New 3 hour High Definition audio/video recording of Van Halen tribute band Fan Halen

[ELVIS]

It's like this...

I love The Beatles...

But I'm not interested in this kind of thing at all...



It's a bit creepy...

[DONNIEP]

C'mon dude, he looks worse than Dave in a mask...

Ten times worse...

I cringe watching this kind of garbage...

They do sound OK, but the look thing is ridiculous...

Van Halen never looked or acted like whatever it is these guys are doing...

It discredits the original, IMO...

So what. They look like they're having fun and sound good to me. Homo.

[DONNIEP]

It's like this...

I love The Beatles...

But I'm not interested in this kind of thing at all...



It's a bit creepy...

Boooorrrrrinnnngggg...Let's fight!

[Nitro Express]

So what. They look like they're having fun and sound good to me. Homo.

Homos having a good time? This is the Roth Army. Not a fucking Chickenfoot site.

[binnie]

I enjoyed that video, Derek.

If you'd like any feedback - and feel free to stick it straight in the trash - I'd say that a little more energy on stage might help. The playing is great though.....

[Southpaw]

Again, I have to agree with Elvis. The way DLR and EVH performed onstage wasn't an act, it was a lifestyle. Are these "cover " bands talented? No doubt, they sound impressive. I also cringe when watching VH cover bands. It's alot easier going out to perform in front of 500? people wearing spandex when everyone knows you're imitating someone. To go out in front of 20,000 in assless chaps takes mother fuckin balls baby! One of my favorite Dave quotes " you go fishing with a pole and net, I go with a camera and a frying pan. You hope for the best, I expect it" That my fellow DLR heads is the difference between The original and a copy.

[DONNIEP]

Again, I have to agree with Elvis. The way DLR and EVH performed onstage wasn't an act, it was a lifestyle. Are these "cover " bands talented? No doubt, they sound impressive. I also cringe when watching VH cover bands. It's alot easier going out to perform in front of 500? people wearing spandex when everyone knows you're imitating someone. To go out in front of 20,000 in assless chaps takes mother fuckin balls baby! One of my favorite Dave quotes " you go fishing with a pole and net, I go with a camera and a frying pan. You hope for the best, I expect it" That my fellow DLR heads is the difference between The original and a copy.

No doubt. The original was the best. But you can't get that stuff no more.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Just for that...

fuck you for making me click on that!

[ELVIS]

[ZahZoo]

Again, I have to agree with Elvis. The way DLR and EVH performed onstage wasn't an act, it was a lifestyle.

I don't have to agree with Elvis... rarely do.

I have to disagree with the onstage antics of DLR & EVH wasn't an act. 98% of every live Van Halen performance was choreographed, planned and even practiced down to which joke and punchline were delivered between the same song break nite after nite... For the small percentage of variation that occurred during a show was usually due to some minor distraction or equipment malfunction that interrupted the flow of the show.

You could darn near set your watch by the routine duration of a VH show... from beginning to end you won't find much more than a minute or two deviation.

Don't take my post wrong... everything in a VH show is uniquely special... just little to none was spontaneous and unplanned. Even Dave's fishing quote which has been reused/recycled tons of times.

[DONNIEP]

Don't take my post wrong... everything in a VH show is uniquely special... just little to none was spontaneous and unplanned.

I have to disagree with you. There's nothing planned or practiced about a VH show. I mean, just look at this short clip. You can't plan or practice this kind of explosive energy!

[Zing!]

Don't take my post wrong... everything in a VH show is uniquely special... just little to none was spontaneous and unplanned. Even Dave's fishing quote which has been reused/recycled tons of times.

Wait a sec - are you telling me Minneapolis/St. Paul ISN'T the rock and roll capitol of the world?

[DLR4VH]

I enjoyed that video, Derek.

If you'd like any feedback - and feel free to stick it straight in the trash - I'd say that a little more energy on stage might help. The playing is great though.....

Hey thank you for the feedback! I don't like to make excuses but to our defense we had just played at the San Diego House of Blues the night before (roughly 2.5-hours away) and then had to be at this gig the next morning by 8:30a. Our first set was at 12p and the crowd was just starting to arrive...if you notice later in the day the energy of both the band and the crowd picks-up (I'm sure Beer had a lot to do with it ). Another note is we played for three hours that day and played many songs we haven't played since we played there last year (Sinner's Swing was the first time ever) so it's not our "typical" set or "typical" show but we love to do it because it gives us an opportunity to play songs we almost never play.

Finally, we're just huge fans like everyone here. We don't think we're Van Halen and we know NO one can duplicate the fire that Van Halen brought to the stage every night back in the day. We also totally understand how some people don't get it or even cringe when they see grown adults acting like someone else but in the end we're having a blast doing this and the people who come to our shows really do have a great time. Trust me I would have never guessed in a million years I'd be doing this but the band keeps growing in popularity with almost 80,000 fans on Facebook (www.facebook.com/fanhalen) so what the hell as long as venues keep booking us and people keep coming to our shows I guess we'll just keep on ROCKIN' (I suppose there's worse hobbies to have).

-Derek

Here's a video from the stage view...

[ZahZoo]

I have to disagree with you. There's nothing planned or practiced about a VH show. I mean, just look at this short clip. You can't plan or practice this kind of explosive energy!

Yep... that was choreographed to the hilt...

It was one of those quiet, intimate moments where you could set your beer down and scratch your nuts!!!

[DONNIEP]

Wait a sec - are you telling me Minneapolis/St. Paul ISN'T the rock and roll capitol of the world?

Hell no, it ain't. It's Baltimore-Washington. Duh.