Ed and me were the skinny artsy types. Al was a thug. Ha! Ha!
Ed and me were the skinny artsy types. Al was a thug. Ha! Ha!
No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!
Yeah, well, I'd say by the time 2006 was halfway through, Ed was pretty much in dreadful shape. And Van Halen's career at that point didn't really have a way forward other than getting back with Dave, not if it was to be a career playing to packed arenas.Originally Posted by Nitro Express
Scramby eggs and bacon.
Well you do enough post millennium coke laced with who knows what and wash it down with rot gut you will screw the elephant. Thank’s to porn publicist and organizer extraordinaire Janie, Humpty Dumpty got put back together again and did one more glorious tour with Diamond Dave.
Popsicle Sam can’t accept nobody remembers he was in Van Halen and Dreams and Love Walks In are only bad nightmares lost in time. We all remember Sam saying he was visited by aliens. Here’s a popsicle for your ass from the ice cream man.
The nadir of it for me, even lower than the 2004 tour or the subsequent porn soundtrack Trans Trem Sustainer wanking stuff, was watching footage of Ed in either late 2006 or early 2007 (can't remember which now) at the NAMM show and listening to him playing. He looked terrible and wasn't playing much better. If memory serves, shortly after that NAMM show Van Halen released that first publicity shot with Ed, Al, Roth and Wolfgang. Frankly, I wasn't too enthused at the prospects of Roth reuniting with the band at the beginning of 2007. Said publicity shot looked...off. Then, Van Halen didn't bother turning up at the RnRHoF that spring (a wise move, in retrospect), and Eddie was off to rehab and the tour was postponed. Honestly, I didn't think either Ed or Dave were up to delivering the goods prior to the tour getting underway.
It wasn't until I saw footage of the band at one of the tour rehearsals was posted online and saw them serve up Romeo Delight that I thought the reunion might be something worthwhile. For me, it was never a case of merely wanting to see Dave play with the band at any cost, but wanting to see the CVH lineup together kicking as much ass as they could. I didn't want a half-assed Van Halen reunion. Well, what I wanted never quite came to pass because I had to contend with Ed wanting to Bring His Kid To Work Day, but Dave kicked ass on the first tour. Ed eventually steadied himself and was able to demonstrate once again why he was who he was.
All things considered, when I think of where things were in 2006 and early 2007, Van Halen Mach 4 ended up being better than I had any expectations for.
I liked it because it ended with Dave and that just drives Sam nuts. So what is he doing? He’s got a hot shot guitarist who is dumb enough to think he can be Eddie. Sam is trying to bait Al back and Sam has a wet dream of recreating Van Halen in hopes of getting attention on himself. Yes Sam is that lame. Anyways get ready for Dr. Frankenstein Hagar’s monster. Sam has Joe amp shopping looking for the magic box. Ha! Ha! Well you can’t buy love and you can’t buy EVH playing skills.
Judging from the last episode, it seems Dave and Ed were a lot closer than we were let to believe.
When Ed was totally down and out after the breakup with Val, he was in quite a state.
Who does he call? He calls Dave.
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Noel Monk also mentioned Ed’s “I hate my brother!” fits. Ed was under a lot of stress. No wonder he chain smoked and drank like a fish.
If you ever driven up Coldwater Canyon Road you know what I’m talking about. It’s a two lane windy road with not much of a shoulder with a ton of traffic on it. Picturing Ed in a golf cart with cars swerving to miss him is hilarious. He’s headed for a pool full of porn stars to escape. Ha! Ha!
A reasonable conclusion can be drawn, even without Dave's recent stories, that Val is a big part of what ruined Eddie. Like he said, Ed was only faithful to his guitar and living the rock n' roller life. Once he started trying to balance that with a stable marriage it went downhill. Just look at the band before and after 1981. It was a quick slide after 6 years of full-on commitment and doing music everyday. Val wedged herself in between them because she sought to obtain another man's fame, because her TV career wasn't good enough for her. Ed is a ball of stress to begin with and doesn't know how to confront anybody constructively so just went down a spiral of drug use to cope with it, which obviously took years off his life.
The band would've broken up at some point for some other reason, as all bands do. But observe how quickly the devolution was after she got involved and connect the dots.
Well, Dave did try to warn Ed before he married Val. Of course, at the time, everyone thought it was because Dave was jealous that Ed had landed a famous tv star. I agree with MasonL. Val's tv career was floundering or getting ready to flounder. Speaking of her tv career floundering, she just got fired from her gig with Duff on the kids baking show.
Ed would have needed some sort of stable solid housewife type - ironically the kind of soccer mum that would like the Van Hagar AOR radio bilge he was churning out.
What he didn't need is an actress which is like a normal woman with all the crazy emotion dials turned up 500%
Post Val the crowd Ed ended up with is a pretty good point that I don't remember anyone picking up on before. Usually if a middle aged guy split up from his wife, started working on porno sound tracks and married someone from the porn industry you would consider that a midlife crisis car crash of biblical proportions. No one really did because he was clearly in such a mess before the crash.
I actually read Val’s book. Ha! Ha! She admitted she cheated on Ed early on in their marriage and probably cheated on him before he did on her. She wasn’t exactly America’s sweetheart. So Ed is stuck with his thug brother and a cheating wife who was a flake but could make everyone think she was sweet. Then you had her brothers he couldn’t stand hanging around all the time. I mean the guy was living in dysfunction at every angle.
Adam West told me never marry an actress. Ha! Ha!
She’s so lonely she spills her guts on Instagram looking like a complete psycho while doing it. She’s losing her poker face.
I don’t even want to know how many cats Valerie has..
Wolfie is being nasty on social media again. Like mother like son. Val goes on, cry’s, lashes at people and ends with a creepy smile. Wolf surfaces and shit blasts peoples posts finishing with how stupid they are. Two psychos who fail to grasp the concept that you want to control your public image. Val is right. There is no filter.
I saw a recent interview where Wolf actually says that being Ed's son and a Van Halen was a hindrance.
Hahaha.
What a delusional fat ass. Being a Van Halen is the sole reason you are able to make and release your shitty music not to mention get an opener slot on the Metallica tour.
Fucking fat douche. Isn't it ironic that the fat fuck chose "Mammoth" as the name of his band?
I so wish bands like Metallica and any others would stop making this idiot a charity case.
oh shit! (again)
Knew where it was going as soon as I saw the title.
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Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.
If you think about the story it was done to teach Wolf a lesson. Dave and the accountant obviously arranged things so that they could take revenge if he pulled the same shit again and he fell straight into the trap.
Did Wolf learn the lesson though? Maybe he just didn't give a shit about the crew and thinks that the 'prank' with the beachballs the same night was in some way comperable...
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-...th-tour-prank/
Wolf is a manipulative nasty brat. I’m glad Dave called him out. Dave knows the Van Halen thing is done and Ed has his legacy and Dave has his. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! The older you get the more honest you can be. Dave no longer has to play nice to make a team work. Oh folks, let Uncle Dave tell you how it really was and is.
I love how Dave kept it short. Wolf isn’t worth spending too much time on.
Wolf had the charisma of a cow flop on stage. Dude if you really want to be a serious entertainer lose the weight.
Haha another stellar one from Dave.
Showcasing what an idiot Val Jr. is.
The inclusion of Wolf in the band initially seemed like a freak show, but both times I saw the band with him in it, Wolfgang was a boring non-entity I was barely aware of in terms of him being onstage. Just a schlub in a hoodie. I suppose he was smart enough to tell his father that people wanted to see Dave back in the band - which isn't exactly Mensa-level intelligence - and the only one in the mid-2000s that Ed would listen to. Thus, I guess the kid being in the band was a net positive thing, although frankly it ultimately speaks to the childishness of the Van Halens and Roth that Anthony wasn't there. I mean, everyone involved damn well knew the CVH reunion was the one the fans wanted to see.
Once Van Halen was done and Eddie passed, well, I gave the Mammoth album a fair listen. Not the worst stuff ever but nothing that made me want to hear that music again. I don't think Wolfgang has an overabundance of talent. Not in what he plays nor what he writes. But he's Eddie's kid, so he'll get attention from some regardless. Honestly, if he never releases any new music I personally won't consider it a loss.
You just HAD to know Dave detested a fat ass kid not only put on the pedestal, but born on it, playing in his band. But he played nice all these years but if Lil' Wolfie was pulling shit like that, yeah time to bring the paddle out. Not that Lil' Wolfie would know what that entails. Dave and the Brothers had to take years off their lives to bootstrap their legacies and this kid thinks he can just show up and start throwing his weight around. Although I suppose he has plenty of that.
"I want to tell you, I would still be in this Church even if I wasn't the son of God." LOL.
"Too close to mommy; grew up square. All the spine of a chocolate eclair." I wonder when Wolfie's mommy will respond on social media or the Today Show in between whipping up batches of brownies?
I was going to liken Wolf to Nancy Sinatra. Both had legendary fathers. Both didn’t suck but weren't great either. Kind of like a decent grocery store grade wine. Nancy took looking good seriously though. She wasn’t 300 pounds wearing grease and ketchup stained sweats.
Where’s my damn paycheck? Wolfie had the accountant with the checks tossed out. Ha! Ha! I’m sure fatso was so popular with the crew.
I always knew Wolf was an entitled little (OK not so little) asshole, but I didn't know it was for this long.
Exactly her dad would have kicked her ass and she will always have the Bond theme and 'These boots are made for walking' songs that will be her own to look back on.
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If those gal pals of Dave were holding boxes of donuts Wolf would have let them play bass!
One of my dad’s business partners knew Frank Sinatra. He said Frank did a lot of quiet charity. One bartender Frank knew well needed a loan for a house down payment. He contacted Frank to see if he could help him out. Frank bought the whole house for cash and set up an interest free loan for the guy. That was how generous Frank Sinatra could be.
Well having band members friends tossed out ain’t cool. That’s some low ball shit. No respect at all and if it weren’t for David Lee Roth chances are good Ed and Al never would have made it. They would end up like their dad. Ed certainly wouldn’t be sticking his dick in Hollywood actress cunt. If it weren’t for Dave Wolf would have never been made.
Well given moms history untiil he goes on that DNA show we can't be completely sure of that...
Come on bro. Both those fat fucks look and act exactly alike. He definitely should have been named Valerie Jr.
That alleged practical joke with the volley balls is typically of a schoolboy's mental level.
The fat, self-conceited pudding is also a moron.
Well, Ed did think he might have gotten a groupie pregnant from giving him a blowjobs (only) LOL...
Perhaps most of us gave Wolf too much credit for getting his Dad back out there with Dave again.
Sure he helped getting him play the old songs and all that but health wise - that was all Janie.
I think she saved Ed's life enough to have him be functional and even get super clean by the time of the band's last tour in 2015. She doesn't get enough credit.
Instead we have Fat Val and Val Jr. spewing their nonsense every now and then.
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