Hell, I'd say it's a priveledge to be in demand. Like I said before, if only they wanted to do it.

[DLR Bridge]

The Foos have 3 between '07-'14.

[DONNIEP]

Hell, I'd say it's a priveledge to be in demand

And there's the rub: VH ain't in all that much demand anymore. A lot of the shows on the last tour were heavily papered. There will always be people in every major city who show up to see any big name band that comes through town. Unfortunately those numbers just don't transfer to record sales with VH.

Remember when the word came out that Dave was gonna be in charge of all the promotion for ADKOT? They threw up one billboard on the side of a building and had one sign on NYE that flashed up the album cover and had a little VH in the corner. The only people who even knew what it was were those of us on a couple message boards. And everybody said "Van Halen doesn't have to promote the record", and they were partially right. Selling a couple hundred thousand right out of the box ain't nothing to sneez at these days. Regardless, it costs money to make a record and distribute it. Doesn't make much sense to do it in the conventional sense unless you're gonna get your investment back.

Of course, Ed has a studio and Dave has a studio. So they could cut something on the cheap and distribute it digitally and crank out some hard copies for those of us who like to have something tangible. But really, how many copies would it sell?

VH could do just a few things and excite their fan base and maybe even grow it a bit past all us old fucks and a handful of young people. But they won't, mainly because they're lazy as hell and the pirate ship ain't gots no captain. This is what happens when Ed is in control. It's not that much different than when Mike finally got tired of sitting around and started playing with Sam. The difference is Dave is doing exactly jack shit. He had a shot with the EEAS show. But instead of showing up early for the gig he shows up with one of the other guys, makes sure everybody sees him in the car, then has the driver circle the block so he can pump his ego. Then he goes home and does nothing.

Honestly, unless they can pull something off something astounding, there's not much left to look forward to from the Van Failin Family Of Retards. Will Dave do something, anything? Well, if his stupid song about a plastic chair is any indication, it sure ain't gonna be what most of us expect from Dave. The Roth Shows were hit and miss. A few were great. Most of them were boring as shit. And there ain't no way I'm gonna struggle through three or four hours of another crappy radio show. And besides, Dave's always admitted he was a one trick pony. And if he doesn't get back to performing that trick to the best of whatever his abilities are at this point, the future ain't looking too bright.

[DLR Bridge]

Even a dwindling demand is still demand. There are acts out there, like the often referenced King's X, who have never been able to elevate themselves above cult following status, but they work their tails off for the club sized crowds they've always had, AND they don't shit on each other for dabbling with solo and side projects. The Van Halen dilemma is not new and only they can solve it, or should have solved it by now. It's not in their best interest.

[DONNIEP]

Even a dwindling demand is still demand. There are acts out there, like the often referenced King's X, who have never been able to elevate themselves above cult following status, but they work their tails off for the club sized crowds they've always had, AND they don't shit on each other for dabbling with solo and side projects. The Van Halen dilemma is not new and only they can solve it, or should have solved it by now. It's not in their best interest.

The Van Failin brothers don't want to do anything more than what they've been doing. Dave? Who knows. I guess we'll see this year.

Ya know, VH could take a lesson from ol Slappy. That sumbitch puts out records records and books and TV shows and plays a lot of shows. Sure he's not playing to 10,000 people at a show. And sure he doesn't move a lot of records. But he's out there giving back to his fans. He sure as hell cant be making much cash off them since he's playing to small venues mostly. There's no reason VH couldn't do the same thing. They just choose not to. Or Ed chooses not to, I should say.

And I think that's one of the reasons some of us could really care less about VH these days. The live shows are fun, but it's really just the same old show we've seen before. And that's why I didn't pay for a ticket last go 'round. Then you toss in the fact that the band really couldn't give a shit about the fans, people say well fuck it then. Dave's RS interview at least showed that he really wants a proper reunion. And that would at least be giving something to the fans and it wouldn't cost Ed much. Matter of fact he could pay Mike less than what The Wolfichrist was making.

Honestly, unless they crank out a killer record AND tour to support it, there's not much left for the band to do. Dave, on the other hand, could do all sorts of stuff. No, he wouldn't be playing to 10,000 people every nite. But that didn't stop him back when he was killing with the DLR band.

Ah, fuck it. I'm going to The Walmart and then I'm gonna have some coldies and watch the debate tonite, yell LIAR at the tv a bunch of times while my kid is blaring the Cato DVD on her system in her room. She's watched that damn thing more than I have.

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Hate to agree with your McSlappy remark, but I do. That dope has put out product for his following alright.