Current state of Van Halen revealed!

[kwame k]

I wonder if he really likes touring? When you spend your life at home, can sleep in, roll up to 5150 and play around on your schedual, being on tour with it's rigorous routine probably gets old quick. Ed hates doing interviews and he seems to like to live in and environment he controls. Being on tour with a tour manager running you around probably makes it a job and it was fun when he was young and hungry but not so much now. He was more into promoting his amps and guitars than tearing it up night after night.

I think his tearing it up on stage or lack thereof, was due to him still being a drunk and his wrist/hand injury.

He always claimed he's just a musician.....well, musicians write, record and tour, rinse and repeat. Look at Les Paul.

People may rag on The Stones or Clapton but they are doing exactly what their heroes did. Played till they dropped. The quality of the work may have dropped and the new music isn't as good as the old but they are out there doing it. Gotta respect that.

[jhale667]

He always claimed he's just a musician.....well, musicians write, record and tour, rinse and repeat. Look at Les Paul.

People may rag on The Stones or Clapton but they are doing exactly what their heroes did. Played till they dropped. The quality of the work may have dropped and the new music isn't as good as the old but they are out there doing it. Gotta respect that.

Agree, and one wonders why they seem to be trying to find excuses NOT to do the same.

[chefcraig]

Whoa...hey now! Watch how you refer to my favorite film genre!!!

The only "crummy" porn is softcore porn!

Trust me on this man, the film is a drag. The people involved with this mess are guilty of the ultimate "sin" in the pron business: creating a pretentious art film with occasional sex scenes. People wander around, talking to the sky and uttering nonsense when you wish they'd shut up and get down to doing the deed. Like most pron, you'll be doing a bunch of fast forwarding, but this one will drain the batteries in your remote. And no, that isn't a metaphor for quality.

[fryingdutchman]

Trust me on this man, the film is a drag. The people involved with this mess are guilty of the ultimate "sin" in the pron business: creating a pretentious art film with occasional sex scenes. People wander around, talking to the sky and uttering nonsense when you wish they'd shut up and get down to doing the deed. Like most pron, you'll be doing a bunch of fast forwarding, but this one will drain the batteries in your remote. And no, that isn't a metaphor for quality.

I hear ya, Craig.

I retract most of my original comment. There is such a thing as "crummy" porn...the kind that tries to have a plot and a story.

Just fuck already....

[lesfunk]

I dunno about all this and that, but I'm a Big Fuckin' Low Life!

[Anonymous]

I hear ya, Craig.

I retract most of my original comment. There is such a thing as "crummy" porn...the kind that tries to have a plot and a story.

Just fuck already....

Oh, I dunno... 80s porn plots were quite hilarious, with the plumber comin' to fix the pipes & shit...

I remember this fim about an all girls rock band called Deviations, freakin' hilarious.

You just don't get that kind of quality anymore.

Cheers! :bottle:

[chefcraig]

Oh, I dunno... 80s porn plots were quite hilarious, with the plumber comin' to fix the pipes & shit...

I remember this fim about an all girls rock band called Deviations, freakin' hilarious.

You just don't get that kind of quality anymore.

Cheers! :bottle:

Oh, I hear what you are saying, brother...you have to have some parameters set for the action to take place. But by the same token, you do not need actors wandering about, bumping into the furniture and waxing poetic at length about the vast whatever that is out there, before they finally drop their clothing and get around to what we all tuned into in the first place. Why must this sort of thing need much of a set up? Play some creepy Halloween music, show a maiden gazing upon a full moon from a balcony, and let the plastic bat hanging from a wire turn into a horny vampire. For shits and giggles, bring in the wolfman to complicate things.

Now hard is that to film?

[Dan]

It's Called PRON,Get It Right.

[Mr Walker]

Maybe this is a bit of a stretch, but I'll put it out there given the lack of news from the VH camp.
I just read this excerpt from a recent Tony Iommi interview...

On stem-cell treatment on Iommi's hand: "The cartilage between the thumb joints of my right hand, my fret hand, was rubbing, bone to bone. They’ve cured that but the bone’s been pushed back and I’ve been told I may need another operation to pull the bone up. I don’t particularly want to go there because I have a friend, also a guitar player, who had that operation and it all went pear shaped which put me off a bit.’’

Could he be referring to Edward? I might be wrong, but I believe that Iommi mentioned in the past the Ed was the person who influenced him to have this treatment. Could a surgery have fucked up Ed's hand to the point where his playing may have been impacted?

[sadaist]

Maybe this is a bit of a stretch, but I'll put it out there given the lack of news from the VH camp.
I just read this excerpt from a recent Tony Iommi interview...

On stem-cell treatment on Iommi's hand: "The cartilage between the thumb joints of my right hand, my fret hand, was rubbing, bone to bone. They’ve cured that but the bone’s been pushed back and I’ve been told I may need another operation to pull the bone up. I don’t particularly want to go there because I have a friend, also a guitar player, who had that operation and it all went pear shaped which put me off a bit.’’

Could he be referring to Edward? I might be wrong, but I believe that Iommi mentioned in the past the Ed was the person who influenced him to have this treatment. Could a surgery have fucked up Ed's hand to the point where his playing may have been impacted?

Simple answer? NO

Why? Based on his previous behavior, if Eddie had a legitimate excuse for not making music, he would be telling everyone & anyone that would listen.

[BumBahDeeDah]

Here's a picture of a retail hardware store manager with some lowlife millionaire musician!

[chefcraig]

Cool! Now we can start the thread over again from the beginning.

You have to admit, we all must be pretty starved if this is what passes for news at the VHND.

[Mr Walker]

All new MelodicRock.com in 2010. MelodicRockFest April 30-May 2
WHAT IS VAN HALEN UP TO NOW?: PART 303:
So I keep getting hammered with e-mails asking "what is Van Halen doing...". Not much it would seem. There is the occasional "new material is being worked on" comment comes from the band, but with no ETA and it seems a chance for the band to team up for a long rumored mega-name dual-headliner tour has evaporated for 2010.
There is no word to suggest that if and when anything new comes to pass that David Lee Roth will be the singer at the helm, but it seems Dave isn't wasting any time sitting around. I'm hearing he has been working on new solo tunes with guitarist John 5 and drummer Greg Bissonette.
Stay tuned...

[chefcraig]

All new MelodicRock.com in 2010. MelodicRockFest April 30-May 2
WHAT IS VAN HALEN UP TO NOW?: PART 303:
So I keep getting hammered with e-mails asking "what is Van Halen doing...". Not much it would seem. There is the occasional "new material is being worked on" comment comes from the... I'm hearing he has been working on new solo tunes with guitarist John 5 and drummer Greg Bissonette.
Stay tuned...

Golly. Yet again melodicrock's info comes from misinterpreting what he reads at the Links.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I've always said, you want the latest music news, go to Tasmania...