The "Van Halen" business entity

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  • mikethemartian
    Groupie
    • Jun 2004
    • 72

    The "Van Halen" business entity

    If I remember correctly, besides being a name of a band, and of two members, "Van Halen" was also the name of a company the band had. So when Dave split from the band wouldn't he still have part ownership and control of the brand "Van Halen"? I guess it may depend if they were technically a partnership or incorporated.
  • Roth kills Sam
    Foot Soldier
    • Mar 2004
    • 691

    #2
    Re: The "Van Halen" business entity

    Originally posted by mikethemartian
    If I remember correctly, besides being a name of a band, and of two members, "Van Halen" was also the name of a company the band had. So when Dave split from the band wouldn't he still have part ownership and control of the brand "Van Halen"? I guess it may depend if they were technically a partnership or incorporated.
    Yes, it would be binding, which is most likely why we never heard anything about it. Motley Crue Indoporated themselves during the Dr. Feelgood" time period. A few years later when Nikki Sixx abruptly kicked Vince Neil out of the band (a la Eddie & Sammy), he had no idea it would have legal ramifications. He went "whoops" when he found out Vince Neil still owned his portion of Motley Crue. Vince was paid a 6 figure sum as a goodbye present/settlement.... ouch...

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    • Roth kills Sam
      Foot Soldier
      • Mar 2004
      • 691

      #3
      Re: The "Van Halen" business entity

      We heard more about the pretty small $250,000 suit he had with the sisiters recently...

      $250,000 is small to Dave!

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      • Panamark
        DIAMOND STATUS
        • Jan 2004
        • 17161

        #4
        Mike gets a bigger cut of the royalties on the back catalog than
        Dave does. Now, does that suck or what ?? All Dave ever sought
        was 25%. They even ripped him on that...

        FUCKYOU VAN HALEN !
        BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
        Love ya Mary Frances!

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        • Vanstonica
          Roadie
          • Jun 2004
          • 165

          #5
          I believe Dave had part ownership of the "Van Halen" label as well as his own individual entity. If you look inside the cover of the Remastered 1984 album, credits are given to "Van Halen" and "Diamond Dave Music"

          ......or I wonder if this is something that emerged after the split, and is a direct result of the lawsuit.

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          • Roth kills Sam
            Foot Soldier
            • Mar 2004
            • 691

            #6
            Originally posted by Vanstonica
            I believe Dave had part ownership of the "Van Halen" label as well as his own individual entity. If you look inside the cover of the Remastered 1984 album, credits are given to "Van Halen" and "Diamond Dave Music"

            ......or I wonder if this is something that emerged after the split, and is a direct result of the lawsuit.
            I am pretty sure "Diamond Dave" is referring to the publishing entity he created after the split. So now, his portion is assigned to the same royalty pool as his solo stuff. So he can afford to buy more shiny leather outifts

            Rock on

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            • tjvhou812
              Full Member Status

              • Mar 2004
              • 4216

              #7
              Originally posted by Panamark
              Mike gets a bigger cut of the royalties on the back catalog than
              Dave does. Now, does that suck or what ?? All Dave ever sought
              was 25%. They even ripped him on that...

              FUCKYOU VAN HALEN !
              dave should get his cut
              Originally posted by RIKK

              Now, tj was indeed a major cunt. Indeed, he probably still is.

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              • Rikk
                DIAMOND STATUS
                • Jan 2004
                • 16518

                #8
                Originally posted by tjvhou812
                dave should get his cut
                Wow!! Backing up Dave again. Now if you just weren't aligned with cockvanhalen69, maybe we'd have NO reason to keep attacking you!!!
                Roth Army Militia

                Originally posted by WARF
                Rikk - The new school of the Roth Army... this dude leads the pack... three words... The Sheep Pen... this dude opened alot of doors for people during this new era... he's the best of the new school.

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                • guwapo_rocker

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Rikk
                  Wow!! Backing up Dave again. Now if you just weren't aligned with cockvanhalen69, maybe we'd have NO reason to keep attacking you!!!
                  No fucking chance

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