Eddy was the answer to jimmy page-think about it.

BAHHAHHHAHHHAHHAHAH!!!! !!!
Are you FREAKING serious?
Eddy is a no talent ass clown. I have personal friends that could play him off the stage.
Jimmy Page was and still is one of the greatest axe players of all times.

I do not like Zep that much but I am not STUPID!

Van Halen, were a contrived show tune band at best. Listen to their orchestrated sing-song teen-pop style.
NO Guts no Balls no heart what so ever. They are like the Beach Boys of the freaking 80’s!
You might as well jump????? WTF is that?

BTW learn when to Hyphen words. (page-think) = new word Pagethink

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Did you all know that the new van halen album is going to be all keyboards!!!!! It’s about time they got back to thier roots.
Eddy was the answer to jimmy page-think about it. Page was sloppy and Eddy was sharp.
Anyone ever see them live? I heard they have to bring three extra guitar players on to help out.

Did you all know that the new van halen album is going to be all keyboards!!!!! It’s about time they got back to thier roots.
Eddy was the answer to jimmy page-think about it. Page was sloppy and Eddy was sharp.
Anyone ever see them live? I heard they have to bring three extra guitar players on to help out.

Dave has always been a cross between a rock singer who ripped off Ian Gillan and a Las Vegas nightclub act.
Eddie ripped off the guitar tapping stuff from Ace who ripped it off from someone else but even so Eddie is a great guitarist.
Eddie wasn’t tapping in 1976 and by 1977 he was.
Listen and look at pre VH1 demos and photos to work it out.
Believe it or not tapping was going around in the 60’s and early 70’s.
Alex is a standard boring drummer and Mike is just boring.
Before Van Halen there was the Beatles the Doors the Who the Kinks Lynyrd Skynyd Deep Purple Black Sabbath Kiss etc and Van Halen ripped stuff off a lot of them.
They are an average band with not very good songs and they had a Las Vegas clown like act that appealed to some people.

Hendrix open for Van Halen? Van
Halen, the best band of all time?
I knew Jimmy, jimmy was a friend of
mine, Eddie Van Halen could not
carry Jimmy Hendrix’ jock strap.
As for L.A. bands, did you forget the Doors, idiot. A far greater band.

I remember when the air was electric that a Beatles reunion might go down…John took a bullet and all dreams were shattered.

Now a Roth/Eddie reunion has been brewing for quite sometime.If it happens it will be for the sake of posterity and nothing else,THE ORIGINAL Roth/Van halen signs off forever more. No real comeback.

Eddie has some health issues and sufferes tendonitis (I have been led to believe) a very painful condition that many guitarists and keyboardists get as they get older.

Certainly Eddie is a master but there was and is a number of guitar masters that are his equal but they play in a different style so it is difficult to eauate the level of skills.

During the Sammy Hagar era of the band, they had multi Platinum and Double platinum albums. It was this time that Van Halen was king of the hill.

Facts are : David Lee Roth and Eddie were young ego maniacs and didn’t get along. Eddie had a drinking issue.

Facts are:Sammy Hagar was an accomplished rock vocalist before joining Van Halen. Sammy didn’t get along with Eddie’s tempermentalism due to Eddie’s drinking issues.

Facts are: Eddie’s wife Valerie was already successful at a young age, but simply had to draw a line in the sand because of Eddie’s chemical addiction issues.

Facts are: Wolfgang will learn from everything and will have his own legacy and I hope that he can take Van Halen to new level as maturity sets in.

Van Halen deserves a place in the Rock Hall of Fame…they were and are truely a great band !

This tour if they do tour will bomb big time, no Mike than how can you even call it a reunion. Ed if seriously f***ed up in the head, if anyone goes to the show I hope you boo is little fat kid when they hit the stage, the little fat bastard is gonna do a solo spot? C’mon man grow up Ed, you to Alexandra tell your brother this is a total joke.

IF DAVID DOES NOT GET BACK WITH THEM HES PRETTY DUMB DAVID IS GOOD BUT HE WELL NEVER BE A SAMMY

Can anyone tell me when VH was at their peak? They should play all their songs using only keyboards-who is with me on this!!!?

Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player of all time. No one has been more innovative and influential. Hendrix would be opening for Edward and ripping him off like everyone else if he lived today.

With you Vern on Eddie. Best guitar player EVER!!!! One of the five best rock bands of all time.

Glad to see they are in the hall. Eddie is definitely the greatest guitar player of all time and Dave is the best frontman ever. If you are comparing all the bands in rock history DURING THEIR PRIME, only The Beatles and Zeppelin were ahead of VH. No band from 1978 on could match them. Think about it. The Hagar era VH beat out GNR and Metallica for best rock album in 1991. Metallica opened for VH in 1988. Sabbath broke up after VH opened up for them and blew them off the stage. ( Ozzy’s exact quote!) Glad they are in. They deserve it.

when i was 18 i knew two girls named patty and linda, and one of them supposedly took $10,000 of their parents money from a kitchen drawer and they both followed van halen around during the fair warning tour…

nwhen i was 18 i knew two girls when named patty and linda, and one of them supposedly took $10,000 of their parents money from a kitchen drawer and they both followed van halen around on tour during the fair warning tour…

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i remember way back in the 1980s there were a bunch of cranksters who would sit on the bricks all night right by the bathrooms of the old chevron station on the el camino real cruise strip - they would sit there and do crank and bullshit, and one of them told me that he used to see VH as mammoth at the whisky a go-go way back when, and i was totally blown away…

a few years later my friend mike (who lived in condos just behind the chevon station) became the singer of jetboy and i ended up being a roadie for his band at the whisky a go-go opening for GNR!?…

anyway; because of that chevron crankster, i now proudly tell any hardcore GNR fan i encounter (mainly when i’m drunk at concerts) that I SAW GNR AT THE WHISKY A GO-GO!?…NO WAY!?…WAY!…

if u ask me guns n roses is the rock band that needs 2 pack up and call it quits but the fact that they r still touring with only 1 of the original members left in it is just rediculous i know b4 u say anything van halen has lost michael anthony but david le roth will be coming back2 them so that will be three of the original members

know why they suck balls because axl is the original member of guns n roses still left in the band when gnr first came out axl and tracii guns named it after their last names but guess what tracii isnt in guns n roses anymore so techniccally their not guns n roses anymore their now technically roses

and another thing guns n roses suck balls

guns n roses have allready released chinese democracy in america idiot

van halen will always be great

Let’s place bets on what will materialise first:
1. Chinese Democracy by Axl
or
2. Van Halen Reunion

David Lee Roth kicked ass when he left Van Halen. 4 words:
‘Eat ‘Em And Smile’. One of the greatest albums of that year.

Mick nice C—sucking… who cares if Sammy can hit higher notes, I want to be entertained!!!

Eddie, don’t talk so much, do something, suprise us Eddie, shred it!!

The thing is that DLR has/had a need to be a shoboater. Hagar has a good time. Eddie has alcoholic and (i believe anyway) some depression issues, and Alex just seems to want to do whatever his brother says. Michael Anthony is one of the most stable bass players of all time and has been abandoned by the VH brothers. He has said over the past few years that they have not spoken to him, and who can blame him for spending time with Sammy. Eddie has wasted the last 10 years, and I truly hope that he will one day start recording again. I have seen VH with Roth and with Sammy, and while I think Roth could in his prime hit higher notes, Sammy has a much broader range. And as I said before, he appears to have much more fun and appear to be a better MEMBER of a band.

Finally, anyone who saw the Dave/Sammy tour will be lying if they say Roth still can perform like he used to. He hasn’t been able to cut it since the 1984 album on his own, and a reunion with VH is all that he has. His radio show gig was nothing but a big bash against Hagar and his own relations with VH, and it didn’t last 3 months.

Good luck Eddie and Alex, we miss you. Keep on jamming in Cabo Sammy, and keep Mike with you.

Bottom line is …sammy hagar won the lottery and made the most of it - talk abut a lame solo career….landing a job with the biggest band int he world , making a ton of cash and now live like a fake jimmy buffett… jesus !!! and then he used Roth for the David and Sammy tour …and made money a ton of cash there too… and then reunited with the drunk virtuoso a made a fortune…and now he stole Mikey and formed the other half… Tequila guru and Cabo Wipe my ass entrepenuer… hey Sammy you rule, nice business… HAHA

DAVID WHY DID YOU HAD TO LEAVE !!

but sum people think i shud get with the times and listen 2 more modern music yer rite i dont care how old the type of music i listen 2 is in my opinion 2 days music rap and goths and emo is the shittest music in the world bands like iron maiden queen and especially van halen r the trye masters of music heavy metal and hard rock not the type of shit that people say i shud listen 2

i guess thats the reason why i vh r my fave band i wasnt around in the 80’s and when i was growing up in the 90’s i didnt even know who van halen were i didnt even like music then but now things have changed and quite a few people think i have a gud taste in music cus i also like iron maiden and queen

i mean how cud people make fun at van halen i dont see how i cud yes ive dun my research on them and iknow that their career is just about close to ruin but that hasnt stopped them from being my fave band i remember that the first time i listened 2 aint talkin bout love my fave vh song and i immediately fell in love with them from the first time i heard that guitar intro on aint talkin it made me wanna learn who this band was my fave band before vh was greenday i dont like greenday anymore i now think their shit when i told my sis that vh were my new fave band she said they r too old for me and i wud neva see them live cus im only 16 and i was born at the wrongtime 2 like van halen i certainly proved her wrong cus im going 2 see van halen this year

im not forcin anyone 2 like van halen i just want people 2 give a little bit of the respect that van halen deserve but havent quite recieved yes their respected but in my opinion their not respected enough i hope that they will gain that respect this summer

also i apologise for calling u an asshole ur probably a full grown man whos cabable of beating the shit outta me but im kinda in a pissed off mood

MR TRUTH SATAN AND RICHARD R A COUPLE OF TWATS WHO DONT LIKE VAN HALEN AND R TRYING 2 MAKE PEOPLE NOT LIKE THEM IM NOT FORCING PEOPLE 2 LIKE VAN HALEN IM JUST TRYING 2 GET MY POINT ACCROSS

call me crazy if u want but i dont care

They need to retire…their ‘pop’ experiment with Sammy alienated their ‘true’ fanbase and eroded their integrity. I agree with Satan and Richard in their comments. If there is to be any reunion, i would much rather see Dave’s solo band with Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan.

even when all the members of van halen r dead and gone they will still be my fave band

i realy dont give a fuck about the criticisms that r being made about vh they will always be my fave band no matter what and they WILL make a great comeback nextyear their my fave band and im only 16 by rites i shudnt even know who these guys r but ido and i know what theyve accomplished and i respect them for that and i think they will always be a great band no matter whos in it

How’s about Sebastian Bach on vocals?
I’d go see Baz wailing on Running with the Devil
anyday. And Jason Newstead on bass perhaps?
If anything I’d scrap the the VH name and just start a whole new project. A Supergroup. Not some lame nostalgia act. Of course if ego permits. You can’t have VH without Eddie’s tapping, Alex’s snare sound, and Mike’s vocal harmonies.

sammy hagar was pretty good with VH, but much better with montrose…

VAN HAGAR REST IN PISS!!!!!!

Also saw Dave at The Hard Rock in Myrtle Beach (1999)play to 250 people and THIS show was way better than either Van Halen show.

This has been my favorite soap opera since OJ! They are a bigger mess than Metallica or (pre 1985)Aerosmith.

I would pay to see VH with Dave.

I would not pay to see them with anyone else as the singer.

I did see Van Hagar and they were Ok, not great.

I had backstage passes and met them with Cherone (the show was better than Van Hagar, but still only ok). They were great to us and Ed was very cool. Mike was like your long lost best friend or super-cool uncle. (Can’t see how he got the shaft on this)

Sammy got out just in time.

Look at all the sheep on this board tonight!!

Van Halen has two options:

Dave or the grave.

Even Hagar thinks so, though that fucking cheese ballad loving tequila pusher would love to watch it crash and burn.

Bassplayer? I ‘d love to have his background vocals in the mix, but if he can’t get his nose out of Sammy’s ass, fuck him!

Wolfie? Yeah, I’ll believe that when I see it. Eddie’s crazy but I doubt he’s THAT crazy. This is now a Rock n Roll Hall of Fame band, and I would like to believe Eddie wants to go out on top.

van halen suck

Eddie needs to let Wolfgang sink or swim on his own. How hard is it to be a successful band again? You guys don’t have to like each other…hell most VH fans don’t like Eddie any more but we still dig the music!!

personally though i like diamond dave as a frontman but i quite liked sammy hes one of my fave singers i thought his run with van halen was gud but diamond dave will always be the best frontman van halen ever had

iam a huge van halen fan my fave member is eddie my fave song is aint talkin bout love and i respect van halen have done and what they will do

there is an SF bay area band called HOT FOR TEACHER (HFT), and right now with VH officially idling, HFT is technically better than VH! ~ check out HOT FOR TEACHER’S web site @

www.hftrocks.com

I’m 24 years old and never saw Van Halen with Dave. I’d pay a $100 to see a full-on reunion.
o me, Van Halen exemplifies an attitude that comtemporary music doesn’t capture–old Van Halen is like the Playboy Magazine of Rock n’ Roll bands. When you listen to that music, you hear (and feel) a lifestyle. Some relate; some don’t like it.
As I said before, I’d love to see them reunite.

Have many of you noticed how incredibly incomprehensible you come off when you “type”? I hope to god the words and the way you spell them are not as they appear in your head - otherwise we’re all in trouble.

And for the record…
ED VAN HALEN is a amazing guitarist - slightly over-technical, but has more chops than any of you wish you had. MIKE ANTHONY is about as stable and consistent a rythym man as you can ask for. And DIAMOND DAVE is one of the finest frontmen to step behind a mic. Not to say HAGAR is bad by a long shot, but “Van Halen” is the band with ROTH in it - Not VanHagar.

Im going to Irland myself cause when it ‘’REALLY'’ rocks is when the cute little lassy says we landed laddy lets get ‘’OFF'’ ROCKS THAT IS !! WYOMING STYLE!!

VanHalen was great before David thought he was “Just a Gigalo”. Then there was the “Red Rocker” which in my opinion just added to the greatness of VanHagar.

Go Sammy!! Simply the “BEST!!”

FACT van halen r a gud rock band whether everyone who has got summat bad 2 say about them likes it or not that is a FACT

u have got a point i have neva met eddie van halen and probably neva will but i cudnt care less if he is crazy even if he is it hasnt stopped him from being a gud guitar player in my opinion people r just sayin hes got a mental problem because people r always looking for new criticisms about him and his brother and the rest of van halen because people r afraid 2 admit van halen is and alwys will be a gud rock band

Firts of all:some people here are saying Eddie van Halen is crazy. How do you know? Have you ever met the guy? In my oppinion Van Halen is a great band, I would love to see them reunite. I think they would have a chance to be sucsesfull. If Jerry Lee Lewis (who is of course even older) can have sucses, just as other 80ties bands (for example Bon Jovie and Motley Crue) can have a comeback, why can’t Van Halen? I can’t look into the future, but if they’re going to reunite, I think they’ll have the biggest sucses with David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony (and the Van Halen brothers of course).

and at least one of u lame ass emos has gotta admit eddie is a good guitar player

iam only a 16 year old kid i probably dont know as much as van halen as the rest of u but they r still my fave band i dont care whos in van halen as long as eddie is on lead guitar in van halen hes the one who made van halen really famous with his excelent guitar playing

It’s impossible to overstate how bad Eddie sucked on the last tour. Drunk off his ass, missing half his solos. Sammy and Mike were the only ones who were trying to put on a good show. All Eddie cares about is money - the last tour made that perfectly clear. He’s a drunk has been. Wolfgang? VH is the two bros, Mike, and Dave or Sammy. Just go away if it’s anything else. No one cares.

Sorry but to me V.H. was with
Dave and the Brothers V.H.
Sammiie had his own ROCK

my general opinion i think van halen will make a great comeback next year so what if the new bassist is eddies son wolfie so what van halen might not be as great as they use to be so what if they havent released a new album for a while so FUCKING WHAT van halen will always be one of the greatest rock bands ever whether u emos and goths and other van halen haters that listen 2 shit music like it or not van halen will always be one of the worlds greats no matter whos in the band van halen have always been there and next year they will be hear 2 stay i dont know about the rest of but im all cock blocked and ready 2 rock and see eddie pertform eruption again van halen tour next summer 07 iam so there

I’m considering travelling from Ireland to the US [they won’t tour elsewhere]to see them [Roth & VH] if they tour. Fingers crossed. They’re the 1 band that I want to see. All this whining daddy-won’t-buy-me-a-car EMO stuff just plain sucks. I want real musicianship & showmanship!!

well i would love to see a reunion only if they make a new album….1998 was the last year van halen had a new studio lp…not as long as guns-n-roses though!! haha….

Is there a market for it? That’s what it boils down to. They were huge when I was a kid, but I would vote my mighty dollar on a younger band with more energy or a band with a stronger music catalogue such as The Who.

if none of u like the vid then u all suck its my fave vid of eddie

everyone get back 2 me asap as soon as u watch the vid ive put up its a vid of eddie in his natural habitat and in the place where him and all the rest of vh belong on stage rockin the roof of the top of the world

http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=1947917209390029777t his link is for all u vh haters i mean ok this vid mite be 20 years old but it will make u lot believe

There is only ONE Van Halen:

David Lee ROTH
Eddie Van Halen
Alex Van Halen
Michael Anthony

PERIOD!…….

T

rex lictum i agree with u

dont get me wrong gnr r a gud band but they most certainly dont own van halen

GNR owns VH

Pardon me, I was supposed to be invited to this party! Dave, gimme back my leotards, I’m going to Cabo Wabo and drink some tequila and pretend I’m the legend I think I am. Mazel Tov, Roth.

once more weve all seen how fuckin amazing eddie is on guitar as soon as he steps on stage and starts playing eruption or any other of his 2 fingered tapping guitar solos u just know hes the best member of vh

i thought sammy hagar was a gud frontman but he had 2 do a david lee roth and try 2 take over vh and make things go his way that isnt rite it shud be about the music the way how it shud be the way how it was back in 78 when vh first came out one thing vh need 2 learn 2 do is they need 2 be more like eddie they shud all stop being sellouts theyve each got enough talent 2 make it they shud just work out their problems they shud all just sit down and stop the years of bullshit theyve been pulling on each other they all use 2 be best m8ts

excuse me mr satan but i think u need 2 shut it van halen are stil relevant whether u like it or not

i also think that it was david lee roth not eddie van halen who was being a shit faced cockmaster when the original members of vh broke up in 85 dave was trying to take over vh and make things go his way eddie if u read this i want u 2 know i think ur the best eva and u shud leave vh and go solo

my fave member of vh is eddie i think that hes better off going solo and not getting back with vh lets face it hes an excellent guitarist possibly better than hendrix but i also think it wud be gud if the original members of vh eddie his big bro alex dave and mike did one last tour though i dont think it will work out with eddies son on bass

stupidity, i dig the classic van halen line up, but really, a reunion tour would be ridiculous sure they’ll make tons of money but what will the fans get, a half assed vegas review show with bells and whistles tacked on

I can’t believe all the lame ass winers crying about Van Halen. I am a true fan and I have followed them throughout their career. They are human and they make mistakes. They should be respected. They lasted for a long time and put out amazing music.
It is easy for some lame ass who can’t play an instrument to say solos sucked. They don’t have the musical insight or intellegince anyways to appreciate it. Van Halen was way ahead of their time. If you hate 80’s rock then why post any comments that are useless to anybody who really cares about real music anyways.
Van Halen will be relevent for decades after the 80’s whether they ever clash heads and put out new albums or tour ever. Their music will last.
I could give a rat’s ass who thinks who is a better singer or front man. David Lee Roth is an awesome entertainer. More of an entertainer than a singer but, he has performed with many great musicians since, Van Halen.
I would rather see him reunite with Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Greg Bissonette.
It would also be great if all original memebers of Van Halen reunited of course.
Why don’t they all get counselling first and see if they can work out their problems!
I believe something positive will come of this. No one posting personally knows anything about the band anyways, so why make stupid comments about someone’s mental state or health when you have no facts.

Wolfgang????? You have got to be kidding. Let VH go and go back on the road as Mammoth if you are going to do dumb-ass stuff like that.

Mike if you are reading any of this find Chuck Depew and start your own band. Hell, I’ll play the drum kit for you. You are the only sane one anyway.

Eddie, put the pipe down and step away slowly. . .

As for Dave, he’s just trying to make a buck and get back on stage. Don’t pick on him, he is OK in my book.

Scott - If you are reading this, sorry man.

You know eddie needs to just go solo guitar..via Beck, Satch, and Vie. That’s the only crowd that will be interested anyway and then he can do it all himself. I love both Van Halens but Dave couldn’t have pulled off where Eddie was going after ‘84. I don’t think either one is better than the other just different.

i kinda agree with that persone kliffee on life couldn’t be beter saddam is dead but i have to disagree with them when they say get over the rap and crap cause i do listen to rap and i like it so what ever i don’t care what people say about it!!!!!!

VH AND DIAMOND DAVE AGAIN?
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!!!!!

VanHalen has always and will always be Dave, Eddie, Alex and Mike…..With that said, why isn’t Alice Cooper in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame???

While I hardly think 1984 was their best album it was the start of their demise. I like Sammy without Eddie better, as i like Eddie without Sammy. I haven’t listened to 1 VH album since 1984 and dont plan to. Dave and Eddie will never co-exist with-in the same band, and firing Mike to replace him with his son Wolfgang may be the nail in their coffin. there was a good quote from Dave it was “A Van Halen reunion is a lot like NASCAR — are you there to see the winner or the crash? Ill be there to see both. You can bet on that.

It was hard to believe when this band broke up after their greatest year 1984. I think Dave’s and Ed’s ego was just too much… I think the fact is: this band in its heyday was something special, very influential and to the bone entertaining. The Van Hagar version of the band was good, but never had the chemistry and charisma the original line up had. For those of us who saw them take the stage at the MTV awards witnessed how great and at the same time sad that chemistry really is. I mean just think of all the money they could have made !!!!

Without Mike’s vocals it won’t be authentic… Eddie, in the end it seems the problem was and is you. Front men or singers are what they are…Keith Richards is still a guitar hero and he still managed the music…. Sammy Hagar? Come on dude…

If it happens cool… maybe it’s a little too late.

eddie van halen is likely the greatest and the most influential guitar player since jimi hendrix -
question: what common gift do these two extraordinary guitar virtuosos share?…answer: a multi-racial background…

redundancy alert!; yep wrote overrated twice…you only need to write it once…don’t worry; sometimes i do the same thing sometimes…

“van halen sucks doesn’t matter who the damm singer is DLR and SH both blow eddie isn’t that great either there so overrated gay solos are overrated” - yep

I think Steve Perry and Journey should reunite.

I give Wolfgang 2 years before Eddie kicks him outta the band

saddam is dead and van halen is reuniting.
Life couldn’t be better!

A once great band now long past their used-by date. Just like GnR, age and booze have taken their toll. To VH: thanks for the memories and music guys, we’ll treasure both.

The only reason old rockers (like the Stones) can still get away with it is because their (original) frontmen stick to punishing fitness regimes, which I don’t see DLR doing (unless you include him giving his tongue a work-out).

Maybe VH could employ a new and dynamic frontman like Michael Hutchence ? Ooops, I forgot - he’s also expired.

Van Halen toured a few years ago with Sammy Hagar.That tour did well.Sam and Dave did a tour together at one point and time-not so good.I think anyone would be glad to see David Lee Roth back together with Van Halen-just like people would like to see Steve Perry re-group with Journey- and,it would work,as long as Eddie Van Halen doesn’t make the tour all about him.I think they should give it a shot and,if it works,it works.If not,then let it be.It is kinda suspicious that Eddie wants David on the next tour.I don’t care if it’s Sammy or David-as long as they don’t get that dude from Extreme.That was the worst idea Van Halen ever had.

david lee roth’s dick smells like toast.

Yessir!

DLR is thee front man for Van Halen.
Although they progressed as a band with Hagar, DLR brought about the craziness, the decadence, the debauchery, that is Rock n’Roll to the masses. Why DLR and Eddie can’t put their issues aside and combine forces again for Rock greatness has been one of the great mysteries of the world, hopefully they will both step up to the plate and make Rock cool again.
P.S. Eddie Van Halen is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, why he didn’t make rolling stones recent list of top guitarists is beyond me; he has been replicated so many times by so many guitarists, who where also on that list, its a shame he does not get the respect he deserves anymore.

one doesnt need a mullet, to be a mullethead.

It’s apparent that most of the people posting here were born after 1988… yep being a prime example

Eddie’s not a great guitarist? Hey - why don’t you pick up a guitar and try to play Eruption, dickwad. Even if you don’t like their music, at least show an appreciation for their talent. A true music fan always does. Most of you morons whining about how much VH sucked probably weren’t even born when Fair Warning came out (their best album by the way). So why don’t all you poseurs who obviously know nothing about this band go stuff your pink iPods into your A&F cargo shorts and head down to the mall to buy a Fall Out Boy t-shirt at Hot Topic.

van halen sucks doesn’t matter who the damm singer is DLR and SH both blow eddie isn’t that great either there so overrated gay solos are overrated

Van Halen was ONCE a great band, and they do deserve to be remembered that way. They had a great run of 10-15 years of hits (some bands don’t get 10-15 hrs these days). That being said, let it go and give the modern acts a chance. The records will always be there.

OLD VAN HALEN W/DLR RULES!

Actually, I think they’ve Always sucked! (’cept for the guitar solo in “Beat It.”)

And Eddie is apparently the Real nutcase of the group!

This isn’t really news but it does raise the issue of what the bloody hell Eddie has to offer at this point.

A lot of 80’s bands still tour and make records (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard) but they do it half tongue in cheek knowing people go to see them to get their 80’s fix, not to hear anything experimental from the new album.

Eddie with his ego probably still thinks whatever he has left is going to be considered on par with Jack White or Thom Yorke, that’s what an arrogant jackass he is.

Nobody in the VH universe, except maybe Michael and Sammy, is capable of enough humility to just suck up their goddamn ego, forgive and forget, put aside differences and do a proper reunion tour.

It’s why Bon Jovi and Def Leppard still have their shit together and still have lucrative careers as musicians: they are just better people than Eddie, Dave and Alex.

Eddie Van Halen is C-R-A-Z-Y

No DLR, No M Anthony, then no way will I go to a VH Reunion. I’m not paying big bucks to see Wolfgang, no offense. 3 Van Halens and DLR ??? I don’t think so. It’s either all original or none. Even I am getting sick of hearing about it. And I’m tired of rehash Van Halen CD’s. Next thing , you’ll be hearing “JUMP” in the elevators and the “on-hold” settings on business phones. No more bullshit. DLR, MA, and VH bros or nothing. I’d rather see DLR band or Sammy Hagar and MA. How about Sammy on guitar, MA on bass, DLR on vocals, and Tommy Aldridge on drums ? I’d go to that. The VH’s are good, but not GOD. I’d rather have a good time than worry about the band members not getting along.

oh sure. you can accept van halen without dave all these years but you can’t accept them without michael anthony? you are all so full of baby puke. u will all be there and you know it.

diamond dave wearing spandex leggings and doing splits? not happening. as much as i love VH, seeing them live now would probably make me love them a little less. or alot less, especially when david lee roth breaks his hip.

van halen needs to keep their eyes on the ball and get back to making great rock n roll music once again - they have magic when they play together, and they need to recapture some of it once again for posterity…

they should just skip the bullshit arguments by travelling separately or something, even if it turns out to be a short-lived re-flash in the pan like page & plant back in the 1990s…

michael anthony’s high and cutting voice will be hard to replace though, as he was an integral part of their old sound, but once they get rolling he’ll probably catch road fever and want to hop on board the circus wagon once again…

you know; i basically taught myself how to sing while driving around (sometimes) semi-drunk singing along with old van halen tapes in my old datsun pickup truck (and all because dave said that he in fact used to drive around singing in his car)…

also; i saw dave live a few summers ago in santa cruz, and i must say that he really shined on the old classics like california girls etc (much like me at karaoke or something) so they need to keep that in mind and use that strong point of dave’s to their advantage once again…

could this be magic?

Who cares?

d.t.’s right, no Mike no Dave. I’m only for it if it’s the original

nobody wants to see dave act like its 1984. the stones don’t, clapton doesnt, page & plant don’t. bring vh back now dammit!!
the music world sucks so much, we need them!

sorry stoner dudes. VH is a pure nostalgia act at this point. It’s like watching reruns of GI Joe today, if you were a kid in the 80s. Awesome when you were there at the time (and also 6 or 7 years old), but PAINFUL when you go back and watch years later. Anyone who says that they’d like to watch Diamond Dave jump around in 2007 like it was 1984 is lying.

I have loved all incarnations of Van Halen for over 20+ years, but if you want a full Classic Van Halen Reunion you need Mike.

I am not going to support a reunion without Mike. I don’t think Dave if he is smart will do what Mike did and sign away more of his rights to do a tour.

Ed and Al already screwed him (Dave) out of some of his royalties for those of you who don’t know that is money for your the sale of your songs.

Dave should just be careful. I would hate to see Dave fall into the same trap that Mike did.

Joe - The “majesty” comment was in reference to Zeppelin and Queen. The “power” reference to Sabbath and AC/DC. I supose asking someone to comprehend that without further explanation is asking too much.

Sorry, but no band is perfect. Even Van Halen. Like any band, they’ve had their share of suckage. “Diver Down” anyone?

I DO respect what Van Halen have accomplished, which is EXACTLY why I think they need to just call it a day.

I’d rather them let their legacy stand on its own, than watch Edward tear it down with every “Breaking News” comment about a VH reunion or his sons masturbation habits.

Let Van Halen end with dignity - not this continuing embarassment.

I know you ain’t backin’ out now Dave!What happened to that daring,cant-be-defied bravado that made you the most(and realest)complete part of the Van Halen puzzle?Sammy was rugged,Gary was a little too mature(in a cheif executive dad sort of fashion,sorry!)but you Dave,(originally)brought the natural fun and fulfillment to the band and rock & roll nearly thirty years on down the line.C’mon dog!

Eddie and Dave, together again, I hope this happens. I would love to see them play again. Eddie’s son must have told his dad, stop playing that top 40 shit and get back to that hard edged attitude in your face balls to the wall VAN HALEN music that shook the earth.

With and ONLY Dave!

Please,please get back together!I think i’m going to start crying in my invisible high chair(just playing)!

Majesty of Black Sabbath? You’re an idiot. Those bands kicked ass, and guess what, VH kicked ass for 20 years. One notable difference though, unlike the singers in Zeplin or Queen, VH didnt suck any wang along the way. Yes they are washed up, but have some respect for what they did you f’ing moron.

I think ya’ll are a bunch of posers! If it works or it doesn’t they have good chemistry on stage and they ARE the beginning of a, of the best era of rock n roll. They single handedly created a new sound! So go back to listening to your DISCO albums!

van halen was the first band i grew up with and f***** rock

I didn’t realize any of these guys were still even alive.

B.S. B.S B.S. who are you to say it’s ‘relevant’? you think the Stones have been relevant in 20yrs? I’d rather watch vh in wheelchairs on stage than all this emo shit and rap crap anyday.

They should’ve done that reunion when they showed up at the MTV Awards. It would’ve been relevant back then, than it would now.

I’m sorry, but Eddie lost his edge. And Richard posted what’s needed to be said.

All you lame ass haters, especialll Satan and Richard..your points have no logic. The 80s had great music, just as the 60s & 70s did. Unlike today, those 3 decades produced the greatest rock and pop music in history.
Richard, you say eddie has mental problems so he shouldn’t be in a rock band?! duh!!! that’s what makes a rock band great and interesting! If Eric Clapton, The Who and Stones can continue to tour, VH surely can and I demand it!! so piss off with your axl and emo shit bands! peace & love

shibbidy bop!

For a long time I had wished for this to happen, but now that the events are unfolding, I ain’t so sure ’bout it, no more…it’s actually kinda creepy - a 15 year old? Is his dad gonna let him snort coke, too?

This band needs to quietly just shuffle off and go away.

They haven’t released a new album of material with ANYONE in almost 9 years.

Their guitarist obviously has health AND mental issues and probably has no business being in a rock band.

The only seemingly sane guy in this band was fired for having one too many friends and fans are expected to accept a 15 year old kid playing bass less than a year - to fill his place?

While never having the power or majesty of bands like Zeppelin,Black Sabbath, AC/DC,Queen,or even Aerosmith - Van Halen had established themselves as one of the most successful, innovative and influential hard rock bands of the last 30 years.

Now, they insist on pissing on whatever legacy is theirs by continuing this charade or “Will they or won’t they” and then throwing this kid into the mix as substitite bassist. Did Billy Sheehan say no?

Van Halen have a legit shot at making the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame this year. Why taint that with this embarassing mess??

Eddie - call it a day.

Accept that your time has passed and move on.

Don’t go out like the Willie Mays of rock n roll.

Bow out gracefully, take your award and go home.

All of you.

Please.

David should only do it if they bring back michael Anthony

the 80’s needs to just dissapear, i’m sick of van halen, i liked em’ then, but now, they are no where near relevant