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Originally posted by academic punk
Actually, is that the best approach? You know the old saying: "If you want something done right, do it yourself".
You've read Crazy From the Heat, right? Managers are vipers. Even with Gary Cherone, that was MANAGEMENT to a great extent pushing someone who was already on his client roster onto the VH brothers.
I think Gary was also family with the guy. some weird tenuous connection.
So I think them managing themselves is fine, it's just getting past the ego-hurdles. Dave's aborted 2002 reunion unravelled largely b/c - from what I've seen, heard and read - his lawyers/management/he himself were demanding that the show be billed as "Van Halen with David Lee Roth"...so once again Ed balked and was afriad dave would steal his spotlight and reneged on the whole thing (I'm sure there was financial renumeration disparity as well)
Actually, is that the best approach? You know the old saying: "If you want something done right, do it yourself".
You've read Crazy From the Heat, right? Managers are vipers. Even with Gary Cherone, that was MANAGEMENT to a great extent pushing someone who was already on his client roster onto the VH brothers.
I think Gary was also family with the guy. some weird tenuous connection.
So I think them managing themselves is fine, it's just getting past the ego-hurdles. Dave's aborted 2002 reunion unravelled largely b/c - from what I've seen, heard and read - his lawyers/management/he himself were demanding that the show be billed as "Van Halen with David Lee Roth"...so once again Ed balked and was afriad dave would steal his spotlight and reneged on the whole thing (I'm sure there was financial renumeration disparity as well)
Personally, I don't even think Eddie should be doing production chores at this point: the guy has no ear for what constitutes a good sound. No accident his best recorded sound was obtained with someone else behind the studio console, just as it's no accident Van Halen was at its zenith when someone else was managing their affairs.
Not talking about creative control, here.
Realistically, if Van Halen are gonna get back together with Roth, there's gonna have to be some mediation utilizing accountants, lawyers, etc. See, I never bought Eddies "the lawyers stepped in and everything got fucked up" explanation for the 2000 whatever-the-hell-it-was.
Bottom line: If Ed, Al, Mike and Dave are all on the same page and have the same goals in mind re: reunion, then the logistics of it are secondary. The reunion, just like 1996, starts and ends with the four musicians. If they want it badly enough, they'll make it happen.
Problem is Ed and Al take the path of least resistance again and again. It's a mindset they're comfortable with. Getting back together with Dave represents a challenge on all fronts, but especially a challenge to a sloth-like way of being.
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