Van Halen Performs "Panama" With Mitch Malloy

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Looks like the dude at Melodicrock has posted this track on YouTube of Mitch Malloy performing "Panama" with Van Halen back in '96 before Cherone joined. It's the first time I've ever heard this guy's voice and to be fair, this is TRULY an abomination:

[ELVIS]

It's at least as good as Cherone or Hagar butchering classic Van Halen...

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I think a Van Halen tour with Malloy would've ended like the Mötley Crüe tour with John Corabi....in the clubs.

[rocking ron]

Good vocals.......4 a Van Halen............coverband

[mh5150]

The only good thing I can say about this is I love EVH tone on this demo. Other than that Mitch sounds like a cover band singer and I have heard better.

[chuckjitsu]

Guh. At least Malloy was smart enough to avoid the deep dark Van Halen bros. hole in the ground that Cherone ultimately fell into...

[Diamondjimi]

Atrocious!

There's only one motherfucker who can do CVH....

[vandeleur]

That's shit.

[Diamondjimi]

The only good thing I can say about this is I love EVH tone on this demo. .

Really? Sounds like an out of the box factory preset on a Boss multi-effect pedal, imo...

[loucap81]

That was utterly forgettable.

[sadaist]

I think a Van Halen tour with Malloy would've ended like the Mötley Crüe tour with John Corabi....in the clubs.

Fuck, the Cherone tour ended up like that. I saw them at the Del Mar Fair. Day of the tickets were only $10 and that included entrance to the fair. WTF?


And this sounds just like when you hear these mash up bands make a tribute to VH. Guitarist from Enuff Z Nuff, singer from Trixter, bass player from Faster Pussycat....etc.

[chefcraig]

The following was left off of the clip at the very end...

"Thank you, thank you! We are The Poundcakers, and we will be back after a short break. In the meantime, Budweiser buckets are on sale for only $8.99, chicken wings and clams are available at a quarter a piece, and don't forget Sunday is NFL-All-You-Can-Eat-Potato Skins-For Ten Bucks-Day! Thanks for visiting us here at The Wingery, and please be generous to your servers".

Good grief.

[DONNIEP]

No wonder Eddie was so deep in the bottle and sucking the glass dick a few years later. Can you imagine having to audition singers for Van Halen and knowing that no matter how good the guy is there's just no way to replace Dave? I can hear him now, "Well, he was pretty good, right? I mean, he's no Dave but he was ok, right?"

[ZahZoo]

I was curious about the Malloy deal... lackluster seems to apply. Nothing missed here. Happy to move on and forget about this now.

[chefcraig]

I was curious about the Malloy deal... lackluster seems to apply. Nothing missed here. Happy to move on and forget about this now.

Just remember...Patty Smyth and Jimmy Barnes were supposedly in the running at one point, too. And if you really want to huff on some spray paint cans, you could believe those David Coverdale rumors as well. Man, it's been a lean 26 years, ain't it?