'Van Halen Rising' Book Chat with Greg Renoff - Oct. 17th, 9pm ET

[vandeleur]

Sex & Religion is awesome up until that part where they all start squealing like pigs.

was going with eat em and smile but as you were

[Anonymous]

Lennon only brought a megaton more to the music world than the likes of Warrant.

I will admit that Lennon more or less balanced the evil that he brought upon us all with all the bands that were influenced by the Beatles, aka the very first boys band.

But that's as far as I go.

[DLR Bridge]

Like always, you are extremely cool-headed & entirely reasonable, Terry.

It certainly wasn't talent that put grunge in the spotlight. Lack of absolutely anything else seems quite fitting.

Right, because Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Matt Cameron, Mike McCreedy, Layne Staley, Andrew Wood and a host of others stumbled in and succeeded with pure luck. LMAO.

[Anonymous]

was going with eat em and smile but as you were

What's wrong with Skyscraper? Ford hates it, that means it's brilliant.

[cadaverdog]

But he was a fire arms enthusiast.

He was a weirdo. Now he's a dead weirdo.

[vandeleur]

Right, because Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Matt Cameron, Mike McCreedy, Layne Staley, Andrew Wood and a host of others stumbled in and succeeded with pure luck. LMAO.

Jerry Cantrell is a groovy mother fucker

[vandeleur]

What's wrong with Skyscraper? Ford hates it, that means it's brilliant.

I didnt want to overload the fact that vai who was a big part of the Dave band was getting put in the same bracket as ngog moomingtrol

[Anonymous]

Right, because Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Matt Cameron, Mike McCreedy, Layne Staley, Andrew Wood and a host of others stumbled in and succeeded with pure luck. LMAO.

Whining hippies, the lot of them.

Riding the coattails of the filthiest whiningest hippie of them all.

They should've gotten haircuts, real jobs & left Music to the likes of George Thorogood, John Lee Hooker, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Dickinson, Helloween, etc.

You can safely ignore their entire careers & still never run out of EXCELLENT music to listen to, even if you manage to live more than a few lifetimes.

[Satan]

What's wrong with Skyscraper? Ford hates it, that means it's brilliant.

The only difference between Skycrapper and Othisblowsgoats2 was that one had a tolerable vocalist.

Other than that, both were Velveeta drenched artery clogging synth pop nightmares. (with the notable exception of "Damn Good". The Van Hagar album had NO notable exceptions, of course)

[DLR Bridge]

the likes of George Thorogood, John Lee Hooker, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Dickinson, Helloween, etc.

Good grief.

[vandeleur]

The only difference between Skycrapper and Othisblowsgoats2 was that one had a tolerable vocalist.

Other than that, both were Velveeta drenched artery clogging synth pop nightmares. (with the notable exception of "Damn Good". The Van Hagar album had NO notable exceptions, of course)

Who listened to Othisblowsgoats2 any hoo

[DLR Bridge]

He was a weirdo. Now he's a dead weirdo.

Is that right. How well did you actually know him? Did your records sell as well?

[Satan]

I listened to it once.... in 1988. I still use it to torment the damned in Hell. But only in places where the screams can't reach my office.

[beavrtek]

That's a bold statement. Definitely a handful of tasty riffage on there, but a fair share of clunkers, too. Not sure what the 5 weeks difference would have made, but the guy wasn't about to break any musical ground with Oni Logan dishing out huff and puff lyrics about his burning soul.

Regarding Wicked Sensation, just curious as to what, in your mind, constitutes a "clunker"? Opinions obviously vary but I would think that it's safe to assume that most of us here at RA dig melodic hard/heavy rock. Though George Lynch's Lynch Mob was a little more self indulgent than early VH, I find it hard to believe that Wicked Sensation would not have been big, if radio had not adopted grunge. The disc oozes melody and heart felt attitude. To my ears, the only "clunker" on WS would be (maybe) Street Fighting Man. Shmultzy was on the way out, and George understood this. In his solo stuff (w/Oni Logan on vocals) he could staked his claim, if only the public had been given a chance (via FM radio) to hear it. I doubt that GL has even begun to get out from under the debt incurred from the WS sessions. He is now living in a trailer, but was so close, bitd, to becoming a household word. Though in life you place your bets and takes your chances... that's gotta hurt.

[vandeleur]

I listened to it once.... in 1988. I still use it to torment the damned in Hell. But only in places where the screams can't reach my office.

Well you get what you deserve, if you listened to the first coathanger abortion of an album and then went back for more who is a silly devil.