DLR interview - Australia

[VHscraps]

Just found this - funny stuff about training dogs and scaring sheep ...

Sounds like our man might have some kind of biz training dogs !

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/inteview-with-van-halens-david-lee-roth/story-e6frfn09-1226266040365

[ELVIS]

Good interview...

The way Dave tells it though, sounds like it may be curtains forever after the tour...

[Mr Walker]

"Except for Wolfie, he had a Super Soaker ..." made me chuckle

[mohican]

He's got a dog named "Mike"!
"canine athletes" - cool job title. My friend is a "budtender" and he actually put that on official forms.

[jhale667]

Good interview...

The way Dave tells it though, sounds like it may be curtains forever after the tour...

Not the indication we were given from those in the know the other night, but with this band, who knows...enjoy it while it lasts...

[riggodrill44]

It's like watching Dragnet on your iPad.

[ELVIS]

Not the indication we were given from those in the know the other night, but with this band, who knows...enjoy it while it lasts...

I wasn't given that indication at the Mississippi Coast Colosseum in 1984 either...

I'm saying enjoy it while it lasts as well...

[MUSICMANN]

I wasn't given that indication at the Mississippi Coast Colosseum in 1984 either...

I'm saying enjoy it while it lasts as well...

I think it was just a safe answer. Let's remember, these guys doing what they do now, is not about the money, not about being popular and not about being huge big rock stars, been there done that. I think if the same question would have been asked to Dave at any time in those early days, the ego/rock star would have given a answer more in line with VH taking over the world and how he just fucked your sister. This is a almost 60 yr old Dave, as well as Ed and AL, who knows that anything past this tour is an unknown. Also, let's remember, Dave is a master promoter. He knows that what they have done with this album is really special and when you have something like that, you leave things for the fans sorta mysterious and always wanting more.

[ELVIS]

I somewhat agree...

But as Janice said:

Get it while you can !!

[Sensible Shoes]

I LOVE the dog portion of this interview. (Big surprise). It's much more likely to be an intense hobby than it is a business. I understand that completely and still want to do the dog interview with him.

[ELVIS]

Who's gonna play the dog ??

[Roth & Roll]

Good interview...

The way Dave tells it though, sounds like it may be curtains forever after the tour...

I got that sense as well. I also got the impression that they're not getting along as great as everyone wants to believe.

Either way, if we've learned anything from this band, it's to just enjoy the moment - and right now, we have a brand-spanking new, kick-ass Van HALEN album for the first time in 28 years, and a tour to look forward to.

Enjoy the moment, folks - we've waited an awfully long time for it.

[vandeleur]

Ok i get were some of you have a bit of a nervousness about that interview ...I see it like this .
They seem to be getting on but dave would see it better than us ... I think they all have matured that little bit ... ed and al know were the magic is they gottta dig a lotta coal before you get diamond . But hey i bet dave is hard to be around for any length of time ... fuck he is 10000000000000000000000000000% on all the time . that would be exhausting .
We all get that wolfie is now the glue that keeps this crazy cartoon fist fight of dust ,arms and legs together .
But maybe dave is playing it down with the how long this lasts ... maybe he doesnt wanna let any one down with expectations or get burned again and maybe he get more than any of us this will last as long as it will last ..
But if thats the case ....................Fuck you just know dave is gonna give you lucky motherhuggers a fucking show and half .......
And as i say every morning after the drink ...
This one is the last one till the next one !!!!!!

[Sensible Shoes]

Who's gonna play the dog ??

The dog obviously.

[if6was9]

Yes, Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang is on bass now. What's it like being in a band with a 20-year-old?

I'm starting to be impressed by the kid. I didn't want to be. He can play the s--- out of that thing. He's bringing it.

Am I overinterpreting it, or Dave has just confirmed that Wolf is a terrific bassist? If it's really him playing bass on the album, then he's waaaaay better than Mike ever was. I used to play bass so I always listen to the bass line in the first place. Bass is an instrument that requires some adulthood. Wolf is only 20 and he already "has it". It must be something in his genes.

BTW (1), I'm still complaining about the bass line in "Tattoo", which is not impressive.
BTW (2), I think we owe some acknowledgment to Valerie -- for this reunieon and for the album. Without her permission Wolf wouldn't have joined the band in 2007.