Is Dave wasting his career waiting for a VH reunion?

[Carmine]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
However... I have good reason to believe that CVH will go out in style...

nah nah nah poopoo!

[chefcraig]

Originally posted by Terry
Roth's toured with regularity from 1999-2003. Think his biggest period of inactivity was from 1996-1999, and he managed to put out a book and a new album during this period, along with 3 or 4 months of work with Van Halen.

Can't say if Dave post-1996 is strategizing with short term projects that could be dropped on short notice to accomodate a Van Halen reunion. Seems that way at times. DLR Band came out in 1998, then nearly a year later he finally starts putting in some serious roadwork only to go silent for most of 2000. We later learn that something was going on with classic Van Halen during this period.

Think Roth may have come to the realization with the DLR Band and Diamond Dave that he's only gonna do so much in solo sales, regardless of what style of rock he's emphasizing, and the closest he's gonna get to mega-stardom again is a Van Halen reunion. However, I don't think that's really a defining goal for him, and really hasn't been since about 1993. Doing a Vegas show, doing indie-style records and now EMT work doesn't really smack of someone who is starving for press headlines anymore.

Think Dave is doing what he's always done, which to a large extent is pretty much whatever he wants. If he had wanted a Van Halen reunion above all else, am sure he wouldn't have done the open letter to the press in 1996 and continued to speak negatively about his former bandmates in interviews. He did those things because he approaches projects with a need to them on his own terms.

Believe Roth not too long ago said something along the lines of "I may be holding my breath waiting for a Van Halen reunion, but I don't think anybody else should".

Thanks for the thoughtful post.

I wish Dave Roth all the best, in whatever he does...I also see absolutely no reason to speculate as to if the man is "wasting" his time.

We all have lives to lead, and what do we say to those that criticise our choices?

Let the man live his life with dignity, without question...just as any one of us would ask.

...craig

[Fabulous Shadow]

Originally posted by Carmine Raguzza.
nah nah nah poopoo!

Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

[loss of fools]

daves career is going great he will never have to wait for some drunken asshole

[Carmine]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

I have heard similar....not the part about the record with sam though.

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

Yada Yada Yada Yada

[guwapo_rocker]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

Ed is cleaning his puke off of the cat as I write this!!

It's true.

Really.

[Fabulous Shadow]

Originally posted by CROWBAR
Yada Yada Yada Yada

Hey! You got something in your teeth...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Hey! You got something in your teeth...

This is why I always shave what I eat

Mezro...we all have good sources Fab...I hope at least one of us are right...

[dave_is_vh]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

The difference between Sam and Dave:

Dave will get 25% of a shitload
Sam was paid a small salary

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Hey! You got something in your teeth...

Your right! And it ain't yours! Tee He!

I know a friend, who knows a friend, who knows.....

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Originally posted by Vivian Campbell
Is Dave wasting the final years of his career waiting for the good ol’ Van Halen days to come back? He doesn’t tour regularly, he hasn’t released a serious album since 1998, and we hear little if any news from him besides the EMT blitz a month ago. What’s the deal? Why is he wasting the last years of his rocking career? In my opinion, its seems that Dave is holding out for not only a Van Halen reunion, but the fan base that went along with it. I think that Dave doesn’t want to devote his genius to an album that will sell 3,000 copies in the first week, when he could save his lyrics for a reunion album that could top the charts. Since he has enough money, why tour? He won’t get the attention nor the attendance that an inferior act like U2 is garnering. I think he would rather conserve his voice and wait for a big Van Halen stadium tour that will gain him the glory that he rightfully deserves.

Any thoughts on why Dave is M.I.A, save a sporadic show here and there?

see this thread for my, and several other related responses.... :

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14566

[Halen High]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Well... we will just have to wait and see... From what I am told, Ed is cleaning up as we speak. Will do a record with Sam then a farewell tour with Dave and then VH is over... I cant say this is fact. Just what I am being told by a good source..

If this is true then it's yet another incredibly idiotic decision by the brothers. First, why waste another album on Sammy? Even Eddie thinks his lyrics suck. I can't believe Eddie wants to waste more of his work on this guy. And another year of Van Hagar and further prolonging of a CVH reunion would further weaken the impact of the whole thing.

[jhale667]

God, PLEASE----not another album with Spammy!!!!

[Wayne L.]

I don't think Dave is wasting away as a solo artist waiting for Eddie to call him for a reunion of the original Van Halen even though millions of fans like myself would like to see it happen one more time but some VH fans LIVE IN THE PAST constantly sadly instead of enjoying the memories of those days.