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  • WACF
    Crazy Ass Mofo
    • Jan 2004
    • 2920

    #31
    Originally posted by diamondsgirl
    no one could ever replace Roth

    Hagar was the worst choice, IMO
    Actually Hagar was perhaps not too bad a choice.
    It seems Eddie wanted to go with a more pop rock direction.

    It just is not Van Halen...and should never be refered to as Van Halen.

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    • Sugar-Dave
      Groupie
      • Jun 2006
      • 72

      #32
      if anybody could replace Roth

      and i stress thw anybody bit the i would have to vote for David Coverdale


      maybe he would have given them some balls that Hagar did not have

      plus he can actually do the love song justice
      www.myspace.com/nariohockney

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      • binnie
        DIAMOND STATUS
        • May 2006
        • 19145

        #33
        mmmm, I think Roth's voice is so unique, it'd be difficult to replace him...
        The Power Of The Riff Compels Me

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        • WACF
          Crazy Ass Mofo
          • Jan 2004
          • 2920

          #34
          Coverdale could of been interesting...I doubt Eddie's and David's egos would of made it though.

          The guy I want to hear would of been Chris Cornell...

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          • POJO_Risin
            Roth Army Caesar
            • Mar 2003
            • 40648

            #35
            These threads have been beat in the head a bit...

            IMO...in 1985...cooler heads should have prevailed...

            everyone should have done their respective projects...

            and reconvened...

            as for a better replacement?

            None than Roth...

            and Hagar?

            fuck him...coat tail rider...
            "Van Halen was one of the most hallelujah, tailgate, backyard, BBQ, arrive four hours early to the gig just for the parking lot bands. And still to this day is. It's an attitude. I think it's a spirit more than anything else is."

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            • POJO_Risin
              Roth Army Caesar
              • Mar 2003
              • 40648

              #36
              Cornell just isn't a VH style singer...Van Halen was about Sex and good ole' Rock and Roll...

              Cornell is all about angst and pain and...well...no good fit...

              Coverdale?

              Christ...

              he's essentially a cover guy anyways...no point in that...

              would have been nice to have Dave do a 1 album solo gig...

              the VH clan to do a Superstar album...

              and then reconvened in 86 or 87...
              "Van Halen was one of the most hallelujah, tailgate, backyard, BBQ, arrive four hours early to the gig just for the parking lot bands. And still to this day is. It's an attitude. I think it's a spirit more than anything else is."

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              • Loons The Great

                #37
                Great posts, Pojo!

                Edward should have heard ONE of Sammy's lyrics and said fo'getaboutit.

                There ain't no replacin' Roth. Dragline: He's a natural born world-shaker.

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                • The_KiD
                  Commando
                  • Jun 2005
                  • 1041

                  #38
                  Whoever else it would have been, it just wouldn't of worked.. Dave is Dave and there is no substitute..

                  KiD

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                  • binnie
                    DIAMOND STATUS
                    • May 2006
                    • 19145

                    #39
                    Originally posted by The_KiD
                    Whoever else it would have been, it just wouldn't of worked.. Dave is Dave and there is no substitute..

                    KiD
                    That's the bottom line!

                    I can't think of any band, maybe Anthrax, who have replaced a singer and been half as good.

                    and when that singer is DLR, why even try?
                    The Power Of The Riff Compels Me

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                    • jcook11
                      Commando
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 1281

                      #40
                      Originally posted by POJO_Risin
                      These threads have been beat in the head a bit...

                      IMO...in 1985...cooler heads should have prevailed...

                      everyone should have done their respective projects...

                      and reconvened...

                      as for a better replacement?

                      None than Roth...

                      and Hagar?

                      fuck him...coat tail rider...
                      Thank You!

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                      • RuzDNailz
                        Foot Soldier
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 655

                        #41
                        1985, eh? In a way for us...that was the day the music died. Edward wanted all the synthesizers and some high pitched vocals. Why he wanted that, who knows.

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                        • diamondsgirl
                          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 7563

                          #42
                          Originally posted by WACF
                          Actually Hagar was perhaps not too bad a choice.
                          It seems Eddie wanted to go with a more pop rock direction.

                          It just is not Van Halen...and should never be refered to as Van Halen.
                          For me, it was adding insult to injury

                          I always loved VH (meaning Ed, Dave, drummer, bass player) and always disliked Hagar.

                          I agree they should have changed their name, but thats the price you pay when you name the band after one (or two) of the members. Dave must have realized that when he came up with the idea.
                          “Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding” ― Betty White

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                          • rustoffa
                            ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 8963

                            #43
                            If you think about it....like REALLY THINK ABOUT IT? No matter what the fuck else they might have plugged into it, it just simply wouldn't have been Van Halen. Roy's last name beginning with an "H" is just happenstance. It would have been van Smythe, van Money...etc. Jim Mangum cuntparisons' aside, and I always love that shit, Roth is a true original. Something new, something borrowed.....I remember something Mr. Walker said regarding parallels' to other artists' schticks or mantras.

                            "Standing on the shoulders of giants."

                            Roth's custom blend of Vaudeville, R&B, and WAWAZAT-styled vocalizin' and socializin'?

                            An anomaly to this day.

                            Period.

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                            • thome
                              ROTH ARMY ELITE
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 6678

                              #44
                              Originally posted by light 'em up!
                              It is impossible to replace David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen just as it would impossible to replace Steven Tyler as the lead singer of Aerosmith, or Rober Plant as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.

                              LEGENDS ARE FOREVER BABY!!!

                              Ed and his mongoloid brother should have disbanded Van Halen, retired the name, and gone solo. If they had done that, nobody would have bitched about Sammy, Gary, or any other singer Ed and Al jammed with.

                              But Ed and Al tried to replace David Lee Roth (twice) and tried to bury his legacy... a huge fuckup! Now, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel and the only one who can save them is... David Lee Roth. Ed and Al are basically at Dave's mercy and they don't even realize it!!!
                              Great Post! but i differ, i think they have always known it but refuse to
                              believe it ,tried to cover it up.

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                              • Big Troubles
                                ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 8517

                                #45
                                Originally posted by rustoffa


                                Roth's custom blend of Vaudeville, R&B, and WAWAZAT-styled vocalizin' and socializin'?

                                An anomaly to this day.

                                Period.
                                Oh yeah? Then how do you explain this?
                                "FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKIN' BITCH! WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ANYWAYS? TALK TO ME LIKE THAT? FUCK YOU. DRAG QUEEN LOOKIN' WHORE- YOU AINT SHIT. YOUR THE FRECKLE TO THE LEFT OF MY BROWN EYE. NOW GO MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL...OH, PUT DAD ON THE PHONE"

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