Those two guitarists combine (or three and all have the generic sound and vibe of session cardboard props) are not even Bart Walsh's equal and Dave's vocals are cringe worthy again... he needs to stop mouthing off about 'album quality' and hope his vocals can slide under the radar without him turning up the scrutiny knob of 'perfection' because I sincerely wish him the best
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Yes, but Van Halen had weathered the grunge onslaught. They released two albums during the peak of grunge, both of which went platinum, and were still able to fill large venues when they were touring during the peak of grunge. By 1996, grunge was over. Streaming music for free was still not something the majority of the record buying public had access to in early 1998. Napster didn't even come onto the scene until nearly a year after Van Halen III was released, and the ubiquity of home computers with internet access wasn't quite there yet in terms of it being in in a majority of American homes until the late 1990s.
Warner Brothers may well have viewed Van Halen as a "has-been" band by the time the dust settled on 1996, but a "has-been" band doesn't sell 2 to 3 million copies of a Greatest Hits album on the strength of just two new tracks with a former lead singer. For me, the shock far as WB was concerned was that they kept Van Halen on the label after the Roth reunion fell through and they actually heard what Van Halen with Gary Cherone had come up with instead in terms of the Van Halen III album.
Ray Danniels played a strong role in breeding the discontent between Sammy and the Van Halens, and Danniels was instrumental in getting Cherone to replace Hagar/Roth. The origins of that discontent were already there even before Danniels became the manager, though. But all of this took place when Eddie was (supposedly, and certainly appeared to be) sober. Ultimately, Eddie was responsible for canning Hagar, bringing Dave back for the BOV1 tracks, not going beyond those tracks re: touring with Dave and having Cherone be the singer and ultimately the substandard album (unless Daniels had some songwriting credits on it I'm not aware of - and, in fairness, I never checked...nor do I want to) that became Van Halen III.
The album only ended up selling a half million because, simply put, it wasn't any good.
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Scramby eggs and bacon.
Why would you even need 3 guitarists onstage to do a setlist that assumedly is comprised 90% or more of CVH tunes?
Surely after 40 years there are more than a few working rock guitarists who have managed to master Eddie's licks without needing an assist from two other guitarists. Shit, youtube is fucking overrun with anonymous cunts posting "how to play this Van Halen song": get one of those twats to play with Dave.
Also in the clip at least one of them is out of tune.
Bit of a schoolboy error...?
Just watched Dave’s sneak preview of his Vegas show. I don’t think I could drink enough booze or pop enough Xanax to make him or his band sound good. Watching some guy on the street corner banging on a bunch of plastic buckets is more entertaining.
I saw the clips. Dave is as good as he can be at this stage in the game. While this is still a rehearsal, I think he can be a little better. I feel bad for Dave cause he really wants to sing and scream like he could in his youth but what happens when he tries that - the high pitch yelling comes out. I don't think that's intentional - its just that the whistle scream is gone. So maybe Dave has to dial that back in and not try to hit anything high.
Its very much like how we all tried to scream like Dave when listening to the CVH records but what came out was a dribbled mess. LOL
I think that's what happening with Dave now. Again, I don't think its intentional. I believe hes trying but this is all he's got now.
As for the band - well, Dave has always....I mean always had stellar musicianship during his solo days. Whether it was the original EEAS band; John 5 or even guys like Ray Luzier and Brian Young - all great.
This band? I don't know. Its not looking good from this rehearsal. I'm sure Dave may know this so hoping he can work out some of the pitfalls before January.
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….And I understand Dave tried to get Brain Young back to play with him for the Vegas shows.
Unfortunately, Brian was booked to play elsewhere during that time with some other commitment he couldn't get out of.
Now the Roth Shows have become a promo for the Vegas shows. Plenty of VH talk but nothing on who is in the new band. Dave mentions the Bird and the Bee a couple times too.
Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.
That new band was not good so far
"Honey, my shirt got itself torn up. My shirt tore itself on that stripper's hand, and I need it to be sewed up for the show."
"No problem, Dave, no problem. Say hello to Fluffy."
"Fuck you, Fluffy."
"No, no, you're going to upset Fluffy."
"I ain't saying hello to no stuffed bear."
"You know, now that I think about it, it's going to take a little longer to sew up that shirt than I was thinking."
"Hi Fluffy, how you been?"
"Now that I'm thinking of it even more, it's going to take half the time, Double D, Diamond Dave! Would you hold Fluffy?"
"N--- yeah."
Dave has been my idol sonce I was 13. He still is my idol.
But 75% of that has nothong to do with music. It's his philosophy and lifestyle.
99% of people know of him through music, and I hate to see him destroy his legacy.
It's his life, but somebody needs to tell him "Dude, you sound like shit and act like a faggot these days"
In his Vegas promo video, he does the overhead kick amazingly, but he also does the fucking 20's flapper girl routine. It's fucking embarrassing. He looks like a fucking homo.
This is the stage David Lee Roth is at.
I feel bad for Tom, the guy filming Dave and editing. He must need painkillers every day.
I can't even get through a minute of Dave's babbling without turning it off.
Dave is super smart and ruins it with his continuing fake persona. He comes off like an idiot and just doesn't realize it.
And it is a fake persona. That's obvious. He's trying to be Diamond Dave from 35 years ago and it doesn't work anymore.
Just be Uncle Dave
It was great when Dave was on stage for two hours or when Dave was at the radio station being a wild man. We got strong short bursts of Dave. From people who had to be on the road with him he was exhausting to be around. We snorted the illusions Dave fabricated and they were great but the man behind the curtain is boring and exhausting to listen to. His art projects are pretty good though.
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That's apparent... Bless their hearts and bravery for taking the job.
Many can attempt to copy EVH... hit the same notes, use the same amps, guitars and effects... But never achieve the same results. Other than Ray Luzier... no drummer comes anywhere close to Alex Van Halen... Put Eddie and Alex together... untouchable!!
"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
Another one from August. Uncle Dave.
Not too far in, Dave talks about almost starving to death in New Guinea in 1985 while crossing the Star Mountains and getting lost. He's actually choked up
This is the stuff I want to hear. But he doesn't tell the story. I want to know how they got lost and how they survived it.
https://www.designmattersmedia.com/p...David-Lee-Roth
To me it was always music and I never gave a fuck about much else. But Old Dave is simply an extension of young Dave. I mean, when you were 13 Dave was wearing leather chaps and skin-tight Lycra, FFS he didn't "look like a faggot" then? Dave is what can be called metro-sexual and very try-hard. He's an oddball and an interesting character and probably a bit of a sociopath. But you're getting upset because he went from androgynous leatherman and ballsack-wrapped-in-spandex to Liberace's Goodwill donation? Who gives a fuck? He's a mental case entertainer. You can't be seriously picky now FFS..
Not that I give a fuck, but remember this a guy that has about 8-20 hours of straight porn under his belt courtesy of their creepy, autistic first manager Uncle Milty's nephew Berle
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The old saying some things never get old... this thread track got old... Give it a rest, nimrods.
There's a lot about the 80's that's cringe-worthy and just appears downright cheesy, bizarre and forgettable... Thought to be cool to some then... creepy and campy now.
Most folks advise one to chill out and retain their dignity in old age... that goes for middle-aged fanboys as well.
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Dave has made changes to the Vegas band already.
Link? Source?
Latest Vegas interview.
The stage...
Another interview...
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entert...dency-1930082/
All lit up.
First gig is tonight. Some posters here said they would attend certain dates.
I don't think we'll get any audience video footage, but I'm curious about the first concert reviews.
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