Van Halen

[Foozwah]

Re: Van Halen

Originally posted by Magneto
It doesnt matter who is the lead singer of Van Halen, DLR and Sammy Hagar are both great. If you dont like Sammy Hagar being the singer of VH then you arent a TRUE VH fan. DLR will probably never come back so get over it.

Ah, the same tired old bullshit, going around and around and around...

This is a DLR site, not a VH site. I don't give a shit about a VH reunion, so there's not even anthing to 'get over.'

Oh, one more thing. You suck and have shitty taste in music. You'd probably be happier somewhere that people give a crap about weepy bullshit power ballads.

Have a nice day. :D

[Matt White]

Re: Van Halen

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Magneto
[B]It doesnt matter who is the lead singer of Van Halen, DLR and Sammy Hagar are both great. If you dont like Sammy Hagar being the singer of VH then you arent a TRUE VH fan.
Just what I love hearin'...after 25 years of groovin' to the Mighty Van Halen, I'm not "a Fan" cause I don't like that swine Spammy frontin' Van Hagar. Magneto, if you were any smarter, you'd be embarresed.

[Thetruthbaby]

THE BOTTOM LINE

The bottom line is that in a very real way Dave was Van Halen. I can remember going to see VH in 1984 and in school the next day all everyone talked about was ROTH. Everyone loved him. He had the crowd mezmerized. When I was at the beach on vacation around 83' I remember seeing a t-shirt with the VH logo and a picure of ONLY DAVE on the front. That is becuase Warner Bros and VH's people knew that DAVE was the star supreme in the band by far. To the general public Dave was the end all be all when it came to VH. When Dave left some people forgot over time just how huge of a factor Roth was in VH's success. Also Eddie himself pushed the notion that Roth wasn't that important out of spite but if you were there-- there is no denying it. Roth owned that fucking band and the spotlight that came with it. When Hagar joined they became just another corporate 80's rock band power ballads and all. 5150 sold only half of what 1984 sold and one of the greatest frontmen ever was no longer in VH. Over time VH lost many of the die hards who had been with the band and a more pop audience embraced the band during the Hagar years although they NEVER reached their peak of popularity like in 84'. The fan base was smaller and different. The kind of guys that we used to laugh at in high school became VAN HAGAR fans while we defected after hearing 5150. Van Halen with DLR were the biggest rock band in the world bar none when he left. When Hagar joined they became just one the pack. Right alongside the other coporate rock bands of the late 80's. Hell I like some of the more corporate rock acts of the time, but when you start out with 6 albums of blistering heavy rock testosterone with musicianship to match and then become a "safe" band to listen to because you're getting "older" you've lost the original point of why you started to rock in the first place. Sadly Eddie did not realize this from 86' forward.