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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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Thank's to Autotune, anyone can be a singer now.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.Last edited by Terry; 09-28-2019, 09:42 PM.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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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.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Also in the clip at least one of them is out of tune.
Bit of a schoolboy error...?Comment
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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.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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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.Last edited by Vinnie Velvet; 09-30-2019, 12:36 PM.=V V=
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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.=V V=
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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.
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That new band was not good so farComment
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