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  • Full Bug
    Crazy Ass Mofo
    • Jan 2004
    • 2921

    Dave On a VH Reunion - "The Inevitable Will Happen"

    Dave On a VH Reunion - "The Inevitable Will Happen"

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    DAVID LEE ROTH On VAN HALEN Reunion - "The Inevitable Will Happen"
    2006-01-03 06:45:31


    The following report is courtesy of Kim Lyons from Pittsburghlive.com:

    DAVID LEE ROTH makes his radio debut today, taking over the coveted morning drive time slot vacated by Howard Stern, locally on WRKZ 93.7 K-Rock. Diamond Dave, probably best known as the former lead singer of VAN HALEN, talked with the Trib p.m. about the radio show, his job as an emergency medical technician in New York City, cheekless pants and pretty much everything else on his mind.

    Q: Howard Stern had a pretty risque format, to put it mildly. How much do you think your show will resemble his?

    A: "Not at all. I'm not even remotely close to Stern. I'm not a humorist; I'm not a comic; I'm not a comedian. My sense of humor has teeth -- that makes me perfect for the inner city. Just like you, I'm a (expletive) cynic. You'll never get tired of listening to me speak your mind."

    Q: So you won't be going just for laughs.

    A: "The difference between me and a comedian, I don't try -- comedians are desperate for the funny. With me, you either get it or you didn't."

    Q: It sounds like you have a plan of how you want things to go, but not a schedule, or a format, true?

    A: "It will be completely my way and not resemble anything that's ever been on the radio. What other voice can ingratiate and infuriate the liberal arch left -- of which I am a card-carrying member -- and the NASCAR nation -- of which I am a card-carrying member?"

    Q: What's the latest Van Halen news? Do you still talk to those guys?

    A: "I talked to the drummer (Alex Van Halen) about a week ago. And I think, eventually, the inevitable will happen."

    Q: You mean a reunion?

    A: "Sure. And it definitely won't be rockers with walkers. Getting onstage and singing 'Dance The Night Away' - let me tell you how difficult that isn't going to be. When people bring up Van Halen, I talk about it with pride and with no apprehension at all. I play those songs all the time."

    Q: Not to get too off-topic, but is it true that you've been working as an emergency medical technician in New York?

    A: "I got my badge about year and a half ago, and I've worked in all five boroughs, mainly at night. I speak fluent Spanish, so I am often sent where that is an asset. I've seen this city from the inside out. How many other DJs do you know have delivered a baby? I'm on my fourth."

    Q: What are you hoping to do with the radio show?

    A: "Every fourth week, we're going to up and move wherever -- whether it's the Grammys or the Superbowl -- all the bastions of sin and degradation."

    Q: Including Pittsburgh, of course.

    A: "Absolutely. I am going to visit everywhere we play on the air. It's a performance, after all."

    Q: Your, um, unique background will serve you well on the radio, then?

    A: "It's curious what qualifies both Stern and myself to do the same job. He's a family man who has spent the last 20 years in a small little studio and did quite well. I've spent the last 30 years leading a life of crime and international intrigue, so perhaps I'm overqualified."

    Q: Will you be wearing those cheekless pants on the air? And, how will we know?

    A: "Let's face it, I look better in (cheekless) chaps than Al Franken ever (expletive) would."

    Q: And what do you think will keep people tuning in every morning?

    A: "I'll tell people this: it'll give them a good reason to slap a little bourbon in their coffee. You'll get a bottomless cup of attitude, and the second one's free."
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  • Chong Li
    Head Fluffer
    • Jan 2004
    • 230

    #2
    He talked to Alexa??! WOW. Big news...

    Sounds like they plan on new material, not just CVH.
    "Can't you hear Jamies cryin? Shes runnin with the Devil oh nooooo!!! oh no!

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    • jero
      Crazy Ass Mofo
      • Jan 2004
      • 2927

      #3
      Thanks Full Bug!

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      • Full Bug
        Crazy Ass Mofo
        • Jan 2004
        • 2921

        #4
        Originally posted by Chong Li

        Sounds like they plan on new material, not just CVH.
        You got all that just from hearing he spoke to Alex?
        Diamond Mafia Forever - 4. To restore fullbug to the prominent place in this board, after various serious attacks by hitch1969 have now damaged his reputation and now is reguarded as a "Retarded, Stoned, Canadian, Dog finger bangin' fuckup"

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        • Dave's PA Rental
          Full Member Status

          • Jan 2004
          • 3756

          #5
          I love the 'rockers with walkers' line...
          Maybe this is what a heroine addict feels like after getting a long awaited fix, shooting up in the corner of some abandoned building and just not giving a fuck about what the rest of the world thinks...TATTOO"

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          • Chong Li
            Head Fluffer
            • Jan 2004
            • 230

            #6
            Originally posted by Full Bug
            You got all that just from hearing he spoke to Alex?

            No- I got it from this line- which implies no "oldies tour"-

            "Sure. And it definitely won't be rockers with walkers. Getting onstage and singing 'Dance The Night Away' - let me tell you how difficult that isn't going to be"..
            "Can't you hear Jamies cryin? Shes runnin with the Devil oh nooooo!!! oh no!

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            • Nickdfresh
              SUPER MODERATOR

              • Oct 2004
              • 49565

              #7
              He talked to the last member one would expect. Interesting...

              Article link: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_409665.html
              Last edited by Nickdfresh; 01-03-2006, 09:47 AM.

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              • light 'em up!
                Foot Soldier
                • Mar 2004
                • 686

                #8
                Woah!

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                • Wonder Twins
                  Roadie
                  • May 2005
                  • 158

                  #9
                  Exactly. We all believe that ALex and Dave Mortal enemies which have derailed any chance of CVH. I think it is real interesting they talked as early as a week ago. It may be nothing but that might be the biggest step towards CVH that we have heard in many years.

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                  • Coyote
                    ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 8185

                    #10
                    2006 is looking better and better...
                    Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?

                    Originally posted by Seshmeister
                    It's like putting up a YouTube of Bach and playing Chopstix on your Bontempi...

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                    • Carmine
                      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 7693

                      #11
                      Dave talked to Alex???

                      Holy shit, that is just HUGE news.


                      What a day this has been so far...and it's only 9:30am!!

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                      • NATEDOG001976
                        Veteran
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 2370

                        #12
                        If calssic Vh tours, does he just take a break from the Radio gig? A tour would last a year or more.
                        http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8...19yc8872wu.jpg


                        http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5...0269il5.th.jpg




                        Originally posted by fuckhowardstern - dude - you sounded cool as a cucumber - totally relaxed and spoke with authority - must say I was a bit surprised but you sounded really at ease - super cool-like.

                        Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra - nate, you are the fucking attention whore of the day and you DESERVE it

                        Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise - BTW, bravo NATE! Soon Dave will mention the Army by himself!

                        Originally posted by franksters Have you heard Nate properly, We now moved up to an ''Organisation'' Awesome man!!
                        Roth army....more than an army....it's a gr8 Organization!!

                        Originally posted by Northern Girl
                        Nate, so cool. I'm listening to the Dallas feed, so it'll be coming up in a while. Can't wait!

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                        • ELVIS
                          Banned
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 44120

                          #13
                          Maybe Alex called Dave to tell him Edward pulled a Bon Scott...


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                          • Vinnie Velvet
                            Full Member Status

                            • Feb 2004
                            • 4657

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ELVIS
                            Maybe Alex called Dave to tell him Edward pulled a Bon Scott...


                            LOL.

                            Anyway, you can't deny that this is kinda huge that Dave actually talked to Alex.

                            Of all the three other members of CVH, Al would've been the last person Dave would talk to.

                            On both Reunion occasions (1996 and 2000 respectively), Dave conversed with Eddie first, not Alex.

                            Maybe...just...maybe...
                            =V V=
                            ole No.1 The finest
                            EAT US AND SMILE

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                            • Kilkmaru
                              Head Fluffer
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 233

                              #15
                              There was a 2000 Reunion occasion?
                              Greg

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