After Van Halen?

[Carmine]

After Dave left VH and the atrocity known as Van Hagar emerged I needed to find a band with the same intensity and power that Van Halen generated. 5150 certainly didn't do it. For me it was Metallica! I bought Ride the Lightning shortly after it came out mostly because of the cover and the name "Metallica" just sounded cool. I heard "fight fire with fire" and was blown away!! I had never heard a faster or harder song than that in 1985! It just got better as I played the rest of the album. I sought out "Kill em All". My god, this band is it! Then "Master of Puppets" comes out...forget it! Metallica is my favorite band!

My first Metallica show was on the Puppets tour in Syracuse. They opened for Ozzy and blew him off the stage!! I have since seen Metallica 20 times.

After Classic Van Halen and David Lee Roth....Metallica!!

I became a "metal head" after that...Anthrax, Slayer, S.O.D., Megadeth etc...always longing for that Van Halen Reunion.

So, Army, what band did YOU turn too after VH 85??

[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

Extreme with Nuno Bettencourt; nuno is a lot more interesting guitar player than Kirk Hammett

[academic punk]

That is the gayest pic of Nuno I have ever seen.

And that's saying a lot.

[Romeo's Delight]

I have to say after the demise of classic Van Halen with DLR I became a Deadhead and followed the grateful dead throught the USA for the next 10 years for a grand total of 166 shows, including 3 new year's eve shows at the coliseum in oakland california

[Carmine]

Originally posted by Romeo's Delight
I have to say after the demise of classic Van Halen with DLR I became a Deadhead and followed the grateful dead throught the USA for the next 10 years for a grand total of 166 shows, including 3 new year's eve shows at the coliseum in oakland california

Holy shit!! RD...166 shows!!

btw....as you can see, I borrowed that pic of yours for an avatar. I'm thinking of getting it as a tatoo.

[Ted Nugent]

After CVH... Hmm. I would have to say Journey (Perry is da man!!) Also Styx to a certain degree. Not forgetting Metallica, Ulrich is the best, most technically adapt drummer in the world!

[DlocRoth]

Shiit.

I went back to Zep. full time.

Chilled till the RHCP's and RATM's got cookin.

[Matt White]

Originally posted by Ted Nugent
After CVH... Hmm. I would have to say Journey (Perry is da man!!) Also Styx to a certain degree.

O-KAY Then! Moving right along.......

Same here Carmine, got into Metallica BIG TIME after Classic Van HAlen imploded. Also, huge LED ZEPPELIN fan. MOTORHEAD, BUDDY GUY, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN.

[Romeo's Delight]

Hey Carm, good to see you around bro'
Yes man 166 shows following the Dead in 10 years, I just started going to those shows in hopes of meeting some loose hippy biatches but between the shrooms, acid and kind bud I really got hooked.

Get that tattoo my man, it's an awesome design, shit I used to have 2 tour shirts with the Lion VH and some phuker stole them from me.

'Maybe going to hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride'

[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

"That is the gayest pic of Nuno I have ever seen.

And that's saying a lot." academic punk

that pic is a random choice dude; it's about his guitar playing and NOT the way he looks

[Carmine]

Originally posted by Romeo's Delight
Hey Carm, good to see you around bro'
Yes man 166 shows following the Dead in 10 years, I just started going to those shows in hopes of meeting some loose hippy biatches but between the shrooms, acid and kind bud I really got hooked.

Get that tattoo my man, it's an awesome design, shit I used to have 2 tour shirts with the Lion VH and some phuker stole them from me.

'Maybe going to hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride'

I'm getting the tattoo, and did you meet any loose hippy chicks? 166 shows, you must have.

[Hollywood Jesus]

Closest thing for me was also Metallica. World domination on their own terms. Same as Vintage VH. Saw them for the first time in Eau Claire, WI, with Cliff.

Still was more of a 'hairband' guy, especially: Motley Crue, Bullet Boys, Skid Row.

Also some Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

[philouze]

Savatage was my band...

[Rikk]

Re: After Van Halen?

Originally posted by Carmine Raguzza.
After Dave left VH and the atrocity known as Van Hagar emerged I needed to find a band with the same intensity and power that Van Halen generated. 5150 certainly didn't do it. For me it was Metallica! I bought Ride the Lightning shortly after it came out mostly because of the cover and the name "Metallica" just sounded cool. I heard "fight fire with fire" and was blown away!! I had never heard a faster or harder song than that in 1985! It just got better as I played the rest of the album. I sought out "Kill em All". My god, this band is it! Then "Master of Puppets" comes out...forget it! Metallica is my favorite band!

METALLICA is fucking awesome. Did you see the film SOME KIND OF MONSTER yet? If you haven't, go pick it up right now, bro. It's amazing. VAN HALEN would never let cameras get anywhere near this close to them...

[moose]

Was there really any good muzik after 1984, (not including Roth solo and Metallica) I can't think of one band that really turned my crank the way the Mighty VH did.