Came across this on Gene's site:
Hey Gene,
I recently finished reading David Lee Roth's book, "Crazy From The Heat". In it, he claims (back in the day) that_you were trying to steal Eddie Van Halen from_Van Halen_to become the new guitarist in KISS, which is the complete_opposite of the story KISS fans know (that being Eddie was the one who wanted to join KISS). I believe it happened the way you have always said. Can you shed any light on this?
Thanks!
Andy
Response from Gene:
While we were recording Creatures of the Night at Record Plant in LA, Edward called me and wanted to know if he could come down and visit. I answered I would be happy to see him anytime. While he was there, we played him a few tracks. He then played some of "Jump" and it caught us all by surprise. Synthesizers!!! He then asked if he and I could have lunch together. We walked across the street to the diner and over lunch he asked if we would consider him for our lead guitarist slot. Ace had left the band by then (for the first time...and we were looking for a lead guitarist)._
I told him that no matter how tortured he was with Roth, he should try to stick it out and that in either case, his talent wouldn't be able to be fully shown within KISS.
That's the entire story.
Mezro...the demon, the starchild, the fox and...the lying dutchman...and Gene had problems with Ace being a drunk...
Hey Gene,
I recently finished reading David Lee Roth's book, "Crazy From The Heat". In it, he claims (back in the day) that_you were trying to steal Eddie Van Halen from_Van Halen_to become the new guitarist in KISS, which is the complete_opposite of the story KISS fans know (that being Eddie was the one who wanted to join KISS). I believe it happened the way you have always said. Can you shed any light on this?
Thanks!
Andy
Response from Gene:
While we were recording Creatures of the Night at Record Plant in LA, Edward called me and wanted to know if he could come down and visit. I answered I would be happy to see him anytime. While he was there, we played him a few tracks. He then played some of "Jump" and it caught us all by surprise. Synthesizers!!! He then asked if he and I could have lunch together. We walked across the street to the diner and over lunch he asked if we would consider him for our lead guitarist slot. Ace had left the band by then (for the first time...and we were looking for a lead guitarist)._
I told him that no matter how tortured he was with Roth, he should try to stick it out and that in either case, his talent wouldn't be able to be fully shown within KISS.
That's the entire story.
Mezro...the demon, the starchild, the fox and...the lying dutchman...and Gene had problems with Ace being a drunk...
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