was Brett Tuggle bad for DLR's career?

[Mezro]

Did Brett do anything wrong? Nope.

Can the man play the keys? Yeap.

Did I hate him in Dave's band? Nope, but I sure wish there were no keys on Skycrapper.

Brett Tuggle was more like George Brett: an inflamed hemorrhoid sticky with pine tar. Once he gripped, he just wouldn't slip.

Mezro...we need to interview Brett Fraggle Rock...see if the check was worth it all...

[MAX]

Originally posted by Bill Lumbergh
I HATE hair metal..........but for some fucking reason I've always LOVED JLP AND Skyscraper. Dave sounds like he's having a fucking blast(as always) and there are some GRATE tunes.

Agreed.

I fucking love Skycraper (except for "Stand Up") and think it's a great album. If it weren't for Tuggle, there would have been no "Just Like Paradise" and I happen to like that song better than "Jump" as far as Dave doing a pop song.

[shaggydoo]

was Brett Tuggle bad for DLR's career?

DLRs' solo career has been eclectic and diverse, with no two releases seemingly being of the same kind. Skyscraper was just another phase and apparently a very successful one. I liked Skyscraper a lot, and so do many other people. I believe Dave sold more albums of that era than any other, though I may be wrong. So I would say NO! Brett Tuggle was not bad for DLR's career. But would I want to see Brett Tuggle back again? NO! I don't think so.

[Jahuli]

Whats the deal with everyone raggin on pop, I have to admit i have a small(big) thing for 80's synth pop - dont ask me why i just do. I also love Hard rock and some heavy metal but i think everyone can learn to find something they like in most music styles - as long as its nothing after 92'(Gun n roses stopped being good and Grunge stepped in)

I happen to like Jump, Paradise and i'll wait.

[Jahuli]

Originally posted by thome

Led Zep is HARD ROCK Others ACID and so on everyone has diff OP

I love Zep but no way are they Hard Rock .

DAVE OR THE GRAVE!!!!!!!!

[shaggydoo]

Originally posted by Jahuli
... I have to admit i have a small(big) thing ...

Yes I believe certain vitamins and a vacuum pump may help you out with that!

[DrMaddVibe]

From seeing him on that tour...Dave utilized him for an added punch to the overall live sound.

Dave is gonna do what Dave wants to do.

I'm not slamming him for ANYTHING he's ever done. I just wish he'd do MORE!

[dave_is_vh]

Given that Skyscraper is the greatest CD Dave ever did solo or with VH, I would say that Tuggle was fabulous for Dave's career.

[bigc]

thats the interesting thing bout life.

conflicting opinions.

if we all agreed what would be
the point in the roth army, a discussion forum.it would just be an "agreement" forum.

Skyscraper has grown on me, I still dont like some of the vocal effects Dave used though, and Brett Tuggle is a great musician

[conmee]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
None of Dave's stuff was as pop as what Jump was...and no one is bitching about that song.

The thing I always thought was funny was the keyboard player on EEAS....Jesse Harms. Jesse was Hagar's keyboardist...oh the irony. :D

Brown... once again I am convinced we are fookin' related.... I saw this thread and was going to type the exact SAME fookin' response... "irony" came to my mind and I laughed as I tried to remember J.H.'s name... and sure enough, you bastard, you got it right there in print... my exact thought!!!! lmao

10 CALL CLEAR
20 PRINT "YOU BASTARD!!!"
30 FOR A=1 to 100
40 NEXT A
50 GOTO 20
60 END


Icon.

[spmusicplyr]

no way...tuggle wrote jlp

[Terry]

Not that thrilled with Jump, I'll Wait, Just Like Paradise or Stand Up, either. And I'm not anti-synth...

EEAS band made sense, in that I was turned on as much by what Vai and Sheehan were doing as much as what Dave was up to. Never got the sense they were sidemen. Same deal with CVH: Roth was never the whole magilla for me with that band, either.

Think there were just a certain amount of people who dug CVH and Dave solo who just stopped listening after awhile, and maybe stopped listening to other things instead. Don't really think I could pinpoint it to any one thing post-1985 that caused Dave to sell less records.