Is Dave's solo career in the same league as Van Halen?

[Foozwah]

EEAS kicks 1984s ass. And it has the indefinable sense of genuine cool and fun that has eluded every post-Roth album VH have shat out like some dying incontinent fucking wilderbeast with the clap.

And to continue the theme of pointless insults in place of reasoned arguments, anyone who disagrees with the above statement has very small genitals indeed.

Foozwah
(Who possibly hasn't quite got this whole "insult" thing down yet.)

[Seshmeister]

I have to say that I prefer EEAS to 1984 too.

[Bad Muthafucker]

i don't know...A Little Ain't Enough is my favorite Dave solo work. But DLR band...i would say that was the best Van Halen record since 1984. it can really be compared to the older stuff. it's just a great meat-and-potatoes hard-rock album...just like the original six-pack. it fits right in.

[Terry]

Come to think of it, I prefer the DLR Band to 1984 along with EEAS.

[julia]

dont think so but he's still one of a kind

[Hollywood Jesus]

EEAS and DLR Band better than the First Six?!?

Wow. I'm staggered by the replies here. ...and i like those albums a lot.

It's completely delusional to imagine what Eddie and Dave did together is approachable by any of their releases afterwards.

What the hell is this? The twilight zone?

You guys gotta quit jerking off to that little hole in those CDs and actually listen to the stuff. (shaking my head) Wow.

[Bad Muthafucker]

Originally posted by Hollywood Jesus
EEAS and DLR Band better than the First Six?!?

Wow. I'm staggered by the replies here. ...and i like those albums a lot.

It's completely delusional to imagine what Eddie and Dave did together is approachable by any of their releases afterwards.

What the hell is this? The twilight zone?

You guys gotta quit jerking off to that little hole in those CDs and actually listen to the stuff. (shaking my head) Wow.

hey buddy, i never said that they were better, i just said that dlr band is the best van halen record since 1984...meaning that it was a better album than anything van halen did since 1984. meaning that it comes closer to the original six pack than anything van halen did since 1984. my statement was simply a comparison. dlr band is way better than, say, ou8 my balls!! like "feels so good" is better than "relentless"??? yeah right!!!

[tobinentinc]

Dave's stuff is good, but it lacks the input from eddie that made Van Halen so special. That's partly why EEAS was so good, because it was Vai and Dave together. It seemed that by Skyscraper, Dave had sole control of everything (not that i don't like skyscraper). It's the mix of Dave and Eddie or Vai that made those albums good. That's the key to any successful band. The lead singer and the guitarist collaborate. It worked for Zeppelin and worked for VH. Now I'm not saying that the other members did nothing, but what Dave and EVH or Vai did together was amazing. What he did with Eddie was better why? Because of the tension. He had little tension with Vai that's why his early solo stuff isn't as good as the tension he had between himself and Edward Van Halen.

[scottydabodi]

Eat 'em and Weep

Folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Dave's worst solo effort is as good or BETTER than ANY Van Hagar product. I've been saying that sh*t for years, but here's the thing... WHEN THE F*CK IS EDDIE GONNA FIGURE THAT OUT?!?!? F-Eddie.... by the way, I heard "It's About Time" and it sux. Sammy can lick my blue balls til they're f-ing YELLOW. F-Sammy too.

[Terry]

Roth's solo output has the same spirit and rocks with as much intensity as classic Van Halen once did. Hard to compare and say which one is better. I get the same enjoyment out of Dave's solo material that I got out of the classic VH albums.

[Lou]

Dave solo is enjoyable but nowhere near Van Halen. Not even close.

[lms2]

Dave solo is Dave solo, and Classic Van Halen is unbeatable.

[FORD]

Van HALEN was all about the chemistry between Dave & Eddie. Period.

So obviously, neither one is going to make a record that sounds entirely like Van HALEN without the other.

Having said that, let me also say that if Van HALEN had released their 7th album in 1986, it would have sounded a HELL of a lot closer to EEAS than 5150

[Terry]

Disagree. EEAS, almost tune for tune, blows 1984 out of the water.

1984..............Yankee Rose - No contest. Talkin' bout it!
Jump.............ShyBoy - Not even close. ShyBoy in a walk.
Panama.........I'm Easy - I'm Easy is good for what it is,
but Panama walks all over it
Top Jimmy....Ladie's Night In Buffalo ......A draw
Drop Dead Legs...Goin' Crazy - Will give a slight edge to Legs
Hot For Teacher...Tobacco Road - Same for teacher
I'll Wait........Elephant Gun - I'll Wait is as close to disposable
as classic Van Halen came. Elephant
Gun shoots this synthesized shitstain
down bigtime
Girl Gone Bad......Big Trouble - Will give Trouble the edge here
House Of Pain......Bump and Grind - House of Pain takes this one
......That's Life - Roth's MO in a nutshell.

1984 has got 4 slamming tracks (Drop Dead Legs, Hot For Teacher,
Girl Gone Bad, House of Pain)
couple of solid rockers (Top Jimmy, Panama), and 3 bits of fluff (1984, Jump, I'll Wait)

EEAS has 6 slamming tracks (Yankee Rose, ShyBoy, Ladie's Night In Buffalo, Tobacco Road, Elephant Gun, Big Trouble) couple of solid rock tunes (Goin' Crazy, Bump and Grind) and a couple of big band sendups (I'm Easy, That's Life).

Last album of the 7-pack indeed

[lms2]

agreed that 1984 was really bottoming out. But still no comparision between either after product and the real deal.