Originally Posted by
ZahZoo
That seems the most logical explanation for how they operate from a business perspective... plus, no "active" management leaves them leaderless.
I'll add... Back around 1999/2000 Van Halen were early pioneers in Rock bands using the internet to promote themselves and interact with their fans. As much as we've ragged on Brad Starks and the antics of van-halen.com and the Pleasure Dome fan board... that site was very extensive in content and one of the first big-name bands to use that medium in the early days of the net.
Unfortunately... combine Ed's divorce/cancer/substance abuse debacles at the time and us... the fans on the net... and the shear madness we generated during those early years... I think we scared the hell out of the band to the point that they wanted to build a mote, raise some electric fences and stay as far away from us crazy-assed, rabid motherfuckers as possible!! This is why we can't have nice things... LOL!