An Old Guitar Player Weighs In

[DavidLeeNatra]

ed always needs someone to be pissed at...and it seems to be his own son...what a dickhead...

this fucker doesn't need prayers but a kick in his drunk ass...

[Firebrand]

Hey, it very well could be the booze...

...like I said, given the history at play here that would not surprise me a bit.

I sure hope not...for Eddie's sake and ours.

[Nitro Express]

Who knows what Ed's problem is. Non of us know him or have been around him lately to even comment. For how many cigarettes he has smoked during his life and how many tanker trucks full of booze, Ed has done amazingly well. He should be dead. :D

It's just another twist in the whole Van Halen soap opra. They should film behind the scenes and make a reality show. Like The Apprentace, someone always gets fired. Like MTV's Real World, someone is always getting fucked or fucked over. Like Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab, someone is always falling off the wagon or in denile. Like Danny Bonaduce, you can't believe someone is still alive and managed to stay married as long as they did. LOL!

[Nitro Express]

Ed is fine. I'm truly convinced if Iran nukes Israel and both Russia and the US fire their nuclear missles on each other, we all will be gone but cock roaches, Kieth Richards, and Ed Van Halen will always be around.

[Nitro Express]

Ed and Wolf should make a deal together. Ed will lay off the booze if Wolfie lays off the Twinkies, ice cream, cake, and Ding Dongs. :D

[DrMaddVibe]

Fuck all that bullshit!

I'm 5000% sure that Jason Becker would love to have Eddie's mental problems instead of what he's battling.

Eddie's a fucking waste and he's wasting more time.

I really wanted to see a different Van Halen this time around. Its more of the same fucking bullshit. My sincere wish is for Dave to part ways and go about playing CVH with the respect that they deserve and not by crybabies with not a care for the fans.

Save the bullshit Mother Goose stories for the kids. Eddie's playing juiced up.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Fuck all that bullshit!

I'm 5000% sure that Jason Becker would love to have Eddie's mental problems instead of what he's battling.

Eddie's a fucking waste and he's wasting more time.

I really wanted to see a different Van Halen this time around. Its more of the same fucking bullshit. My sincere wish is for Dave to part ways and go about playing CVH with the respect that they deserve and not by crybabies with not a care for the fans.

Save the bullshit Mother Goose stories for the kids. Eddie's playing juiced up.

I agree 100% with AssVibe, you just KNOW how much that pisses me off.

This is just classic spED. We knew it would eventually be all about him.

Just like the HOF no-show, the "you cant be in 2 bands" bullshit, etc, etc, etc, etc,

Let Wolfie move to guitar, and call Mikey. :D

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Ed and Wolf should make a deal together. Ed will lay off the booze if Wolfie lays off the Twinkies, ice cream, cake, and Ding Dongs. :D

No dude, Dave & Eddie should cut a deal.

Ed will stop drinking, stop being an asshole, grow a pair, let Dave handle the PR/T-shirt design/pretty much everything.

Dave will sing one (1) Van Hagar tune of his choice at a soundcheck. One time only.



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Dave would never stoop THAT low...

[DLR'sCock]

Might as well post the story itself...........


Eddie Van Halen back in rehab?


Guitar player Eddie Van Halen, August 2007 (Michael Buckner, Getty Images) Rockers Van Halen canceled a string of comeback gigs so guitarist Eddie Van Halen could return to rehab to be treated for alcoholism, according to reports.
The band rescheduled two concerts in Virginia and Georgia at the end of last month and another this week, prompting internet reports claiming all tour dates had been pulled indefinitely.

Representatives for the rockers insist the tour is still on, despite announcing Van Halen "is undergoing a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures."

Now sources tell the National Enquirer the 53-year-old guitarist checked himself into a clinic near San Antonio, Texas, so he could detox for a week after a furious backstage bust-up in Florida with his 17-year-old son and bandmate Wolfgang.

An insider says, "It was the big what-if of the tour - whether Eddie could stay sober."

"Wolf hates it when his dad drinks. He knew Eddie was drunk onstage that night, and was acting cold to him, which set Eddie off. Eddie went beserk and started yanking guitar cables from the pedal boards and throwing cigarettes around onstage."

"At the end of the concert, Eddie was so mad at Wolf, he punched the amp speaker, knocking it over."

Van Halen enjoyed a stint in rehab last year, which delayed plans for the comeback tour.

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[Coyote]

100-to-1 that "insider" is Dave.

[DrMaddVibe]

Dave's no rat.

My money would be on Alex being the leak.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe


I'm 5000% sure that Jason Becker would love to have Eddie's mental problems instead of what he's battling.

Ain't that the truth.

[DrMaddVibe]

Jason makes music and stays creative through a soundboard.

Eddie sobs like a bitch and can't even stay sober around his kid.

Both played with Roth.

I'd take Jason's legacy over Eddie's any day!

Reverse the tables and Eddie's dead. Jason would be making some of the finest work out there this side of Malmsteen.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe

I'd take Jason's legacy over Eddie's any day!

Reverse the tables and Eddie's dead. Jason would be making some of the finest work out there this side of Malmsteen.

Jason continues to inspire. No way in hell I'd want to go through what he's going through, yet he STILL maintains a positive attitude (and is downright funny in his MySpace blogs)...I know I wouldn't be able to.
They gave that guy a four-year life expectancy in 1994 and he's still here, still creating...
Sure he has a great support network (the father working out the eye-movement communication system, players like Vai and Greg Howe playing the parts he writes for him now, etc.) but he is surviving mostly through sheer force of will...
Doubt many of us could handle that burden, EVH included...
Remember the GW article where Ed went to visit Jason? He was so moved he started crying (who fucking wouldn't), but the quote I remember was to the effect of "My problems seems so minuscule now, and this guy keeps going"...
Maybe he should go visit him again - for some perspective.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Dave's no rat.

My money would be on Alex being the leak.

One never knows, do one?