Which of the Replacement Singers Damaged Van Halen most ?

[Panamark]

Hagar or Cherone.

Who did the most damage to the legacy ??

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Hagar, hands down, not even close.

Cherone didn't do anything wrong. He's a Roth fan. He was invited to join. He lived out his dream. If ANY Roth fan in their right mind had the talent and the opportunity, they would've said yes too.

Cherone played out his heart, on CD and on tour. It just wasn't appreciated because it was more poetry than rock. Plus, we were all very very disappointed to find that VH reunited, but then chose someone else. Meaning, Cherone got scapegoated, but he himself, didn't do a thing wrong.


Hagar? His massive ego is not even justified. He plain sucks. None of his CDs with VHagar were from the heart, unlike Cherone. Hagar joined a turnkey business, and reaped the rewards as if he was there from day one. Cherone KNEW he entered a turnkey business, and simply enjoyed it while it lasted.

[FORD]

The Chedmaster, without a doubt. Cherone was a flaming ballerina embarrassment on stage, but at least he respected what Van HALEN was about. Sammy thought he was "too good" to sing Van HALEN songs

[moose]

?

Spammy fucking haggis!!!!
That fat fat water rat!!!!

[Don Corleone]

Fat Boy Spam without a doubt.

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by FORD
The Chedmaster, without a doubt. Cherone was a flaming ballerina embarrassment on stage, but at least he respected what Van HALEN was about. Sammy thought he was "too good" to sing Van HALEN songs

What FORD said, I am no Gary fan, but at least he tried, that took balls, something Spammy knows nothing about.....

[Bill Lumbergh]

The thing that pisses me off most about SPam is that he is supposed to be some every man. That couldnt be further from the truth, his ego is out of control, and he has such a thin skin that he lashes out constantly. He always says "Before Van Halen I had a mega selling solo career" He was a C level artist at best, or are we supposed to believe he would have dominated the 80's as a solo artist had he not joined VH. Always blasting Dave's career too. Well for a number of years David Lee Roth was a MEGA STAR, and is still an icon today. When Spam was in VH, it was all about Ed. "Three Lock Box" is better than anything Dave did with VH.

[Mezro]

Sam "the scam" fucked a huge screaming chunk the legacy of VH.

He never inspired or pushed Ed to a higher creative plateau and wore his intimidation of DLR like armor.

Sam was a clock puncher, a cock muncher, a free luncher and a water cooler joke to most music fans. Only he views his contribution to VH as "classic."

Gary was a humble guy, idolized Roth and got ED to play some of the DLR era material live. He took a "dream job" than no singer in their right mind would turn down. It was a lose/lose situation at best.

To summarize:

Hagar = VH fraud
Cherone = VH fan

[Mezro]

Shit..could I have edited that last post any worse?

Corrections:

Sam "the scam".....chunk OF the legacy of VH.

He took a "dream job" THAT no singer.....

I get so fucking angry when I think of Sam in VH that I can't even edit!

Mezro...and I forgot my standard closing...FUCK

[Starwood]

No one has damaged Van Halen more than EVH himself.

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Starwood
No one has damaged Van Halen more than EVH himself.

You hit the drunk Dutchman right on the head.

Mezro..eddie did it!

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Starwood
No one has damaged Van Halen more than EVH himself.

Starwood gets the Gold Star, he nailed it.....

[Panamark]

Yeah, but my question was about replacement singers. Not EVH.
I say there could be an argument for Gary. I know he was a nice ballerina boy and sang the classics, but his effort pretty much sunk the Van Halen ship. Gary's fault ? No, wrong place, wrong time, but he was definately at the helm when it sank.

if you look at the entire history of Van Halen its lowest point (thus far) was with Gary.

But Fuckit, I reckon Spammy wins this one, he created the first holes in the ship and Ballerina Boy had the misfortune of being given the warbling duties as the sad old hull finally submerged into the ocean.

And on the seabed she sits today ! With the engineer of its destruction given the job to make her float again..

Now thats fucking wrong..

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Panamark
Yeah, but my question was about replacement singers. Not EVH.
I say there could be an argument for Gary. I know he was a nice ballerina boy and sang the classics, but his effort pretty much sunk the Van Halen ship. Gary's fault ? No, wrong place, wrong time, but he was definately at the helm when it sank.

if you look at the entire history of Van Halen its lowest point (thus far) was with Gary.

But Fuckit, I reckon Spammy wins this one, he created the first holes in the ship and Ballerina Boy had the misfortune of being given the warbling duties as the sad old hull finally submerged into the ocean.

And on the seabed she sits today ! With the engineer of its destruction given the job to make her float again..

Now thats fucking wrong..

But you still have to blame Gary on Ed. It was his piss poor judgement that led to that selection in the first place.

I always found it funny that EVH bitched about Dave being "too flamboyant" but then he goes out and hires Gary.

Mezro...any singer that is not Dave damaged VH

[Panamark]

Cant argue with that.