I listen to Van Halen, not Van Hagar

[Ripzalot]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...cades-20150324

VAN HALEN 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Sunday July 5, Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 7, Portland, OR, Amphitheater Northwest
Thursday July 9, Concord, CA, Concord Pavilion
Saturday July 11, San Bernardino, CA, San Manuel Amphitheater
Tuesday July 14, Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thursday July 16, Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday July 18, Salt Lake City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre
Monday July 20, Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wednesday July 22, Kansas City, MO, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Friday July 24, Chicago, IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday July 26, St. Louis, MO, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 28, Pittsburgh, PA, First Niagra Pavilion
Thursday July 30, Bangor, ME, Darling'sWaterfront Pavilion
Saturday August 1, Boston, MA, Xfinity Center
Monday August 3, Cleveland, OH, Blossom Music Center
Wednesday August 5, London, ON, Western Fair District
Friday August 7, Toronto, ON, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sunday August 9, Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday August 11, Hartford, CT, Xfinity Center
Thursday August 13, Wantagh, NY, Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sunday August 23, Hershey, PA, Hershey Park
Tuesday August 25, Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Thursday August 27, Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
Saturday August 29, Washington DC, Jiffy Lube Live
Monday August 31, Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday September 2, Indianapolis, IN, Klipsch Amphitheatre
Friday September 4, Detroit, MI, DTE Energy Music Theater
Sunday September 6, Bethel, NY, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Wednesday September 9, Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek Amphitheater
Friday September 11, Charlotte, NC, PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday September 13, Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tuesday September 15, West Palm Beach, FL, Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Thursday September 17, Birmingham, AL, Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Monday September 21, Austin, TX, Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday September 23, Dallas, TX, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Friday September 25, Houston, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday September 28, Phoenix, AZ, Ak-Chin Pavilion
Wednesday September 30, San Diego, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday October 2, Hollywood, CA, Hollywood Bowl

[pureantigravity]

I dunno. They sound washed. They really have no more 'groove.' DLR sounds hoarse.

Hagar and Michael Anthony's Chickenfoot sound really good though.

[Ripzalot]

I want to like Chickenfoot but it's just too average sounding for me. I do appreciate Satriani but not on this.

I'm hoping for a VH euro tour. Doesn't matter what DLR sounds like, Eddie is legend.

[powpig]

I dunno. They sound washed. They really have no more 'groove.' DLR sounds hoarse.

Hagar and Michael Anthony's Chickenfoot sound really good though.

Just depends whether you'd rather hear Sammy sound great on Best Of Both Worlds & Right Now or Dave straining to get through Everybody Wants Some & Atomic Punk. I'll take the latter every time!

[Ripzalot]

i like powpig. we need to party sometime.

i saw Van Halen twice, Women and Children First and then Fair Warning, absolutely at their peak imho. me and a buddy hung out at the backstage door and met David Lee Roth, who was drunk off his ass at 1pm, staggering around with a bottle of jack. he hung out a while and chatted with us. he was super obnoxious but that just added to the fun.

i did see Van Hagar once, i think it was the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tour. i went because Alice in Chains was opening (first album tour). they were nearly booed off the stage the entire set. i remember layne staley sang love hate love in a squatting fetal position while being pelted with drink cups. i wanted to punch all the people around me.

for the record, Van Hagar fans are idiots.

[Marshall Tucker]

^ in the day, dude on my hall, could play that shit note-for-note. Eruption, Ice Cream man, etc. He said the spanish fly flamingo stuff would give him some trouble but that was about it. incredible talent.

RIP bill.

[Tads]

i did see Van Hagar once, i think it was the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tour. i went because Alice in Chains was opening (first album tour). they were nearly booed off the stage the entire set. i remember layne staley sang love hate love in a squatting fetal position while being pelted with drink cups. i wanted to punch all the people around me.

Ha - I caught that show in Philly. Staley/AIC did the same exact thing there. They were booed incessantly.

[LegoSkier]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tax9_cB4QRs
Ha! I think the proper response here is "no Dave, you make sure your nose is OK and go home. Well finish up the show without you"

[powpig]

Good interview with EVH in the new Billboard.



Billboard Cover: Eddie Van Halen on Surviving Addiction, Why He's Still Making Music and What He Really Thinks of David Lee Roth (and Other Past Van Halen Bandmates)

[pureantigravity]

The music used to be good. They always sounded like they were hollering instead of singing. Now, the music sucks and they sound like they are still hollering.

Sammy made them sound good. They had some groove and melody on those albums. Even with original VH, there was some semblance of a band playing together making music.

Now, DLR appears to be really trying hard to entertain. But the rest of the band looks stuck and there's no groove.

Eddie and family rule the roost and have lost the train. Even bad Ozzie sounds better than the current VH.

I'd rather be stuck in a room alone with DLR talking crap than have to bear witness to any more of Eddie's supposed groove.

Too bad. Perhaps Eddie will come out of the cave and get together with some good musical influences (not likely since he takes pride in saying that he doesn't listen to other music).

I'm afraid that this is the last curtain on this terrible band from the 80's.

Sammy and Mike and DLR have a future.

[~mikey b]

That music was never good.

[LegoSkier]

That is the thing that pisses me off about EVH and that article. He undoubtly is a musical genius on a whole other level. And right now he is absolutely being a selfish asshole by "giving the fans what they want" and making more Van Halen music even though there is nothing innovative or creative about that anymore. My greatest wish as a long time Van Halen fan is for the band to sease to exist. Eddie should take a bunch of DMT or something and pick up that oboe or piano and let his genius out without regard for VH fans.

[pureantigravity]

Furious Sammy Hagar Calls Eddie Van Halen A Liar In Rant

[Ripzalot]

michael anthony: king of the quarter notes.

i always thought he had one of the easiest jobs in the world.

[Beery]

The music used to be good. They always sounded like they were hollering instead of singing. Now, the music sucks and they sound like they are still hollering.

Sammy made them sound good. They had some groove and melody on those albums. Even with original VH, there was some semblance of a band playing together making music.

Now, DLR appears to be really trying hard to entertain. But the rest of the band looks stuck and there's no groove.

Eddie and family rule the roost and have lost the train. Even bad Ozzie sounds better than the current VH.

I'd rather be stuck in a room alone with DLR talking crap than have to bear witness to any more of Eddie's supposed groove.

Too bad. Perhaps Eddie will come out of the cave and get together with some good musical influences (not likely since he takes pride in saying that he doesn't listen to other music).

I'm afraid that this is the last curtain on this terrible band from the 80's.

Sammy and Mike and DLR have a future.

Wow, ur a real pencil dick. Ask any musician what they would say about old van halen. Not a fan boy, but u couldn't more incorrect in ur assessment.

[pureantigravity]

Wow, ur a real pencil dick. Ask any musician what they would say about old van halen. Not a fan boy, but u couldn't more incorrect in ur assessment.

I'll admit. It was a bit disappointing reading Eddie's latest interview. He's OK. Listening to 1984 (the last few songs, not the popular ones) brought a bit of my good will back.

I hope they get past playing their old stuff and make something more current and inspiring.

Long live VH. But I hope not too much longer doing the same old.

[pureantigravity]

Turn your radios on
I'll appear right there, yes I will
Turn me up real loud
I'm in your ears

Now I'm hanging ten now baby
As I ride your sonic, wave
Good God y'all

I'm on fire

[Shredhead]

How has the VH crowd received Kenny Wayne Shepard as the warm up band?

He played the Belly Up the night before Red Rocks and totally killed it.

[powbmps]

Tickets for the 8/11 Xfinity Center show in MA were on Groupon for like $25.

Shit. Just noticed the Nickelback concert there was cancelled.