From VH News Desk

[Igosplut]

Well, anything else is just horse shit.

You could put the best bass player on the planet in Van Halen and it still isn't Van Halen.

I was reading it as MIA=Missing In Action

[Big Troubles]

Whatever the cuntent... just like 1999-2004, Michael Anthony is once again the one solo voice of Van Halen speaking to the fans. And he ain't even in the fuckin band...

Slam him all you want... at least he isn't chickenshit like scared little schoolgirls like Dave, Ed & Al to at least recognize the legacy of VH and speak to the fans...

and what would you want dave, ed and al to say that isnt already obvious? like what statement would make yout he happiest? seriously

[VanHalener]

I was reading it as MIA=Missing In Action

Gotcha, sorry. I've been walking in the heat carrying this steel pipe looking for Hagar all day and I'm a little off my game thanks to dehydration.

No worries, I'll find him.

[Terry]

The other reason of course is Fat Sammy giving about 1000 interviews over the years where he claimed it too.

The figures come from counting CVH albums sold when Hagar was wobbling around as Van Hagar sales. This includes a time when everyone had to go out and replace all their vinyl CVH albums with CDs.

Which, fair enough, would account for a certain amount of the disparity, re: CVH vinyl and cassette being repurchased for upgrades to compact discs. However, it is possible some of that has to do with CVH albums being worn out from constant play (hint: I don't see many CVH albums in Bargain Bins, but they're generally full of Van Hagar ones). It also indicates people aren't buying the Sam Halen catalog albums more than once.

Hagar was fucking shameless about propagating the myth he sold "50 million albums with Van Halen."

It's like, dude, ALL the albums sold under the name Van Halen COMBINED might BARELY equal 50 million (this was back in the late 1990s when Hagar was making these claims, and if memory serves me correctly, the RIAA stats were slightly under 50 million for ALL albums sold by Van Halen in the US - have no idea about overseas stats or what the current figures are).

Plus, those Van Hagar albums could well have been subjected to Soundscan manipulation...or maybe I just don't want to believe millions of people found the idea of Van Halen with Sammy Hagar at the mic acceptable enough to actually shell good money out to hear.

[Douglas T.]

Van Halen is

David Lee Roth

Eddie Van Halen

Alex Van Halen

MIA

[ZahZoo]

and what would you want dave, ed and al to say that isnt already obvious? like what statement would make yout he happiest? seriously

Unless they're dead... I prefer my favorite entertainers to entertain me more often than once a decade.

Seriously... just about anytime Dave opens his mouth publically it's entertaining no matter what he's talking about. I mean come on... where'd the guy who'd been living life larger all over the planet for the last 30 years? All of a sudden he's a recluse hermit? Fuck that... That shit ain't Diamond Dave... and you're a pussy for accepting anything less!!

[Hardrock69]

One other thing to take into consideration....weekly album sales are not a constant. It may be possible in a week where there are weak sales to have a number one album, whereas during a week with strong sales, that 'number one' might be number 4 or 5 (or even lower on the charts).

[Big Troubles]

Unless they're dead... I prefer my favorite entertainers to entertain me more often than once a decade.

Seriously... just about anytime Dave opens his mouth publically it's entertaining no matter what he's talking about. I mean come on... where'd the guy who'd been living life larger all over the planet for the last 30 years? All of a sudden he's a recluse hermit? Fuck that... That shit ain't Diamond Dave... and you're a pussy for accepting anything less!!

Recluse? He's prob spending his hard earned money from the tour.



Im sure when they are ready they will record something. I dont "expect" anything so I dont "accept" or not. it is what it is.