Rumor: " DLR will not be at Hof"

[Ellyllions]

Ed's been ruining Dave's career for how long now?

I'm beginning to feel my blood pressure go up as this news settles in. Not like I've got any personal reason to be upset by it but, DAMN.

Think about how bad Ed's been shitting on Dave since the "departure" in 1985.

[SparkieD]

When Tiki called me at work to inform me of this, first thing outta my mouth was -in agreement with a couple of folks in here I see - that Dave should just kick Scotty to the fuckin' curb. Since we won't be getting a CVH performance, that would be SPECTACULAR! Spit in the face of the shitty HoF establishment I'll ask for that in my prayers tonight

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
Its better for Eddie to sort out his problem before attending and performing at any ceremony or even a tour.

Ummm....

It would have been BETTER had spED cleaned up BEFORE ANNOUNCING A 40 DATE TOUR.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by ELVIS
And a move like that would get him bounced straight out of Van Halen...

So fucking what.

Getting "bounced" out of Van Heineken seems to me to be a badge of honor these days.



spEDCO..... Ruining relationships since 1984

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
I don't blame him one bit. The HoF is a freaking joke anyway, but we all knew that.

No. Not all.

There were PLENTY of rainbow waving Davesheep bleating about how "grate" this was going to be.

SOME of us knew the trainwreck in the making it was.....

[Douglas T.]

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/673942/Van_Halen__Rock_Hall_Of_Fame_Kiss_My_A.html

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
SOME of us knew the trainwreck in the making it was.....

Be careful, man. You're gonna need rotator cuff surgery.

So what do we know now that we didn't know before?

1) dEd needs to get out of the bottle? We knew that.

2)"The Other Brothers" are no longer with VH? Check.

3)The Hall of Lame is a corporate joke? De-De-De!

Face it. There is no CVH without Ed and Dave. Dave was, is and always will be the one constant as far as CVH is concerned.

It doesn't work replacing Dave with Samtard, or Ga y..

Getting his shit together, no matter how long it should take, should be Ed's priority. Not some 15 minute spotlight on T.V. to sell a summer tour. There will be time for that later, after he takes his inventory and learns some humility.
Then he can communicate again.
With us.
With new music.
On a tour.
With Dave.
Making us all forget how dissappointed we were they didn't embarrass themselves with a HoF performance in his current condition, that really doesn't mean dick to real rock fans, anyway.
I'll wait for the quality stuff. I've waited this long...
But first, Ed must get to steppin'
12 steps.
Baby steps.

[BALLYJUNKIE]

WHY CANT ALEX SHOW UP ?..... HIM AND EDDIE ARE JOINED AT THE HIP ....GO TO THE HALL ALEX AND DAVE .

[bru87tr]

I hope Dave stays away. its a joke anyway sharing it with spam.

really, what are they really missing out on ? let it be a van hagar ceremony. its what it is anyway. prsonally I think the hall is playing a big joke on VH. come on, CVH sharing the induction with Van Hagar. thats laughable.


if Dave was smart he would stay away. thats what the hall gets for not making it a CVH induction in the first place. fuck the HOF and fuck VH.

[vh rides again]

Originally posted by PlexiBrown
He has to. He can't tour in his present condition. Unfortunately, his issues won't be able to be resolved quickly. It is going to take some time if he is to dry out. Forget about a tour this year.

he could be fine in 30 days, he just has to say, no thanks man.

[diamondD]

This was posted at Melodicrock. Not sure if it's posted it's in any of the other threads, but one of greatest rants ever:

Journalist and commentator Bob Lefsetz weighs in with this article just released:

"This business went in the crapper when the executives started believing they were bigger than the acts, that the audience was interested in THEM, not the performers.
And why be interested in the acts, they were just tools of the machine. Picked on their looks, singing the songs of hacks, the music lost its soul, its religion, its sense of theatre, its VAUDEVILLE HISTORY!
Van Halen was no James Cameron production, no slick artifice, it was just four guys from Pasadena working their way up from beer parties to the TOP, testing limits, getting better every step of the way.
We all agree Eddie Van Halen is a genius, but without David Lee Roth Van Halen never would have broken through. Sammy may have a better voice, I love "Best Of Both Worlds", but without DLR there IS NO Van Halen, no notice. A band without a frontman is...the NICE?
You need a singer, someone who can enrapture the audience, someone who can make the audience pay attention. That person in Van Halen's case was David Lee Roth. Better David Lee Roth with ANYBODY behind him than ANYBODY in Velvet Revolver or Audioslave (is there a difference, aren't both made up of has-beens who can't work on their own?)
Stunningly, David Lee Roth can still work on his own. Granted, to an ever-dwindling audience. But people still want to be touched. Want to remember when they were in high school, and DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK! Van Halen was music for people enmeshed in the system who wanted a WAY OUT! That's what music used to provide. Back when it was a culture of notes, not pricks with $5,000 suits and multiple assistants.
This is the last nail in the coffin for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is the final joke. When you don't even let the INDUCTEES perform.
Why not? Because it's on TELEVISION? Doesn't that prove the point? That when you start worrying about the audience rather than the music you've lost the thread?
Back when Van Halen reigned, the ultimate goal was to get backstage. To hang with the band, whether male or female. It not only made your night, but maybe your life. To get that close. To the talented who played by their own rules.
That's what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was. A private party. That the public LONGED to attend. Back when there was no question the inductees were legends.
An edited show for VH1 was bad enough. A live broadcast? Why? Is this any different from the Paris Hilton sex tape? A staged event, distributed for publicity?
The R&RHOF needs cash. It needs to perpetuate itself. When it's the MUSIC that's important, that will outlive this lame organization run by men and women who never had the adoration of tens of thousands of fans, who never held them in the palm of their hands, who never knew the POWER of being a star.
You can be rich, but that doesn't make you a star.
And the biggest star amongst this year's inductees has now been refused the right to perform at his own party. Isn't that like not allowing the President to attend his own inauguration?
Let every table at the Waldorf-Astoria be adorned with a bowl of brown M&M's. And when it comes time for Van Halen to be inducted, let everybody THROW THEM AT THE DAIS!
That's the rock and roll spirit. Throwing out decorum, knowing that a big star plays by his OWN RULES!
If only the pricks who made this decision had one iota of David Lee Roth's star power. If only they realized they're what's killing not only the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the record business too.
If Michael Stipe had any balls he'd refuse to attend unless DLR could come and perform too. What, Paul Shaffer gets to play all these years but David Lee Roth CAN'T?

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by diamondD
What, Paul Shaffer gets to play all these years but David Lee Roth CAN'T?

Best line in the whole rant. :D

Fuck Paul Shaffer with his own collection of strap-ons.

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by diamondD
This was posted at Melodicrock. Not sure if it's posted it's in any of the other threads, but one of greatest rants ever:

Journalist and commentator Bob Lefsetz weighs in with this article just released:

"That's the rock and roll spirit. Throwing out decorum, knowing that a big star plays by his OWN RULES!
If only the pricks who made this decision had one iota of David Lee Roth's star power. If only they realized they're what's killing not only the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the record business too.
If Michael Stipe had any balls he'd refuse to attend unless DLR could come and perform too. What, Paul Shaffer gets to play all these years but David Lee Roth CAN'T?

Excellent. Dave needs to take the stage.

[diamondD]

Collectively, Stipes and Shaffer don't have a small set. I guess Dave would have been reduced to playing with the house band, and the only way that would have been acceptable would be to have Mike replace Will Lee.

[Panamark]

I never felt good about Dave being there without Ed.
He's standing by the Champ !!
He's a man of integrity...

Say no more..

Let the other tenth go up there and dry hump
each others leg when they accept the award..