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Yup, but you kinda knew that the crowd would be relatively quiet now in hindsight with Dave picking the show because of his affinity for the Japanese culture....
Not quite the fair comparison...
Budokan is 1/4 the size of Big Egg (Tokyo Dome), it's cavernous.... The Cheap Trick show was with them young in their prime in '77, compared to VH in their '60's....
Here's a video of Japanese girls screaming for VH when they were young....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
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To this day , that chick is etched into my brain screaming " Robin,Robin"..Comment
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I like when Bonzo would taunt the Japanese audiences.
"Far too noisy"gnaw on itComment
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And you just knew this was coming....
New Van Halen album has Sammy Hagar laughing
By DOUG ELFMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
I knew Sammy Hagar was calling me Monday, so I kept saying to myself, “Don’t ask him how terrible the new Van Halen album is.” But then, Hagar brought up how terrible it is.
Here’s the bad-blood background if you’re 10 years old or a newly arrived space alien: David Lee Roth sang in Van Halen. Then Hagar sang in Van Halen. Then Roth rejoined Van Halen.
Now the new David-Lee-Roth-Van Halen album, “Tokyo Dome In Concert,” is available for purchase, and it’s super, super, super, super, super, super, crazy bad.
“I’m trying to tread lightly on the whole thing,” Hagar told me. “Every time they do something, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, can these guys do anything worse to their reputation and to the level of the music of the band?”
I can’t believe Van Halen even released the album with Roth’s voice sounding like it does.
“They’ve got some pretty rough vocals,” Hagar said of Roth.
I told Hagar I tried not to even bring up Van Halen.
“I’m glad you didn’t, but I did,” Hagar said and laughed. “I try to stay away from criticism, but here I am, already starting this interview with it. It’s impossible, Doug. It’s impossible to stay away from. Standing back, I’m just going, ‘What the (expletive) are these guys thinking?’”
Meanwhile, Hagar has a new band called the Circle. It includes Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Wabos’ guitarist Vic Johnson, and last but not least, Jason Bonham on drums.
This Friday at Fremont Street Experience, a tribute band will perform some Hagar hits. Then around 9 p.m., the Circle will walk on stage with Sammy’s Beach Bar’s Rum, toast the crowd and watch an overhead-canopy show of Circle songs.
After that show, Hagar will party at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Planet Hollywood.
Then on Saturday, the Circle performs at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
The Circle has its own live album, “At Your Service,” coming out May 19. I’ve heard one song. That one song sounds infinitely better than the new Van Halen album.
On stage, the Circle performs Van Hagar songs, Hagar solo hits, songs from his days in the band Montrose, and Led Zeppelin classics, since Bonham is the son of Zeppelin’s iconic drummer.
Hagar said Bonham, revered in his own right, is at the top of his game.
“In the old days, he was great, but he was crazy. We’d say, ‘Where’s Jason?’ It was like, ‘He just got up and walked off stage and went back to the dressing room to get himself a drink.’ He was living that real ’70s Led Zeppelin style.”
Hagar said seeing the Circle is the only way to hear Van Halen musicians play the Van Hagar oeuvre.
“The Van Hagar era — those great songs, ‘Poundcake,’ ‘When It’s Love,’ ‘Right Now,’ ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?,’ ‘Top of the World,’ ‘Finish What Ya Started,’ ‘Best of Both Worlds’ — you’ll never hear those songs again, unless I’m singing them.”
Hagar also has a new TV show starting on AXS, called “Rock and Roll Road Trip.” He’s interviewing famous friends like Tommy Lee and Alice Cooper on that show. And he is launching a radio show this year.
As you can see, Hagar remains one of the world’s most reliable quote machines.
“Yeah, I’ll tell you anything,” he said. “Then I read my interview, and I go, ‘Dammit, I shouldn’t have said that. Next time, I gotta watch out.’ After my 30,000th interview of my life, I’m still going, ‘Oh boy, I shouldn’t have done that.’
“The truth of the matter is, everyone is welcome, and has the right, to their own opinion. That would include me.”Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
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Well...they've done two "somethings" in the last 3 years. One was ADKOT, which I think was great....and Hagar's jealous poodle ass can go jump off a cliff.And you just knew this was coming....
New Van Halen album has Sammy Hagar laughing
By DOUG ELFMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
“Every time they do something, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, can these guys do anything worse to their reputation and to the level of the music of the band?”
As for "Tokyo Dome", I kind of agree with Hagar. I think they should have left well enough alone.
Not that I care...but what happened to Chickenshit? Is Chad really that busy that they couldn't keep that "supergroup" together?Originally posted by perilouspete
fryingdutchman you pretty much own everyone.....sick comebacks, well put. top class wit.Comment
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And you just knew this was coming....
New Van Halen album has Sammy Hagar laughing
By DOUG ELFMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
I knew Sammy Hagar was calling me Monday, so I kept saying to myself, “Don’t ask him how terrible the new Van Halen album is.” But then, Hagar brought up how terrible it is.
Here’s the bad-blood background if you’re 10 years old or a newly arrived space alien: David Lee Roth sang in Van Halen. Then Hagar sang in Van Halen. Then Roth rejoined Van Halen.
Now the new David-Lee-Roth-Van Halen album, “Tokyo Dome In Concert,” is available for purchase, and it’s super, super, super, super, super, super, crazy bad.
“I’m trying to tread lightly on the whole thing,” Hagar told me. “Every time they do something, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, can these guys do anything worse to their reputation and to the level of the music of the band?”
I can’t believe Van Halen even released the album with Roth’s voice sounding like it does.
“They’ve got some pretty rough vocals,” Hagar said of Roth.
I told Hagar I tried not to even bring up Van Halen.
“I’m glad you didn’t, but I did,” Hagar said and laughed. “I try to stay away from criticism, but here I am, already starting this interview with it. It’s impossible, Doug. It’s impossible to stay away from. Standing back, I’m just going, ‘What the (expletive) are these guys thinking?’”
Meanwhile, Hagar has a new band called the Circle. It includes Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Wabos’ guitarist Vic Johnson, and last but not least, Jason Bonham on drums.
This Friday at Fremont Street Experience, a tribute band will perform some Hagar hits. Then around 9 p.m., the Circle will walk on stage with Sammy’s Beach Bar’s Rum, toast the crowd and watch an overhead-canopy show of Circle songs.
After that show, Hagar will party at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Planet Hollywood.
Then on Saturday, the Circle performs at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
The Circle has its own live album, “At Your Service,” coming out May 19. I’ve heard one song. That one song sounds infinitely better than the new Van Halen album.
On stage, the Circle performs Van Hagar songs, Hagar solo hits, songs from his days in the band Montrose, and Led Zeppelin classics, since Bonham is the son of Zeppelin’s iconic drummer.
Hagar said Bonham, revered in his own right, is at the top of his game.
“In the old days, he was great, but he was crazy. We’d say, ‘Where’s Jason?’ It was like, ‘He just got up and walked off stage and went back to the dressing room to get himself a drink.’ He was living that real ’70s Led Zeppelin style.”
Hagar said seeing the Circle is the only way to hear Van Halen musicians play the Van Hagar oeuvre.
“The Van Hagar era — those great songs, ‘Poundcake,’ ‘When It’s Love,’ ‘Right Now,’ ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?,’ ‘Top of the World,’ ‘Finish What Ya Started,’ ‘Best of Both Worlds’ — you’ll never hear those songs again, unless I’m singing them.”
Hagar also has a new TV show starting on AXS, called “Rock and Roll Road Trip.” He’s interviewing famous friends like Tommy Lee and Alice Cooper on that show. And he is launching a radio show this year.
As you can see, Hagar remains one of the world’s most reliable quote machines.
“Yeah, I’ll tell you anything,” he said. “Then I read my interview, and I go, ‘Dammit, I shouldn’t have said that. Next time, I gotta watch out.’ After my 30,000th interview of my life, I’m still going, ‘Oh boy, I shouldn’t have done that.’
“The truth of the matter is, everyone is welcome, and has the right, to their own opinion. That would include me.”
How do you spell pretentious? S-A-M-M-Y H-A-G-A-RComment
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Another example of why Hagar is a complete asshole. Puts off the persona like he's a happy, go lucky dude but deep down he's a bitter, resentful dick. He had every opportunity not to mention it but his only relevancy to th world is when he is putting down VH. Nobody cares about what he is up to. He's in a band with Bonham covering Zepp songs, MA singing Dave songs and him schlocking that mediocre catalogue from the Hagar years. If anyone challenged him on it to his face, he would start going on about album sales. I could give him countless examples of artists that sold a shit ton of music but doesn't mean it will be revered in twenty years. the classic VH years are and still stand the test of time and that jealous fuck can't handle it.And you just knew this was coming....
New Van Halen album has Sammy Hagar laughing
By DOUG ELFMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
I knew Sammy Hagar was calling me Monday, so I kept saying to myself, “Don’t ask him how terrible the new Van Halen album is.” But then, Hagar brought up how terrible it is.
Here’s the bad-blood background if you’re 10 years old or a newly arrived space alien: David Lee Roth sang in Van Halen. Then Hagar sang in Van Halen. Then Roth rejoined Van Halen.
Now the new David-Lee-Roth-Van Halen album, “Tokyo Dome In Concert,” is available for purchase, and it’s super, super, super, super, super, super, crazy bad.
“I’m trying to tread lightly on the whole thing,” Hagar told me. “Every time they do something, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, can these guys do anything worse to their reputation and to the level of the music of the band?”
I can’t believe Van Halen even released the album with Roth’s voice sounding like it does.
“They’ve got some pretty rough vocals,” Hagar said of Roth.
I told Hagar I tried not to even bring up Van Halen.
“I’m glad you didn’t, but I did,” Hagar said and laughed. “I try to stay away from criticism, but here I am, already starting this interview with it. It’s impossible, Doug. It’s impossible to stay away from. Standing back, I’m just going, ‘What the (expletive) are these guys thinking?’”
Meanwhile, Hagar has a new band called the Circle. It includes Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Wabos’ guitarist Vic Johnson, and last but not least, Jason Bonham on drums.
This Friday at Fremont Street Experience, a tribute band will perform some Hagar hits. Then around 9 p.m., the Circle will walk on stage with Sammy’s Beach Bar’s Rum, toast the crowd and watch an overhead-canopy show of Circle songs.
After that show, Hagar will party at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Planet Hollywood.
Then on Saturday, the Circle performs at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
The Circle has its own live album, “At Your Service,” coming out May 19. I’ve heard one song. That one song sounds infinitely better than the new Van Halen album.
On stage, the Circle performs Van Hagar songs, Hagar solo hits, songs from his days in the band Montrose, and Led Zeppelin classics, since Bonham is the son of Zeppelin’s iconic drummer.
Hagar said Bonham, revered in his own right, is at the top of his game.
“In the old days, he was great, but he was crazy. We’d say, ‘Where’s Jason?’ It was like, ‘He just got up and walked off stage and went back to the dressing room to get himself a drink.’ He was living that real ’70s Led Zeppelin style.”
Hagar said seeing the Circle is the only way to hear Van Halen musicians play the Van Hagar oeuvre.
“The Van Hagar era — those great songs, ‘Poundcake,’ ‘When It’s Love,’ ‘Right Now,’ ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?,’ ‘Top of the World,’ ‘Finish What Ya Started,’ ‘Best of Both Worlds’ — you’ll never hear those songs again, unless I’m singing them.”
Hagar also has a new TV show starting on AXS, called “Rock and Roll Road Trip.” He’s interviewing famous friends like Tommy Lee and Alice Cooper on that show. And he is launching a radio show this year.
As you can see, Hagar remains one of the world’s most reliable quote machines.
“Yeah, I’ll tell you anything,” he said. “Then I read my interview, and I go, ‘Dammit, I shouldn’t have said that. Next time, I gotta watch out.’ After my 30,000th interview of my life, I’m still going, ‘Oh boy, I shouldn’t have done that.’
“The truth of the matter is, everyone is welcome, and has the right, to their own opinion. That would include me.”Comment
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Whatever...
He's 1000% right about this...
"and it’s super, super, super, super, super, super, crazy bad."Comment
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Sounds to me like Sammy agrees with 90% of the members of this site. Dave sounds like shit and Van Halen fucked up doing a live album.
Should we invite him to chime in on the "Dave can't sing for shit" thread?sigpic" You ever notice when I scream I sound like Mr. Bill on acid" DLRComment
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Clichegar might want to listen to the way Victor butchers those Van Hagar songs. He might be a good guitarist, but he can't play Ed for shit.Comment
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