Ex-DLR Band Drummer Ray Luzier granted DLR Army field correspondent Dave Valdez an interview at a recent show with his new band The Nixons. During that interview Valdez asked him about the future of the DLR Band and Van Halen.            Per his and his management's request (as well as others), the aforementioned video and audio regarding his statements on Van Halen was not included in the interview.        Ray asked us to take it out. That's what we did.             For those of you who can't seem to put it together, let's illustrate it for you.       We run this site for fun. We don't follow the same rules as a newspaper or TV station. We post what we fucking want and that's the way it's going to stay. The one thing that you can count on is that we aren't going to fuck one of our sources simply to amuse you all.             We promoed the interview to let you know what was going on, to get the word out from a legitimate source. People saw it, they became upset. Ray asked us to take it out, we obliged. End of fucking story.             Go ahead and run it you say? To that we say, if you want to see somebody screw themself for your entertainment try www.fucked.com.            The showbiz family is a very small one. Pick on some guitar tech's third cousin and all of a sudden you're reduced to interviewing the roadies for Molly Hatchet 2000.            No thank you.            No one wants to go on the record as being the one that spills the beans on Van Halen, though 9 out of every 10 kindergartners could probably tell you that Dave is back at this point.   Never in a million years did we think the Luzier thing would turn out this way. Fact of the matter is the interview was done, ready to go and somebody had second thoughts. We would never promise you something without having it already in the can.            We've taken a lot of shit for this, and regrettably, we eat it and smile. Our spiritual cheerleader and master of ceremonies Diamond Dave once said, "Stick your head up above the crowd and somebody is bound to throw a rock at it." We tried to deliver you the scoop, and excluding the VH stuff, we still think we've done a pretty decent job.             To all you shitheads sending in hate mail because we ruined your week — get off of your sister, go outside into the sunlight and get a fucking life. Maybe we should have done things differently, but then most of you would be pissing about: "Is it real?" "Who is this guy anyway?" "Why is he speaking for Van Halen?" The atmosphere out there among fans is such that something as simple as "Hi guys," turns into "They'll be making an official statement Sept. 1 at Tiger Stadium! The DLR Army just said so!"             It's hard to win at this game, but it's often fun being a player. Last week it kind of sucked. It is important to note that no one is disputing what we posted earlier. Nobody has called us "lying motherfuckers" in a retaliatory press release, which is usually the way it works.            History will show that we were ahead of the curve on this one. People, Dave is back. If anything, the problem at this point in 5150 and is probably "What do we do next and when do we do it?" It's too late to book a summer tour and nobody wants to release a disc and wait six months to take it on the road.             But hey, that's just our opinion.             We welcome criticism, and if you like what we do, thanks. We hope we can put at least a little bit of a smile on your face or make you laugh.            If you don't like the shit we do I'm sure Sammy Hagar has a site that better suits your small brain and even smaller penis. Love, The DLR Army staff To email the article you just read above to someone else {click here}

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