David Lee Roth is the greatest frontman of all time!

[WARF]

I grew up enthralled by David Lee Roth as long as I can remember. It seems like only yesterday I was a 5 year old boy jumping on my bed doing leg kicks wanting to be the toastmaster of the immoral majority. Listening to Diver Down, When most kids my age were into Transformers and GI JOES, but that was the kinda impact Classic Van Halen had on me. After being involved in these forums for almost six years, I am beginning to ask myself, "Why am I still here?" I guess what it basically comes down to is I am a diehard fan of Dave... even though the leg kicks aren't quite as high anymore, and the voice isn't quite like it used to be... It seems like I am still faithful to the man who captivated me for almost 25 years... and NOTHING has changed in the last six years. It seems like I still log everyday hoping to see a thread about a Van Halen reunion.

It still hasn't happened.

I think sometimes I'm alone in this world, spreading the word of classic Van Halen in generation of bad musical taste. Wondering why most people simply don't recognize classic Van Halen as the most influential group of the 20th century. Why is it kids my age (28 years old) don't understand the profound impact Eddie Van Halen had on the music industry? Why don't people recoginize my vintage Van Halen II tattoo on my arm? It's depressing. How can a group that single handedly changed the face of music not be inducted into the hall of fame? All of these questions are burning inside of me... but i'll tell you why I still proudly raise my fist when I hear Dave on the radio... while the majority of people just walk away...

It seems like fate was destined for the breakup of this band. Recording 6 albums in six years... it was like David Lee Roth knew it wasn't gonna last... putting out as many albums as possible before it would end... trying to leave some sort of legacy behind for the generations to come. Then Sammy Hagar came in, exit Roth.. and ruined the band I loved for so many years. With every mediocre Van Hagar album that passed my passion for classic Van Halen grew stronger. I guess a majority of the so called fans, saw the breakup as a means of getting two Van Halens for the price of one, but for me... The name Van Halen was no longer valid. The attitude of the band was lost by that fat fucker with no personality... and the Van Halen attitude and sound was carried on by Roth throughout his solo albums.

Around 94' by the time of the YFLM release, it appeared that on major scale audience David Lee Roth was washed up... but I wouldn't lose my stance... refusing to go the Balance route.... no matter how skilled Eddie was as a musician... I stood in line buying the only copy of YFLM sold that day... and walked out the door proudly after the sale, even after the clerk at the register laughed at me for buying the album... saying his voice was gone... and his hair was falling out... I STOOD TALL and stayed true to my idol.

I stood alone.

Then I saw Dave on the VMA's in 96' and it was like a fucking orgasim... I never felt better... I would have traded any drug or pussy in the world... could not have made me feel as HIGH as watching Dave take the stage with the band I loved for so many years. I was in college dorm at the time, cheering and standing like the rest of the audience giving a standing ovation, only to have my heart ripped out again. I contined to play, "Me Wise Magic" in the car for the next couple years, trying to fool myself into believing the reunion really happened. But everytime the song ended... the reunion was over...

And I stood alone again.

Rumors started circulating again in the summer of 2000. That's when I joined the Roth Army. Sarge opened up a message board and when I registered there was less than 50 people (me and pojo were battling for #1 poster) we were both tied at around 100 posts... which qualified me as a sargeant E-3 according to the army insignia ranking. Then Dave announced he did THREE songs with the band... "and the hands fell off the clock..." but before the hands could fall of the clock, the reunion was over again... cuz Eddie announced he had cancer on his tongue.

It must have been from all his lies.

And once again, I stood alone...

Not much has happened since then... a couple Roth tours... a lousy BBQ dvd... and a radio show that's about to go off the air... as Eddie Van Halen drinks himself to death... and of course Michael Anthony finally growing a pair of cojones... claiming that Roth was the problem for the failed reunion number... 3 ... 4 ... I can't fucking remember.
But about a couple months ago I wanted to leave this whole internet thing behind me... you know... like a memory and move forward with my life. Then I dusted off my fair warning CD... and I was hooked again. You see, it doesn't matter how bad things turned out for the band... cuz the music is still there.

Van Halen was Dave, Mikey, Eddie and Alex.
Always was... always will be...
And they all fucked up the band collectively.
Cuz they all point their fingers at each other, but none of them have the balls to admit it was their fault.

This place has what? 5,000 members? More? I dunno
I think I've read every fucking rumor there was in the world... and I wanted so many times to just fucking walk away.

But I can't.

It still fucking burns inside of me.
Classic Van Halen that is.
Except now i'm a 28 year old man jumping on my bed...
Hoping...
Waiting...
The Phoenix will rise from the ashes...
And the world's greatest rock band will reunite...
One day...

And i'm not fucking leaving until it happens.
If it ever happens!
GOODNIGHT!

[Sarge's Little Helper]

I grew up enthralled by David Lee Roth as long as I can remember. It seems like only yesterday I was a 5 year old boy jumping on my bed doing leg kicks wanting to be the toastmaster of the immoral majority. Listening to Diver Down. when most kids my age were into Transformers and GI JOES, but that was the kida impact Classic Van Halen had on me. After being involved in these forums for almost six years, I am beginning to ask myself, "Why am I still here?" I guess what it basically comes down to is I am a diehard fan of Dave... even though the leg kicks aren't quite as high anymore, and the voice isn't quite like it used to be... It seems like I am still faithful to the man who captivated me for almost 25 years... and NOTHING has changed in the last six years. It seems like I still log everyday hoping to see a thread about a Van Halen reunion.

It still hasn't happened.

I think sometimes I'm alone in this world, spreading the world of classic Van Halen in generation of bad musical taste. Wondering why most people simply don't recognize classic Van Halen as the most influential group of the 20th century. Why is it kids my age (28 years old) don't understand the profound impact Eddie Van Halen had on the music industry? Why don't people recoginize my vintage Van Halen II tattoo on my arm? It's depressing. How can a group that single handedly changed the face of music not be inducted into the hall of fame? All of these questions are burning inside of me... but i'll tell you why I still proudly raise my fist when I heard Dave on the radio... while the majority people just walk away...

It seems like fate was destined for the breakup of this band. Recording 6 albums in six years... it was like David Lee Roth knew it wasn't gonna last... putting out as many albums as possible before it would end. Then Sammy Hagar came in, exit Roth and ruined the band I loved for so many years. With every mediocre Van Hagar album that passed my passion for classic Van Halen grew stronger. I guess a mojority of the so called fans, saw the breakup as a means of getting two Van Halens for the price of one, but for me... The name Van Halen was no longer valid. The attitude of the band was lost by that fat fucker with no personality... and the Van Halen attitude and sound was carried by Roth throughout his solo albums.

Around 94' by the time of the YFLM release, it appeared that on major scale audience David Lee Roth was washed up... but I wouldn't lose my group... refusing to go the Balance route.... no matter how skilled Eddie was as a musician... I stood in line buying the only copy of YFLM sold that day... and walked out the door proudly after the sale, even after the clerk at the registered laughed at me for buying the album... saying his voice was gone... and his hair was falling out... I STOOD TALL and stayed true to my idol.

I stood alone.

Then I saw Dave on the VMA's in 96' and it was like a fucking orgasim... I never felt better... I would have traded any drug or pussy in the world... could not have made me feel as HIGH as watching Dave take the stage with the band I loved for so many years. I was in college dorm at the time, cheering and standing like the rest of the audience giving a standing ovation, only to have my heart ripped out again. I contined to play, "Me Wise Magic" in the car for the next couple years, trying to fool myself into believing the reunion really happened. But everytime the song ended... the reunion was over...

And I stood alone again.

Rumors started circulating again in the summer of 2000. That's when I joined the Roth Army. Sarge opened up a message board and when I registered there was less than 50 people (me and pojo were battling for #1 poster) we were both tied at around 100 posts... which qualified me as a sargeant E-3 according to the army insignia ranking. Then Dave announced he did THREE songs with the band... "and the hands fell off the clock..." but before the hands could fall of the clock, the reunion was over again... cuz Eddie announced he had cancer on his tongue.

It must have been from all his lies.

And once again, I stood alone...

Not much has happened since then... a couple Roth tours... a lousy BBQ dvd... and a radio show that's about to go off the air... as Eddie Van Halen drinks himself to death... and of course Michael Anthony finally growing a pair of cojones... claiming that Roth was the problem for the failed reunion number... 3 ... 4 ... I can't fucking remember.
But about a couple months ago I wanted to leave this whole internet thing behind me... you know... like a memory and move forward with my life. Then I dusted off my fair warning CD,,, and I was hooked again. You see, it doesn't matter how bad things turned out for the band... cuz the music is still there.

Van Halen was Dave, Mikey, Eddie and Alex.
Always was... always will be...
And they all fucked up the band collectively.
Cuz they all point their fingers at each other, but none of them have the balls to admit it was their fault.

This place has what? 5,000 members? More? I dunno
I think I've read every fucking rumor there was in the world... and I wanted so many times to just fucking walk away.

But I can't.

It still fucking burns inside of me.
Classic Van Halen that is.
Except now i'm a 28 year old man jumping on my bed...
Hoping...
Waiting...
The Phoenix will rise from the ashes...
And the world's greatest rock band will reunite...
One day...

And i'm not fucking leaving until it happens.
Goodnight!

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

[WARF]

I just made my longest post in 5 years... and the fucking Roth Army bot isn't even paying attention!

Maybe I should retire after all. LMAO

[WARF]

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[jero]

Love the post and I know what you mean.

[sadaist]

It may have felt like it, but YOU NEVER STOOD ALONE my brother.

[ashstralia]

jaysus warf, the first fucking PARAGRAPH was worth 5 stars.

unfortunately =vh= never toured here.
fucking van cherone did, but who wants to pay
for that shit? not me.

i was, however front row stage left at the
skyscraper show here in oct. 88.
right in front of steve. matt b. played bass though. d'oh!


=roth=

[Warham]

Originally posted by WARF
COMING SOON!

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I like your work on that Top 100 so far. I couldn't agree more with the top couple spots and the order you have them in.

[WARF]

Thanks WARHAM!

[Warham]

I can't believe nobody came up with the idea sooner, with all the creativity we have flowing here at the Army. lol

Good job. Impressive memory. Sometimes I forget I even had a Roth website back in the old days. lol

[ritetoolforjob]

warf, did u have an orgasm watching dave trying to pick up a 12 year old in the nov. florida show?

[Terry]

Think a lot of people your age (28) who were about 8 or so when CVH split maybe just can't remember back to about 1980-1983, when Van Halen were the top of the heap. They made their bones and built the name before the advent of MTV, but were never really overplayed on radio back then REALLY until 1984 came around.

But those guys were kings. After the demise of Zep, the switching of the guard in AC/DC, Queen biting the dust into Hot Space in search of Flash Gordon, the implosion of Black Sabbath (sure, they did great work with Dio, but it really wasn't ever the same in America after Ozzy left), the gradual, painful (first) farewell of the Who, KISS torpedoing their own ship and what most people assumed was then the last gasp of the Stones...but before the onslaught in late 1983/early 1984 of the MTV 'metal' bands, Van Halen ruled the roost. Ozzy was kicking around in there, but was more known for his outrageousness than the music, which hadn't QUITE taken hold yet (and the brilliance of Blizzard and Diary didn't sink in on a widespread level until after RR died). The NWOBHM (Maiden, Priest, Lep) were starting to make noise (Lep didn't really explode until mid 1983).

CVH filled that gap. They deserved to.

Lot of it had to do with EVH, but Roth was the frontman. He was the man dropping one timeless quote after another in the press and bringing in the ladies to the shows (and let me tell ya, CVH audiences were FULL of babes, and that wasn't due to Mike Anthony's sex appeal, either).

Roth is definitely one of my favorite frontmen of all time, and I think certainly the best of his prime time in the media spotlight (always hesitate to rate one artist over another, but this case is the exception to the rule).

You'd think it'd be hard for a CVH fan to even care about them reuniting after 10 years of false starts, what amounted to a tease in 1996, the piss-poor attitude of 3/4's of the band regarding the missing gem...just the waiting, endless rumors, speculation, and a deepening, nagging feeling that they won't be able to pull it off even if they try, that it'll end up like all the other band reunions and be subpar...

...but yeah, I still wanna see 'em go for it. Rationalizing sour grapes style is the mind trying to persuade the heart that I don't want them to, but...I still wanna see 'em try.

I want a CVH reunion to be the one reunion where new music is put out that is worthy of what made the band a legend in the first place, all the members are up there doing it and the live show knocks you on your fucking ass with its brilliance while giving the finger to all the naysayers at the same time.

I want a CVH reunion to be everything that all these other reunions aren't, mostly because CVH was a kick ass band in a way that so many of these IMO lesser bands that have already gone the reunion route weren't.

[Terry]

Originally posted by ritetoolforjob
warf, did u have an orgasm watching dave trying to pick up a 12 year old in the nov. florida show?

That girl was 16 if she was a day!

[mako_kimura]

I thank you warf, you have inspired me. I was raised on Aerosmith, Motley Crue, and Def Leppard. When I first heard Diamond Dave, I was watching VH1 Classic and saw the videos for Panama and Goin Crazy. Since then, I've decided to spread the goodness that is David Lee Roth. I may be young, but I know my roots, dammit!

[ritetoolforjob]

Originally posted by Terry
That girl was 16 if she was a day!

who cares what her age was, he came off as a pathetic diddler. u woudln't mind so much if the show didn't suck so bad....shitty voice and no energy. what happened since the 2003 shows that the performances have just bottomed out?