STEVE VAI Says Reunion Of DLR's 'Eat 'Em And Smile' Lineup Is 'On The Radar'

[DONNIEP]

He needed a better tan.

[Terry]

Well those 14 years have passed quickly...

Yeah, he looked totally ridiculous on that tour, particularly the multi-layered strands of platinum hair weaves.

Laughable, really.

[DONNIEP]

Yeah, he looked totally awesome on that tour

I agree!!

[Terry]

I agree!!

Wow, you changed the original wording of my post when you quoted it. That was a real...scorcher

[cadaverdog]

Wow, you changed the original wording of my post when you quoted it. That was a real...scorcher

I hate when they do that.

[cadaverdog]

He needed a better tan.

Looks like he forgot to put his dentures in as well.

[cadaverdog]

I still think he did that joint Hagar tour strictly for the money first and to position himself closer to Van Halen relevance to position himself to lobby for his return... Purely 2 goals in mind... Keep his bills paid and place himself on a path to working for Ed. Not with... for!!

I heard Sammy actually approached Dave about touring together right before the VMA awards debacle but Dave said no and told Sammy he already had a job. He was back in VH. If that's true when the Sam and Dave tour did happen Dave probably asked Sammy not to mention that conversation. If anything Dave did the tour with Sammy to piss the Van Halens off.

[DONNIEP]

I hate when they do that.

Me too.

[Terry]

The charme about the EEAS-BAND reuniting is that it would REALLY be a fun and "for the love of playing those tunes together"-thing. No separate wardrobes, no separate this and that, no lawyers...just four/five old pals knocking it out and having a shot and a selfie after the show.

Would love to see that.

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I'd tend to think that type of low-key, one-off gig thing would be the best setting for just playing the tunes and having fun.

[Terry]

I wonder how well it would go with the members being on somewhat equal footing. Dave was the big star and driving force in 86. His word was it. Would he be able to accept this as a band effort , and not try to dictate everything as he did before? It is the same question we pondered in his reunion with VH, and he seemed to relinquish a bit of the control he exerted in years past.

Well, I suppose Dave could still dictate everything by using his participation as leverage, if that's the route he wanted to go.

I can't imagine why, though. It's not like an EEAS reunion could fill 10,000 seat arenas these days. Dave as a solo act (which, in essence, is what the EEAS band is in terms of drawing power) would be playing 1-3,000 seaters these days. And Vai can do better than that headlining a G3 tour, without having terms dictated to him by Roth.

[cadaverdog]

Sheep.

Sorry pal, wrong again. If anyone's a sheep here it's the ones who worship Roth. I saw what I saw, heard what I heard and what I saw was a sub par performance by Roth and a lot more effort to entertain the home town crowd by Hagar and company. But Sammy did have the advantage of closing. But compared to the way Dave vocalized on the last couple of tours he (Roth) was fanfuckingtastic.

[DONNIEP]

When I caught the 2002 tour I didn't stay for Sam's set. But Dave was on fire that nite here in Charlotte. Or at least I thought so, I was kinda buzzed up that nite.

[Seshmeister]

And Vai can do better than that headlining a G3 tour, without having terms dictated to him by Roth.

Maybe but he's kind of treading water at this point too with a 25th anniversary tour of Passion And Warfare.

[damngoodtimes]

I honestly think if DLR and the EEAS band do get back together , in whatever capacity , big or small, it spells the end of DLR in VH(which unless something definitively says otherwise, I believe to be the case anyways)
It's really sad the whole gaggle of musicians can't see the tremendous opportunity they leave on the table. In Ricardo Montalban Fantasy Island, they could do a VH Festival tour, with every incarnation of VH and the Bastard off shoots playing throughout a day and just have a killer tour, with the Classic VH headlining. By that I mean Hagar, Chickenfoot, DLR EEAS band , Van Hagar, Van Halen w/Wolfgang, & the Mighty VH-
"Welcome , to Fantasy island"

That seems like WAY too much work for Ed and Al

[ZahZoo]

That seems like WAY too much work for Ed and Al

Getting off the couch and out of the house is WAY too much work for those lazy bastards...