van halen should have changed their name

[Thetruthbaby]

VAN HAGAR, THEY DID CONSIDER IT

I've posted this before but in one of the back issues for Modern Drummer in 1985 AVHalen was listed in a endorsement ad and it said Alex Van Halen and right below his name where the band name is listed it said VAN HAGAR. I can't remember for sure or not if it was a Paiste, Ludwig, or Simmons Electronics ad but I almost fell off my chair when I saw it because I didn't know they considered it that closely. Obviously someone in the VH camp must have told some people they were going to change the name. Then they obviously ultimately decided to keep the original name. Despite the fact that the new material in many ways did not even resemble the stellar first 6 albums. They should have changed the name. WCTBLove, Dreams & LWIn are abominations. Not to mention sub par tracks like Inside & 5150. Van Halen died in 85'.

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Originally posted by Tom Foolery
Creed got a new lead singer and changed their name to Alterbridge. Great move, i hated creed, but i heard the new alterbridge song and thought it kicked ass, the i found out it was 3/4 of creed. Glad i didnt know before. It may have helped vh, but i doubt it, it would have really hurt the band, they already had good name recognition.

The only thing I didn't like about Creed was the singer's voice!

[Terry]

Originally posted by on fire 84
Van Halen was not David Lee Roths band. If that were the case, Van Halen would not have been popular at all after DLR. Look, 5150 sold 6 million, Crazy from the heat sold 1 or 2 mil, i cant recall. And then the rest of the Van Hagar catalogue sold 3 mill a piece at the worst, while DLR couldnt sell shit after Skyscraper. Those numbers should be switched around if it was "Daves band"

Van Halen's last album with Roth: 10 million in US sales, closing in on 11.

Van Hagar's last full-length album: slightly over 3 million.

Incidentally, A Little Ain't Enough also went platinum.

Nope, Van Halen wasn't David Lee Roth's band. But if EVH was Van Halen, then by that logic sales shouldn't have dropped after Roth left.

[secrets]

Possible names?

They should have changed names without a doubt. How about:

Van Hasbeen

or

Wanker Brothers

[Tom Foolery]

Originally posted by secrets
They should have changed names without a doubt. How about:

Van Hasbeen

This name might be a little bit more fitting for Dave at the current time. The only thing he is holding onto in his solo career is Van Halen,

[Tom Foolery]

Originally posted by Terry
Van Halen's last album with Roth: 10 million in US sales, closing in on 11.

Van Hagar's last full-length album: slightly over 3 million.

Incidentally, A Little Ain't Enough also went platinum.

Nope, Van Halen wasn't David Lee Roth's band. But if EVH was Van Halen, then by that logic sales shouldn't have dropped after Roth left.

Shit man, every argument is made based off of record sales, look at the top 5 selling cds and you will be a little suprised whats on there. Dont give me this shit that simply because it out sold its better, if that is the case then Spice World is a hell of alot better than 1984 and so is shania twain's Come on Over

[degüello]

Originally posted by DLR_EngineRoom
The only thing I didn't like about Creed was the singer's voice!

Uh, so I guess you weren't bothered by the horribly cheesy music and puke-inducing lyrics, not to mention the incredible pretentiousness and basic unforgivable-crime-against-rock nature of their music...

[Switch84]

Originally posted by Matt White
EXACTLY HOW I"VE FELT SINCE 85!!!!
You got my vote Bro!!!!!

He's got mine, too, Matt!

[Panamark]

I wonder if all these legal dramas would have been avoided, if indeed they did rename the band to Van Hagar....

Would have been harder for Spammy and the Sisters to screw Dave's
Royalties under a different entity name. (You would think)

[JCOOK]

new name for them "SHITBAG"