It's not Van Halen without Michael Anthony!!

[Ric Flair]

That's right...
David Lee Roth...
Eddie Van Halen...
Michael Anthony...
Alex Van Halen...

THE FOUR HORSEMAN!!!

The best group in the history of Rock and Roll.

Let's Talk about Eddie Van Heinekin...

woooo....

Eddie Van Heinekin....

You wanna take the stage...
And piss of the fans who made you?!?!
You wanna have the GUTS TO CALL THIS LINEUP VAN HALEN?!?!?
WRONG!!!
Van Halen is DAVE, EDDIE, MICHAEL AND WOOOOOOOOO!!!!
ALEX VAN HALEN!!!!

You wanna stumble around the stage....
drink your little bottles of beer....
smoke your little marlboro cigarettes...
CLAIMIN THAT THIS IS THE REAL LINEUP OF VAN HALEN??!?!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
EDDIE....
VAN...
HALEN....

YOU THINK YOU GOT CANCER?!?!
YOU THINK YOU GOT VERTIGO?!?!?!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT VERTIGO IS!!!!

VERTIGO IS WHEN YOUR LAYIN' DOWN....

IN A FIGURE FOUR LEG LOCK!!!!

You wanna tell me that Michael Anthony doesn't exist???

MICHAEL ANTHONY WAS THERE DAMNIT!!!!

HE PAID HIS DUES!!!

HE PAID HIS PRICE!!!!

THE FAIR WARNING TOUR!!!!

HIDE YOUR SHEEP!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Eddie Van Halen your a liar....
a fink rat....

YOU'RE A NO GOOD SON OF A BITCH!!!!

You think you're vince russo....
You think you can just walk down that aisle brother...
and tell me this is the FACE OF VAN HALEN?!?!

WRONG!!!!

[Ric Flair]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Never mix your viagra with a BIG BOY CAN OF RED BULL!!!

How the fuck is everyone in greensboro?!?!?!

[Pasadena Bunnie]

Puleeeeze. Bassplayer is past tense, in the same category as Cherone.


This is a "NEW" Band....or didn't you hear Roth tell it at the press conf.?

[Nickdfresh]

Yeah, 'cause with the backing tracks, it's almost as good!

[philouze]

I don't care

[Little Lamont]

I miss Mike too, to be honest. But to say it ain't VH without him is bullshit. Dave is VH, period.

[Yucko]

AH, you bunch o' homos!


Fuckin' cryin about some D list bassist.



I hear Mike Anthony is into fitness.....





Yeah, fitness dick in his mouth!

[Terry]

The Van Halen of 1978 (or 1974) to 1984 is gone forever.

Getting Anthony back might give the current band touring under the name Van Halen more legitimacy, but that doesn't necessarily mean the shows were gonna be any better than they were...we'll never know for sure, but Anthony wasn't exactly the focal point of the band anyway.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, he provided great background vocals that were one of the signature parts of the Classic Van Halen sound. Okay. Fine. So those pre-recorded vocals are probably being piped in live at the shows...

I've heard so many sides of this topic, but truth be told I wasn't even thinking about Mike Anthony at the show I saw, just as I was barely paying attention to him when I saw the band in 1984.

And if Eddie ain't up to snuff, it's not like MA being there is gonna save the day, so it's really a moot point.

[Diamondjimi]

2 aliases 1 thread.........is it Friday yet?!:rolleyes:

[saintbarry]

Damn,this is really is just too funny!!!!!!The reason people don't miss Mike is because they are using his vocals on this tour.If this Van Halen lineup records a new album without Mikes background vocals,its not going to sound like classic Van Halen,period,not even close!!!!!Beware,you Mike bashers might get what you hope for,and the end results might not be what you thought it would be.Sure,let this lineup of Van Halen record,because it would be good to hear new Van Halen Music if they don't get Mike back,but it is going to sound different.They can't just pipe in Mikes vocals for the album like they are doing for this tour!It seems to me like all the Mike Bashers are saying they don't want a New Van Halen album to sound like Classic Van Halen,which is just insane!!!!!!!!!!

[Little Lamont]

Piping in vocals? You know this for a fact?

[jhale667]

Originally posted by diamondjimi
2 aliases 1 thread.........is it Friday yet?!:rolleyes:

WARF's bored today...;)

[Combat Ready]

Who is Michael Anthony?

[bueno bob]

David Lee Roth is Van Halen.

Edward Van Halen is Van Halen.

Alex Van Halen is Van Halen.

Michael Anthony is Van Halen.

Wolfgang Van Halen is Eddie's son.

Sammy Hagar is Bette Midler.

Gary Cherone had a good song on that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack.

Mitch Malloy is George Lazenby.

Mark Stone is wondering where he went wrong.

[Combat Ready]

Originally posted by bueno bob
David Lee Roth is Van Halen.

Edward Van Halen is Van Halen.

Alex Van Halen is Van Halen.

Michael Anthony is Van Halen.

Wolfgang Van Halen is Eddie's son.

Sammy Hagar is Bette Midler.

Gary Cherone had a good song on that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack.

Mitch Malloy is George Lazenby.

Mark Stone is wondering where he went wrong.


No Sir---Michael Anthony is not Van Halen. More like Bette Midler's hairsylist?

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Combat Ready
No Sir---Michael Anthony is not Van Halen. More like Bette Midler's hairsylist?

Oh, that's right. Michael Anthony never played with Van Halen, he was in Bad English.

What was I thinking? :confused:

[Combat Ready]

Originally posted by bueno bob


What was I thinking? :confused:

Dunno...? VH played in your backyard in December 07...Did you catch the show live?

[NATEDOG001976]

What the fuck is the point of the post???

Do you think we know nothing about VH???

Point is, Michael Anthony is tossing Spammy and the Wobo's right now!

I'm going to fart in your general direction!

[NATEDOG001976]

Originally posted by Combat Ready
Dunno...? VH played in your backyard in December 07...Did you catch the show live?

Awesome Name....and great Avitar!!!

5 Stars!!

[Combat Ready]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
Awesome Name....and great Avitar!!!

5 Stars!!

Right on....Thank you!

[NATEDOG001976]

And NATEDOG does the hat trick next week in Duluth, GA (3rd time seeing VH this tour!)

Do it, or go home!

[Combat Ready]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
And NATEDOG does the hat trick next week in Duluth, GA (3rd time seeing VH this tour!)

Do it, or go home!


Good luck on the 19th!

[jhale667]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976

I'm going to fart in your general direction!

"Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!" :lol:

http://g.photos.cx/pythonmedium-c3.jpg

[NATEDOG001976]

And it's a SBD!!!

[binnie]

I feel like I've somehow travelled back in time to four months ago :D

[Dan]

It's Crazy Firday At The Roth Army.:)

[Prothro]

Diamonds are forever and so is RIC FLAIR. Learn to love it .

[indeedido]

"Mean oh my God Gene! WHOOO! I'm a limo ridin', jet plane flyin', kiss stealin', son of a gun! WHOOO!"

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/indeedido/besthorsemen.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/indeedido/flair_shades.jpg

[lafours]

could it be the Nature Boy too Val to.....

SPACE MOUNTAIN???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHOOOO!

[113]

Ed said, in a 2006 interview with Howard Stern, that; "Mr S can do what he likes now." The comment shocked and outraged Van Halen fans!

Lol

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by Ric Flair
That's right...
David Lee Roth...
Eddie Van Halen...
Michael Anthony...
Alex Van Halen...

THE FOUR HORSEMAN!!!

The best group in the history of Rock and Roll.


http://i11.tinypic.com/4xwro5y.jpg

[Ric Flair]

Originally posted by Pasadena Bunnie
Puleeeeze. Bassplayer is past tense, in the same category as Cherone.


This is a "NEW" Band....or didn't you hear Roth tell it at the press conf.?

One more word out of that little mouth of yours...
And I'm gonna take ya home and make a woman out of you!

[Nickdfresh]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/Nickdfresh/ThreeOnBass-1.jpg

[DrMaddVibe]

FUCK bassplayer!

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2007/03/hagar_wire.jpg

[bueno bob]

Well, here it is, as far as I see it...

01. Mike could do a solo thing. It wouldn't sell. And it'll cost him more than what he'll get out of it to record it and promote it.

02. Seeing #1 is reality, Mike's faced with living on the Van Halen stuff. No escaping it, and he spent 30 odd years in the band anyway, so it's all he's going to be identified with no matter what he records or who he plays with.

03. Sammy Hagar is a shitty musician and a shitty singer. As far as an actual "human being", though, he's probably a pretty nice guy, all things considered. No doubt a lot more pleasant and happy than Edward Van Halen is.

04. Playing with Hagar gives Anthony a sure audience (small, but sure) and he doesn't have to actually work or take it seriously because it's more like organized fuckoff time when Hagar plays live than an actual musical event.

05. Examining points 1-4, Mike's choice to play with Hagar is really obvious, because anything else is not going to be exceptionally big and a very big drain on his time and resources, most likely.

And there it is. I can't see why any fan of Van Halen in ANY of it's various incarnations should hold ANY resentment or anger towards Mike at all.

And frankly, I think that kind of attitude is sheepish.

[DrMaddVibe]

I could ALMOST buy into that if it weren't for bassplayer's continued vocal antics towards Roth.

Roth holds a LOT more weight with Van Halen than bassplayer ever dreamed of. Nobody I know ever bought a Van Halen album or went to see them live to see bassplayer. Nobody I know even lists him as an influence.

I don't hold any anger towards bassplayer, he's an empty shell. I NEVER saw why he was in the band to begin with. He wrote nothing. He made his own bed, now he lies in it. He wants to goof on "The Other Half". The fact that I'm not willing to gloss over the bullshit that wasted time getting Roth back into Van Halen is the farthest from being called "sheepish". That bullshit remark is reserved for the Van Hagar fans and YOU of all people know that. bassplayer didn't want Roth back in Van Halen, and preferred Hagar. bassplayer is a shitty bassist so he's a perfect lock with a shitty singer who wants to be a musician!

[Terry]

Not a hate scene towards MA, but rather a gradual attitude shift over the years towards indifference, laced with mild pity.

I mean, the guy was in the CVH lineup. He did perform at all the concerts and on the records (well, most of them anyway...). In a way, it was hard to get pissed at MA when he took potshots at Roth in the press, because...well, it's Mike Anthony. Who gives a toss what he has to say about Dave?

I still kinda feel bad for the guy, though, because he stuck with the Van Halens through thick and thin...not that he had a lot of other viable options, but he stayed with them through the 1996 debacle, the Cherone years, did the 2004 tour with them even though Ed wouldn't let him play on the 2004 tracks and didn't want him there. Supoose one could say by 2004 MA was just a glutton for punishment, but in the end Ed basically said "fuck him" and went with his kid, rather than let Mike participate in the 2007 reunion.

What he does with Hagar is exactly what bueno said; organized fuckoff time to small audiences. But one has to couple that with what MaddVibe has said - Anthony can't write and unless he's in Van Halen precious few give two shits what he's doing, anyway. Just a fact.

What Dave, Ed, Al and Wolf have been doing is a different Van Halen. They said so themselves from the outset. Just like it was with Hagar and Cherone. Frankly, out of all the incarnations that have surfaced since 1985, this lineup is the only acceptable one (when Ed's not too fucked up to play well, that is).

[WARF]

Yeah, didn't Eddie Van Halen play bass for the TWO new tracks in 2004, It's About Time and Up For Breakfast?

[Little Lamont]

I wonder how much shit ya'll would be giving Mike if he was in the band right now. Think about it... I bet we'd all be singing the praises of the mighty original Van Halen.

Well, it ain't Mike's fault he's not in the band, it's Ed's. So why are you dumping on Mike for something he had no control over?

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
I could ALMOST buy into that if it weren't for bassplayer's continued vocal antics towards Roth.

Roth holds a LOT more weight with Van Halen than bassplayer ever dreamed of. Nobody I know ever bought a Van Halen album or went to see them live to see bassplayer. Nobody I know even lists him as an influence.

I don't hold any anger towards bassplayer, he's an empty shell. I NEVER saw why he was in the band to begin with. He wrote nothing. He made his own bed, now he lies in it. He wants to goof on "The Other Half". The fact that I'm not willing to gloss over the bullshit that wasted time getting Roth back into Van Halen is the farthest from being called "sheepish". That bullshit remark is reserved for the Van Hagar fans and YOU of all people know that. bassplayer didn't want Roth back in Van Halen, and preferred Hagar. bassplayer is a shitty bassist so he's a perfect lock with a shitty singer who wants to be a musician!

The typical same, unsupported idiotic assertions: "Bassplayer is friends with Sammy." ---Whoopteeefuckingdooo!!

Ed fucking hired Sam, and rehired him in 2004. And Dave played with him in 2002, when it suited his interest...

"Anthony badmouths Roth." "Mike wanted to keep Dave out of Van Halen." ---They ALL badmouth each other, and Anthony had said nothing about Dave recently, and has said that he wanted a reunion to happen in the early 2000s, before Ed's cancer ruined things. Dave's the one that said he wanted a real and total reunion (not a revision) towards the end of his radio show!

They never used backing tracks with Anthony, and he managed to keep Ed afloat even on his worst nights in 2004 according to the Van Hagar fans...

[Coyote]

Originally posted by jhale667
"Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!" :lol:

http://g.photos.cx/pythonmedium-c3.jpg

"Fetchez la vache!"

[Little Lamont]

I'm still not convinced any vocals are being piped in. I think Wolfie is singing those parts. Of course, I've got an open mind if somebody has proof.

[ModernDayWarior]

When I saw VH last year at MSG, it was awesome to finally see Eddie and Dave together again. THere was a little spot in me that did miss Mike though. How could anyone say that he wasn't a part of that character in the band is just fooling themselves. Yeah maybe he didn't really have a hand in writing the songs, but without his vocals it just isn't the same. He def. had a hell of alot more stage presence than Wolf also. I'm sure Wolf will come into his own eventually, but for a 16 year old kid, there's just no energy from him at all.

With all that said though, I'm ready to rock again at the Meadowlands and MSG next week. Can't wait.

On a side note, I think Mike would be awesome in Ted Nugents band. Think about it, he can def. hit all those great Derek St. Holmes songs with ease. And it would give Nuge a little more of a cool legit band than some of the no name bass players he's had recently.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Coyote
"Fetchez la vache!"


"Of COURSE I am French...why do you think I have this ridiculous accent?" :D

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
FUCK bassplayer!

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2007/03/hagar_wire.jpg

Ewwww. Sam's pits are all sweat stained.

[DlocRoth]

Seriously, WARF......

How many aliases do you have? lmmao

[Coyote]

Originally posted by jhale667
"Of COURSE I am French...why do you think I have this ridiculous accent?" :D

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!" :D

(Wasn't the accent "outrageous"? :confused: )

[113]

I`ll point out the fact, that it was not revealed until a 2006 intereview with Fat Mullet, that he only played on 3 tracks of 1998`s Van Halen 3 album, and did not play on the new cuts on best of both worlds.
Nobody noticed his absense on those tracks when they were originally released.

[Panamark]

If we were all asked in 2004, theres a chance to get Dave
back and lose Sammy forever, only drawback is Mike will
go with Sammy....

Well ????

I know how I would have voted.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Little Lamont
I'm still not convinced any vocals are being piped in. I think Wolfie is singing those parts. Of course, I've got an open mind if somebody has proof.

Well, people keep confusing the issue by saying that somehow Mike's old vocals are being piped in --- something I highly doubt.

Wolfie is singing, but he and Ed are singing along to multiple taped Wolfies and Eds...

[DrMaddVibe]

How the fuck do you know?

[bueno bob]

It wouldn't be surprising. Piping in backing tracks for vocals and instrumentation during live performances became the thing to do for a lot of rock bands during the 70s and still continues today...it's a lot more common than you might think...

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by 113
I`ll point out the fact, that it was not revealed until a 2006 intereview with Fat Mullet, that he only played on 3 tracks of 1998`s Van Halen 3 album, and did not play on the new cuts on best of both worlds.
Nobody noticed his absense on those tracks when they were originally released.

I did. I bought Van Halen III used at a pawn shop about a week after it's release and immediately thought two things:

01. Song doctors;
02. Mike's absent.

True story...

[Yucko]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2007/03/hagar_wire.jpg



Whoa!
What the fuck is this?
I didn't know Bette Midler had an older sister!


Looks like Mike Anthony is having a meltdown-

















Yeah, a tuna meltdown his fuckin' throat, the fat tub o' whale shit!!

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
How the fuck do you know?

The Youtubes where nobody is singing, yet there's singing...

Do a thread search on it...

[ThrillsNSpills]

Wolf doesn't do the high harmony that MA did on Unchained. (Youtube Oakland to any recent show for proof)

Wouldn't it make sense if they were going to pipe it in they'd do the note that makes the chorus that much more powerful?

If Wolf was saving that part of his vocal range so he doesn't blow his voice out, he could still record that note for a piped in vocal.

IF the majority of the audience can't tell the difference anyway then what would be the point?


The only thing I could see is if Ed is feeling like shit on a given night and needs what energy he has for his playing.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Combat Ready
Dunno...? VH played in your backyard in December 07...Did you catch the show live?

Nope. Stayed home and played Xbox instead.

:)

[binnie]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Nope. Stayed home and played Xbox instead.

:)

Liar. You were watching porn.

Go on, admit it :D

[bueno bob]

OK. I watched porn.

:D

[hankster]

I guess that I need to pay more attention to this board, I feel somewhat lost

[size5dress]

Yoman, thats bullshit. Van Halen is Van Halen as long as Dave and Ed are there. What did Micheal Anthony really contribute anyway? back up vocals and bass? Uhh... Wolf's been doing just fine with that. Besides,
its a new band. Dave said it himself.

[if6was9]

Originally posted by size5dress
Besides, its a new band. Dave said it himself.
Yeah, sure. A new band playing old songs. :rolleyes:
It's more like a CVH tribute band.

[size5dress]

Oh come on, they had to get back out there, didnt they?
Besides, who wouldnt want to see those classics played just one more time?!

[yah]

Mike seems to be out of the band for good, though it's never say never...
Maybe Mike will rejoin the band when Wolf has a future project come up with bandmates his own age.
As long as VH is fuctioning with Dave on vocals, who really cares anyways?

[VanHalener]

Opinions abound, but please allow me...

Van Halen is

David Lee Roth

Eddie Van Halen

Alex Van Halen

Mike (MIA) Anthony



Anything else.....

































...is not Van Halen.



Close,....





But no freakin' cigar, Holmes!










Yes, the latest version rocked my guts out! Fuuuuuuuuuuck you, motherfucker! Dave is back & he's whoopin' ass as usual, but Van Halen is a four part machine.

My mission to recover Bass Player by force is close to getting off the ground.

It's just very costly to acquire rotary winged support on recovery missions that cross the border.


Have to get back to my maps....

[VanHalener]

Wolfie, you know the deal.


RESPECT!

[VanHalener]

=VH=

































































There can be only one.

[VanHalener]

And sheep from around the globe can just fuck right the fuck off!

That is all.