Future Van halen

[thome]

Just like a couple of Mothers in law .

And we know how well they do ! Jus peachy...

[shaggydoo]

Originally posted by Dirty Duck
Imagine Dave had a son..he was wolfie's age...they formed a band..it would be the NEW Van Halen for the future...stupid thread,but I had to throw it out there.Anyone else have these fantasies?

NO! I do not have any such fantasies but sadly I must suggest this is not such a stupid thread either! Dirty Duck just got the identity wrong.

Clearly it is Edward Van Halen, not Dave, who should have been the subject of the question. Sammy Hagar promotes his tequila every opportunity he has. Michael Anthony promotes his hot sauce. And Edward Van Halen promotes his son Wolfie. Wolfie plays Guitar like a mofo, Wolfie plays drums, Wolfie plays bass, Wolfie this & that, Wolfie walks across water at easter... What the fuck is that shit all about? He's obviously promoting his son for some reason, what do you think that reason is? Fourth member of an incomplete band perhaps? I put it to you that it is Edward Van Halen's fantasy...

Not a stupid thread, just disturbing.

[daone]

Yeah... how dare Eddie be proud of his son and let the world know about it...

[thome]

How old is wolfie( what a name)?

Does he have any practical experience, local bands etc, Or is

he" The Greatest Guitarist In The World " no one has ever heard except for a loving father.

[daone]

I think he is 14. And supposedly he is a better drummer than guitar player. I dunno about any bands of his own that he may be a part of-just that Eddie had him play a few licks with him on stage at a few shows during the last Van Hagar tour- and a lot of people didn't like that.

[shaggydoo]

Originally posted by daone
Yeah... how dare Eddie be proud of his son and let the world know about it...

Sorry daone, but I don't buy into this suggestion of mere fatherly pride of his son. Eddie has really been pushing really hard on this. Way harder than mere fatherly pride.

[thome]

Originally posted by daone
I think he is 14. And supposedly he is a better drummer than guitar player. I dunno about any bands of his own that he may be a part of-just that Eddie had him play a few licks with him on stage at a few shows during the last Van Hagar tour- and a lot of people didn't like that.

There goes the local band theory i thought he was older 19 or so, oops.

I saw Pat Banatar here in KC a few years ago. She has'nt lost a step
and may be better than ever..Anyway...

Her daughter was 16 or 17 ? and came on the stage halfway thru the
show and Sang 2 or 3 songs( Brittany Spears like dance set stuff)
was damn good It really broke up the show and it took a couple
tunes by Pat ..........to get me back into it.

[shaggydoo]

Originally posted by daone
I think he is 14. And supposedly he is a better drummer than guitar player. I dunno about any bands of his own that he may be a part of-just that Eddie had him play a few licks with him on stage at a few shows during the last Van Hagar tour- and a lot of people didn't like that.

Damn my computer is playing up, I can't access it but I have an mp3 of an interview where Eddie is boasting about Wolfie playing guitar "like a mofo" and only having had four lessons and being better than him (Eddie). Eddie mentions that Wolfie has jammed with him at 5150 recording a number of tracks. He also intimates that Wolfie plays bass better than an unmentioned someone (the impression is Mikey), and also that he gave a tape of Wolfies drumming to Alex who was blown away by how good it was. In all honesty I can not remember any mention of singing ability, but somehow I remain left with the impression Eddie thinks Wolfie sings like an angel.

This shit is WAY beyond mere fatherly pride, mark my word on this.

[thome]

A van halen reunion w/ GUEST.... Rythm guitarist to be mentioned later .

Is that what you are leading to.?

[shaggydoo]

Originally posted by thome
A van halen reunion w/ GUEST.... Rythm guitarist to be mentioned later .

Is that what you are leading to.?

Sorry thome, I am not trying to mislead anyone here with false rumours. These are my own oppinions based on the interviews I read and heard with Eddie HEAVILY PROMOTING his son wolfie. There is something more to it, a hidden agenda if you like, and it seems to me very much like Eddie is either trying to give Wolfie a leg-up on a future musical carreer of his own OR with Van Halen! The band already proved itself capable of a five year hiatus, so what's another five or so waiting for a grown-up Wolfie to be singer for example. I sincerely hope I am totally wrong about this.

[daone]

Originally posted by shaggydoo
Damn my computer is playing up, I can't access it but I have an mp3 of an interview where Eddie is boasting about Wolfie playing guitar "like a mofo" and only having had four lessons and being better than him (Eddie). Eddie mentions that Wolfie has jammed with him at 5150 recording a number of tracks. He also intimates that Wolfie plays bass better than an unmentioned someone (the impression is Mikey), and also that he gave a tape of Wolfies drumming to Alex who was blown away by how good it was. In all honesty I can not remember any mention of singing ability, but somehow I remain left with the impression Eddie thinks Wolfie sings like an angel.

This shit is WAY beyond mere fatherly pride, mark my word on this.

I believe it was in a phone interview with the two dorks prior to the last Van Hagar tour that Eddie was promoting Wolfgang and saying that he plays better than Eddie himself. This is the first I have heard of him playing bass. I do recall him saying something about Alex being blown away by Wolfgang's drumming abilities... or something to that effect. I think there is a copy of that interview on this site.

So Eddie is overdoing it with the fatherly pride...its not the only eccentricty present on the last tour. I think its more that he is trying to build his son's confidence more than anything else.

Further, as an interesting fact, I have also read or heard where Wolfgang has brought Classic Van Halen to Eddie and asked him "Dad... why don't they make music like this anymore?"

Now, if Eddie is trying to kick start his son's musical career...I seriously hope he lets Wolfgang develop his own style with musicians closer to his own age group. I would love to see a second generation of genuis follow in its own right... but not as a replacement member for ANY member of the band.

[daone]

Originally posted by shaggydoo
The band already proved itself capable of a five year hiatus, so what's another five or so waiting for a grown-up Wolfie to be singer for example. I sincerely hope I am totally wrong about this.

A five year hiatus is not bad if you have five years to spare... and quite frankly...I am not sure they have another five years.

Also, I am not sure a grown up Wolfgang would want to be a lead singer for Van Halen... but if he did... its a given we would at least hear some of the Classic shit.

[shaggydoo]

Future Van halen?
Van Halen is the future of rock and roll
And David Lee Roth is the future of Van Halen
Word

[daone]

I dunno about that Shaggy.

Van Halen is the history of rock and roll...

and David Lee Roth is Van Halen...

but do you really think they have a future?

Aside from if we got a reunion tour prior to or following a well deserved induction into the R&R HOF?

[shaggydoo]

Man I don't know, but I reckon if Roth were back in Van Halen that would be massive news even in today's musical landscape. With Roth there *could* be a future, there sure aint any future for Van Halen without him. However Van Halen would benefit more from a reunion than Roth so he should stay solo I think. Bring on DLR BAND 2!