CVH DVD Press Campaign

[Shaun Ponsonby]

WARNER BROS RECORDS

Contact Information
Address: 3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505-4694

Phone: 818-846-9090

Fax: 818-846-8474

Chairman and CEO: Tom Whalley
SVP Media Relations: Bill Bentley

HAVEN'T FOUND AN E-MAIL YET

[Shaun Ponsonby]

OK, I don't have the ACTUAL e-mail address for Bill Bentley, but I have found a way to contact him. The link below takes you to a page which is a contact form for Warners SVP Media relations Twar Bill Bentley, its actually to ask a uestion about Eric Clapton, but YOU NEED to tell him to tell Tom Whalley to release some CVH stuff on DVD.

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=C75BD47FD1CA611D

It'll do for now.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Just sent them this...

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"Right, I don't give a DAMN about Eric Crapton, this is the closet I could get to contacting Warner Bros Records via e-mail.

I have been sending the following words (via e-mail) to countless radio stations, magazines and websites

" The Van Halen brothers, and Warner Records, constantly release Van Halen DVDs and CDs featuring frontman Sammy Hagar, a man many die hard Van Halen fans despise. Because, as we all know, original frontman David Lee Roth fronted the band through their glory years, and during his time with the band have sold 34 million albums to date, compared to the 16 million sold with Hagar, and the 500,000 sold with third frontman, former Extreme frontman, Gary Cherone.

So, maybe you can understand the frustration that Van Halen's real fans feel when you can currently buy 2 live Videos/DVDs featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals and a greatest hits Video/DVD featuring 13 Sammy Hagar-era videos and just 3 David Lee Roth-era videos.

However, the Van Halen brothers constantly claim that footage of the band from 1978-1984 does not exist. Well, I here have proof that a lot of footage DOES in fact exsist. The following list contains each and every known concert footage of Van Halen between 1978 and 1984...

1.) 5/13/79: Orpheum Theater, Boston MA....Video recordings Exists.

2.) The "WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST" "WORLD INVASION" Tour 1980....
"A Dutch cinematographer (reportedly named Snade Krellmans) was hired to document the tour on film and the band intended to release a documentary that would rival the WHO's The KIds Are Alright and LED ZEPPELIN's THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. UNFORTUNATELY, the footage was never released."

3.) 9/19-20/80: Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA... "At Least One of these L.A. shows was filmed. DAVE even invited the camera crew on stage to film the audience."

4.) 6/11, 12, & 13/81: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA... According to DAVE, ALL THREE OF THESE SHOWS were filmed, but only the third night was a keeper. According to WARNER BROTHERS, special attention was paid to the FIRST show...There remains some confusion about exactly which show was used for the (three) videos."

5.) 7/28/81: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD... WARNER BROTHERS films these shows.

6.) 10/11-12/82: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...WARNER BROTHERS filmed these shows.

7.) 10/27/82: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QE...Video recordings exist.

8.) 11/13/82: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY...Video recordings exist.

9.)1/16/83: Paliebro, Caracas, VENEZUELA....Video recording exist.

10) 1/22/83: Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL...Video recording exists.

11.) 2/11/83: Auditorio Obras, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA...Video
recording exist.

12.) 5/29/83:US FESTIVAL Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA...Video exist. "Four of the songs performed were included in a special ShowTime presentation of the three-day event: "Running With the Devil." "(Oh) Pretty Woman," "You Really got ME," " and "Happy Trails". The film was done by Pacific Video and was produced by Robert Lombard and Noel Monk. Donn Landee was in charge of the audio. All four tunes were touched up with numerous overdubs prior to being shown."

13.) 3/26/04: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...

WARNER BROTHERS films this show.

14.) 4/19/84: Montreal Forum, MOntreal, QE...Video recording exist.

15.) 8/18/84: Donington Park Castle, Donington, Leicestershire, UK...This VAN HALEN show was FILMED and the performance of "Hot For Teacher" was used by European MTV.

Now, I myself have managed to obtain a bootleg DVD of Van Halen @ the US FEST in 1983, along with other footage including-

-Promotional footage for Van Halen's debut album
-Van Halen performing on TV stations
-Promo videos for Pretty Woman/Jump/Panama/Hot For Teacher
-Countless interviews
-A short film made for TV supposedly showing Van Halen backstage at the US FEST in 1983.

So, we at the Roth Army are sick of both Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Warner Bros Records conning REAL Van Halen fans with the rubbish they have produced since 1985. WE WANT SOME OFFICIAL LIVE DOCUMENTS, WE WANT A RETROSPECTIVE DVD WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPOSTER WE KNOW AS SAMMY HGAR-THE RED ROCKED TAMPON.

We do, however need as much public attention in the rock world as possible, so we would appreciate it if you could report on our cause, along with the other places I am going to contact.

There is also an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/rotharmy/petition.html

Thankyou very much,
Shaun Ponsonby,
One of the 15,000 members of the Roth Army.

Here is where we live- www.rotharmy.com"

Now, we are SICK of the bullshit from both The Van Halen Brothers and Warner. So, if indeed this link is valid, and I am in fact contacting who I think I'm contacting, I would ask you to KINDLY go to the head of Warner and tell him that he might as well release a REAL Van Halen DVD which DOES NOT feature Sammy Hagar, which DOES NOT feature Gary Cherone, but ONLY features David Lee Roth. If he does not do this, there will be A LOT of angry music fans, there are 15,000 members of our site alone, and it is not even an official site, compared to the 800 at sammyhagar.net, which is the main Sammy Hagar fan forum.

If work begins on the DVD now then you could have it out for Christmas. If you choose to ignore us, then you will be making a HUGE mistake, because when 15,000 people work together, they can achieve anything.

We WILL get this, whether The Van Halens and Warner want it or not."

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I have just contacted Dave's official web hoster...


I am not consulting you about a website I want to start, I am asking you to advertise something on DAVID LEE ROTH'S official site. Please post this somewhere, as it is important to EACH and EVERY David Lee Roth fan. Thanks.
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THE CLASSIC VAN HALEN DVD PRESS CAMPAIGN

I had the idea whilst reading a thread at The Roth Army, that if we contact as many websites/radio stations/magazines as possible, Warner might finally give in and release a Classic Van Halen DVD.

I have already contacted Blabbermouth and a couple of Radio stations in the UK (23 to be exact), it would be great if people could do stuff as well. Try and get a contact for Warners and bombard them with e-mails/letters/computer viruses until they finally give in.

I have reached boiling point, and I am not giving in until we have won.

This is what I have been e-mailing...

" The Van Halen brothers, and Warner Records, constantly release Van Halen DVDs and CDs featuring frontman Sammy Hagar, a man many die hard Van Halen fans despise. Because, as we all know, original frontman David Lee Roth fronted the band through their glory years, and during his time with the band have sold 34 million albums to date, compared to the 16 million sold with Hagar, and the 500,000 sold with third frontman, former Extreme frontman, Gary Cherone.

So, maybe you can understand the frustration that Van Halen's real fans feel when you can currently buy 2 live Videos/DVDs featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals and a greatest hits Video/DVD featuring 13 Sammy Hagar-era videos and just 3 David Lee Roth-era videos.

However, the Van Halen brothers constantly claim that footage of the band from 1978-1984 does not exist. Well, I here have proof that a lot of footage DOES in fact exsist. The following list contains each and every known concert footage of Van Halen between 1978 and 1984...

1.) 5/13/79: Orpheum Theater, Boston MA....Video recordings Exists.

2.) The "WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST" "WORLD INVASION" Tour 1980....
"A Dutch cinematographer (reportedly named Snade Krellmans) was hired to document the tour on film and the band intended to release a documentary that would rival the WHO's The KIds Are Alright and LED ZEPPELIN's THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. UNFORTUNATELY, the footage was never released."

3.) 9/19-20/80: Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA... "At Least One of these L.A. shows was filmed. DAVE even invited the camera crew on stage to film the audience."

4.) 6/11, 12, & 13/81: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA... According to DAVE, ALL THREE OF THESE SHOWS were filmed, but only the third night was a keeper. According to WARNER BROTHERS, special attention was paid to the FIRST show...There remains some confusion about exactly which show was used for the (three) videos."

5.) 7/28/81: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD... WARNER BROTHERS films these shows.

6.) 10/11-12/82: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...WARNER BROTHERS filmed these shows.

7.) 10/27/82: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QE...Video recordings exist.

8.) 11/13/82: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY...Video recordings exist.

9.)1/16/83: Paliebro, Caracas, VENEZUELA....Video recording exist.

10) 1/22/83: Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL...Video recording exists.

11.) 2/11/83: Auditorio Obras, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA...Video
recording exist.

12.) 5/29/83:US FESTIVAL Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA...Video exist. "Four of the songs performed were included in a special ShowTime presentation of the three-day event: "Running With the Devil." "(Oh) Pretty Woman," "You Really got ME," " and "Happy Trails". The film was done by Pacific Video and was produced by Robert Lombard and Noel Monk. Donn Landee was in charge of the audio. All four tunes were touched up with numerous overdubs prior to being shown."

13.) 3/26/04: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...

WARNER BROTHERS films this show.

14.) 4/19/84: Montreal Forum, MOntreal, QE...Video recording exist.

15.) 8/18/84: Donington Park Castle, Donington, Leicestershire, UK...This VAN HALEN show was FILMED and the performance of "Hot For Teacher" was used by European MTV and BBC TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test".

Now, I myself have managed to obtain a bootleg DVD of Van Halen @ the US FEST in 1983, along with other footage including-

-Promotional footage for Van Halen's debut album
-Van Halen performing on TV stations
-Promo videos for Pretty Woman/Jump/Panama/Hot For Teacher
-Countless interviews
-A short film made for TV supposedly showing Van Halen backstage at the US FEST in 1983.
-+ some of the footage listed.

So, we at the Roth Army are sick of both Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Warner Bros Records conning REAL Van Halen fans with the rubbish they have produced since 1985. WE WANT SOME OFFICIAL LIVE DOCUMENTS, WE WANT A RETROSPECTIVE DVD WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPOSTER WE KNOW AS SAMMY HAGAR-THE RED ROCKED TAMPON.

We do, however need as much public attention in the rock world as possible, so we would appreciate it if you could report on our cause, along with the other places I am going to contact.

There is an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/rotharmy/petition.html"

IF YOU ARE A VAN HALEN FAN, PLEASE HELP.
I have also been able to find the following contact information for Warner Bros Records.

Address: 3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505-4694

Phone: 818-846-9090

Fax: 818-846-8474

Chairman and CEO: Tom Whalley
SVP Media Relations: Bill Bentley

Thankyou very much,
Shaun Ponsonby,
One of the 15,000+ members of the Roth Army

Here is where we live- www.rotharmy.com
------------------------------

It would be highly appreciated if this was put up on Dave's official page. Of course, you must consult it with Dave if need be.

Thankyou very much.

[Sarge's Little Helper]

I have just contacted Dave's official web hoster...


I am not consulting you about a website I want to start, I am asking you to advertise something on DAVID LEE ROTH'S official site. Please post this somewhere, as it is important to EACH and EVERY David Lee Roth fan. Thanks.
------------------------------
THE CLASSIC VAN HALEN DVD PRESS CAMPAIGN

I had the idea whilst reading a thread at The Roth Army, that if we contact as many websites/radio stations/magazines as possible, Warner might finally give in and release a Classic Van Halen DVD.

I have already contacted Blabbermouth and a couple of Radio stations in the UK (23 to be exact), it would be great if people could do stuff as well. Try and get a contact for Warners and bombard them with e-mails/letters/computer viruses until they finally give in.

I have reached boiling point, and I am not giving in until we have won.

This is what I have been e-mailing...

" The Van Halen brothers, and Warner Records, constantly release Van Halen DVDs and CDs featuring frontman Sammy Hagar, a man many die hard Van Halen fans despise. Because, as we all know, original frontman David Lee Roth fronted the band through their glory years, and during his time with the band have sold 34 million albums to date, compared to the 16 million sold with Hagar, and the 500,000 sold with third frontman, former Extreme frontman, Gary Cherone.

So, maybe you can understand the frustration that Van Halen's real fans feel when you can currently buy 2 live Videos/DVDs featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals and a greatest hits Video/DVD featuring 13 Sammy Hagar-era videos and just 3 David Lee Roth-era videos.

However, the Van Halen brothers constantly claim that footage of the band from 1978-1984 does not exist. Well, I here have proof that a lot of footage DOES in fact exsist. The following list contains each and every known concert footage of Van Halen between 1978 and 1984...

1.) 5/13/79: Orpheum Theater, Boston MA....Video recordings Exists.

2.) The "WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST" "WORLD INVASION" Tour 1980....
"A Dutch cinematographer (reportedly named Snade Krellmans) was hired to document the tour on film and the band intended to release a documentary that would rival the WHO's The KIds Are Alright and LED ZEPPELIN's THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. UNFORTUNATELY, the footage was never released."

3.) 9/19-20/80: Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA... "At Least One of these L.A. shows was filmed. DAVE even invited the camera crew on stage to film the audience."

4.) 6/11, 12, & 13/81: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA... According to DAVE, ALL THREE OF THESE SHOWS were filmed, but only the third night was a keeper. According to WARNER BROTHERS, special attention was paid to the FIRST show...There remains some confusion about exactly which show was used for the (three) videos."

5.) 7/28/81: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD... WARNER BROTHERS films these shows.

6.) 10/11-12/82: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...WARNER BROTHERS filmed these shows.

7.) 10/27/82: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QE...Video recordings exist.

8.) 11/13/82: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY...Video recordings exist.

9.)1/16/83: Paliebro, Caracas, VENEZUELA....Video recording exist.

10) 1/22/83: Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL...Video recording exists.

11.) 2/11/83: Auditorio Obras, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA...Video
recording exist.

12.) 5/29/83:US FESTIVAL Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA...Video exist. "Four of the songs performed were included in a special ShowTime presentation of the three-day event: "Running With the Devil." "(Oh) Pretty Woman," "You Really got ME," " and "Happy Trails". The film was done by Pacific Video and was produced by Robert Lombard and Noel Monk. Donn Landee was in charge of the audio. All four tunes were touched up with numerous overdubs prior to being shown."

13.) 3/26/04: Capitol Centre, Largo, MD...

WARNER BROTHERS films this show.

14.) 4/19/84: Montreal Forum, MOntreal, QE...Video recording exist.

15.) 8/18/84: Donington Park Castle, Donington, Leicestershire, UK...This VAN HALEN show was FILMED and the performance of "Hot For Teacher" was used by European MTV and BBC TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test".

Now, I myself have managed to obtain a bootleg DVD of Van Halen @ the US FEST in 1983, along with other footage including-

-Promotional footage for Van Halen's debut album
-Van Halen performing on TV stations
-Promo videos for Pretty Woman/Jump/Panama/Hot For Teacher
-Countless interviews
-A short film made for TV supposedly showing Van Halen backstage at the US FEST in 1983.
-+ some of the footage listed.

So, we at the Roth Army are sick of both Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Warner Bros Records conning REAL Van Halen fans with the rubbish they have produced since 1985. WE WANT SOME OFFICIAL LIVE DOCUMENTS, WE WANT A RETROSPECTIVE DVD WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPOSTER WE KNOW AS SAMMY HAGAR-THE RED ROCKED TAMPON.

We do, however need as much public attention in the rock world as possible, so we would appreciate it if you could report on our cause, along with the other places I am going to contact.

There is an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/rotharmy/petition.html"

IF YOU ARE A VAN HALEN FAN, PLEASE HELP.
I have also been able to find the following contact information for Warner Bros Records.

Address: 3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505-4694

Phone: 818-846-9090

Fax: 818-846-8474

Chairman and CEO: Tom Whalley
SVP Media Relations: Bill Bentley

Thankyou very much,
Shaun Ponsonby,
One of the 15,000+ members of the Roth Army

Here is where we live- www.rotharmy.com
------------------------------

It would be highly appreciated if this was put up on Dave's official page. Of course, you must consult it with Dave if need be.

Thankyou very much.

Oops. I wasn't paying attention. Tell me again what is going on.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

We were just wondering...

who is Sammy Hagar?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

HA! He didn't answer!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

WHY AREN'T I GETTING MORE GODAMN HELP FOR THIS?

When Mezro sent a letter to Spam & Co asking for an interview people were lining up to help him publicise it, and now here I am asking help with something that is MUCH more likely to work, and out of the 23 posts in this thread, 16 of them is me giving YOU information.

Is it too much to ask to copy and paste an e-mail to your local radio station/favourite magazine? It's not as if I'm asking you to travel naked to the fucking North Pole to look for Santa.

[fret_buzz_blues]

Hey man, Warner Bros. Studios is HERE in the San Fernando Valley, where I live. It's close. I'm going to contact 95.5 KLOS, which was the station that covered the US FEST '83. They'll have proof. I will do whatever it takes man, even if I'm only 15, okay? Now, to get to Warner Bros....

[katie]

Hi Shaun

A good idea, but Warners do not need reminding etc.
They would release this stuff asap and earn $$$$ for it.
But as we know they band have to all agree on the business side first.
So we are back again to the business side of things where the sisters want Dave on a wage and Dave wants his rightful 25% cut etc.

I admire your tenacity.

[Cato]

Hummm....

[bigc]

if they were nice,friendly,rational people,maybe they'd listen to fan power. But its Eddie and Alex Van Halen.

[Brett]

You really think anyone is going to bother reading that novel? Or that they care? The delete button will be hit shortly after reading the first two sentences.

And you expect professional people's help, but you write childish insults on your letter. You lose any credibility you had with that "red rock tampon" stupidity. If you want this to be taken seriously, then act like it.

At the minimum, at least spell check what you're sending out.

And IMO this doesn't help the cause of getting classic VH stuff out there, it just sounds juvenile.

[TaiChi]

I agree, keep it short and professional. But the idea in itself is great! Thanks! Just imagine a box-set of CVH live...

[bigc]

you're writing for an audience of exec's and suits, you cant lower the tone by resorting to name calling.

if you stoop to juvenile insults, you'll get a juvenile response. if you seem professional and respectable, it adds an element of legitimacy to your cause.

but cyncism will erode your campaign.

great idea, but as I said...we arent dealing with rational people