Has Dave contacted Ed since the Hagar Failure ?

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Dan
Bob,I will say you are one of The Best Roth Army Bros here with your views,Roth on Bro.

Is that a burn?

Oh wait, that was a compliment! :D

Thanks, guy!

Peace.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

The only way anything will be solved is if the 3 of them sit in a room for an entire weekend and sort it out. If they tour-they'll have to sit on the same bus together for months on end, if they do an album, they'll be stuck in the same studio for months. Whatever it is-they need to sort it over 3 days at the very least. Leave their egos behind for a few days.

If they can't do that, at least they tried, I wont be as angry for no new material, because they TRIED. It seems to be the time of classic rock reunions, Black Crowes, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Queen (to an extent)-why not add Van Halen to the list?

Just try, that's all I asked.

[rucalobe]

Halen High,

Amigo, gracias for the info on the sharks. Yeah, I think the brothers are running out of time real fast and will inevitably have to amend his ways and ask for forgiveness from Dave. However, I think Dave should reserve the right to go for it one last time. After all, the brothers and the bass players are people he shouldn't trust (based on their track record after Dave split).

Hasta la vista,
Rucalobe

[Panamark]

Originally posted by rucalobe
Hi Panamark,

How's it goin' bloke? Hope all is well down under. Hey, meant to ask you awhile ago: Did authorities ever find those bigass white sharks that ate that kid and were screwing around with the fishermen's nets? This happened about 3-4 months ago and you were telling all of us about it. I'll appreciate a status report if possible.

Im great thanks Mate ! I see Halen High pretty much answered your question. Funny enough we had another attack yesterday at a Sydney beach but the Shark only bit the guys surfboard (fortunately for him)

There was also another fatal attack in Perth and the Barrier Reef since
the one in South Australia you refer of... We have had quite a lot
over the last 12 months ...

Cheers,

-Mark

[Xtopher]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
If they tour-they'll have to sit on the same bus together for months on end, if they do an album, they'll be stuck in the same studio for months.

On the last Genesis tour, all three band members rode in seperate buses, stayed in seperate hotels where possible and rarely communcated outside of what they needed to do to do their jobs.

So it can be done...but it's just too late, IMHO.

One thing that I *haven't* read about is the factor of the VH brothers even wanting to be professional musicians anymore. Eddie clearly is dying from something, whether it be cancer or just losing his will to live in general, and doesn't give a cold squirt of piss about anybody but himself.

What I'm thinking is that they have milked this yo-yo act with shifting stories and rotating lead singers until the tit done dried up. Eddie has a horrible work ethic to begin with that is sporadic at best and the next time he checks his bank balance and thinks "shit....gotta strum some power chords" he'll call up Alex and they'll start up again with the headgames and the deceptive hint-dropping that maybe they want to have a reunion.

This is all they know and the only way they know how to promote an album that doesnt even exist yet.

Every hour they are out engaging in this behavior and "PR" gimmickry is one less hour they have to spend in the studio, where they damned well ought to be after this last "best of" turd they slung together like a science project that a kid doesnt start until the night before it's due.

(And to fully demonstrate just how full of shit Edward Van Halen can be, think back to when he said "Oh, we have enough music right now to do six albums...no sweat" Meanwhile, a cursory glance at VHND.com shows a story where I believe Alex says they have nothing ay all lined up or ready to go.)

So the prospect of having to do actual work at their age is beneath them. They are, in effect, retired with enough health problems and personal issues to gurantee that they never have to play again.

But the sad thing is that the next time the Brothers VH go on Stern or Rockline to talk about the same shit they have been talking about for the past twenty years, nobody is going to give a shit. The "fans" have grown weary of their games and are sick of third rate music and gimmicks like Eddie shilling his son as some musical prodigy as if you shelled out top dollar to see some little fat, spoiled rich kid mimmick his father for scooby snacks and attention.

They need a new line of horseshit if I'm gonna buy into it again. Remember Tabula Rasa ? And how they blamed it all on lawyers?

Complete and utter horseshit. Lawyers may be dicks, but they refuse to let such a money-making opportunity pass by without so much as a single note played. Lawyers on both sides would have moved the very heavens and Earth to get the deal donw; but in the end i would bet my left nut it was Eddie as the source of the holdup, denying it and actually believing he had nothing to do with it the entire time.

Whew...long post! Thank God it's over! lol

[Vinnie Velvet]

Alex remains the real problem here.

He just does not like Dave (rumored to have slept with his future wife back in the day).

Eddie clearly was the one who had the contact with Dave.

Mike is just a phone call away (though seems to be spending TOO much time with his tequila bum chum).

Al continued to rub Dave in interviews last year. The fucker just doesn't stop. "He needs meds..." shit like that.

And Ed is so easily persuaded these days because his head is not straight. So, there's Al telling him that 'Dave is the bad guy and we can't have him sing for the band again'.

And then there's Mike who says that "Sammy is the best guy to go with".

I'm afraid that the cards are stacked against a reunion because of this.

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
No reason why, just a feeling I have. I think that Dave is probably taking the approach of lying back and waiting for Ed to come to him

Same here, I don't think anything has been said between the two of them, unfortunately.

Remember on the VH1 special "The Sam & Dave Tour" where, at the end, Dave looks at the camera and says," Ed, you know my number, give me a call baby"! and blows him a kiss? Classic Dave.