Interscope drop the ball

[ToraToraTora]

I think Interscope have been doing a great job so far, then i saw this advert in this months Classic Rock magazine, which includes a review of the cafe wha show and another article on the upcoming events. There is NO WAY interscope should be advertising this great album like this!!!!

[neuralfraud]

At least your Scotch ass gets to hear things a day before we do!

...mmmm ..scotch....aughhhghhghhh

[Seshmeister]

Scottish ass.

Scotch is a drink.

[ELVIS]

I wanna be scotch...

[ZahZoo]

I wanna be scotch...

I think you'll have to settle for Cajun Ass for now... and please no pics of you in kilt...

[ELVIS]

It's coon-ass...

[ZahZoo]

I reckon so...

[VAiN]

You have a point.. 'classic' line-up didn't include Wolf.. but hey, what can ya do. DLR + EVH = classic.

[Seshmeister]

I can't believe how much Anthony's stature seems to have grown since he hasn't been there.

I think it upsets Van Hagar fans more than anyone else, if you hated Van Hagar then it means less.

[Guitar Shark]

Mike's a nice guy, so that increases the effect I think. It would be easier to dismiss him if he were an asshole.

[smorgdonkey]

I think it upsets Van Hagar fans more than anyone else, if you hated Van Hagar then it means less.

I hated Van Hagar, Sam Halen, Haggis Heaven...whatever it was - it sucked. It was like the whole band started wearing pajamas. I also hate that Mike is not there.

I do dislike the way that the bus driver replaced the bass player though. I tend to put bands that I like on pedestals and there are so many shitty things that Ed did that I have a hard time seeing him in a positive light now. I particularly find it hard that he did thast to someone who I feel was loyal to him even after he pulled a bunch of shitty things on other people. Anyway, we all feel differently about it. I don't lose sleep over it but I have a very negative view of it.

[Warham]

I get the feeling that some people would be happy if Mike was just a backing vocalist and Wolf played the bass. If you heard 99% of fans talk about Mike, you'd never know he was BassPlayer™.

[Zing!]

But how sweet is it to see the classic =VH= logo in steady circulation again instead of the corporate Diet Pepsi ringed VH logo from the Spammy years?

[vandeleur]

I discussed this with the headscarf ... And she made a valid point any advert needs to appeal to the roaming fans, the obsessive sad grown up children ( her words )know that Dave is back ... How do u advertise it to the general rock fan .. That " hey the real singer is back " it's a tough call because no advert is gonna bad mouth the past non discript version of VH.... Maybe to joe public classic van halen equates to Dave and Ed and on some level that's true .

[smorgdonkey]

I discussed this with the headscarf ... And she made a valid point any advert needs to appeal to the roaming fans, the obsessive sad grown up children ( her words )know that Dave is back ... How do u advertise it to the general rock fan .. That " hey the real singer is back " it's a tough call because no advert is gonna bad mouth the past non discript version of VH.... Maybe to joe public classic van halen equates to Dave and Ed and on some level that's true .

The sad part is that many people who are casual music fans might think 'original line-up' means Haggis is back...because during that era there were a lot of people who didn't know what great music was.

I recall driving somewhere in 2002 and just cranking some great tunes...I get to a red light and see this dude making a 'roll the window down' motion. So, I roll my window down and turn the music down a little and the guy says "what is that you are playing?" I said "It's Van Halen two from 1979". The guy thanks me and goes along.

#1. That dude probably got turned onto one of the best bands that he ever heard that day
#2. I can't believe that anyone would not be able to identify a Roth-led Van Halen...it was and is as iconic as Led Zeppelin