Van Halen cancel tour
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color me shocked... i wonder how long it will take before the finger pointing starts
Damn. There go 2 days of work.
Jesus, what the fuck? I read somewhere that the band "hates each other."
What the fuck does that mean? 3/4ths of the current lineup are Van Halen family members. I can't imagine they hate each other, which means that they all hate DLR, and he probably hates them back?
You know what, it doesn't matter anyway. I saw their show in April. They don't have Michael Anthony's vocals anymore, so it's not really a pure VH show. But bigger than that, this whole band was built around a youthful verve and acrobatic, over the top showmanship, and DLR just can't pull that off anymore. Largely it's because his voice just doesn't have the range that it used to, but VH used to be all about a sense of danger and wildness. EVH still plays like a wizard, but the whole band is sober, they have EVH's kid with them, and the "edge" is just not there.
They blew it by fighting so much in the 80s that they had to split up. Anything produced by any of them after 1984 is not really Van Halen, it's a reformatted group. They will never re-capture what they had, and it's not just because they fight with each other.
What the fuck does that mean? 3/4ths of the current lineup are Van Halen family members. I can't imagine they hate each other, which means that they all hate DLR, and he probably hates them back?
You know what, it doesn't matter anyway. I saw their show in April. They don't have Michael Anthony's vocals anymore, so it's not really a pure VH show. But bigger than that, this whole band was built around a youthful verve and acrobatic, over the top showmanship, and DLR just can't pull that off anymore. Largely it's because his voice just doesn't have the range that it used to, but VH used to be all about a sense of danger and wildness. EVH still plays like a wizard, but the whole band is sober, they have EVH's kid with them, and the "edge" is just not there.
They blew it by fighting so much in the 80s that they had to split up. Anything produced by any of them after 1984 is not really Van Halen, it's a reformatted group. They will never re-capture what they had, and it's not just because they fight with each other.
ralph furley
Banned
and i was gonna see them
bobjustbob
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Nearly all of them are getting mailings from AARP. At what point can we not have the maturity to make a half billion dollar tour. Ain't like they haven't done it before. What the fuck do they have to do? Pose for some pictures. Do some promo interviews. Show up, sing and play, cut the money. Other people do the rest. Do they want the money? Do they want to keep the music living? Shit or get off the pot guys. Take up golf and collect your residual checks.
Agreed.
missdannigee
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yeah, well maybe they were just annoyed with one another, id be after spending so much time with the same people over and over again...on the road...and apparently sober 
I saw them in reading, PA about a month ago. They were pretty decent. they arent my thing but i spent some good time with my dad and i got dinner and drinks...oh and a pretty hot tee outta the deal i took pics if you guys wanna see what u missed out on. the skinny blond dude told us to go fuck ourselves as soon as he got on stage...not very nice! lol (i was like dad...you said my music was bad...wtf is this? jk) http://www.danni-gee.com/blog/?p=1559
I saw them in reading, PA about a month ago. They were pretty decent. they arent my thing but i spent some good time with my dad and i got dinner and drinks...oh and a pretty hot tee outta the deal i took pics if you guys wanna see what u missed out on. the skinny blond dude told us to go fuck ourselves as soon as he got on stage...not very nice! lol (i was like dad...you said my music was bad...wtf is this? jk) http://www.danni-gee.com/blog/?p=1559
bobjustbob
Proud member of FreeOnes Hall Of Fame. Retired to
If you would have seen them at their prime then you would be as old as me and you don't want that.
John_8581
FreeOnes Lifetime Member
Will Eddie go into rehab AGAIN?? If so, typical.
this isn't news. news would be them actually being a functional band and actually pulling of a successful tour...
I thought maybe their bass player was grounded.
I saw them during their prime..actually the first concert I ever went to when i was in like the 8th or 9th grade...right before they went "commercial" with the 1984 album, followed shortly after by the Sammy Hagar era...I can't imagine a better first concert to attend...absolutely amazing...Incredible solos by Eddie, Alex and Mark Anthony...and David Lee Roth gave an unparalled stage performance.
I've been blessed to see alot of great concerts. but Van Halen, at that time, had to be the best. I kind of lost interest in them after Hagar joined in '85...They made some decent music after that, but nothing compared to their earlier stuff IMO.
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