Why the hell are Dave and the boys getting so much hate this time around?

[ashstralia]

What exactly did Sammy do in 2004? I've missed that.

he pimped out eddie for $$$. not wholly solely to blame, but fucked up nonetheless.

[Light Em' Up!]

The punk-ass-bitch is asking for his ass to be handed to him if he's fucking with Angel...

Agreed!!! There are a few people on here that I would choose to NEVER have upset with me, and Angel is one of them! She is such a strong lady! :-)

[Tot Brengen]

What exactly did Sammy do in 2004? I've missed that.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+did+sam+hagar+do+in+2004%3F

You can go a long way with a bit of research...

[Dave's Bitch]

I think it is time we say to these "fan's" quit living in the past

[baru911]

Above is the only part of your post that I felt compelled to excerpt and comment on. I agree with you about the idiots on YouTube and elsewhere who have trashed the band and Dave for the effort they've given since last winter. VH has given us their best, and everyone should appreciate it much more than they seemingly have.

However, it's important to remember that for all of the "abuse" (either real or perceived) that Van Halen has taken from their "fans", there have certainly been many instances where the situation was reversed. Many of us here, who live and die with Roth/VH, have certainly implied or outright stated that VH is not totally blameless in bringing some "hate" down on themselves from time to time.

You don't need to do a lot of digging within this very website to find the most diehard Classic VH fans melting their keyboards about "fan abuse" at the hands of Van Halen. Impassioned and loqacious rants about the years of deafening silence, lack of information coming from "Howdy Doody Mountain", general disregard and disrespect for the fan base, and claims that Edward had morphed into nothing more than a flip-flop and sneaker shilling hack obsessed with "Frankenstripe lawsuits" litter the landscape here if you scratch just slightly below the surface.

Granted, all of that has been wiped away since the release of ADKOT and the tour. Eddie and Co. have shown everyone that they're still at or near the top of their games.

You speak the truth!

[Angel]

Agreed!!! There are a few people on here that I would choose to NEVER have upset with me, and Angel is one of them! She is such a strong lady! :-)

Awe, thanks sweetie. I actually chose to ignore the piece of shit...not worth the agro.

I'm strong in some ways, but VERY weak in others. I tend to put the needs of others ahead of my own, which causes all sorts of problems in my life. e.g., I covered my room-mates share of bills because he was laid off for 2 weeks.

The deal was he would pay all of this months rent. That lay-off has now been 6 weeks so rent hasn't been paid. Expecting the eviction notice any day now...and there is NO cheap rentals in this shit-hole city.

So...looks like my cats will be going into foster care, and I'll be finding a couch to crash on for a couple of months while I get back on my feet.

As they say, that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I'm gonna be fucking Wonder Woman after this.

[ThrillsNSpills]

I had some dildo calling himself "David Roth" hitting all my videos from New Orleans with insults in all CAPS. Was amusing at first but then I had to block him and then eventually deleted his comments. He later came back as "rockandroll" something or other I can't remember...and I had to do the same to him under that nickname as well. Was the same assinine comments. Referring to the New Orleans fans as COON ASSES and that Van Halen was dead and so was Dave.

He sent me a personal comment telling me to quit claiming my vids were from New Orleans and such as he was there and none of it is from that show. Never mind that Dave mentions Louisiana and New Orleans in several videos. Elvis can vouch that he saw me etc. I'm sure now that I've blocked the second nickname a third will appear. Odd thing is he never once mentioned praise for Hagar directly....but his comments stunk of Spam dick sucking undertones.

That person actually was a "she" and she actually did sign up here and did get smacked down before the admins banned her. She had opened an FB account as David Roth. Somebody else followed her here and then the 2 crazies were going at it pretty hard before they were canned.

[fourthcoming]

Here's the wonderful message I got from pumpkinspicegirl101:
"pumkinspicegirl101 has replied to your comment on

Van Halen Bottoms Up San Jose 6/5/2012:

fuck you iam going to KILL you so watch your ass mother fucker iam satin an your going to hell with me douche bag.

Hmmm....death threats are a criminal offence...I should really make a complaint against this useless cunt...

Who is Satin?

[ZahZoo]

Here's the wonderful message I got from pumpkinspicegirl101:
"pumkinspicegirl101 has replied to your comment on

Van Halen Bottoms Up San Jose 6/5/2012:

fuck you iam going to KILL you so watch your ass mother fucker iam satin an your going to hell with me douche bag.

Hmmm....death threats are a criminal offence...I should really make a complaint against this useless cunt...

There's a few avenues available if you'd like invest the time to really take action against this idiot...

If the person is in the US... based on federal and state law it is classified as a "Terroristic Threat". Based on which state the idiot lives in it can be a misdemeanor or felony offense and if convicted the punishment can vary widely from hard prison time to probation. If law enforcement decides to even investigate it... the idiot will be subjected to a search warrant executed against their home and/or employer and confiscation of their computer is the first step. Where it goes from there depends on the prosecuting attorney for the locale.

If you can get it that far... even if not prosecuted you will have scared this person shitless by having local police or the FBI in their home or place of employment searching and seizing their computers. If this occurred at work... they'll be joining the unemployed rather quickly. Of course you don't know if pumkinspicegirl101 is an adult or some stupid kid whose parents are failing to raise half right. But the law applies either way... even the parents can be implicated if it goes that far.

Less severe options... Find out the Security/Abuse contact for the web site that this occurred. Send them a copy of the threat. Minimum you can get the person's account shut off and possibly IP banned. If you want to pursue criminal charges request their IP address and any identifying info. If you can get their IP address you can report them to their ISP and most likely they will lose internet service. Even if it's posted via a cell phone they can lose their phone service as criminal activity is a huge no-no in all service contracts. Now if it's a Gar type... this avenue may not work unless the local library can determine which bridge troll committed the crime...

At the minimum... I'd suggest reporting the threat to the outfit it occurred on. In my real world life in IT Security I've seen things like this go all the way to 5 years in federal prison to investigated and computers confiscated then charges dropped. Either way... it's better to report this than have to look over your shoulder for months wondering if Fab's biker friends are really stalking you...

[ELVIS]

Who is Satin?

Sounds kinda semi-gloss to me...

[ALMOSTsaved]

That person actually was a "she" and she actually did sign up here and did get smacked down before the admins banned her. She had opened an FB account as David Roth. Somebody else followed her here and then the 2 crazies were going at it pretty hard before they were canned.

I must've missed that!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Who is Satin?

it's a typo, should be "stain"

[TJMKID]

Less severe options... Find out the Security/Abuse contact for the web site that this occurred. Send them a copy of the threat. Minimum you can get the person's account shut off and possibly IP banned. If you want to pursue criminal charges request their IP address and any identifying info. If you can get their IP address you can report them to their ISP and most likely they will lose internet service. Even if it's posted via a cell phone they can lose their phone service as criminal activity is a huge no-no in all service contracts. Now if it's a Gar type... this avenue may not work unless the local library can determine which bridge troll committed the crime.

Most of these assholes are posting threats from Starbucks or Panera Bread free WiFi hotspots --- so there's no way to track them via IP address to their laptop or phone

[ThrillsNSpills]

I must've missed that!

She had a 101 after her name too like Angel's wacko.

[Nitro Express]

Wait a sec. Samuel Hagar sounds very jewish. People, I think we are dealing with a very violent Cherone-fan :D

I think Sammy reflects the jewish stereotype more than Dave. Sammy is the one peddling and selling. I've never seen Dave doing ads for kosher hotdogs, or selling financial services. He does refer to diamonds in his show name Diamond Dave but he isn't saying go down to my uncle Marvin Weiss in the district, he will give you a good deal.