Does this make you cringe?

[sadaist]

I knew a dude from Wichita who was an EVH NUT! He had the guitars, the red and white striped overalls, had every note down perfectly....but the dude had no original material at all.

Probably same ailment that these guitar teachers have that you see their dvd's for sale & stuff. My God they can fucking shred....but couldn't write a groove song to save their fucking life.

[ELVIS]

It makes me cringe and it sucks, Raalphh included...

That new homo looks like Will Ferrell making fun of Dave...

[sadaist]

It makes me cringe and it sucks, Raalphh included...

That new homo looks like Will Ferrell making fun of Dave...

Ralph respected and mimicked/copied Dave. This guy, you are right, seems like he is making fun of. big difference.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The bass player for the Punks used to post here a while back....

[Dr. Love]

I've seen the Atomic Punks and Fan Halen many times, most recently within the last half year or so each ...

They're both great. They have good nights (and I've seen sometimes bad nights) but who cares? Great music and lots of fun. I'd say it's a better experience live because the audiences (at least around here) go nuts. Lots of fun.

[Zing!]

I thought it was cooler seeing some junior high kids rock out to EWS at the San Fran gun club than that Atomic Punks video.

[TJMKID]

I've seen that a lot in guitar circles , people with great technique who can copy incredible pieces of music but just cant do original stuff ... I've often wondered if copying/studying someone so much can in some way kill off creativity ... Am not saying that happens all the time but ive seen a good few examples .

Lots of kiddies on YouTube can nail Eddie's stuff so good it's scary ---- but not a single one of them has posted an original piece of music.

Talent comes from being inspired and finding a way to express your feelings in a unique way. Most people don't have that.

[DLR Bridge]

I think the prominent VH cover band in New Jersey is, or was Fair Warning. Singer sounded just like Dave, but he looked like Lou Costello in a Dave wig. Not something I'd ever want to see again.

[Nitro Express]

Lots of kiddies on YouTube can nail Eddie's stuff so good it's scary ---- but not a single one of them has posted an original piece of music.

Talent comes from being inspired and finding a way to express your feelings in a unique way. Most people don't have that.

You have musicians and then you have artists. You can be a great musician and not be a creative artist. Not all creative artists are great musicians and they depend on others to create their songs. The rare cat is both. No way would the Van Halens be able to do what they do without all the musical training they got as kids but then they took that into the creative realm. It's one thing to copy Eddie, but to come up with what he did originally? Not too many people can do it.

[vanshipman]

I remember back in the mid-80s, where I would see touring club bands....bands who toured the US, and some of the frontmen were mimicking Dave's schtick....his mannerisms....sometimes his facial expressions that were in some of the VH videos on MTV....

It was like watching trained monkeys.

I was out on the road in 1984 with a band called Diamond Romeo.....played the Southern circuit from Georgia to Texas for the most part. Singer's face looked exactly like Dave. He could have done a great Dave impersonation. But, he was true to himself, and did not copy anyone else. Hell, the band did not even play any Van Halen material at all.

As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...but it can also be seen as a lame attempt to ride the coattails of the stars in order to somehow impress people when they are unable to impress anyone with their own shit.

I knew a dude from Wichita who was an EVH NUT! He had the guitars, the red and white striped overalls, had every note down perfectly....but the dude had no original material at all.

It always used to make me marvel at him....wondering if he was so devoid of originality, or had no imagination.....so that the best he could do was to pretend to be someone else...

Ah well.....some guys are over-the-top good at that sort of thing, and also have a creativity as well....say for instance..Randy Hansen. He has been doing Hendrix tributes his whole life....but has also released albums of all-original material, had music on the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now, etc., and is the single greatest guitar showman I have ever seen in my life.....

But people of his caliber are very rare....

I remember in a very old Eddie interview where he praised Randy as a great player, very cool.

[Hardrock69]

I think the prominent VH cover band in New Jersey is, or was Fair Warning. Singer sounded just like Dave, but he looked like Lou Costello in a Dave wig. Not something I'd ever want to see again.

[sadaist]

Aren't the Punks kinda like Menudo? With a basically revolving door or talent coming in > out?

[ELVIS]

At least the Kiss tribute band has Gene Simmons...



But how Ace Diamond got that gig, I'll never know...

[Von Halen]

Probably same ailment that these guitar teachers have that you see their dvd's for sale & stuff. My God they can fucking shred....but couldn't write a groove song to save their fucking life.

Kinda like Vai and Malmsteen.

[ELVIS]

Yngwie has some good and very original material...