Eddie tells Neil Schon to pound sand

[diamond den™]

Originally posted by DLR4VH
I think Ed's probably just being loyal to Silvertide, they've been the opening act and he probably thinks why should we boot them for a couple of shows...it's not fair to them.

SHEEP ALERT!!!!

[Hummarstra]

You're all making assumptions and you all don't know shit.

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by guwapo_rocker
Eddie doesn't want Neal on the same bill because Neal can still play

and Eddie can't.

Untrue statement alert!!

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by diamond den™
Neal Schon is an Excellent guitar player.......Eddie is fucking intimidated.......

I'm a big fan of Schon's...always have been. Very underrated. Having said that....there's no way Ed is intimidated, no reason to be either. Ed's been playing better with each show. It's either a case of professional courtesy towards Silvertide, or it could be hard feelings about Planter Us, or it could be something we'll never know about.

[scottydabodi]

Schon rules

Judging by EVH's MASSIVE insecurity issue, him feeling threatened by Schon's virutosity seems VERY reasonable. Besides, if Schon goes onstage, and fucking RULES, that means Ed's gonna have to work... and we all know that WORKING gets in the way of his DRINKING.

[lms2]

Blah Blah Blah....okay, I thought that there were two different opening bands for VH.. one for the first part of the tour and one for the second. How come with Dave everyone thinks it is the money first and foremost, but that doesnt even get mentioned in Niel's case. Further, Classic Van Halen liked to give new guys a shot...when you have a big name... you don't need a kick ass opening band so why not give someone a shot to be heard? Share the "wealth" of opportunity? Give some unknown punks a chance to be heard. For every kick ass guitarist you have heard of there are 3 or 4 equally awesome guitarists that you will never hear of. Such is life.

[SoCalChelle]

Just curious.....has anything posted on melodiCROCK ever turned out to be true?

[Viking]

If it IS true, it's a slap at Sammy and Mike, too. Maybe it ain't all hugs and kisses in the VH camp after all.

Mr. Roth, you have a call on line two.

[BigDaddyD]

Originally posted by DLR4VH
I think Ed's probably just being loyal to Silvertide, they've been the opening act and he probably thinks why should we boot them for a couple of shows...it's not fair to them.

EVH doesn't care about anyone other than EVH.

[Mezro]

Originally posted by DLR4VH
I think Ed's probably just being loyal to Silvertide, they've been the opening act and he probably thinks why should we boot them for a couple of shows...it's not fair to them.

Simple:

Silvertide = cheap labor
Soul Whatever = not so cheap labor

Mezro...even a drunk Ed knows the bottom line is the bottom line...

[AJW]

Originally posted by Matt White
I can't see what the big deal for Ed could have been, I mean since Van Hagar basically IS Journey. Same wimpy power ballads, same shameless love songs to pull the bic lighters out of the crowd. Why have a beef with Neal? He was just giving Mikey A JOB! Since Ed couldn't get out of bed for the past 6 years!

I was just going to say the same thing.

[AJW]

Originally posted by SoCalChelle
Just curious.....has anything posted on melodiCROCK ever turned out to be true?

Yes, the Van Hagar reunion. Give Andrew some credit. He was the first one to break the story.

[BigDaddyD]

Originally posted by Mezro
Simple:

Silvertide = cheap labor
Soul Whatever = not so cheap labor

Mezro...even a drunk Ed knows the bottom line is the bottom line...

VH are guaranteed their money. What do they care? The tour is tanking anyway, if they cared about that they might have rehearsed and put on proper shows ...not given out free parking and food. Besides, if they were concerned about costs, they would have NEal because he can fill seats. By every account that I have heard, Silvertide sucks anyway.

[Warham]

Silverwho?

[Samsonite]

Originally posted by BigDaddyD
VH are guaranteed their money. What do they care? The tour is tanking anyway, if they cared about that they might have rehearsed and put on proper shows ...not given out free parking and food. Besides, if they were concerned about costs, they would have NEal because he can fill seats. By every account that I have heard, Silvertide sucks anyway.

Bullshit. Silvertide was a pretty good opening act. They were awesome in Cleveland.