More VH talk from Eddie Trunk

[Seshmeister]

Trunk is a fucking idiot.

“The other thing, without getting into details or revealing sources, is that the issues and the disinterest in working with or doing anything with Sammy Hagar ever again from Van Halen is as high as it has ever been. Meaning forget about it, if anything happens with Van Halen, anybody that thinks, and I think people mostly knew this, but anybody who thinks that there is any play whatsoever in potential activity with Hagar, uh nuh.

There are issues, we’ll leave it at that. I don’t get in the middle of this stuff, I don’t know what’s real and what’s not, I just know from the Van Halen side, there is as strong as ever a disinterest in dealing with or working with Sammy for reasons, rumors that I hear, but I don’t know. I love Sammy, as everybody knows he’s a friend, I think he’s a tremendous guy, but there’s stuff that goes on that we don’t know about, apparently.

This is not fucking Agatha Christie. It's not a big fucking mystery.

Read his book which he didn't need to write since he had plenty of cash.



Not only was it a betrayal and a hatchet job on the Van Halen's, there were a ton of lies in there too.

Why the fuck would the Van Halen's ever go back to Hagar after that when they don't need to. Would you?

[Nickdfresh]

On a new episode of his SiriusXM show, Eddie Trunk discussed the rumored reunion of the original Van Halen lineup. While Sammy Hagar has expressed an interest in the last few years as joining forces with the original lineup with both he and David Lee Roth sharing vocals, Eddie Trunk said Van Halen are not interested in Hagar joining a potential reunion. Alternative Nation transcribed his comments.

“The other thing, without getting into details or revealing sources, is that the issues and the disinterest in working with or doing anything with Sammy Hagar ever again from Van Halen is as high as it has ever been. Meaning forget about it, if anything happens with Van Halen, anybody that thinks, and I think people mostly knew this, but anybody who thinks that there is any play whatsoever in potential activity with Hagar, uh nuh.

http://www.alternativenation.net/van-halen-reject-surprising-member-reunion/?fbclid=IwAR1sn7L81M3KmfgAUteZB1oauV9tVHS_3N8lhzUe_YLfQZxkbvdMq1Pjmd0

[Nickdfresh]

He did a similar interview back in 2001 that ended up in Maximum Golf magazine... that was the beginning of the dark times... cancer, divorce, Smoking Loon, Hagar reunion...

Hagar reunion...

[Terry]

He did a similar interview back in 2001 that ended up in Maximum Golf magazine... that was the beginning of the dark times... cancer, divorce, Smoking Loon, Hagar reunion...

Yeah, I'd say post-Van Halen III / late 1999 through until the spring of 2007 was certainly the dark times for Eddie.

Whatever one thought about the decision not to do more with Dave in 1996 and forge ahead with Cherone, at least with the Van Halen III period Eddie WAS forging ahead in some manner. After that, Eddie seemed like he was in free fall. Wouldn't wish cancer on anybody, but by all accounts Eddie was still getting fucked up after the bout with cancer: by 2006, he looked terrible, and the 2004 Hagar tour along with the 2006 Namm show display demonstrated that he wasn't particularly playing well anymore, either. By the end of 2006, I wouldn't have been surprised if Ed had died, because he just totally let himself go and didn't appear to give a fuck anymore.

Point of fact, it took Eddie until the 2012 tour to really start firing on all cylinders again, guitar-wise, and apply himself enough to where he could recreate the CVH catalog live to where it was worth paying money to see.

[ZahZoo]

Eddie finally broke his silence...to give us...golfing tips?

About as useful as Roth breaking his silence to promote...tattoo wax?

He did a similar interview back in 2001 that ended up in Maximum Golf magazine... that was the beginning of the dark times... cancer, divorce, Smoking Loon, Hagar reunion...

[Terry]

As you get older do you not just lose interest in reading interviews from musicians and sportsmen a bit - especially one talking about the other?



Who knew? In other news bears shit in the woods.

I'm not blaming Ed for answering pointless questions with pointless answers just saying it's maybe a waste of everyone's time.

I'd say, in general, yeah.

Even when I was younger, I never cared much what any athletes had to SAY about anything, or anything they were doing if they weren't playing.

I used to be quite into reading/watching interviews from musicians when I was younger. Now? Not nearly as much. Mostly because there are VERY few musicians who have much that is worth hearing about in an interview context.

Like, say, Frank Zappa was a good interview subject. John Lennon was a good interview subject. Robert Plant was/is a good interview subject. David Lee Roth has always been an entertaining/good interview subject. Pete Townshend was a good interview subject. Bob Dylan was a good interview subject. I may be forgetting a few others, but that's really about it far as musicians being good interview subjects. And that's fine: musicians should be good at music, with anything else like the ability to give a good interview being a bonus.

[Terry]

I'm not sure there's enough there to qualify that as an interview... Hardly a comment in passing...

Eddie finally broke his silence...to give us...golfing tips?

About as useful as Roth breaking his silence to promote...tattoo wax?

[Seshmeister]

As you get older do you not just lose interest in reading interviews from musicians and sportsmen a bit - especially one talking about the other?

He said he isn’t competitive when playing golf.

“Naw. I’ll hit a good ball and then two bad ones. I don’t even keep score, man. What’s the point? I know it’s going to be in the hundreds. The worst thing is my putting. The thing is: I never practice.”

He also said, “If you really want to be good you have to spend the time, like I did learning to play guitar. That’s how many hours you got to put in if you really want to be a pro or really, really good. You got to go out there and hit buckets and buckets and buckets of balls.”

Who knew? In other news bears shit in the woods.

I'm not blaming Ed for answering pointless questions with pointless answers just saying it's maybe a waste of everyone's time.

[DavidLeeNatra]

And what did Ed do with the coyote?

Get him some Smoking Loon...

Gesendet von meinem SM-G955F mit Tapatalk

[Vinnie Velvet]

And what did Ed do with the coyote?

It was probably Fagar dressed up as a coyote stalking Eddie.

Lol.

[Nickdfresh]

And what did Ed do with the coyote?

[Nickdfresh]

The actual interview is in some golf rag I think. Apparently Ed thought they'd only ask golf question...

[ZahZoo]

I'm not sure there's enough there to qualify that as an interview... Hardly a comment in passing...

[Nickdfresh]

Eddie Van Halen Breaks Silence With First Interview Since Reunion Rumors
By Brett Buchanan - Jan 16, 2019 14


Van Halen reunion rumors ran rampant in late 2018 as David Lee Roth said the band were doing ‘the original thing’ this summer, hinting at a Yankee Stadium show in New York. SiriusXM radio host Eddie Trunk then said rumors of a tour had been relayed to him by two music industry sources, and that Michael Anthony was rumored to return on bass after 15 years.

Eddie Van Halen has now given his first interview of 2019 in a new issue of Golf Magazine, though he did not discuss the status of Van Halen, and may have sidestepped questions about the band in a hilarious way.

He said he isn’t competitive when playing golf.

“Naw. I’ll hit a good ball and then two bad ones. I don’t even keep score, man. What’s the point? I know it’s going to be in the hundreds. The worst thing is my putting. The thing is: I never practice.”

He also said, “If you really want to be good you have to spend the time, like I did learning to play guitar. That’s how many hours you got to put in if you really want to be a pro or really, really good. You got to go out there and hit buckets and buckets and buckets of balls.”

The interview ended abruptly before any music questions could be asked, including potentially discussing the rumored Van Halen reunion.

He said, “I gotta go. There’s a coyote in my backyard. Big fucker.”

As rumors of a 2019 original Van Halen lineup reunion have run rampant, Michael Anthony recently denied the rumors to Premiere Radio a couple of weeks ago, saying he hadn’t talked to the band in years. Popular radio host Eddie Trunk, who previously said he had heard rumors from sources about a reunion tour following David Lee Roth’s comments, said he isn’t completely buying Anthony’s denial a couple of weeks ago. Alternative Nation transcribed his comments from his SiriusXM radio program.

“As I just said, do you think Michael Anthony is going to tell me, Sal [from Premiere Radio], or Loudwire anyone else, ‘Yeah, by the way, I just talked to the guys, we’re rehearsing right now. The tour gets announced new years day, we’re going out with such and such! Go ahead, and say it!’ Of course not! So here is overreaction the other way, because Michael essentially pleaded the fifth, which you would completely expect him to do, what is he going to do? If you are told not to say anything, you can’t say anything! ‘Now it’s off, now it’s over, there’s nothing to it.’ It’s ridiculous. Oh my god, this is what I mean, is when you read through whether it be Twitter, which I favor, or any of the social media outlets or websites, when it is on the web and you see these headlines and stuff, you’ve got to consider it for what it is.

You’ve got to take a beat and really think about it. So two days ago, ‘Confirmed! Van Halen reunion full go, stadiums.’ You got a date with Foo Fighters at Yankee Stadium, Michael Anthony to, ‘No, not happening, Michael Anthony said he hasn’t heard from anybody.’ Of course! The ring and yang here is ridiculous, just take a second and apply some logic to it. Is the guy that has been out of the band forever, if he was back in the band, do you really think he’s the one who is going to break the news ahead of an official statement?”

He later said, “With guys, even if you know them, aren’t going to show their hand. I’ll give you one more, Ace Frehley. Everybody knows I’m tight with Ace. Ace Frehley leading into the KISS reunion didn’t tell me it was happening. I mean, I am close with the guys, I signed him to his record deal back in the day, his solo deal. I went to the Unplugged, I was in the audience of the MTV Unplugged, 3 or 4 days before that happened. I wasn’t saying anything (laughs). You don’t want to get off on the wrong foot leaking something, so just keep all of this in perspective both ways. Don’t get too high, don’t get too low on anything.”

http://www.alternativenation.net/eddie-van-halen-breaks-silence-with-first-interview-reunion-rumors/

[Nickdfresh]

I didn't hear everything but the local classic rock station night DJ said he heard about a phone interview with Eddie in (maybe?) Golf Magazine. He said Ed blathered on about his gold game that is stellar even though he rarely practices. At the end he was asked about the reunion rumors involving Mike, and said something like "there's a big fucking coyote in my backyard, gotta go!"

Take that for what you may...