Eddie is a fuckin ass clown. All the shit between him and Dave, then him and Sammy, Now he’s fuckin with Anthony. Don’t get me wrong Wolfie might be good as hell, but you can’t get rid of Anthony. Is it just because Anthony did shows with Sammy that eddie took Anthony offf the album cover?

It really isn’t a reunion without the regular bassist there its just a regular tour but its still good but they r never gonna beat the original van halen

Eddie, your ex wife is Smoking hot again. You have always been one of the greatest Guitar players in the world. I’m sure Wolfie has an abundance of talent as well. I have read this site, and read all the trash written about you, and about who’s better VH with Roth, or with Hagar. Better with Anthony, or your son Wolfie. Take it all in stride my man. It’s all about the music. That’s all that matters. You guys put asses in concert seats, and that in turn puts green in all of your pockets. Hey the freaken Beatles split up, and did their own thing. You did what you did. Everyone needs to shut the hell up about it all now. Get your asses in the studio, and kick out some damm new jams. if there would be a Mt. Rushmore of Guitarists. No.1- Eddie Van Halen. No. 2- Jimi Hendrx. No.3- Stevie Ray Vuaghn.
No.4 Eric Clapton. No. 5 Chet Adkins. You can always take the high road my friend. Let them say what they will say. remain silent about it all. Keep everyone guessing.

Well Mr. Anthony proved again… He’s a CLASS ACT. Eddie is a FUCKING WEASEL. He’s been that way since he was a kid. No bullshit. I didn’t like the dentists’ son (Mr. Roth) but he was an exellent showman and vocalist. As for Sammy…. I’ve loved him since he signed at 17 with Ronny Montrose. Excellent performer and vocalist. Also a GREAT MAN! Honest adn straight forward. Maui is working for him. God Bless and God Speed to ALL. Good luck WEASEL. Drink some more~!

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i thought he was such a moron after watching live without a net. that stupid bass solo. lol. but i have a lot of respect for him after this piece. go chickenfoot!

I think all Van Halen fans can agree that the four original members were the real Van Halen, and this current tour of “Van Halen” without Anthony is just to sell tickets, which they probably will. I’m looking forward to seeing Chickenfoot on tour.

I remember seeing Van Halen for the first time in 76 at a place caiied Swiss Park in Monrovia Ca I think they were called Mammoth then they were so hungry then, I partied with a couple of them. Years ago I worked at a stereo shop in Covina and did a stereo in Michael Anthonys truck also his van. He’s a really nice dude, in fact I run into him now and then in this little town of Glendora Ca I hope everything turns out for him. Me I got into Real Estate in this little town and made a grip good luck Mike on GMR.

Eddie,
What comes around goes around!
You are the common denominator in all of the drama that has surrounded Van Halen through the years. I was a big fan of you and Van Halen was a big part of my youth growing up. Now I will never feel the same when I listen to the old Van Halen recordings. Real Van Halen fans will agree that the real Van Halen is Dave, Edward, Alex and Michael. Sammy was good too! Unfortunately for him, he was also a victim of your dysfunctional character.

I saw VH In thier first ever show in the UK at Victoria Hall Hanley Stoke On Trent, they were a support act to Black Sabbath and as much as i love OZZY and the boys VH just blew everyone out of the building. The only other guitarist to give me that experience was FRANK MARINO and i have seen just about all there is to see in bands over the years. The music changes ,people change but the talent and the memories stay forever, ignore the bitching,infighting MA will do just fine because SAMMY is a true showman and Big Dave and ED will do what they do in there own way because they are showmen.EMBRACE THE MUSIC AND KEEP THE MEMORIES ALIVE ROCK ON

all you so called wanna be vanhalenites. fact being vanhalen is vanhalen whoeveer sings it. i don’t care. i just want another cd . every couple of years breaking up and hearing this winning just annoys me. i miss the band just put something new out please. (original perferably.)

Now what ?, but i still think DLR is a just a big stud on stage and should be in a circus. Gary C. just did’t get a chance,(I like the Tour)No one accept’d him Sammy,it’s not all love songs there is alot of great songs DREAMS, RIGHT NOW, HUMAN BEING, TOP OF THE WORLD and for the son ok same as Gary do you give him a chance too(maybe):) LOOK WE ALL LOVE REAL ROCK N ROLL (right) let the good time roll (eddie,alex,and whom ever eles joins VH) and the rock on (sammy,mike) i still love all of ya

Hey you bastards…leave me the fuck alone! You should all bow to my supreme greatness. There is not or has ever been an artist as great me. Although I have an enormous ego, I can’t help but to be a prick to everyone else because of my insecurities of having such a small little tiny penis. So anyone who might have a penis larger than mine will have to face my wrath!!! E VH

Who is next for Eddie to screw over….Wolfie..Alex??? Good thing he kicks ass at the guitar because other than that he is a class #1 asshole!!!

Awww come on. I don’t think Michael Anthony was ‘fired’. He is TOO DAMN good to be fired.
At least with D.L. Roth there is SOME originality to Van Halen. He is and was a great frontman.
As to Wolfie, he is too young to be on stage and touring like this. He must have some talent, or he wouldn’t be up there. But, as a mother, I would not want my 16 year old son exposed to this lifestyle… he belongs in school.
They (members of Van Halen) are all talented musicians, including Sammy. I do miss the original Van Halen, but I am a product of the 80’s rock scene, back in the day!!!

i think that both DLR $ Van Hagar were great, but i think sammy’s a better singer. Alot of ppl hate him because of love songs but it was the late 80’s it was either about love or hate.. i would rather listen to a song about love.. like i really care about how bad a guys life is. Then in 91-95 VH has a hard rock vibe with such classic songs as: man on a mission, amsterdam, the dream is over.. it was great. Ed is prob the most talented guitar player right now but man , is he a FUCKING idiot. the only time he was clean was in 95/96 for balance. i saw them perform in 95′ 04′ and 07′. I still think Ed is drinkin again. the only time he sounded soild was in 95. But not many great bands can last 10 years let alone 30 years. I still dont understand how the rolling stones stay together even after almost half a century.

Man, this band is the best band in the world! the 4 guys with the big dream, 4 friends that would change music history 1978 when their first and greatest album came out.

David,Michael,Edward and Alex. Best band in the world. sammy sings great,not in van halen but montrose was a kick ass band. his songs inv an halen sucks. dreams,why can’t this be love,love walks in,when it’s love,can’t stop loving you….

only love songs. He didn’t sang on the real rock songs like: I’m the one, atomic punk, panama, girl gone bad, house of pain, take your whiskey home ore running with the devil.

gary cherone…is just a loser..

Dave=the king
Sammy=ronald mcdonald wannabe
Gary=loser

Van Halen= dave,ed,mick and alex.

I have always loved VH and when dave got too big for VH we saw first hand how well he did. Steve Vai saved him for a while.. But Vh stayed strong and true to their music. I saw the F.U.C.K. tour and the balance tour. balance was the best show Ive seen Period!!! it is a great record!!! I actually miss Van Hagar, and anyone who wants to argue over that has too much time on their hands.. pick up a guitar and see how your time gets taken up then. VH is the soul reason I picked up a guitar in the first place. Ode to Eddie!!! no matter who’s out front or behind him…. I am a True EDDIE fan.

I recommend to everyone here to read Valerie Bertinelli’s new book. She told Ed the things she would write about, and I was quite amazed at how he treated her for 20+ years. Ed had a VERY blessed life, but screwed up sooo many ways. (mainly due to his drinking and drug use even up until his recent rehab stint in ‘07)
As much as I care about Ed and glad to hopefully see him clear himself up, he just never seemed to be TRULY happy.

The book brings alot of insight into the 20 years of not only his marriage but his career.

Just when we thought he was sobering up in 1995 during “Balance” (supposedly titled about him balancing his life out and getting clean) he hits ROCK BOTTOM at the end of the 2004 tour by destroying his guitar and screaming at fans from the stage.

Even people from the tour, close to him were EXTREMELY worried about him. He looks in GREAT shape now, but he’s slipped back into drugs and alcohol before. I worry about his mental state too.

Check her book out, it’s very interesting, even for the Eddie fan.

God Bless You Eddie!! Stay sober so you can keep rockin’ no matter who it is with.

The great thing is that Sammy and Mike still LOVE the guy, even during his ups and downs.

I grew up with the original VH, and bought the debut album the month it came out! That album rocked, but they shot their wad with that one.
Sammy came along and saved Van Halen when Eddie couldn’t come up with a good song to save his life.
I always thought Dave was a dick, but Michael Anthony was cool.
Now that we know it was Eddie that was the dick, I guess I owe Dave an apology, even if he can’t really sing. I can’t really forgive any of them for 1984.
Sammy never needed Van Halen. The guy can sing, write and play guitar just fine for himself, and I’d love to see him and Michael playing together.
Eddie could never be the greatest guitar player, as long as Frank Zappa and SRV were alive! All Eddie could do was try to play like Frank. Eddie has no soul!

Any of you who think VH was better with Sammy just arent true fans. And you are not very knowledgeable. I assume you are a little to young to have grown up with the origianl VH

The Van Halen tour of 2004 would have been the best tour ever if Eddie would have been sober. I saw the 2007 show in Phoenix, it was great. Maybe we could get the best of both worlds together for a Sammy, Mike, Alex and Eddie, and Dave, Wolfe Gang, Alex, and Eddie tour in 2009

The best Van Halen was Sammy, Mike, Alex, and Eddie. The 2004 tour would have been the best tour ever had Eddie stayed sober. I think the best we could ever hopr for would a three hour show with Dave,Wolfgang, Eddie, and Alex for an hour and a half, and Sammy, Mike, Alex,and Eddie for another hour and a half.

To Mean 81:
Still want to blame Sammy and Mike Anthony for this latest round of self-destruction from EVH?

Rocker… Why even compare the two vocals? They were two different people stylistically and lyrically.

Album sales aren’t entirely based on your reasoning methods. Sammy brought a huge fan base to Van Halen and while they have lost some fans, it was no where near what Sammy brought. Dave was the guy’s party singer… Sammy also wrote in the sappy songs. Writing those sappy songs drive album sales up when you’re also getting pop-station Top 40 play outside of just rock radio. Same thing happens with cross-over country or even metal bands that “lighten” up their sound to make it more radio friendly on a terrestrial hard rock station (AKA Mudvayne/Slipknot). I’m by no means putting it down… I was in high school for When it’s Love and When Love Walks In and bought the albums but not because I thought he was a better singer.

I grew up on Dave but after seeing them tour together I thought Sammy has faired a lot better against age. Dave has lost his signature scream and moves around like he’s 15 years older than Sammy rather than a few years younger. But I will always love the original Dave material first and formost.

Maybe they should have replaced Eddie with Wolfgang and kept Michael.. At least they wouldn’t have had to keep putting things on hold for Eddie. The Hall of Fame situation was a supreme embarrassment to any fan.

Great to see him taking his son on the road where he can show him first hand how to destroy himself… That’s hands-on fathering.

Who needs Van Hasbeen? I only hope that Sammy & Michael tour again.

Eddie is a great guitarist and a horrible human being.

Eddie is a great guitarist and a horrible human being.

The are some great comments made above… then there are the moronic Hagar bashers.
Facts are facts… Eddie is a Guitar God & my idol - but he is also an ass. Ironic how everyone else who has been in the band (Dave, Sammy, Mike) are all the ones who have the lying problems. Come on Ed, put down the guitar for a sec and look in the mirror. Denial is not just a river.

Michael was a huge part of the sound of VH - he got tired of the whining in VH and moved on… good for him.

Diamond Dave does have great stage presence & does talk a good song, he rocked However, if you seriously think he has better vocal talent than Sammy - then it is time to replace the batteries in your hearing aid.
The albums sold more during the Hagar era for a reason - more people liked it. VH brothers themselves commented when they got rid of Dave “We finally have a singer than can sing”. Now that they are pissy with Sammy… then Dave is good enough again.

The whole point is they were all part of VH… those of us with open minds like both singers and appreciate all of the band members talents and what the did for the band.

The VH brothers needs to learn to play nice with others.

Let’s rock!

Good for you Michael Anthony. Yes this so called reunion tour isn’t the original 4, too bad the fans would love to have seen this tour. I caught the tour with Hagar and the Original 3 a couple of years ago, and it ROCKED, Actually caught the SAMMY/DAVID tour as well the year before, Sammy was AWSOME, and David Lee Roth was Just as good, The one thing that stood out was Diamond Daves Lead Guitarist. You would have thought eddie was there playing. I know there is only one Eddie, but that guy could play.

Here’s hoping Sammy and Michael Anthony can make a trip to Santa Fe and grace us with a tour stop. Sammy owes us one cuz the last time he was suppose to play in Santa Fe he got sick, and never re-scheduled.

As for catching this years VH tour not likely to catch this one since they aren’t comming anytime soon to NM

There was only ONE VH band, and that band disappeared along with DD way back when!

With Hagar it was VanHagar, it was ok, but that was just it.

I have waited all these years for a real reunion, and somehow, it just doesn’t feel right with out Michael Anthony.

I can understand EVH wanting to jam with his son, ok, but, do it in their basement!

This is the same as a Beatle reunion happening now… It just does not cut it!

And now, I feel a little pissed off at the VH brothers for this slight!

now i know why he’s divorced. he doesn’t treasure what he has

Kudos to Michael Anthony for handling this situation with integrity. Eddie may be a monstrously talented man, but he is a monster of a man.

Much love and respect to Mr. Anthony for displaying some self-respect and class in both his words and action. It’s nice to know that their are some musicians left that have their egos in check and make their fans the priority. Apparently something Eddie Van Halen can neither relate to or display…

I have been a fan of Van Halen for nearly 30 years… I just turned 40. After observing all the changes this band has gone through over the years, I have some big questions to ask: “Eddie, oh, Eddie. Why do insist on being one on the quintessential assholes in popular music the world has ever known? Why do insist on shitting on the band’s legacy and its legion of fans worldwide? Why do you continue to make stupid decisions pertaining to your public and personal life? Inquiring minds want to know.”

Eddie has been blessed in many areas of his life… only to piss it all away…

He was blessed to have a beautiful and wonderful wife in Valerie Bertinelli for many years. However, like most men, Eddie did and said stupid shit (due to drug and/or alcohol abuse) to drive his good woman away.

He was blessed to have one of the greatest band in the world. However, he became an egomaniacal asshole, and fired two (three, if one counts David Lee Roth) essential members (Sam Hagar and Michael Anthony)for retarded reasons: He didn’t like one of Hagar’s song lyric and he didn’t appreciate Anthony playing a few gigs in Hagar’s band. In Hagar, Eddie has a VERY TALENTED singer/songwriter/guitarist. In Anthony, Eddie has a VERY TALENTED bassist and background vocalist. Both Hagar and Anthony played key roles in the popularity and longevity of Van Halen. Outside of Metallica, Van Halen was one of only a few rock bands left standing of the genre’s heyday. From 1986-1995, Van Halen consistently went number 1 and triple platinum (PLUS)(PRIMARILY DUE TO HAGAR)with the CLASSICS “5150″(1986), “OU812″(1988)”, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”(1991), and “Balance”(1995).

Needless to say, Eddie had to fuck up of the gravy train by firing Hagar and replacing him with Gary Cherone, formerly from the band Extreme (”More Than Words”, “Whole Hearted”, “Rest In Peace”). While Cherone is a very talented vocalist, his voice was better suited for Extreme than Van Halen. Apparently, fans agreed; 1998’s “Van Halen III” went on to become a COLOSSAL MAINSTREAM FAILURE. It became the band’s worst selling project, barely reaching gold status. Cherone was fired shortly thereafter. I don’t know who couldn’t see this coming.

Here’s a thought: Why not have Hagar, Roth, Anthony, and ALEX Van Halen get together and revitalize what was once a great band then collectively tell Eddie to shut the fuck up and go take a powder along with Wolfgang….in that particular order. Oh, the beautiful possibilites….

I concur with another Rolling Stone commentator: I would not support the current lineup of the band. This is NOT the REAL Van Halen.

P.S. Fuck you, Eddie.

This is ROCK AND ROLL!!! All of your opinions are meaningless! Wish I could afford to see the concert.

As a guitarist, I go to see VH for Eddie’s playing, pure and simple. As for those who say he was great in his time, sorry he’s still pretty much untouchable for his genre of music and I’ve seen most of the greats live. Appreciate the talent which is incredible. Bands have always bickered between each other, that’s part of rock n roll. Nothing different here. As far as the canned vocals, they won’t be the first or the last band to include smapled sound bytes. It is the digital age after all.

Every one seems to be forgeting the most important thing here Van Halen Are Back!!! Yeah, firing Anthony was a shit move but as long as VH are still doing what they do best im happy, and you never no if this tour doesnt go how they want it too maybe theyll re sign Anthony, but i feel sorry for the guy finding out on the internet that you were kicked out of your own band, man that woul;d hurt!!!

Van Halen was hot in 1984. And they rocked. After DD and they aquired Sammy, VH gained mighty commercial success, fame and money.
Most of the credit to that can be attributed to excellent song writing and commercial promotion created by sammy and his crew. Its always the singers and song writers who lead and set the tone of things that happen in a band. Its really too bad that a good guy like Michael gets to sit on the side lines and watch while another probably better bass player gets to try to recreate the energy of Michael A.
Music has never been about “band” or “friends” but it has always been about the music. Check any classical orchestra or jazz band. They always choose the best musician not just “my friend”.
So whats the point of this: If you want to make money, screw your friends and follow the best business sense you can. If you want to make music, screw your friends and hire the best musicians possible.
If you just want to Jamb be Michael A. The music might not be the best but hey we had a great time.
Sammy you suck, but your one of the best song writers ever.
peace out—-the storyman

Eddie is the REAL dickhead of VH!

Having played in bands it is obvious that in most case the lead singer and the lead guitar player are the ones with the biggest and most brittle egos…but geez, we’re talking about erasing history! These are communist and nazi tactics! You’re messing with the man’s royalties biatches!

No Mike No REAL Van Halen! You’re paying top dollar for a phony show and putting your 16 y/o son as a replacement is sick and most weasel.

I apologize to Diamond Dave for thinking he was the egomaniac that killed the band in the first place!

Do the fans a favor Eddie and put Mike back in the lineup as it should be. Your tour might not survive the full schedule but at least it would the best thing in the end for everyone INCLUDING yourself.

PS
Valerie, we all still love you XOXOX…

All eddie cares about is money. He doesnt care about anythingelse. I used to like him but now I can see he’s a real jerk especially for treating micheal anthony that way. So who wants to see an incredibly overated version of van halen for a premium? How about a 25 thousand dollar replica of his frankenstien strat? As a guitarist, Eddie was innovative in his time and that was for a brief moment but he never progressed anymore than that choosing to rest on his laurels. I also noticed little things like how secretive he was about his sound. That just shows me he was and to some degree is still insecure. I know if Randy Rhodes were still alive, he would have had a more interesting career than eddie and he probably wouldnt have screwed over a person like michael anthony. Mike, have fun doing what you do best! You’ve got the right attitude enjoy life!

Van Halen has been washed up since the early ’90’s with or without hagar. Now they’re in cash in mode, and the shows are at best a replication of what they once were. Hearing Hagar with Anthony on bass actually jamming for the sake of music and doing cream covers sounds like a better show. at least it’s not as predictable.

The older stuff is classic and the Hagar stuff is pretty dang good too to be honest. I like it all including 5150 and OU812…

I really don’t know why this kind of attitud, because the chemistry fo the band is unique and they can deny the beginning!!!
Maybe Eddie has seem the light at the end of the tunnel and wanted to play with his son. But why not to get everybody together?? The stage is very big and can embrace eveybody and so the fans…
It’s a shame to see acts like that…
God bless the good behaviour, the good will and the good man’s character.

everyone knows eddie is the driving force behind VH only the greatest guitar player in the world

I wanna see Wolfgange CHUG A BOTTLE OF JACK D and play his base

ohh wait hes not old enought to drink……..

With most of the above comments being true, make no mistake, Eddie and Dave are magic on stage together. They are the key to band in every way. What matters in the end is the music. Eddie has the raw talent on guitar but VH does not become poplular without Dave and his stage presence and vice-versa. The two need each other. As far as MA and SH go, they seem to carry a more ‘lets just hang out and jam’ personality which has always rubbed EVH the wrong way. Anyone as naturally talented as Eddie is kind of a freak in their own right. Its no wonder why he makes such specific statements about them ‘not playing the music as it was intended’. Between bouts of drunkeness for EVH and DLRs occasional marijuana issues, the two of them need and want to be on stage where they belong…performing kick-a** VH songs! I saw the show in Glendale AZ and I can tell everyone that for a bunch of 50-year olds, they can still bring it. Eddie sounded better than he did when I saw him on the ‘cringe’ 0U812 tour. As far as EVH erasing MA from the covers, that seems a bit extreme and immature, but then again, who knows what goes on that no one hears about. These are rock stars. In almost every single case with popular rock stars, there is always some kind of drama surrounding them.

I dont understand most of one or the other side stuff. I share the same birthdate as as Al and have been playing the drums most of my life.Who cares? Im (yes) going to see EVH maximus play for 2 hrs & I dont care if its monkeys on stage with him,Im going.Hey wait a sec,with Dave back,it is kinda like monkeys. Rock on EVH

I agree!!
Some of the stuff that they did was underhanded…but that doesn’t change the fact that it was all great music. It was the soundtrack for my “formative years” and will always be among my top ten of all time. Great stuff–who cares about the behind the scenes turmoil? By the way, Hagar was there longer, had a better voice live (and recorded), but Roth had the personality. Both good.

Get a life people! It’s a band.
They make music…not save lives.
The music is either good or bad. Listen to it or don’t.
Either way, GET A LIFE.

C’Mon you guys. It’s become evident through the years that nobody can live with Eddie. Guitar genuius sure, but what a bastard. I spent much time waiting for the next VH thing, only to find disappointment. Mike was an integral part of the band, and leaving him out is just more proof of Ed’s attitude. I saw the recent “reunion” show with Roth. It was OK. There had to be prerecorded material in the background and Wolfie’s bass was WAY down in the mix. It was the least satisfying of the six VH shows I’ve seen. Luckily the crowd was in great spirits that night in Toronto. We briefly spoke to DLR after the show by accident. He seemed to be happy too. Oh well. We’ll see how long Ed goes before he gets plastered again and ruins everything.

Mike left van halen by joining the other half.Sammy was behind getting mike to go his way and they created a conflict of interest by doing so.Sammy rips van halen in the press like he is the spokesperson for the band and he’s not even in the band! Sammy is trying to KILL Eddie with stress.What a traitor! It’s all shit talk from Sammy.Mike signed away his rights when he left.Look at how he tries to make it seem he “found out on the net”.It’s another bash on Eddie.Can’t anyone see how the other half is playing it? It’s all a low blow.Are you all sheep? Can’t you see through the smoke screen? Even with the other half’s attacks, Eddie comes out on top.He is the cream of the crop! Eddie wins again! Someday Mike will see how Sammy has played him and he will feel bad for betraying Eddie! You Mike,failed in your loyalty to the Brothers and now you reap what you sowed.
It’s you Mike that screwed us fans,make no mistake! Now someone challenge me on this…go for it.

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I hated what happened to VH in 84, don’t care anymore who’s to blame, who’s fault it was, etc. Basically VH needed a year break. They lived in each other’s suitcases since 77′, worked bloody hard and played and partied harder than anyone and achieved worldwide success and recognition!!! All that changed once Sammy joined. A VH/Hagar concert was just that a concert, with Roth it was an EVENT!! VH after the 1984 tour was a mess. They needed to clean themselves up, rested well and recharged. They are all to blame for not doing that. In 1996 I was in the crowd at the MTV awards show. When the original VH walked out on stage, the response was chilling!! Pop stars, Movie stars, Rappers, Hip Hop artist, the whole entertainment industry were in the hands of the mighty VH. They owned the stage yet they played not one note. Bald headed men had their hairs standing up!! I’m starting to get that feeling that VH are once again MIGHTY!! I’m not over the moon that VH/Roth are back together, I’m HOWLING AT THE MOON that they’re back! Can’t wait for the new album!!!

To the still living!!

Nothing will break me!!! But if you can catch me Bushy!! No torture, Coke, Pepsi (or diet), american hamburger (with fries please!) and that love potion will break me!!!!! But…I, like your Superman have weakness too? Shhhhhhhhhhh!!!

If you play… Sammy Hagar music 24/7 in my jail cell? “I TELL YOU EVERYTHING!!” Oh! The humanity, the pain I could not bare it!!! Please no more Sammy, no more please I beg you!! Look! I have all the plans on my Laptop, take it it’s yours Bushy, but no more of that Sammy “The Horrible” Hagar music!!!!

To “DirtDaveNolte”

You said it my VH brother!! Can you smell the fear of these Sammy lovers out there!? The fear of defeat, humiliation and embarrassment that King Edward, Diamond Dave, Big Al, the son and next in line to the Kings throne Wolfgang Van Halen; standing side by side in battle with the millions of Vanhalenized Army around the world to rejoice, on this historic Rock N Roll event. This conquest is different though, the outcome is a NEW VAN HALEN ALBUM, a monster world tour to follow and to restore Rock N’ Roll to its rightful place. Amen.

I choose to pretend that Van Hagar NEVER exsisted…………..

Hey Dissapointed, Sammy doesn’t even belong in this discussion, There once was a band called Montrose? They Suck. So does Hagar. Average raspy rock singer same for Cherone. That’s why this is a VH forum not Ronnie, Sammy and Gary Hasbeen!? People who like VH with Hagar are Hagar fans and thats it, no real VH fan dug there sh!t with him. People on here have said that VH is now irrelevant ( I disagree,Best american rock act ever!)The epitaph used to read 1976-1984. Now, 1976-1984-????. Resurrected the dead! Thank God the boys have seen the error of they’re ways……..
And aren’t all the sh!t talkers gonna look stupid if the new record comes to fruition and kicks ass? When Van Halen broke up whose side did you choose? If you chose Van Hagar’s your a cop or a nerd.

Hey “disappointed”!! Firstly I must agree with you regarding Wolfe’s part in your comments. 100% spot on!! Secondly with your opening comments about VH past work and being proud of their achievements. 100% right on there!! I too liked some of the SH era VH, but the MUSIC and MUSIC ONLY!!! The screaming and cringe worth showmanship of SH just doesn’t do it for me. SH is just a middle-of-the-road riding on the global success of the VH/Roth era, the genius of KING Edward Van Halen’s guitar playing wizardry and song writing!!

Now! The reality checks to set you on the right path. VH did the 2004 tour for the MONEY! (I agree with you there!) BUT, doing it for the money almost cost Edward Van Halen’s LIFE!! Would you agree drinking almost killed EVH? There is always a reason behind an alcoholic on why they drink to that extreme. Do you agree? Or maybe his cancers illness, divorce, Mother passing away, record company dropping VH, the “Other Half” tour, etc have nothing to do with it? Do you get my drift? It was sad to see EVH deteriorate on that dreadful 2004 tour. That’s why you are wrong in saying this 2007 tour is only for the money!! EVH said at the press conference “He wanted nothing more but to give us his best” And you say he doesn’t give a shit about us the fans? I think it’s the other way around; it almost cost his life!!

You seem to forget the life a human like EVH (yes he is human after all for all you naysayer’s out there!) all the hours spent rehearsing, touring, writing, recording, travelling, interviews, albums, management, recording company politics etc etc constantly over 30 plus years. Oh! I almost forgot a little thing; is the Greatest Rock Guitarist Ever in our generation!! Not a single complain from EVH!! Yet today’s artists complain about being on the road in the first month, go into rehab (because it’s the ‘IN THING’ to do, Paris, Lindsey get the drift?), can’t meet expectations (can’t get past 3 albums and running out of idea’s!) and lo and behold the paparazzi. When rock ruled the world the paparazzi were shit scared and knew their standing in the rock music scene. Led Zeppelin’s treatment of the press mean anything? I say just for a moment think about the life of EVH over the past 30 plus years. Let’s not forget the added pressure of meeting the fans, his peer’s and the music business expectations and standards. Yet 13 albums, countless tours and revolutionizing the guitar and Rock n Roll in the process, are not good enough for you?

“ATTENTION ROCK N ROLL PEOPLE!!”

The Rock N’ Roll Bible: Passage 1985-96-04. “Sammy ‘The Horrible’ Hagar never gets thou TAN!!, because he will forever till eternity be in thou shadow of thou “Greatest Showman in Rock N’ Roll” Diamond David Lee Roth.” Thou Van Halen have become MIGHTY once again!!

God Bless VH, God bless us all!!!

P.S. Do thou Diamond one shall and “SPREAD IT AROUND!!”

Glad to see VH back & kickin ass!

fneegler:

So TRUE!

I was by no means a Van Hagar fan.

I totally respect Van Halen for everything they have accomplished. To ignore any part of their past would be utter nonsense. Van Halen are proud of their past as they should be.

I was one of the biggest DLR era fans they could of wished for. I walked and talked Van Halen every day up until Diver Down. I started to lose interest about that time as the music was just not heavy enough for my taste(at this time). I never even gave Sammy a chance until years after his departure. I now like some of that era Van Halen.

The thing that disappoints me the most is the fact that Eddie and company apparently do not give a sh!t about their fans. No one will ever convince me in believing otherwise. It is too obvious that they are selfish. The band could of easily re-united the original line-up and pushed all the feud’s aside for a full tour. Hell, a lot of band’s play together and travel separate from each other. I’m floored at the fact that certain people involved with this band are that immature to have a riff with another adult. I mean wtf, grow up already.

Also, anyone who gives Wolfie any grief about his involvement is not quite rational. First off, Wolfie was put in a difficult situation. I’m sure even Wolfie was hesitant in coming aboard this project. Secondly, it takes a big person to fill the shoes of Mike. That in it’s own right deserves a little respect.

I wish this band well and would not take that from them, but I still feel they should have thought this out a bit more.

I would also like to address ‘Mean 81′: I’m not sure what your angry about, but you have no idea on what a fan is. To ignore any part of one’s history excludes yourself from fandom. You may not know much about music but Sammy is a great musician. There once was a band called Montrose who did very well in their own right. Like I said before, I was NOT a fan of Van Hagar, but that does not mean Sammy sucks. Michael and Eddie may butt-heads, but that doesn’t mean Michael sucks. I’m happy your happy with this line-up, but not everyone will agree with you on that. Sure new product, yay…but this is just another incarnation of a band we once knew and loved.

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ggg

At one time I was a huge fan, lying on the roof of my house in the summer listening to every song they ever made. Now, I have no interest in this band.

Who wants to listen to a band you can’t really have any respect for? Eddie turned out to be eaten up by ego and tampering with the legacy of Michael Anthony is going too far and I have literally crushed every cd I had of them for that reason alone. I used to play with a couple of guys who were brothers and they would get pissed when I played with other bands in between. It’s called being insecure. Eddie and Alex are real losers that do nothing but play with themselves. If it weren’t for Roth and Hagar, Eddie wouldn’t have made it on the map. You can play as good as you want but without a voice nobody gives a shit. Eddie and his silent shit eating grin got him nothing but a divorce and a corrupted son.

To all that post on this. You are all wrinkled up prunes. Go change your diapers you dumb douchies.

Rolling Stone Sucks Balls.

Hey Jason

Dave or VH don’t need the money!! As Eddie stated in a recent interview Dave made some wise investments and made good on himself as have the rest of the band. That must shock you that the over the top raza madaz greatest frontman ever David Lee Roth can do that!!! I must take of my hat off to VH, of not falling into the REUNION circus!! Look what that did for KISS. And VH got inducted before KISS into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame!! “This is not a reunion, it’s a new band”
I know all you Sammy lovers and VH haters out there are just praying for Roth and VH to explode and fail, but lets think for a moment and realize we are going to get THE VH album we should have got after 1984!!! When Dave and Eddie said the magic’s back, than life is good again and ROCK N ROLL is BACK!! It just took 23 years to happen again.

I’m sure Eddie is just salty cause he can’t handle his drugs responsibly. He’s nothing but a 1/2 tongued drunk now. Sure he can still play but who cares anymore. The band is no longer relevant in todays music scene. I personally wish they would have kept going with new singers. Hell, I even liked Gary Cherone.. but I think it’s obvious now.. Eddie is just a sad old drunk trying to relive some old glory. He’ll never replace Valerie.

All of you evh and roth loyalists, ask yourself: would you like to be treated like this by them? would you sign a contract with evh, after all that’s happened? Mike’s the only sane, mentally-balanced person involved (maybe Hagar, too).

It’s really incredible how some people are pledging loyalty to these millionaires evh and roth, who they’ve never met, who’d gladly drive over their ankles if a fan got in their way.

Hey Mean 81

Your man Diamond Dave couldn’t even remember the lyrics for his songs in Chicago last week. Sure he’s soaking it in, he’s finally drawing a paycheck and getting the attention he craves.

Those that are currently criticising Roth’s singing and stage persona, get a life you pretensions losers!! Roth is loving every minute being on stage with the mighty VH. On watching the clips on UTUBE he’s soaking it all in. In the early days he’ll might not remember half the show with the excess of sex, drugs and rock n roll in the early 80’s. He is as much a fan of VH as we are. He is the biggest supporter and loudest spokesperson of this mighty band. No promoter or announcer can come close to Diamond Dave. He is a complete ORIGINAL and ONE OF A KIND. VH became great because they had the right ingredients/formula that became a signature sound. With the genius of Eddie’s guitar and songwriting, Alex’s snare sound, Dave’s personality, stage presence and a blue’s, R & B vocal sound, and Mike’s high background vocals, there is uniqueness and mystique that sets them apart from the rest. Unlike a lot of bands today sound so much alike that it’s CLONE CITY!! I personally think he’s singing better NOW than ever before!!! It would be cringe worth if Dave (53 years old, not forgetting!!) tried to replicate what he did in the past.

Michael Anthony is a great person. I can’t believe how much he has had to put up with through the years. No Michael means Van Halen no longer exists in my mind.

VAN HALEN IS THE FLIPPIN BEST BAND EVER!

Re: Dirty Dave’s comments - I was one of those people that pissed and moaned about the brothers VH until I read your post. You are 100 fucking percent right. Who gives a shit about all the drama. It’s the music that’s important so lets enjoy it!!!

To unrealistic,

A happy Van Halen is a DANGEROUS VAN HALEN!! As for their Sgt Pepper in waiting album, You never know, as we all know EVH has got lots of music floating around 5150. A inspired VH is a very creative VH, with the original CORE of VH the Diamond One back in VH and hungry, lets just say we are going to get THE album we should have got after 1984, as the great man said “a whole new begining”. Dave’s singing better than ever, Alex got his groove back, Eddie’s inspired (if “Me Wise Magic” was a tease I don’t know what is!!) and Wolfgang will come of this tour primed, experienced, a fresh/new outlook and carries no baggage.(a virgin if you like in the Rock n Roll business!) This tour would never had happened if MA was still there. You people that are moaning and crying that Mikey is not there, seem to forget back in 1996 at the MTV awards, he stated in an interview on ‘INSIDE VH MAG’ that he did not want to play/tour with David Lee Roth AT ALL!! not even in the future!! I guess Mikey does’nt forgive people, unlike EVH who gave DLR a chance and embraced/welcomed him back into the family. Mikey distanced himself from VH by going with Sammy. And we all know what Sammy’s real intentions were!!
“6strings” was on the money, and am sure all the REAL VAN HALEN FANS would agree, Sammy’s mission was “TO KILL VAN HALEN” He is the “JUDAS OF ROCK N ROLL” could’nt have put it better myself.

if you’re going to replace Anthony, at least its still in the family, but its too bad. its not about if someone can play better than Anthony, there are many, but that’s not the point. He was apart of it, his backing vocals a key component, had a great, fun attitude, he was a big part of VH…as for VH now releasing their Sgt. Pepper, that’s been done. What band in rock history has EVER released their signature album in their 50’s. The youthful exuberrance would be lacking, the performance, even if hte songs were top notch.

People… Calm down. By all accounts Michael Anthony has always been a classy stand up guy.

He was a huge part of Van Halen’s success from day one and the very idea of him not playing on this tour is a big time slap in the face to any true fan. He’s an ace on bass and is one of the best background vocolists of all time.

The scenes crap happens with ALL bands. Eddie is reported everywhere to be a control freak and difficult person. Sammy and Dave are both lead singers and that always brings a certain “baggage” to the table and Eddie has never been able to handle that.

The question here is, is this a true reunion? No. Wolfie is a kid. He may be a kid with some talent but he’s still a kid. To propose that he is an improvement or in some way will make Van Halen better is absurd. He’s a puppet in the EVH puppet show and is probably there because he and Alex -watever you say Ed- will not speak his mind. Who knows, if Wolfie acts up he will also be fired.

This is the greatest rock band of all time and their legacy will be one of regret for what could have been…. Keep rockin’ Mike!

To Barry (THE WANKER OF ALL TIME!!)

Why does it bother you so much about Eddie bringing his son in the band? Let’s remember and take note of what “6 Strings” said: Maybe Sammy and Mikey’s antics were REALLY driving Eddie to the end!! The bar is set high now and Mikey decided to hit the high road with that clown Sammy “The Horrible” Hagar. Mikey had a chance to reunite with David Lee Roth durning their Dave and Sam tour 2002, and rekindle their friendship, but chose to jam and hang with Sammy instead. I think Dave would have been hurt that a bro like Mikey gave him the snub!! Your not seeing the bigger picture here you shit for brains!!! Sammy Hagar IS the “Judas of Rock n Roll”. That cringe worth speech at the R & R Hall of Fame is proof!!!!

Eddie’s an A-hole. Some him pissed up in Wiinipeg in 04. Couldn’t care less about the fans. Now he’s taking his fat son on the road. Let the Gong show begin!!

Kudos to 6strings……..

All of you that are arguing/debating the current “drama” with Van Halen are missing the entire point, when I listen to Van Halen their records make me happy, it is good time party rock n roll for us. The fans.If you got beef with the band you’re not a fan, and your opinion don’t count. Who cares if Eddie’s an Asshole do any of you get to hang out with him? No. Or Dave,Sammy,Alex or Mike for that matter? No to that as well. It’s all speculation nobody knows what is really going on inside the band, except said members of the band. It’s all SPECULATION. Always has been.I give about as much of a shit about their personal “drama”, as I care about Britney Spears losing her kids,should I even know she lost her kids or showed her twat? No. But the media puts this shit in all our faces constantly and consistantly, so people will buy magazines, watch their tv programs, listen to their radio stations etc… And all you motherfuckers just eat the shit out of it. They are the best group of all time. Eddie is the best guitarist of all time. There are very few who rival Alex. Dave is the greatest frontman of all time. Mike is a very versatile bassist and superb vocalist, Have you ever heard him sing lead before? I have he is fantastic. You know, if you don’t want to go the show, don’t fuckin’ go NOBODY will miss you’re presence. Also you will not recieve a letter of gratitude from Sammy or Mike either.
They are one of the most influential bands of ALL TIME! They Spawned a whole genre of basically copycats., and even the copycats sold millions of copies biting their style!
And don’t any of you musicians, give me your lists of who are better technical players than eddie or alex, You name one who has sold more copies than Van Halen. None. Just because you’re a “possibly” better player, doesn’t mean you write better songs. Songs, look, attitude, chops and timing all play a HUGE role in a musicians success. They have something the other cats don’t have. The intangible.

Van Halen? Greatest American Band Of All Time………..Hands down.
I defy you to name better.

Let me put it to you this way. You have two bands, two groups of people.

The first group could care less about money and only plays music to have a blast and make sure every audience member has a great time.

The second group, well, they just play for money, could care less about the fans and “fun” was somthing you did when you were twenty. But old people don’t have fun anymore. That’s why they’re old. And irrelvant.

Who’s who? Well, figuring that out is the fun part. And I want you all to have fun. It’s only fair.

>>Mean 81

are you retarded?
what dont you understand?

lol @ mean 81

Hey VH people, is it me or are we about to get from the mighty VH the “Sgt Pepper” VH album of all time!! Once this tour is done, with those VH pipes, the Diamond One and that “SEXY GROOVE”, we have the ingredient’s of the Van Halen “Sgt Pepper/White Album” in the works here. Maybe the gift Wofgang has from is father, we have another VH songwriter, another avenue. Maybe that’s why VH were that excited about the kid. I reakon they are writing the album while on tour. Remember what Dave said at the press release, “The bar is set high now, get ready!!”. Life is good VH people!!!

Mikey why did’nt you call EVH first? You did’nt see EVH & AVH for 2 years since the 2004 tour. What are you waiting for? Yes we all know EVH did’nt want you there in the first place. Don’t me this BS “I did it for the fans”. Yeah maybe Sammy’s fans but not the REAL VH FANS!!
Did you not think for a moment, WHY? Or did’nt Sammy want you to think? You know deep in your heart you want to be there with VH right now!! Thank Sammy “Right Now” for destorying the band that was your family and made you what you are today.

I guess you forgot the REAL VAN HALEN FANS that have always been there since the backyard party’s, clubs, arena’s, traveled worldwide, put up with the VHagar years unlike these imposters (Sammy fans who lie they are real VH fans) who trash talk (borderline child abuse in my opinion!!)a 16 year old that is the son of the greatest guitarist ever. FACT: The REAL VAN HALEN fans have’nt got a Sammy Hagar record in their collection. I still cringe at Sammy’s speech at the RR hall of fame. What did Sammy yell out? “I Feel Good” Talk about ME, MYSELF & I.

Maybe if the band continued on with Sammy, it would have been last drinks for EVH. For EVH to fall apart that bad on the last tour, (Sammy’s evil antic’s taking it’s toll) we would all be looking up to the heavens now and picture EVH plugging into his amp and ready to jam with his father. I shared a tear when EVH fell ill to cancer, got devorced, lost his mother and almost lost VAN HALEN. But thank god for Wolfgang not only has he paid respects to your part in VH, most importantly, brought David Lee Roth back in the family where he always belonged. But mainly he SAVED his father, THE GREATEST GUITARIST EVER!! You won’t find the answers from VH, Try asking that Sammy Hagar right next to you for the answers. But he’s got no courage he might just be the “JUDAS OF ROCK N ROLL” the man that almost killed the mighty VAN HALEN and ROCK N ROLL for ever>

Thankyou WOLFGANG & VAN HALEN!!!!

FACT: Give Mikey 2 shows with the Sammy tour and he’ll be missing this HISTORIC EVENT if not already. Deep “Diver Down” he is regretting he did’nt fight hard enough to keep his place in VH. With Sammy in one ear and these Hagar fans in the other it was clear what Sammy’s intentions where all along. MISSION OU812: “KILL VAN HALEN” No Mikey, VH are DEAD! And the reunion with ROTH forever gone.
You just don’t get it Mikey!!

FACT: Sammy agreed or insisted to do the Roth/Hagar 2002 tour to see how he matched up to the Diamond Dave. You want proof? Watch the unedited clips Sammy did’nt want anybody to see on Utube about the Roth/Hagar 2002 tour. That’s like Ali(Roth) fighting Clubber Lang-Mr. T (Hagar), one is the greatest of all time, the other is fictional!!!!!!! Result Diamond Dave put Sammy in his “Diver Down” place on the mat!!.

VH ROCK!!!

To disapointed, why don’t you…

Phase 1: get back in that little fucked-up-jealous-Sammy-middle -of-the-road-crap-life and stick those Sammy albums up your arse and break a blood vesel trying to crap that out!!!

Phase 2: Put some of Mike’s hot chillie sauces on your next spat-on pizza and put your head under your arse and shit on it!!! You might like the flavour you asswipe!!!

Phase 3: Go to the next bus stop. The bus will be there in 5 minutes, BE UNDER IT!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentleman we have the BIGGEST LOSER DICKHEAD OF THE CENTURY it’s name is “disapointed”

It is unfortunate that this band came to this state. They were one of the greatest bands in the “History of Rock”. If they sat down and thought this out, they all could have reaped as well as us the fans.

Phase One:
Reunite Original Mates.
Rehearse and Record.
Release New Product.
Tour w/Wolfie as Guest. Duel Bass Solos - select cities.

Phase Two:
Rehearse and Record. w/ Wolfie as Guest.
Release New Product.
Release M.Anthony from Contract.
Tour w/Wolfie as New Member.
M.Anthony S.Hagar Tour.
Tour; Second Leg: Flip Tour VH / S.Hagar - Rotate Headlining Act.

Phase Three:
Sit Back and Laugh!

i wont spend money on selfish people

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Hey Chris,
Have you every thought maybe Micheal Anthony and his back stabbing buddy Sammy were the cause for Eddie’s drinking and drug problems? Eddie did quit drinking/drugs for a while in 95 but started once Sammy and Micheal started playing gig’s together. Let’s face it Micheal and Sammy were taking the piss and cheaping the VH legacy. I hate to say it but VH was starting to sound middle of the road (Sammy solo style!)
Oh! and lets not forget Eddie’s deforce and cancer illness thrown in there for good measure huh?. Something’s got to give. Some credit must be given to Eddie here, for not shying the issues and having the courage (some people have’nt got on this RS Comments forum)Fact: There are 2 sides to every story. Maybe Eddie and Co knew some things about Micheal that we don’t. I’m just glad that Eddie is clean, heathy and hope he stay’s clean for his son, family (VH) and us the fans. I was in doubt there for a little while but am over the moon that we are gonna get a NEW VH album coming soon!! Finally ROCK is back, VH Style!!!!!!!!

Wow! I have to admit that Original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony is one classy man. If he is like this all the time, he sure is one good role model for people who are often sucked and pulled down by bitterness.

I sure hope this type of attitude becomes the trend for people.

Hagar SUCKS-Period. Awanna be and now a NO-be.

Much like Motown needed the musicianship of The Funk Brothers to give it its unmistakeable sound that was common to all of their hits, regardles of who was singing, Michael Anthony has always done the same for Van Halen. The two things that kept Van Halen’s sound intact, were Eddie’s guitar and Michael Anthony’s backing vocals and bass playing. The lead singers became less significant as time went on as they continued to get fired.

Eddie has screwed this band for quite some time. Theres always a problem. Now its Michael.
I loved VH with all original members. If one person is missing its just not VH.
What can I say, other than Eddie your a dick.

Forget Wolfgang. Screw Michael Anthony. Gary Cherone ROCKS!

Sammy did not sing cover tunes when he broke out from Montrose.
Give me a break You Really Got Me and Dancing in the streets SUCK
Sammy did Eddie a favor by playing with VH and wrote some of the best
KICK ASS songs that live forever
VAN HAGAR RULES. I don’t blame
mike for sticking with sammy. Why
be some place you are not wanted
Eddie you suck

Frances, your right about words are wasted on me, because I prefer ACTION!! I’m a action kind of guy. Oh shit! why am I wasting my time talking to you. Why don’t you go and ask SH to write a song for you about this pain your going through. Quickly because he needs new idea’s and would want to get his new album out before VH does!!! It’s VH party time!!!!

Frances!
Can’t handle it dude. I figured you out, your just a SH sook!! Why am I wasting my VH time with a SH zombie. This tour is for the REAL VH FANS and your not welcomed……….pal!!!

Kris M.

Words are wasted on you dude.

As for this version of VH, only time will tell…

All you naysayers!! If you don’t like than has DLR would say; “Spread It Around!!!!”

Sum One give me a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut to go!I like the way the line runs up the back of the stocking UNCHAINED inless than 12 hrs. THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN IS BACK!!!

Regarding this Dave era vs Sammy era thing, I’ll wait and see what a new Van Halen record, with Dave on vocals,will sound like. If the magic that Sammy could supposedly never capture while fronting the band is back with Dave at the helm, then I’ll be a true believer. Until then, see you in T.O. on October 12th.

36 hours and counting till rock and roll history starts once again we love ya wolfgang

People, the band ready & willing to blaze this fall. I’ve got my sword & my torch, bringing it to the beach, getting the campfire roaring for you all to dance around. My lines are good, the songs the same you’ve heard at the Motorola the last 25 summers, which is far more invasive than any download! The solos the same you’ve been airguitaring since you’ve first heard Eruption melting your Bose. I yelled “Flame on” & the sparks didn’t STOP shooting! I’m ready to do the heavy lifting, but I’ve always been more Tarzan than singer. See you all on the trail Lewis & Clark already blazed. DLR

Hey Frances!!

Buddy, Pal, lets not get emotional here!! Sammy might write a song about you any moment!!

Oh yeah! VH can hurt your feelins every now and then but they always make it up to you with their music. Don’t take it that personal dude! I’m not a zombie because a zombie can’t speak and write. That “Hot For Teacher” taught me that in high school!!

In 1980, we the Rock n’ Roll fans lost Bon Scott, John Bonham and John Lennon RIP. VH saved us and assured us that Rock n Roll is in good hands. Then came 1985.

RIGHT NOW! you know how we the REAL VH FANS went through since that terrible and horrible day in 1985. Feel for us Frances!! have a heart dude, we lived through the “Dark Ages of Rock N’Roll” (1986/1996) but we came out alright, some have since passed on and others are goona make it up for them this tour (Row. 4 NY, Madison Square Garden “I’ll Wait”) Give us this moment to enjoy Frances, please dude have a heart. (Sammy would be proud of you!) I’m not telling you not to go and see SH & MA play, by all means no ones stopping you dude, but I’ll get sea sick if I watch SH & MA on a boat to Capo!!

But your perfect, you’ve got all the answers dude, why are you talking to me? You should run for the white house. I’m just a shit kicker that enjoys VH music. Pretty simple life here dude!!

But listen dude, and listen real good…… I will defend VH and Rock N Roll for life! No middle of the road shit here dude. SH does’nt know whether his “In And Out” that’s why EVH got rid of him in 1996.

VH Fact: If you stand in front of EVH that’s all your goona hear dude. He’s sound is that powerful I think he fixed my rib cage from an old football injury!!! Thanks VH, now for my back, please!!!

Hey Uncle Crack!

You crack me up man!!!!

Can you define super popular? Because when you get into super popular territory were talking about The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, etc etc. I really can’t put Montrose in that exclusive club. Being from the other side of the world (Australia) you mention Montrose (unless your a musician) people would think it’s a city, state or some planet?

Uncle Crack, dude you should get out a little more or build an extention to your box!!! If Montrose was that super popular why did Sammy and Montrose not continue on and on? And Sammy has said in the past that he would buy ever new VH album just to hear what EVH was up to.

I’m sure I speak for ALL THE TRUE VAN HALEN FANS, we do live out of the box I’m sure we’ve got all the classic bands albums and t-shirts in our posession, the only thing is The Van Halen collection is in a fire prove storage section!! Better be careful Uncle Crack because a Van Halen album will melt all the Sammy Hagar collection!!!!

Speak to me Van Halen people, how many times have you blown up your stereo speaker’s, car speaker’s and P.A. speaker’s litening to the mighty VH?

Rock And Roll Bible (Day Seven): 1976 = God created VAN HALEN!!!
2007 = God blesses VAN HALEN Welcome Wolfgang and welcome back Dave, we really DID miss you!!

Hey Kris, you made my point. You went to see them play ON TOUR? Correct me if I’m wrong but EVH does not go out on stage an play ALL BY HIMSELF for the whole set does he? There are other members of the band. They bring much to the show. Ok, even I could sit through 5-10 minutes of just EVH solo and I have ADD. He’s my generation’s Hendrix.
And let’s get this straight - you don’t have to be a zombie that agrees with whatever EVH says or does to be a true VH fan (grow up) and I never said EVH couldn’t play guitar like a demon. No rational human being, well American anyway, would ever dare suggest such a thing. But he does need a band and he knows only his family will put up with his diva ways - that’s why he brought Wolfie. Now he just needs a family member who can see. On the subject of family - I’m talking blood relative because he (EVH)obviously doesn’t have any loyalty to someone who has given their life to helping him obtain his dream. MA should be treated as his family but look how he found about about the whole tour and read the above article again.
If not for SH, after 1986 there would’ve been only VH memories and the 6 albums - that’s it. I’ll say it again… Unless EVH accepts the fact that the band is the SUM of its parts, this version will implode like the rest.

And Michael Who? - let’s not bring Jesus into this. Eddie might get jealous that you are not using his name in such a way.

-Frances

I have seen earlier where someone stated “what has SH ever done before VH besides ( I can’t drive 55 ) Have you never heard of the band MONTROSE ?, Sammy fronted that band in the 70’s and was super popular. I guess most of you VH fans have never lived outside the box.

EVH has always been a jerk. Hey do u think they will let use their senior discount to buy tickets !

Frances….Jesus Christ man are you a Van Halen fan or a Sammy Hagar fan (er uh apologist)? Sammy saved Van Halens asses? Wow dude, feel free to step back into reality anytime. It’s like Kris M. says: He was riding the coat tails of Van Halen’s success with DAVID LEE ROTH. Up to that point, Sammy had a mediocre solo career which spawned such forgettable videos as I Can’t Drive 55. If you knew nothing about his career and just saw that video, would you actually like that guy? Man, that shit was horrible. Eddie used him in any way he wanted to, because he could, he was a puppet. The name Van Halen is what sells the albums and the tickets.

As far as listening to Eddie play for an hour and a half, I could listen to him play for 24 hours straight, because I am a true Van Halen fan.

Hey Frances!!

Fuck Yes!!! I watched EVH’s playing on u-tube NAMM fender release. Yes he was’nt in a good state then, but can he PLAY!!!

SH did’nt save VH’s arse’s, he was riding VH’s Jump/1984 WAVE, that Dave along with VH built!!!!!
SH was just lucky that not only was he playing with the greatest guitarist, but a pretty damn good songwriter too. It’s a fact, EVH wrote all the music and maybe even some words too, he can do anything that cat!

And Finally Frances, on the 1998 VH tour of Australia I was front row, stage right, EVH right in front of me (I could see the strings bending, that close!), he’s sound/speakers gave me a new meaning to volume!!!, did’nt hear Gary all nite (who cared anyway) and it was an experience I will never forget!!
I had a friend that had the same experience at a AC/DC concert in 75′ (right next to Angus’s amp) and Led Zeppelin 72′ (stage level Page’s side). A trully unique experience, once in a liftime. Highly recommended if you can get it. Any rock fan would love to trade places with the guitar tech and hear what their hearing. Lets not forget here, if you want to hear songs exactly like the album, then stay home and listen to the album. A concert is an experience not a fucking clinic!! I always loved when VH/Roth would jam it up abit (like Zep would). Rock n Roll folk law:
Lennon/McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Tyler/Perry, Van Halen/Roth. Case closed!!!

As far as SH & MA tour, who cares, I heard MA sing solo on u-tube (”Little Dreamer”) and was not impressed, “man’s got to know his limitations”. Maybe EVH’s backing vocals are taken for granted. I agree MA was the background sound of VH but let’s take a realistic look hear, Woofgang is the son of Ed, same blood, gene’s, musically gifted, and has the same tones has his father. Can’t wait for the new album! Why do you think the Beach Boys sound is famous. FAMILY!!!
Finally, remember VH said this in “NOT A REUNION IT”S A NEW BAND”. So get that through you (SH/MA distorted) eyes.

P.S. Why do you think SH (the snake!) goes to Capo? Because a snake like’s warmer climate’s!! I’m sad MA could’nt see this snake coming.

Can’t wait to see Roth’s return to the band. (Hope they play shows in TEXAS.) Old school VH ****ing kicks ***!!!

“Unstable condition:
A symptom of life…” –Rush

Tell me this…
If EVH got onstage and played guitar for an hour and a half, would you really sit through it??
SH saved their a**es when he joined and we all know it. (If you don’t believe me - just try listening to Gary Cheron singing with them - to all of you who think that SH and MA need EVH as some kind of meal ticket. LOL
He is (along with Randy Rhodes and other greats) an amazing guitar player - one of the best - NO DOUBT; but you don’t go to a concert to hear the guitar by itself do you? And I’ll bet you SH and MA’s tour at least finishes. I love EVH but he has serious narcissism issues and it will destroy this version of the band as it has all the past versions! Bet that!
It’s NOT a reunion tour!!

It seems sammy is the real snake in the grass here!!

1. he brain washes MA.

2. goes on tour with DLR in 2002 to see our he stands up to dave. He still is the apprentice and Dave is still the Master, Case closed there!!

3. quickly agree’s to do the 2004 reunion tour with VH to stop the real VH with DLR from starting.

4. jump’s at the chance to front the Rock & Roll hall of fame while EVH is trying to help himself. That’s the respect both MA & SH have for the greatest guitarist ever. After all if there’s no more EVH, no more bread and butter for SH & MA.

After all, did we the REAL VH FANS come to see MA & SH at any VH concert?
Finally, how pathetic and low it is that the SH fans (so called VH fans) slam a 16 year old the only son to the greatest guitarist of all time and painting a gloom and doom for the new VH. After all VH 2007 have got their mojo back. Luckly for VH fans, EVH regonised that the mighty VH was becoming a SH middle of the road outfit. Why do you think Warner Brothers dump VH?
I always thought SH music was always middle of the road shit anyway. The real VH would make music that would melt and destory all your other collection!! Welcome back Dave and for good this time, see people EVH can forgive!!.
Question people: Where have all the good times gone?
Answer: VH 2007 Smooth, low drag, sexy, rude, real, mean and cooked both sides. Yeah I like that!!

P.S. Please VH, my music collection is in need of a new VH album.

I just read EVH’s post from 9/4. He is really a sad guy. I almost feel sorry for him. Live does not revolve around you or anybody else with the name Van Halen. Really pathetic.

I just watched some video on another website of the rehearsals. DLR has lost his voice…it is just not the same and yes he is 20+ years older so he has the right change. IMHO it will be a miracle if these guys can hold it together for a year. Good luck to Wolfgang I wish him the best. Mikey is a class act as many have stated before me and I am happy to see someone (besides Sammy) from the VH world take the high road.

I wish they’d forget what they have done and make some new music with another new singer instead of milking the old cow. I know they tried with VH3 but DLR just ain’t where it is at anymore. It is really sad and pathetic on so many levels. The press conference was just the beginning of the VH brothers trying to snow us all into buying overpriced concert tickets.

I wish them the best but I am not going to see the tour.

Rumor has it that some of the best music evolved from anger, bitterness and sorrow.

What sadness. What childish & spiteful people. All this sourness can’t help to make music, what a waste…

I wouldn’t take sides here, too much deep rooted drama.

At least there’s the records. Now I wonder if some of those were made under anger and bitterness.

Whatever.

for the last 10 years i have been wondering why eddie just doesn’t wise up, swallow a bit and reunite with dave. He finally does and denies michael and the fans of this moment. I guess the price of musical genius is having your head permanantly and chronically shoved up your ass. i have 2 tickets and dont even know if i really want to go. all hail the mighty van halen and the 3/4 reunion!

for the last 10 years i have been wondering why eddie just doesn’t wise up, swallow a bit and reunite with dave. He finally does and denies michael and the fans of this moment. I guess the price of musical genius is having your head permanantly and chronically shoved up your ass. i have 2 tickets and dont even know if i really want to go. all hail the mighty van halen and the 3/4 reunion!

Wow, how ridiculous of me to forget in my last post (see below), the greatest rock bass player of them all John Entwistle. R.I.P.
Look, EVH in his whole career has not had the luxury of playing with a great bass player on stage. So now he feels he is playing with someone that will push him to be great every night instead of resting on his laurels. And if that bass player happens to be a 16 year old kid, so be it. As parents we are protective of our children. He would not throw him on stage and in front of millions of people, if he truly wasn’t ready. Nobody wants to see their child fail.He knows the whole world is going to have expectations of this kid and he knows that Wolfie has to at least come close or he will be heavily scrutinized.

Ok, back to you Hagar fans. The guy writes the cheesiest songs ever recorded. Does he actually have a song that does not have the word “love” in it? It’s like Eddie said back in 85′, “We lost a songwriter, but we gained a singer” Such began the day of Van Halen’s demise. Because they were known for their great songs, not their great singing. You can’t fake chemistry. Now that Eddie is off of drugs and alcohol he is a rational person able to make rational decisions. And that rational decision is David Lee Roth. And if he stays off the booze and drugs, we will see a slew of Classic Van Halen albums that should have been released 20 some odd years ago. …..ok, I’m done…lol

First of all, Michael Anthony’s bass parts are so damn simple that my 10 year old could play them and he does. Look he is not Christopher Squier, Jack Bruce or John Paul Jones or Geddy Lee even. His claim to fame in that band was his voice. A very distinctive voice, but not impossible to copy. And with the technology that has been around with digital samplers, if they were really worried about that aspect of it, they would go in the studio and sample his background vocals from all the 2″ tapes. Not difficult. And then trigger them whenever they needed them. The bass position was the weak link in the chain of Van Halen. Sure Dave is not a great singer, but he has a recognizable and distinct voice, just like Mick Jagger. If this was another VH tour with Sammy Hagar, nobody would give a rats ass. If you are a true Van Halen Fan, you are stoked beyond belief. A Roth and 3 Van Halens.Sounds pretty good to me. Hey, we wish Michael was there, but he’s not. Just remember this you Hagar lovers, Van Halen started in 1976 not 1985! And yes, Michael Anthony will be set the rest of his life, because it was DAVID LEE ROTH’s idea to spit the songwriting royalties 4 ways, even though it was Eddie that wrote the music and Dave who wrote every single word.

That really sucks the way Michael found out! I think that was the wrong way to handle things. i wish it was a complete reunion, but we will still check them out!

ME WISE MAGIC would be a an excellent choice for the setlist considering they haven’t recorded together since those 2 songs in the late 90’s. Anthony and Sammy are kick’n it at the CABO WABO, and are much happier together, than with the 2 VH dicks.They should do a Velvet Revolver type supergroup, call it X-HALEN. There are so many great artist out there with fans who’s bands have bit the dust, over the past 5-10 yrs.ROTH was put back in charge to regain VAN HALEN’s rightful title as 2007 HEAVEY WEIGHT CHAMPIONS OF ROCK-N-ROLL. ZEPPLIN held it for yrs, VH. and AC/DC shared it for yrs. METALLICA held it up until about 5-10 yrs ago. Latley it’s been DISTURBED, AND LYKIN PARK all bands I love, and all deserve to go down among the greatest bands of alltime.BREAKING BENJAMIN could be next to enter the ELITE category. I know there are a few others in that group, but none among them are in the position to take over the industry and name their price to any record comapny, When it does come time to record like VAN HALEN is.They will have the best song writers available, and they will put out another kick ass studio production. ROTH, and the VH’s just make great music together and I believe will do it again.

It’s Van Halen 4…..
I wouldn’t call it a reunion.
But I’ll still check it out

wolf who?…. you’ve got to be kidding me.
i refuse to pay a nickel to see them… w/o mike that is.
tickets should be one fourth less in price or fans are getting screwed. tour probably won’t happen anyway….
eddie is out of his mind…. he must have forgotten how run with the devil…. go back to rehab and stay there.

@Who Cares Man:
You had me up until you mentioned Sting… Anthony is good, and apparently a class act, but he needs the rest of VH a hell of a lot more than Sting needs, uh, those other two guys in The Police… whatever their names are.

I agree with Michael, you can’t call it a re-union if all the original members aren’t there. He helped them to make that band what it is and for Eddie to give him the boot for playing a few shows with Haggar that’s a bunch of b.s. Who cares what he does in his down time. The tour is going to get cancelled halfway through because Eddie and David can’t co-exist. Michael’s better off performing with Haggar! Yeah I said it.

Who cares if Mike, Sammy, Wolfie or Dave comes back with VH and plays to sold out shows…..Just goes to show how VH fans are a bunch of “Lemmings”…..They aren’t getting together because of their fans! They are cashing in on the “CashCow” like “The Police” just did…..Reunite, play some arena’s, make a buttload of money and get out!

Well, atleast “The Police” didn’t screw their bandmates and boot Sting out for their reunion Tour!

So tell me, when is “Whitesnake” coming back?

An aging bald mimbo, a burnt-out guitar ex-virtuoso, his ugly brother, and his fat son? I hope that during this doomed tour, Dave breaks something trying “the splits,” Eddie loses a finger, and his son gets herpes from a groupie. I could give two shits about Alex.

Me, I’ll pop in my VH1 LP (with the real, original cover) and rock out to the bygone days when the name actually carried some value.

Van Halen’s songwriting was credited equally to all 4 members. This was extremely generous of Edward and Roth/Hagar since they are the ones who probably really wrote them. Has Michael Anthony ever publically acknowledged this?

Roth’s voice like Plant’s has lost most of it’s bite. However, judging by his solo albums Plant is still an inventive musician.

The facts of the matter are EVH’s kid has come of age. The VAN HALEN’s have always been a couple of dicks to everyone involved with them, unless you are FAMILY. The tour is VAN HALEN featuring DAVID LEE ROTH. They have commented on recording in 2008 after a successful tour is behind them. A new recording like this tour would be successful, in an era where success is few, and far between. The only reason this holds true in VH’s case is because of DIAMOND DAVE being back, and Wolfie being groomed as the next EVH is great media buzz.I have said before EVH knows how to keep the attention of a large audience by mixing drama, and great rock music, that just seems to be an after product of all musical genuis. I can see a SIX MEMBER VAN HALEN somewhere down the line. EDDY, AND WOLFIE both on guitar, DIAMOND DAVE, AND SAMMY splitting vocals, and Anthony being back on BASS. Up to this point it’s always been the WWF of rock music. Until the MTV AWARDS DIAMOND DAVE was the ULTIMATE BAD GUY, and then it was EVH/AVH because we all found out that they were the real pricks that cannot get along with anybody.This show will continue for years to come. When ZEPPLIN, and the STONES are all dead. When the band of today have come, and gone, There will still be the worlds last GREAT SUPERGROUPS, VAN HALEN, and I have to give it up for U2. For the record VAN HALEN has sold more units.You can look that up on SOUNDSCAN…….PEACE!!!

Sure Michael Anthony is a nice guy, and as a huge VH and DLR fan, I would have loved to see the original line-up restored for this tour. But Michael has worked with Eddie for a good many years…did he really think going and playing with Sammy was something Eddie was going to like?

invitation declined

Here’s the deal:
Sammy Hagar fans hate EVH and Van Halen because Sammy’s butt buddy was ousted and neither Anthony or Sammy are in the band and probably won’t ever be.
David Lee Roth fans are happy as he is back in the band. They don’t care about the bass position that much.
True Van Halen fans are extremely happy about the band and can’t wait till the concert. The true fans may or may not be dissapointed about Anthony but it’s not that big of a deal for them as Van Halen is touring with DLR, first time in almost 25 yrs.
That leaves the people who either don’t like Van Halen, haven’t followed Van Halen, or just liked listening to some of the hits from the 80’s. Of course, those poeple are going to totally diss Van Halen. It’s nothing new. This type of nonsense has been going on for the last 10+ years. I know about critizing bands… I invite anyone to name a band that’s not Van Halen and I will knock and criticize the Shit out of them.

Eddie is in a downward spiral. It’s sad that his kid has to be there to see his demise. MA seems like he has more class than anyone in the band. Good luck MA.

Has anyone not forgotten that DLr cant sing live? I saw him with VH and on his own (really to see steve Vai) and he realy sucke as a singer. I hope the showman in him makes up for it. Yea he can twirl some swords and run with some streamers but forgets the words is off key and cant hit any high notes so he holds the mike to the audience. I hope he can sing a lot better than he used to.

there’s only one problem…led zep will be playing one show in london. that doesn’t give the majority of lz fans the opportunity to see them live.

Why all the fuss about this second rate band? Led Zeppelin is reuniting and Eddie Van Halen cannot compete with Jimmy Page, and having his 16 year old son replacing his accomplished bass player is a big joke. Only fools will purchase tickets to see Van Halen. Led Zepellin is the only true hard rock band of merit.

So, what’s next? removing all MA bass parts in their 6 VH records, just as Ozzy Osbourne did with Bob Daisley on his first 2 solo albums?
MA, you’ve shown you’re a gentleman really, other in your position would’ve trashed his former band.

VH is really 2 bands. 1 w/DLR and 1 w/SH. hence the conflicting opinions and arguments on this post. it won’t be possible for them to make all their fans happy.

How about Sammy? Did he find out from the internet that he was no longer in the band?

This whole thing is funny. They should make a movie about this. Anthony thinks he is still in VH but he finds out he’s not.

I can see a six member VAN HALEN at some point and time. I think EVH has greater aspirations for his son, than to simply be a bass player. When Sammy was in the band the one thing that did improve, from what was already incredible was the guitar, because it was

I can see a six member VAN HALEN at some point and time. I think EVH has greater aspirations for his son, than to simply be a bass player. When Sammy was in the band the one thing that did improve, from what was already incredible was the guitar, because it was

I can see a six member VAN HALEN at some point and time. I think EVH has greater aspirations for his son, than to simply be a bass player. When Sammy was in the band the one thing that did improve, from what was already incredible was the guitar, because it was

I read this article with mixed emotions. First, kudos to Mike Anthony for being such a class act and refusing to bash Van Halen. It seems that he has the whole thing in perspective and isn’t going to allow the negativity to affect him. I’m glad to hear that he still has money and is taking the high road.

That said, it seems awfully petty of Van Halen to remove him from the album cover and to ask him to sever ties with the band contractually. I wonder if there are some other factors involved with these decisions that have nothing to do with the band (greedy managers? Record company pressure?). Just a thought.

Finally…I dont’ think anyone should underestimate the desire of Eddie to perform with his son, help him make some serious money and BOND. As a longtime musician, I recently performed with my teenaged daughter at my church for the first time, and it was a wonderful experience (even though we didn’t make millions of dollars), and my relationship with her was strenghtened considerably because of this opportunity.

As a longtime Eddie Van Halen fan, I hope the tour goes well and he stays healthy (sober) and regains his place as one of the two greatest guitar players of all time (the other being Hendrix of course)….

mike has some real class. dont be to harsh with wolf he loosen your shoe lases

valerie, you are an inspiration to women. eddie was lucky to have you for as long as he did.

I hope that Eddie does not corrupt our son Wolfgang with his boozing, drugging, and womanizing.

I was priviliged to see Van Halen around Christmas of ‘82 during the “Diver Down” tour in Memphis - just 3 days after seeing The Who in Birmingham with “It’s Hard.” See you at the VMA’s!
HeeHee!
You poor bastards…

PLEEEEEEAASE don’t cancel the tour before you come to Philly. I don’t care about any of this nasty stuff on here. I just want to see you guys ROCK!

i always thought of Eddie as a most prolific (and probably legendary ) guitarist. Alex is a monster drummer and DLR was always my favorite frontman of the lot. MA is a competent enough bassist ( and probably a real nice guy ) but always thought the bassist role as interchangeable with little consequence. But his background voice will probably be missed. Wolfie will probably do fine ( if his dad thinks so ). I did think this whole business of the picture removal from the website, by the band, was totalitarian and down right childish.

Jeez, How can such a small thing get so overblown? I agree that a VH tour without M.A. is not really a “reunion tour”. But, it does re-unite DLR and EVH. Which were the nucleous of the original VH that made fans of many of us. All this other nonsense; (Clapton sucks?!?!? come on, E.C.is one of the all time great guitar players. Even Hendrix knew this!! And SRV too!!! The political crap has other forums that are better suited to that nonsense). Really, who cares who EVH has in his freaking cover band?

Van Halen is taking the high road for not saying anything about Anthony.

Michael is the man! Always was the coolest one in Van Halen. Time has shown that he still is. This Van Halen “reunion” will last about a month, if that. Roth and Daddy Van Halen will be at each other before the tour has even begun. Exposing Wolf to this whole dysfunctonal family is child abuse.

MICHAEL IS THE MAN…..EDDIE AND AL CAN STUFF IT!!

DAVE AND SAMMY ROCK!! ….GARY TOO!

VAN HALEN ARE SCREWING THE FANS BIG TIME!! I NOW HATE YOU EDDIE!!

I will use this thread to some everything up currently being covered on this website. #1 the ROTHBAND, they had their opening party in L.A. this weekend. By all accounts they sounded incredible, and Wolfie too. The whole IRAQ war things is futile. We are dug in over there in anticpation of an all out WORLD WAR. IRAN would immediatley take over the entire region if we left. I don’t like it anymore than anyone else, but it’s the facts. We are going to war with IRAN, which is in bed with RUSSIA, and CHINA who also hate ISREAL. Enjoy life as you know it, because it truely will be the end of the world AS WE KNOW IT, not if but when it all goes down.POP JOHN PAUL predicted what is to happen, and it also coinsides with what the POP OF N.AMERICA BILLY GRAHAM’s predicts. JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY THE TRUTH, AND THE LIGHT. The world is too far gone for some hippy’s, and californication to save it by driving a HYBRID.Meanwhile the RAINFOREST ARE GONE, and the ICECAPS aren’t far behind. FACTIOD:CHINA OPENS A NEW COAL ENERGY PLANT EVERY WEEK, and they don’t give a shit what we think about it.KEEP IT REAL, AND ENJOY THE ROTHBAND. As for BRITNEY how sad……..

I seen Van Halen in 2004 at Copps Coloseum in Hamilton. I was so disappointed. Eddie was completely smashed. He could barely play. At one point he threw his guitar behind the stage. It seems he couldn’t strap it on. His guitar solo, which I was looking forward to, completely sucked. I couldn’t believe it. The best part of the show was Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony. Great backing vocals by MA and what a class act Sammy is.
Good thing I won the tickets on the mighty Q107, the greatest rock station around.

Nowhere in the history of rock do you see this:

“David Lee Roth quits VH to start solo career, tries to sue for the Van Halen name” -This was due to poor record sales

“Micheal Anthony kicked out of band for being frineds with Sammy” -I see jealousy here.

Face it folks, this tour is about old times, and for greed. Plain and simple. Why did Eddie volunteer his son as bassist? HE DOESN’T HAVE TO PAY HIM AS MUCH!!!! So all you lucky fans will hear all the negative things Dave will say about Sammy and Mike, while Ed will play the part of the puppet with Dave’s hands up his a$$, and node along. I say since they want to forget the Hagar-era, tell Ed and Al to give back all the money they made on the tours and the albums then. It’s only fair right? You change the website, take Mike’s picture off, because of Sammy. Sammy is the bad guy. Everyone else can go jerk yourself a soda if you think for one moment that Sam brought VH down, I think you need to look at the guitar player who participated on those recordings. He approved of them and wrote them, don’t diss Sam completely. I see this tour over mid way through as David’s ego will once again destroy VH. “If I want to hear old VH, I just put the cd in and not have to worry about paying to see this crap”.

All Im Looking for is to see Diamond Dave take the stage like no one eles.And of course Eddie Eruption!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who cares about Anthony, were talking about The best Show Man in Diamond Dave.Of The Ultimate Best in Eddie.

what amaze me is that Wolfie looks much worst than Eddie,Dave and Alex!!!!!
He should go jogging before the tour starts!!!!
He’s 16 and looks older than 50 something other members of the band

what amaze me is that Wolfie looks much worst than Eddie,Dave and Alex!!!!!
He should go jogging before the tour starts!!!!
He’s 16 and looks older than 50 something other members of the band

Clapton = Crap-ton
Old Van Halen Roth era rocks, but the brothers are real heals for not including Michael Anthony at least as a farewell tour that we the fans never got. Hope Wolfie is limber, beause the first time he screws up the bassline to Panama, there will be boos.

Has anyone contacted child protective services?

I have 4 TKT’s to the CHARLOTTE show, as for anyone not going because Anthony isn’t on stage, well I wish you could have talked a friend into the same, because I called the very minute TKT’s went on sale,and barely got anything on the floor. This is one of the greatest rock bands of alltime. One reason being there is so many different versions of the band, but DAVID LEE ROTH is to VAN HALEN, what JOE MONTANA is to the 49er’s……What the BABE is to the Yankees. What JIM MORRISON is to the doors…REAL VAN HALEN is spelled DIAMOND DAVE!!!!!!!

I am going to the Charlotte show to see living history (and I’m sure I’ll see fossils), they are in fact a historic band and Eddie revolutionized the electric guitar JUST AS IMPORTANTLY as Jimi Hendrix or Clapton did, HOWEVER…you can be a totally talented jack-ass of a human being. Eddie is. His ego and pride have always gotten the best of him and cheated the fans of things that were good and came to an end…first it was the departure of DLR and then when we get a legendary second coming of VH eventually he screws that up too…then he further rifts the band with Michael Anthony…Mike Anthony might be a “run of the mill” bass player like a lot of the people on this forum have said…but his contributions, trite as they might ERRONEOUSLY seem, are without a doubt what geve VH their identity in the first place…saying otherwise would be like saying “I love Ice Cream but I wish they wouldnt use milk in it” it wouldnt be ice cream dumb-ass…as I said, I won’t be hypocritical and say that I won’t go see VH, because I will go, but I wish I could tell EVH to his face what a waste it was for God to bestow so much talent on such a shitty human being who has no loyalty to anyone, and has alays gone down the same path of destruction that put an end to Hendrix, Joplin, Steve Clark, and Michael Hutchins. Life’s too short Ed see to it that Wolfgang doesnt kick you out in about 3 years when you’re ready for the retirement home. Karma’s a bitch Ed.

I still don’t believe they will actually make it out on stage. David Lee Roth can not get his head out of his ego’s ass. And Eddie can’t seem to let Dave be the Asshole and big mouth he has been forever. It just irritates him too much. As for as the kid goes… That life is a rough place for a kid of 16. If I was rocking with VH when I was 16 I would be dead now. The only thing that stopped me from doing drugs when I was 16 was either I ran out of money or could not get anymore. A problem a rock star never faces. VH should remember the rest of America does not get to work with people we like. We have to work with retards and morons, we don’t make millions of dollars to do it either. So shut up and play the songs. And understand going into it. Dave is an idiot he has always been an idiot. What would change about this tour?

Good luck and keep the little wolf safe!

I pity the mulleted cock rock fan who will actually pay to see these washed up old windbag geezers get up and haul their tired old spandex clad bones around the stage one last time. Yuck. I for one don’t want any of my hard earned quid to help fund Eddie’s new horse like chompers, or Diamond Dave’s hair plugs. What a joke. Note to all, this is not Rock and Roll, this is not Rock and Roll.

I’m going to the Charlotte show because I missed seeing VH with Dave on the 1984 tour. I saw Dave with Steve Vai on both of those tours and a few others times with other solo band line-ups. I just never could get into the Hagar era VH. It just wasn’t something I was going to pay to see. I bought the albums with Hagar until Balance. Then the ballads started, usually the kiss of death for hard rock bands. Night Ranger anyone? I would rather see Michael Anthony up there instead of the kid. But, the mix of Ed and Dave was what always did it for me with the VH I have always enjoyed. They could swap Alex for any other drummer while they are at it. It’s more of a nostalgia trip for me. But, it would have been much better to see a real reunion. At least in the press conference they called it a “new band”. Too bad for Mike, I’m sure I’ll miss his vocals more than his bass playing on Sept. 27.

I will be going to the VH show.
Doesn’t matter what I think, but Eddie should have called Michael Anthony, and said, ‘Hey c’mon down and jam dude.’ instead he doesn’t call, and acts very childish.
im still going, but its not VH with Michael’s bass playing, and back up vocals. Mike’s voice is distinctive, and when you hear it, wait, maybe they will cut and past Michael’s voice into the songs, hey computers can do that easily these days. Michael will be in the songs, just not in the hall.

mike is already kickn his self in the but.nobodys heard a word out of hagar!i saw van halen open up for black sabbath in 78,@riverfront colusium,when v.h.was done everybody was ROASTED,[i like the way that dave put that@the press conference,let the ROASTING begin].eddie is truly a guitar GOD.by the way they were booing sabbath off the stage b4 they even got there.dont get me wrong i have seen them twice with roth and ten times hagar i cant wait to see them the third time with diamond dave. indy will b ROASTED ROCKTOBER 14 and yes i will b there!yes there is a god and on that date he will b in indy.by the way eddie or alex,wolf,or dave try to book in cincy so yes i can get ROASTED one more time a little closer to home.

Edward:
No need to write everything in caps.We feel your pain or whatever it is.There’s no denying that you’re a great guitar player,but why, throughout your whole career,have you done so little playing with other artists? I hope you have a good tour, and I hope Wolfgang does well, but do something about all that anger and resentment. Its sad seeing that come from a great guitarist such as yourself.

There is no rock band without its original members. The only exception is Led Zeppelin, where the son of still one of the best drummers in the world is as phenomenal a drummer as his father ever was. Good luck, Michael.

VH is gonna make thier $$$$. To bad for Micheal Anthony. He sounds like a good guy. at the end of the day! No doubt about it Diamond Dave was the best front man of VH! Van-Haggar was polished & good, but the RAW energy of the Roth ERA was 2nd to NONE!!!! 20yrs. later I am skeptical that Roth can pull it off. Sad to say. However!!!! If VH is gonna tour??? Roth should be out FRONT!!!!

And history will record that the band was an over-rated conglomeration of mean-spirited nutcases and despite some flashy fingering, mostly mediocrity and girlymen back-stabbing. What you heard was what you imagined. What happened was anything but fun.

It would have been nice to do a full reunion even if they wanted to have Wolfie be a part of it somehow and then maybe ask Mike to leave after the tour and be replaced by Wolf. That would have been more respectful to their fans, but nothing ever goes the way it makes sense in this band. They pretty much do whatever they want regardless.

And like Dave said - this is a new band playing songs you know by heart, not a reunion. And I think that works best - we’re moving forward from here. I look forward to seeing the show and hope there is more new music to come. They do seem much more mature now. I hope it can work.

Mike should not have done the 2004 tour or given up anything. It was wimpy and it’s a cop-out to say he did it for the fans. He just didn’t have the balls to say it’s not right to treat me this way and I’m not doing it.

I think he has a great attitude about this situation now and I bet he wishes people would just let it go.

The Van Halen brothers should bite the bullet and do the “Who/Pete Townshend” thing, and just have Anthony play bass and have Wolfgang play rhythm guitar back by the drums, like Pete Townshend’s younger brother, Simon. I can understand Eddie wanting his kid to be invovled, but they could have toured as a five-piece. At least include Michael Anthony. It’s hypocritical that Eddie hates Michael for being friends with Sammy, yet Van Halen toured with Sammy on vocals in 2004. Crazy kids. Grow up …

I here there is a hugh plexiglass panel across the front of the stage to prevent things being thrown at the stage and disgruntled
fans from contact with any band member.

I dug the both Dave and Sammy versions of VH.Bought every album(except Greatest Hits).Saw both versions live 4 times. Sadley, I can’t spend my hard-earned money on this outfit . Classless to call a “brother” a no talent,lazy a-hole, after you work with the guy for over 20 years .
EVH is just pissed ’cause the guy is friends with SH. Get over it.Sad it couldn’t have been a true reunion.

Good luck,and good-night VH.

Hey Panama rocks….. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA …………………

Michael Anthony is truly a classy man. He is taking the high road in a situation that would have most people reacting in an extremely bitter way.
I was a huge VH fan in the mid-80’s and still look back fondly at the many good memories I have of their music from that time. That being said, there is no way I could go see them in concert now after they have so blatantly removed Mike from their album covers on the website. It’s one thing to go on tour with Eddie’s kid playing bass, it’s quite another to try to pretend a person never existed. That is just low down and mean spirited. I am through with Van Halen. Thanks for the memories Ed and thanks for showing your true colors for once and for all.

Edward Van Halen | 9/5/2007, 6:18 pm EST

LETS ME START WITH THIS: ANTHONY DISAPPEARS AFTER THE TOUR. HE CAN’T PLAY WORTH A FU** ANYMORE AND HASN’T SINCE 0U812. HE USED US FOR HIS TIME TO SELL HIS HOT SAUCE OR WHATEVER THE FU** HIS THING IS. AFTER THE LAST TOUR, HE TALKED SH** ABOUT MYSELF AND AL. MEANWHILE, I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S JUST ME BUT ANTHONY AND SAM WERE ALSO PLAYING ON THAT TOUR. AL AND I NEVER CALLED THEM OUT WHEN THEY COULDN’T AND HAD NO DESIRE TO PLAY THE FU**IN SONGS THE WAY THEY ARE INTENDED. EVER SINCE I BUILT THE 5150 STUDIO, YOU KNOW; ANTHONY NEVER IS AROUND. I MEAN. IT’S LIKE PULLING TEETH TO GET THE GUY TO COME DOWN AND PLAY WITH US. THE TOUR IS OVER AND IT’S LIKE ONE MINUTE HE’S THERE, THEN IT’S LIKE HE DROPPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1984 TOUR. I MEAN; DROP MYSELF OR AL A LINE TO LET US KNOW YOU STILL PLAY. DON’T JUST WAIT AROUND BY THE PHONE FOR US TO CALL. AND THEN HE ANNOUNCES HIS TOUR WITH SAM. THEY CALL THEMSELF THE “OTHER HALF OF VAN HALEN.” I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’VE CHECKED BUT AL, MYSELF, AND WOLF ARE THE ONLY VAN HALEN’S THAT ARE PLAYING. HAVE YOU CHECKED - SAM AND ANTHONY’S TOUR CONFLICTS WITH OURS, AND YOU CAN’T BE IN TWO BANDS AT THE SAME TIME. YOU KNOW.. MY SON JAMS FOR ABOUT 5 HRS A DAY AND IS WRITING MUSIC. IT’S A HE** OF A LOT MORE THAN ANTHONY HAS DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO I PUT MY SON IN THE BAND BECAUSE I NEEDED A BASS PLAYER. ANTHONY IS FREE TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. -EDWARD VAN HALEN

What the fuck edward, are you fuckin kidding me, or what…… You better get your act together, cause I just spent alot of money, to fly from Holland to Toronto in Oct., and I wanna see a kick ass show, with you and dave kicking ass !!! No booze and drugs please!

Eddie will look good vomiting on stage and forgeting his songs.

Who cares. VH version 1,2,3 or 4 it’s always been eddie’s band and whatever version goes on tour always pulls in the punters. Just get your fat corperate asses over to Europe cos i’ll go to see them no matter who turns up.

Van Halen has not been the same since according to the news Gary Cherone left the band. Seriously, I am a longtime Van Halen fan and I dig both the Dave and Sammy stuff just as much as the next Van Halen fan. It’s just that Gary Cherone came in and breathed new life for the band, it was a new start for the band like when Sammy came in. “3″ was very good, not great but very good. Gary Cherone has an excellent singing voice, performing Roth and Hagar era songs it seemed with ease live despite all the energy he has live. Thing is the fans did not accept Gary, but that was are f**king fault. I’d take having Ed, Mike, Alex and Gary over what Van Halen is today in a second. This whole tour is all about money. I wonder if Gary really left or Alex and Ed showed him the door. I doubt it, I think he really left. It took them around a decade to partially recover. We were mean to Gary Cherone and we paid the ulitmate price. I would have loved to have more Van Halen albums with Gary Cherone and Mike. Van Halen at least was less of a mess.

Van Halen has not been the same since according to the news Gary Cherone left the band. Seriously, I am a longtime Van Halen fan and I dig both the Dave and Sammy stuff just as much as the next Van Halen fan. It’s just that Gary Cherone came in and breathed new life for the band, it was a new start for the band like when Sammy came in. “3″ was very good, not great but very good. Gary Cherone has an excellent singing voice, performing Roth and Hagar era songs it seemed with ease live despite all the energy he has live. Thing is the fans did not accept Gary, but that was are f**king fault. I’d take having Ed, Mike, Alex and Gary over what Van Halen is today in a second. This whole tour is all about money. I wonder if Gary really left or Alex and Ed showed him the door. I doubt it, I think he really left. It took them around a decade to partially recover. We were mean to Gary Cherone and we paid the ulitmate price. I would have loved to have more Van Halen albums with Gary Cherone and Mike. Van Halen at least was less of a mess.

MIKEY !!, Though it would have been nice to see VH play live, & I am a fan, i WILL NOT be attending. I can’t see it being the REAL VH, you are the man !! ROCK ON !

oops, thought the first posting did’n't make it, so I retyped it. Same point, though. Thanks.

Amen to Tony’s posting.
If the brother’s would have done the right thing and at least acknowledged the past 22 years, and a “thank you”, I would feel a little better about this line-up.
However, to flaunt VH “Mach 2″ for all those years, putting down the Dave years, to now act like all that Sammy-era history didn’t happen, is insulting to me as a fan! Judging by the VH website, they are jumping from 1984 to present day. Hey, how many times did Sam have to sing Panama for us fans? I want to see Dave sing Poundcake! To erase that whole era is cheating us, did’nt we buy the albums and pay for tickets? And another thing, Ed said in ‘91: “Jimi Hendrix has a better chance of returning from the dead before Roth returns to this band. Al, Mike, and Sam are my brothers.” Someone please hit Ed in the mouth if you are within earshot of him refering to anyone else, other than Al, as a “new brother”! Hey Ed, here is the perfect title for the new album Dave said you guys are going to record: “Knife In The Back: Unfair Warning”. Only on this one, be sure to put Mike’s picture on the cover.

David Lee Roth back in the band is all that matters. Michael Anthony is a mediocre Bass player. What has he done??? Nothing! Is he a Billy Sheehan, no way…so the kid probaby outplay him anyways and singing like a girl for background vocals doesn’t impress me either. This is a New and Improved VH!!!!!!!!!! Dave & Eddie are the main ingredients in this band, just like Plant & Page.

So quit complaining and get a life and enjoy the fact that we will see Dave back on the stage with Ed once again. If you read the article regarding Michael’s interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, he wasn’t supposed to be on the 2004 tour. Case closed!

a stoner guitarist controling his lil bro with a broke lead singer and a fat hack bas player
two words: computer back

Amen, Tony! A very valid view. Hey, does everyone remember back in the day when the rock press used to dub Dave-era VH as “the band you love to hate”? Ironic now, thanks to the brother’s shallow treatment of their own history, that old term is no longer just a spoof, but holds some true meaning! If they only would have acknowledged the second half of their history with some sort of gratitude…I would feel a little differently. But for all those years we were told VH Mach 2 was the shit, and to never look back, then erase it all? Ed said in ‘91: “Jimi Hendrix has a better chance of returning from the dead, before Roth returns to this band. Al, Sam, and Mike are my brothers.” If he refers to anyone else as a “new brother”, will someone within ear-range please, march up and knock those fake teeth down his shallow, shriveled,throat?! EVH legacy: From talented, admired, loveable, 80’s hero with hot-ass wife, to selfish, ungrateful, shriveled-up,
old and divorced little bitch. Ed, here’s a good title for your supposed new album Dave says you’re gonna record: “Knife In The Back, No Warning”….this time, be sure to put Mike’s picture on the cover of this one, you Jerk!

Mike is a class act. EVH and AVH are brilliant musicians and vindictive dickheads who are beyond therapy. I love Van Halen, but after the shit they pulled with MA, I wouldn’t cross the fucking street to see those assholes. What a shame.

Sounds like a nice guy who just wanted to make a little music with an ex band mate paid a price for whatever the reason. They’ll still sell a lot of tickets, but will they be in pre “85″ shape? Not on your life!

I have said from the onset, DADDY swallowed his pride when he brought DIAMOND back in the mix. He knew it would insure success for his son’s 1st tour with the band. They recorded with KID ROCK, FRED DERST, and the dude from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. In the end they knew it was too much of a gamble.DLR was the clear path back to the top of rock music.They took everything back to their roots, and scraped everything else, because like Zepplin it’s the original recordings that still sell, and get the most radio airplay.SAMMY, and Mike need to put together a supergroup, call up Cherone, and call it X-HALEN, and do there own version VAN HAGAR.

There’s a lot of support for Mike on youtube and everywhere else, many fans hated Ed in 85, lets face it, Ed holds grudges big time, Ed’s philosophy is be as big-headed as you like but keep it in the family. Anyway I hope the therapy works and wish VH do well and Mike and Sammy do well.

how about john.paul.george.ringo and wolfie..and sense wolfie is a better bass player and can sing harmony paul will play keyboards and shut his mouth

“JAMEY’S CRY’N” The only people who do matter, at this point are the fans of music like this. Evidently they can afford the $125.00 for a back of the floor seat. It isn’t the RAP fans because it’s all but dead, because most of there fans are caught between my generation, and my 14 yr old daughters, who also has no use for it.People in there 20’s are represented perfectly. Most of them never have had anything, and the one’s that do cann’t wait to get out there and blow every dime of it pretending to be something THEY ARE NOT.Your not gonna fuck with me JAMEY GIRL, cause I will lay it down on your ass. It’s my generation who has lived on both coast, and partied on islands you may never even hear of.

Thanks much River Rat

Steve Rock -

While he may have been innovative at one time, EVH hasn’t done squat in ten years. Too many years wasted with booze and drugs.

Well done, Tony. Extraordinarily well done!

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2nd rate songs? Hall of Fame with 2nd rate songs, I don’t think so.
They have written some true classics Dingleberry

That Jamey’s brilliant.
Nobody likes the most innovative guitarist ever anymore. Hello!! He changed Rock

I have always liked both major versions of Van Halen. I always thought three things were true about whichever incarnation was touring: they were fun, they rocked, and they were talented. The later two points have never been in dispute: Eddie is one of the greatest, Dave is one of the raspiest, and Sammy might be one of the only hard rock singers to come close to Robert Plant’s vocal range. If you wanted ‘crunch’, you could get it in the form of songs like Unchained during the Dave era, or like AFU during the Sammy era. If you wanted melody, Dave could give you Jump, or Sammy could give you Right Now. If you wanted fun, Dave could serve up Ice Cream Man, or Sammy could serve up the tequila in Cabo Wabo. Yet it is the ‘fun’ dimension of the band that is really now in question, and while I never thought that the most important feature of the band was the wink-wink, nudge-nudge subtexts or the hilarious grooming of Waldo’s hair in the “Hot for Teacher” video, the band always seemed to have an on-stage camaraderie regardless of the line-up. Now one wonders if below all the surface smiles and brotherly-arms around the shoulders, there is something mean spirited about Van Halen, and Eddie in particular. Which pains me to say, because I have always given Eddie the benefit of the doubt.
Perhaps this was easier to do in ‘85, because it was easy to believe that Roth and his diamond-encrusted ego found Eddie’s incredible talent, somehow, dispensable. I found myself cheering for Eddie and Sammy to succeed, even as I was profoundly disappointed that they largely ignored VH’s first six albums, not even playing Jump, when I saw the famous “Live Without A Net” show in New Haven in ’86. Still, I weathered the storm through the mediocre 5150 album and was rewarded with two great follow-up albums with Sammy, which made the live shows better even while I pined for many songs that they would never play again until the failed Gary Cherone experiment. And I gave Eddie the benefit of the doubt again, because it was easy to believe that Sammy was uncomfortable playing the Roth tunes. But with the recent treatment of Michael Anthony, with the web site that now, ironically, only acknowledges the first six albums, and with the altered pictures of Anthony airbrushed out of the album covers, it makes it difficult to find Eddie and the current regime anything but small.
All of which is a shame. With Roth back in the picture, Van Halen could have hit it out of the park. Eddie could have said, “Michael was an important part of this band, as was Sammy. Playing bass part-time with Sammy is honestly no big deal, but I think Wolfgang has been more available and I really wanted the opportunity to play in a band with my son. After all, I ain’t getting any younger.” Everyone would have understood. They could have set up a web site triumphantly announcing Roth’s return, posted the band’s entire catalogue, and thanked Hagar, Anthony, and Cherone for their contributions to the bands’ hall-of-fame history. We all could have looked forward to this tour knowing that it will play plenty of tunes we have been missing, and that its current members acted with class in the process. It could have hit the home run by even playing a few Hagar-era tunes during their show, but you can bet that if they are only acknowledging the first six albums on the web site, they will airbrush the Hagar tunes out of the set list faster than Anthony’s image off of their album covers. What’s worse is that they appear to be deflecting any set-list criticism by asking us to actually believe that 15 year old Wolfgang picked the set-list himself. And as much as I enjoyed some of Roth’s one-liners during the press conference, there was an awful lot of investment in the idea of a “new brotherhood”, yet it was, at times, awkwardly sold to us with the hype of a Ginsu-knife barker.
As much as I would never get tired watching Eddie play a 3-day extended version of his guitar solo and as much as I think the show will be great, the hip-check of Hagar and Anthony out of its history leaves a sour taste. But such is the reality of this band, and always has been. They may have sung Happy Trails and giggled for public consumption, but they have always been snarling below the surface, and its time to recognize that the constant had been Eddie-both for being talented and diminutive at the same time. I have always favored the Roth-era songs, while favoring the Hagar-era voice. The difference between going to a Van Halen show and a Hagar show, however, is that when Hagar clowns around, you know he’s genuine.

Damn, another washed up band that tries to create drama and buzz. Nobody that matters likes VH anymore.

WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I SAY, I ALWAYS LIKED VH ALWAYS LIKED BOTH SINGERS HAGGAR A LITTLE MORE. BUT THATS BESIDES THE POINT EDDIE IS A LITTLE BITCH. I DONT GET WHY HE HAS TO BE A JERKOFF HES A GREAT TALENT BUT IL REMEMBER HIM MORE FOR HIS BS OVER THE LAST 15YRS. WELL AT LEAST ITS NOT AS BAD AS SEBASTION BACH RAPPING SELLOUT!

First of all, Pam Bevan, you can’t be too much of a fan if you are calling him Mark Anthony.
In my opinion, Van Halen was always about Eddie’s guitar playing. The songwriting was second-rate, Roth Can’t really sing anyway and Anthony’s harmonies were just average. Hagar is a much better musician and vocalist than Roth. With all this being said, the average fan probably won’t know the difference when VH is on the road unless Roth forgets his words or Eddie messes up a solo.

How long before Eddie Van Halen fires Wolfgang and hires Paul McCartney to be the new bass player?

Well it’s too bad that it’s not a “real” Van Halen Reunion, cuz without Mark Anthony it isn’t.

And kudoz to you Mark for taking the high road. Having been a groupie once upon a time, I know that egos can get in the way when the flattery and fame go to a person’s head. All of sudden one person thinks they are “the band” and to hell with everyone else.

Anyways, I would encourage putting all differences aside for the fans cuz without them there would never have been a Van Halen.

Eddie and Alex are doing everything possible to erase Mike and Sammy from Van Halen history and that, indeed, makes them VERY small men. Ed’s legacy as a guitar hero is unquestionable, but so is his legacy as a mean, spiteful little tyrant. I don’t know what Alex’s legacy is, other than the fact he is his brother’s lap dog. What a pair of frickin’ losers!

Back in ‘86, I totally thought Roth had an overblown ego and was pulling for whatever direction Eddie (the amazing talent) was going in. The 6 Sammy shows I saw was great, but it was a bummer that they played so little of the first 6 albums (not even playing Jump in the first two Sammy tours I saw). Now the band is treating Sammy and Mike as if they never existed, and one really needs to point the finger at Eddie. I saw an interview with Eddie and he is a much smaller person than I had ever imagined. I bet the tunes on this tour will be great, but I think Eddie is a d!*k, and the limited album covers on their site proves the point.

Save your money and just listen to VH1 thru 1984. It won’t be better than that in concert, without Michael.

Sorry Media!
This is not a VH Reunion.
If Alex and Dave had any nuts,
They would tell Eddie like it should be. Include Michael!!!
Than it would be a real VH Reunion.

Mikey must have slept with Valerie for Ed to still be so bent out of shape about Mike. I mean, he seems to hate Mikey more than even Sammy.

Reh ruh reh…Happy trails to you, Michael Anthony…reh reh!

Wow, I just did a “Hot For Teacher News” on the VH Tour, I was wondering what all the bad blood was about! Thanks to the best Magazine in pop culture, I now know!

Sorry about the double comment.
Didn’t know the first one went.

I think I’ll skip the tour and hold on to the memories, unless they include Mike.
Van Halen is not Van Halen without Mike. I enjoyed VH much more when Ed would just let his guitar do all of the talking. Again he’s not considering what the true VH fans want. What’s the problem with Mike playing with Sammy occasionally. Talk about insecure! I wish Alex would just step in and tell Eddie to quit this childless shit. How about, keep Mike, and include Wolfe in some songs. That way everybody is happy.

I think I’ll just hold on to the memories and skip the tour. I’m 100% behind Michael. Van Halen is not Van Halen without him. I enjoyed the band alot more when Eddie would just let his guitar do all his talking. Again he’s not thinking of the best interest of his true fans. Hey! keep Mike and include Wolfe in a few songs. How does that sound?

Mikey we love ya man!!! And always will brother its a business shitty one at that!! “Where have all the good times gone”? thats the truth, VH in my day was about getting laid being happy life was GREAT!! With you guys!! You were my drug of choice, put in VH cassette life was great!! I hope Ed wakes up soon, his son needs to play in his own band this only shows eds true difficult stubborn side Control FREEK, but you cant denie the guy is a musicial genius!! The man can write the tunes baby!!
Hang in there Mikey Im sure we will see you with Van Halen again sooner then you think, it might be music but alot of that is magic you guys created and without you its not going to happen!!
MIKEY We WANT MIKE!!! Protest damn it until ED breaks and you all know its all EDDIE and Not Dave or Al, Al is way to kewl he is there just to beat the shit out of the skins period!!!But Guys one favor while this is all messed up and it is can ya go easy on Edward here man the guy has been through a hell of life here!!! Or Imgaine trying to walk in this guys shoes,, noway could I even Imagine doing this remember its Edward L Van Halen here!! The guy is the greatiest of all time ICON for all Guitar players Like it or not Facts are Facts!!

not Van Halen with out Michael Anthony. not only a great bass player, but his backing vocals are incredible. and thru all of this, Michael Anthony is a class act.

Hello! Are there any real bands out there in need of a bass player? I ain’t getting any recognition playing with Hagar, plus the dude smells and drinks too much. I’m available! (Damn, I need to get my mind off this Van Halen reunion tour.)

Mike is top-shelf. Wolfgang should be on the diet commercials with his Mom!

Hey Ham Dog, You SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Sad little libs”??? You should be on the playground with the other 12 year olds, calling names and lumping people into categories when you can’t win arguments. Dissenters are “un-American” or “libs”. Hey, why not use the Cheney line and say that people who see what fuckheads are now in the White House are “aiding the terrorist cause.”??? If it wasn’t so tragic, it’d be funny. Even a conservative like Paul states that the Bush-Cheney team are no republicans. Run and play, little boy, and try the name calling on someone else.

Ken, you stupid fuck. Someone down below suggested you read the Constitution and they’re right. Only a fucktard like you would make the connection that someone who calls an administration on its monstrous maneuvers is “seditious”. I’m surprised you can even utter the word, as you have no clue what you are talking about. I laugh when intellectually constipated and philosophically impotent cretins like you try to make political comments.
Shouldn’t you be over on the Fifty Cent versus Kanye thread? It’s more your type of people. Asshole.

Vedder, Vetter…who knows besides 13,000 scattered plaid wearing pussies? Roth and EVH are stars Vedder is a bong hitting bonehead without an original bone in his head. Evenflow? Inspiring. You sad little libs don’t have a clue. LOL..now it’s millions of Iraqis? Just throw a number up and see if it sticks there Corky.

Eddie Van Halen is a jerk! Fuck you stupid. Go back to your rehab. Clean your brain. Teach your son how to FUCK!, not to perform with old shit like you. Fucker

eddie vedder ia no talent alcoholic dirtbag.

Eddie,
You should have called the “Doc” and used the DeLorean to try to erase him! At lease that way none of us would have known he existed. You truly are a first class Major Asshole.
Your ex-friend,
Marty
P.S.
Even Biff thinks you’re an asshole!

Sad to see one of the bands I idolized as a kid resort to childish antics like these. I will not be buying any VH merchandise from this point forward. I can not believe they would do this to Mike.

I am looking forward to the next Sammy Hagar concert in Tulsa in October. I am sure that MAD ANTHONY will be there with Sammy & The Wabo’s. Rock on, Mike.

2 words: mixed feelings.
I agree with AC; Wolf constructed this. Perhaps this IS Ed’s way of playing with his son. Perhaps he is on his way out…see the pics of when he came out of rehab? Face looked filled, healthy, almost saw the Eddie smile we all once knew; gave me hope. Fast-forward 4 months and he looks like he would’nt make it up a flight of stairs. I am a fan of both eras, did most of my growing up with this band thru the Hagar years, though. I can only say this; Michael Anthony is obviously a real genuine person who cares about his fans. I saw him on the last two tours with Sam and he’s right…no drama. It was FUN. I pay to experience FUN, and to feel appreciated as a loyal fan.
Like being a part of a dysfunctional family for many years,
I am interested to see what VH does, but don’t know if I am willing to get involved and pay for it, especially after learning they made Mike sign away any of his rights, just so he could see us all one more time. I know, some of you say, “who cares? bring on the original VH! It’s about the music!” Well, it’s not the original VH, and it WILL NOT sound like the “reunion” us true fans wanted. No animosity for Wolf at all, I’d rather see him come of age in his own right, not trying to do it in the shadow of a fan-favorite… just hope he can sing, especially if they do Women In Love or pretty much anything off of VH 2. The harmonies will NEVER sound the same. The ironic thing is Mike lives up to his reputation, he’s not slinging any mud over this… he’s simply telling the truth. I like genuine class acts. See you in the fall, Mike!

asshole. asshole. asshole. you’re a real asshole, chinaski!

Valerie? Yeah, I fucked her too!

Mike is a good guy & doesn’t deserve to be treated like this by Ed & Alex. The last time I spoke with Eddie was on the phone and he’s pissed because mikey laid the rootabaeger to his ol’ lady & she come clean & told him about it. That’s what this shit is all about. NOT that he is jammin’ with me. That’s the real reason Dave was thrown out in ‘85. He had a threesome with Val & someone close to her. I tapped it too. sorry eddie.

Sammy

ps. Al hit it too.

Abomination??? Give me a break!

Dear “rocking,” What the hell are you talking about???

This tour is an abomination without Michael Anthony, period. Only weak people settle for less. Any real VH fan will agree & won’t settle for less. M.A. cannot be written off that easily…well, except by someone that don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground. And to the dude that said Eddie don’t play with feeling and that they’d rather see Clapton, You know less than nothing about guitar. Clapton is not, I repeat, Clapton IS NOT god. He is an average blues player at best. Stevie Ray Vaughn & a lot of others easily mop the floor with him. And, he’s not a great songwriter or baby sitter either! VH sold waay more albums than him. Van Halen ended in ‘95 & Anything after that should not have had the VH name on it. Something happened to these guys, and it caused brain-damage. My hero’s have fallen…so sad. I guess I could..start.. listening to…Kornturd…, nope. I’d rather stick my lizard in a light socket!

Man oh man. Ed is king but the VH bros are controlling pricks. No doubt . Proof we never know what goes on behind the scenes. Wolfie should do alright out there. I don’t know. VH to me is Ed, Alex, Mike and Roth. Sammy was great to. Cherone was good but never given a shot, I kind of wanted 1 more album with him. VH will always be what it is. Ed and Alex’s band. They call all the shots

Ken, it must kill you to see and hear Ron Paul stick it in your ass every time he opens his mouth. I mean, even an asshole like you can see the common sense in his approach. Hell, even Eddie Van Halen can.
When is Rolling Stone going to drop the love affair with ghetto types like “Fitty” and get behind Paul?

If you call eddie a dickhead you`re no fan ..so fuck off dickhead..eddie does`nt owe you shit .you bought the music so you got something for your money dont expect him to sit down with you and have dinner..

Ed you’re a dickhead. It’s obvious. Your track record speaks for it. We want the original VH. Sure you have every right to do anything you want with your son…but WE…the fans that brought you fame and fortune…want the REAL DEAL!

Seems like The VH brothers are real controlling, vindictive pricks! Would love to see ‘em w/ Roth AND M Anthony. Though Eddie might pull his head out of his ass after rehab, but………..They haven’t been able to do anything right in years

Seems like The VH brothers are real controlling, vindictive pricks! Would love to see ‘em w/ Roth AND M Anthony. Though Eddie might pull his head out of his ass after rehab, but………..They haven’t been able to do anything right in years

Bukowski,
You seem paranoid about the border patrols. They’re only doing their job.
nothing to hide = nothing to worry

It’s not a reunion if you listened to the press conference they’re calling it a begining..MA is’nt about to burn whats left of a bridge between he and the VH bros.just in case…

VAN HALEN is more VH than they have been for more than 20 yrs now. Not because Wolfie’s a VANHALEN it’s because there is no VH without DIAMOND DAVE.VAN HAGAR was not and never will be VAN HALEN. Mike, and Sammy should put rogether a supergroup, and call the X-HALEN. LONG LIVE THE ROTHBAND BABY!!!!!!!!!

Dudes,

My dad sez I can play bass really good. I can also sing like Clay Aiken, but with balls!
My mom is fat, but I luv her.
My dad smokes alot and lets me watch porn.
I hate high school
This tour will be hella awsum, and I will get laid!
Later
-WVH

I’m glad to see the Van Halen boys are back and making some music. I like Sam. I like Dave. I like Mike. Mike likes Sam, and Sam likes Mike. Seems like everyone should be happy. Wolfy gets my thumbs up and support because he is in the band, and Mike is not. I can’t wait to hear the kid chop. It is going to be awesome.

What a gelatinous dude Mike is. Looks like Wolfgang is gonna lose his virginity on this tour.

Can we get some more Meg White photos?!

Yeah, I’m sure Ed won’t bury the bass like he did with Mike.

It’s unfortunate, but true, that the Van Halens are assholes. I’m ashamed of myself for still wanting to see the show, but I do. Can’t help it. Feel bad for Mike. Wish he was on board.

But, after reading all the comments here and elsewhere, I’m surprised that almost no one gets the central fact that Wolfgang is THE ONLY REASON this tour is happening at all. Read between the lines of the official story: Ed and Alex have been jamming with the kid. The kid picked the setlist for this tour.

Clearly, Ed’s very proud of the kid and wants to make him happy. The kid apparently likes the Roth-era material the best and wants to play it. “Hey Dad, I’ve been listening to all your records and you know those first six? Yeah, those are the good ones. Why don’t you call that guy?” Wolfgang, apple of his daddy’s eye, is the ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD who could suggest this to Sir Edward Van Halen and be taken seriously. The only person worthy of speaking the truth to a Van Halen is a Van Halen, apparently. Ed’s been through cancer treatment, he’s got serious chemical monkeys on his back– he’s probably feeling his mortality and wants to have this experience with his Only Son, so he swallowed his pride and called Dave, and went (probably not very willingly) to rehab. FOR THE KID.

It’s kinda lame, but it’s kinda sweet (sweet in the affectionate family sense). Sucks for Mike, but again, THIS WOULDN’T BE HAPPENING AT ALL without the kid.

Besides, if the bass player’s name is Van Halen, maybe there will be something totally unheard of in the mix: bass!

All politics aside, there is no doubt that Wolfie is good. I think of what I could do on bass at 16 without a musical family and some of the 8 year old on youtube. And think about it, 2004, Eddie already sent the kid out on stage to prepare him for this. Wolfie is 100% bred to do the job. That doesn’t mean I like the situation though.

Wow, I thought it was just LSD (leed singer disease). David, Sammy and now Michael, I quess Eddie is a the dick head.

Word on the street is that Wolfgang is gonna do for bass, what Eddie did for guitar. We are about to witness the next step in musical evolution.

One time I saw Alex Van Halen eat a cheeseburger. He turned into a Gremlin.

The brothers have always had issues with other people. It was only a matter of time they turned on Mike too. They’d better teach Wolfie to lead sing too cause this won’t last! I am a big fan and it does matter who plays bass, and it isn’t all just about the music. If it was, Eddie would have produced more over the last decade. He doesn’t care about the fans and never does. Mike does, and went out there with Sammy despite the brothers sitting on their asses. Now he’s being punished for wanting to play.

If VH with Wolfie put out new music, I’d think about seeing them…
VH hasn’t put out new music since 1995, well, 98 with Cherone, and that showed how EDDIE IS NOT A SONG WRITER! He needed Sam, or whoever was producting in the Dave era to construct a song…

I’ll be onstage with Sammy in Cincy celebrating the spirit of fun and music…they VH used to be.

Michael Anthony, good guy, bad moves. He pissed the brothers off ‘n’ now he’s out. Go cry in your private pool in your mansion while Chauncey the butler serves you caviar. Bring on the music, who gives a fuck about the soap opera that is Sammy n Mike. Hagar sucks!!

Mike has SHEER CLASS. Nuff said.

What’s the point in all the name calling & this line up is better than that line up. The thing that should always be important is the music. I have been a fan since the very first LP (Yes I am old) & no matter who was in the band the only important thing to me was the music. Every band in the history of music has these same tales to tell, heck if musicians could get along with each other there might actually be a chance for world peace . Most artists have huge egos and so there are always going to be problems in these bands. The important thing in all of this is the music. I have never cared who sang for the band or who played bass, all I ever wanted was the music.

The tour is sold out from start to finish so if you don’t already have your tickets it doesn’t matter if you are boycotting the shows. Yes Mike is a classy guy and has always put a positive spin on each situation in the band, There’s no doubt that he will be missed but try to remember the music.

VH came along at a time in music history when the only music that got played on the radio was Disco, or punk. Without the VH gang we might still be listening to ABBA on the radio and wearing safety pins in our noses. So try to remember the music. Not being privy to all the ups & downs of the band & what has gone on behind closed doors, itdoesn’t matter what I think of this member or that member the only thing that matters to me is the MUSIC.

Eddie Van Halen is a head case….he ain’t even that great guitarist…he’s good technically but there is no feeling and emotion in his playing….gimme Clapton anyday.

VH are the greatest band to walk the planet. This is not VH. I wont bothre going although will go to the Sammy Tour.

#1 the tour will run it’s course simply because it would ruin VAN HALEN, and the fans have already invested millions of dollars in merchandise, and tickets sales. Sammy, and Mike both said the 2004 tour was a disaster, but it ran it’s course because they were contractlually obligated. This tour is far bigger than that tour, or any rock tour in yrs for that matter. Not to mention EVH is going to do everything to make sure his son has every opportunity to carry on the torch that is being past. DIAMOND DAVE mentioned an ablum being in the works for 2008. The song writing left the building when TED TEMPLEMAN left the building. DLR needs to call JOHN LOWERY his guitarist that went to MARYLIN MANSION after they released the DLR BAND CD he wrote most of the music, and it was incredible. SLAM DUNK, LITTLE TEXAS etc.KEEP IT REAL WITH THE ROTHBAND!!!!!!

Ed, Dave, Alex & Wolfie: I beg of you to play Carbondale, IL. VH has played there on 5150 & F.U.C.K. tours in the past. Don’t neglect the fans of the world by only playing your big arena’s and make those of us who don’t live in the big cities fiend for our fix! I wish you all the best of luck and put all these may-sayers to rest!

Eddie, well, if Wolfgang is writting music, that the best new of all Van Halen history since 1998. It means that we have a chance to have at last a fu**in’ good Van Halen record in 2008.

If he can write songs like you used to write in the 80’s, no doubt it will be great.

That’s all we want : new album, tour, magazine’s cover all around the world and Van Halen on top of the charts.

Some people post comments to say that you’re a miserable human being, what a strange way to be grateful for what you’ve done all this years…

So, waitin’ to see you live in Paris soon.

This new VH tour will be over before 2 weeks in to it. Ed & Dave can’t stand each other long enough to do a 50 date tour. Ed can’t stay sober that long either. Ed, the road, and putting up with Dave for that long. He’ll fall off his wagon by the end of the first week. VH had their glory days long ago and Wolfgang is not VH. He may be the best bass player ever to walk the face of the earth, but that doesn’t make him VH. Ed get your head out of your ass and open your bloodshot eyes, look around and realize where’s Michael Anthony? 3/4 VH is not VH!

androvette and bukowski are getting together to produce more powerful idiots

Ken, you truly are a stupid fuck, whether you are from Boston or Podunk. Your rant sounds like something straight out of a Bush speech. Do you even have the ability to mount a thought of your own?
Vedder is a “patriot” because he has the balls to get up and take a stand. He has the guts to call these lunatics–the worst administration in the history of the US–what they are. “Islamo Fascism”? That’s your trump card? Are you completely insane? You’ve forgotten the lies that got us into Iraq? You’ve forgotten the millions of Iraqi citizens dead? The thousands of US troops dead? And all were based on that lie that Bush still puts forward–a 9/11 connection to Iraq? And you wonder why we are hated? You think the Iraqi people are better off now than before the war began?
Ken, you truly are a stupid fuck. Maybe if you were from New Orleans you’d understand. Have another beer, and turn on Dream Another Dream. Asshole.

Fine, whatever, lady.

Ms. Androvette (aka Bukowski?),
Sounds like you have some personal issues which have nothing to do with me. Take it elsewhere.
I’m disengaging from any further discussion with you.

Pittman,

It’s Vedder you complete fucking loser.

That’s right - you have NO idea.
Now take a hike.

The truth is I DON’T HATE Canada. I just enjoy pissing you off!

One more thing, Bukowski…you don’t know a damn thing about me, so keep your personal and delusional opinions to yourself. Your false and ungrounded assumption is prejudice.

You’ve said over and over again, that it’s fine by you if they come into your country? Who are you?

Bukowski,
You are the one who hates Canada and Eddie Vedder, so don’t take my comments personally. You are extremely prejudiced and womanizing. It’s automatically assumed that YOU will stay away, given your deceitful attitude. I was defending 2 bands which I like and my country. If you have a problem with that, too bad for you.

Trapped inside Eddie and Alex Van Halen are two bitchy 15 year old girls trying to get out. Eddie and Alex are pushing 60 and they act like they’re in high school. Van Halen have already pocketed most of the cash from the upcoming tour, but it will be fun to watch it implode because of the egos of Diva Dave and Eddie the head case. Or maybe L’il Wolfie will come down with chickenpox or Mono and the tour will be cancelled.

Michael Anthony is all class and underrated as a bassist and as a vocalist.

Dear hurricane (Venus), on Behalf on VH and myself: We didn’t know we needed YOUR permission to come into Canada. I thought you were a failed artist, not a border patrol agent. We can go wherever we want to go, deal with it!

Eddie’s a talented alcoholic prick! I hope he gets and stays well, but he’s a prick! Good luck to Michael Anthony! And go Valerie!! When will she do another made-for-TV-movie?!

What’s even worse than rockers rivalling with eachother are fans fighting with other fans. It’s pathetic. Put your political and personal feelings aside. The Van Halen music I grew up with was Eddie and DLR, and that’s the line-up which I prefer to see and hear. Despite the fact that VH has had obvious internal problems, don’t ruin it it for the rest of us. With that said, Van Halen and Pearl Jam are BOTH welcome to Canada anytime, because it’s really about the music, is it not? That’s the bottom line. Enough with the soap-opera bantering.

Come on people !! Mike is not Van Halen . I`m there for Dave & The Van Halen`s . The sound of Van Halen has always been Dave`s voice & attitude Eddie`s guitar & the very underrated Alex.Sure Mike will be missed , but there`s no way in hell I`m missing seeing Diamond Dave back in the band.I love how they can always piss people off for just being in a band and playing music.Just look at this board.

Eddie’s a little bitch. Can’t even do his own dirty work. Oh well, the cancer will get him and his karma sooner or later.

Hey Mike is cool and one helluva VH alumni but he helped to forge his own path. Godspeed to him and Sammy. Both are very decent people. For me? I don’t want to know if it’s love. I wanna know if I can fly. Listen, the kid is great. He obsesses like the rest of us and he ain’t trying to be like Mike but he does sound like Mike on the mic. God forgive me but I think he is already better than half of the bass players in the RRHOF. Let’s face it, we are what is ugly about rock. We are forged from pissed off steaming hot metal, eating it off of the hard ass of a platinum blonde not-so teen aged grandmother. That’s why so many enjoy the show from the last seat. One can get radiation poisoning in the corporate seating. Abrasive and Aggressive will be on stage, live in front of your mug real soon. Ciao

Hey St. Michael..”no blood for oil man.” Idiot. you and Vetter are garbage. By the way, I’m a redneck? From Boston? What makes Vetter a patriot? His ability to wear plaid and grow hair or his sophomoric writings about American imperialism? I’m wide awake but go and vote for Hillary or Edwards and listen to Pearl Jam. I’m sure the six chord songs are as challenging for you as understanding Islamo-fascist aggression.

Screw Eddie! The greedy, useless bastard. Just what the music industry needs:Axl 2.0!!

Screw edddie! The greedy, useless bastard. Just what the music industry needs:Axl 2.0!!

Seems like real VH fans are stuck between a rock and a hard place- We’ve been waiting 20 plus years for a reunion, had our hearts ripped out twice by the band, and now we are forced into seeing a non-reunion. I don’t want to go, but I really HAVE TO, so Eddie has us by the balls. I wish ALL fans would BOYCOTT the Tour, until Mike is put back in as bassist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a happier note, I see where Valerie Bertinelli just lost another 25 pounds. This drops her to, what, 210?

He’s a bass player for cry’n out loud. The biggest tour in decades is about to go down, because one of the greatest lead singers is returning to the band he played a major part in making a SUPERGROUP. He has been abscent for more than 2 decades and your crying about a bass palyer. Yes it’s bullshit EVH has erased him from the album covers, and yes EVH, and AVH are dickheads. We have known this for quite sometime now. Anthony is a very rich man because of VH, and is continueing to do what many people can only dream of. DIAMOND DAVE is taking center stage here, and the only reason the bass player is an issue is because the old one got fired in favor of EVH’s kid.All I got to say is from here to CABO Wabo CHEERS, AND KUDOS TO THE ROTHBAND!!!!!

I have a voodoo dollie of Eddie. I got some of Eddie’s hair from the 2004 tour and glued it on (don’t ask me how I got the hair).

At night, I close the blinds, light a candle and stick needles into Lil’ Ed (that’s the dollies name) and somewhere in the Valley Rehab Centre, Eddie wakes up screaming in pain !

Hehehehehehehehehehehe ….

whose the twat claiming to be EVH on here?, Edward has better things to do with his time than to sit down and write a blog here

whose the twat claiming to be EVH on here?, Edward has better things to do with his time than to sit down and write a blog here

Come on! Who of you DIDN’T want to be Eddie Van Halen when you were in high school (1983-1987)?! I got my tickets, and I am gonna’ ROCK!

Ed sucks Mike should be on the LPs and this is just proof that Ed is a dick and just because he is an amazing guitar player doesnt mean he can act like a 5year old but he does any way so does alex who do the think they are you only get to be put into the rock n roll fall of fame oncw and they didn’t show up! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VAN HALEN UNLESS MIKE IS ON BASS

Ed and Al are pussies!

VHLINKS dot COM

C’mon on now, Rusty. It sure isn’t as bad as Dave’s hair weaves, is it?

Michael Anthony deserved to get fired for that haircut. He looks like an 80s wrestler sporting a “Marine” theme.

all the best and most creative artist are a little off or jerks…that`s the way it is..nice artist have no edge..just listen to van hagar or bon jovi..they suck balls..mike sucks he`s too nice …eddie and dave are jerks and therefore they kick ass and can rock like monsters

I’m glad I could help

What? The fact that EVH can play guitar gives him the green light for bad behavior? There are any number of “driven musicians” who can work their craft and still be decent, integral human beings. I don’t understand people who would condemn bad behavior on the part of their next-door neighbor or a co-worker, but completely overlook it with a rock musician????

“Tony Banks from Genesis is a sizable dickhead.”

I’m still laughing at this one……

Jeff -

LOL @ Ed playing bass on the three songs on the best of cd. Wow that really makes a statemen there dude! He played bass because he’s a control freak, that simple. So he doesn’t like Mike anymore and does it himself, those songs suck anyway.

I can picture him in 5150 as he wobbles around knocking stuff over while clinking his wine bottle agains mic stands slurring “screw Mike I will just lay down my own bass tracks (buuurp)”.

Yes Ed, unfortunately there are a

lot of naysayers who are taking

their bitterness with their own

lives out on you. But VH blogs

are ALWAYS the most active. More

than Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones,

etc. When there’s this many

people tuning in, that means a

lot of people are going to be

showing up to see you guys!!! PS

Don’t let the bastards get you

down!

Yeah. Cut Ed some slack. He’s a driven musician. He’s not claiming to be a perfect human being. As an artist, he’s kind of posessed with this music thing. He’s not your normal 9-5 guy living an average life. He’s probably out of reality a little but he is great at making music, performing, and is a guitar god. Also, he’s started fresh a few times agreeing to work with sammy and dave after bitter disputes.

Who really cares. Van Halen is touring over the next few months. It is just great that they are doing that. In a 3 or whatever year period, we get a US tour of VH with Sammy and with Dave. This is more than we could have wished for in 2000. … On a second note, i’m sure mike anthony did something else or didn’t do something over that recent years that pissed off Ed.

Stop slamming Ed for god sakes, Mike is a class act, but Ed has the right to put his own son in the band.Mike Anthony has it made, he gets %25 percent royalties for alot of songs he didn’t write and some songs Eddie played bass on, the three new songs on Best of Eddie played bass, not Mike.

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie…. this has gotten sad. Too bad you weren’t man enough to put your ego aside and do the right thing. This tour was your opportunity to pay tribute to your fans and honor your past. Now it will be remembered as “What could have been.”
Poor Wolfie will now always be associated with preventing the real Van Halen from reuniting. Not quite Yoko Ono…but still not good. Nepotism in Rock and Roll smacks of inbreeding in the deep south. Yuck!

Hey, Ed, ya friggin’ moron. Why bother going to 5150 when you and Al are coked up and passin’ the day with your finger up your ass? Val might still be with your worthless ass if you had spent a little time at the house instead of being wasted in the studio. Now you wanna bring up hot sauce? How about those over-priced guitars and amps you’re peddling? Yeah, baby, five easy payments of $600 with $20,000 down. You gotta be kidding. Dave was right, you POS - without a guitar in your hand, you are a miserable human being.

EVH -

Yeah, I see your point about the hot sauce and playing with other people. It’s not like he’s pimping new guitars, amps or making porn sound tracks or anything like that in his off time. Shame on him for not calling you up after you made him sign his rights away and stomped off stage cutting the last tour short.

He used you for his time to sell hot sauce?

LETS ME START WITH THIS: ANTHONY DISAPPEARS AFTER THE TOUR. HE CAN’T PLAY WORTH A FU** ANYMORE AND HASN’T SINCE 0U812. HE USED US FOR HIS TIME TO SELL HIS HOT SAUCE OR WHATEVER THE FU** HIS THING IS. AFTER THE LAST TOUR, HE TALKED SH** ABOUT MYSELF AND AL. MEANWHILE, I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S JUST ME BUT ANTHONY AND SAM WERE ALSO PLAYING ON THAT TOUR. AL AND I NEVER CALLED THEM OUT WHEN THEY COULDN’T AND HAD NO DESIRE TO PLAY THE FU**IN SONGS THE WAY THEY ARE INTENDED. EVER SINCE I BUILT THE 5150 STUDIO, YOU KNOW; ANTHONY NEVER IS AROUND. I MEAN. IT’S LIKE PULLING TEETH TO GET THE GUY TO COME DOWN AND PLAY WITH US. THE TOUR IS OVER AND IT’S LIKE ONE MINUTE HE’S THERE, THEN IT’S LIKE HE DROPPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1984 TOUR. I MEAN; DROP MYSELF OR AL A LINE TO LET US KNOW YOU STILL PLAY. DON’T JUST WAIT AROUND BY THE PHONE FOR US TO CALL. AND THEN HE ANNOUNCES HIS TOUR WITH SAM. THEY CALL THEMSELF THE “OTHER HALF OF VAN HALEN.” I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’VE CHECKED BUT AL, MYSELF, AND WOLF ARE THE ONLY VAN HALEN’S THAT ARE PLAYING. HAVE YOU CHECKED - SAM AND ANTHONY’S TOUR CONFLICTS WITH OURS, AND YOU CAN’T BE IN TWO BANDS AT THE SAME TIME. YOU KNOW.. MY SON JAMS FOR ABOUT 5 HRS A DAY AND IS WRITING MUSIC. IT’S A HE** OF A LOT MORE THAN ANTHONY HAS DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO I PUT MY SON IN THE BAND BECAUSE I NEEDED A BASS PLAYER. ANTHONY IS FREE TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. -EDWARD VAN HALEN

I have the original images compared with the doctored ones on my site here for anyone who wants to see http://www.guitarblast.com/sho wthread.php/van-halen-erasing- 6023.html

Ed has become a sad, paranoid and worthless human being.

Ken, there is no doubt that Eddie forgot more about being a patriot than you’ll ever learn. To redneck assholes like you, marching in lock-step with neo cons who get our troops killed over a personal war makes perfect sense. Leave it to someone like you to equate dissent with sedition. Here’s a clue, friend. Read The Constitution. There’s all kind of info in there that seperates us from other totalitarian states. Thanks to fuck-wads like you spewing the neo con mantra, these traitors are still calling the shots. Wake the fuck up.

Okay, so let me get this straight…Eddie was pissed that Anthony was touring with Sammy, so he wanted to keep him off the 2004 Van Halen tour…with Sammy.

Got it.

I came to the conclusion long ago that everyone who’s ever been in that band is an asshole except for Michael Anthony and Gary Cherone.

you bet

Hey smarter thanthou:

Maybe it’s time for a name change. I think Zep could do just fine without bono. Now, John “Bonzo” Bonham? That’s a different story.

Eddie Vetter is a liberal, leftist seditious loser who is still trying to ride Cobains coat tail. He is about as talented as Weird Al Yankovic;s nephew Carl. I could sing better during a tracheotomy. Tell him to take a bath and stop trying to help al Qaeda and Mao Zedong. BTW… VAN HALEN ROCKS!

The real Van Halen are Eddie and Dave !!!!!!!!!!!!

The real Van Halen are Eddie and Dave !!!!!!!!!!!!

I prefer m&m’s to smarties.

well so be it, if ‘fans’ want to see the real van halen then they need a time machine, cuz otherwise u are just going to see essentially a glorified cover band … if you say zeppelin without bono would work your just as dorky as saying VH works without anthony.

just die of an overdose already and be gone….

Satan, add bukowski to your Zep show reunion crowd, right alongside Andy, who wants to sell his “daughter’s hot ass” for a ticket to the show. Someone with that much hatred deserves a spot at the show.

That Bukowski seems like a self-indulgent, self-righteous, prejudiced, womanizing jerk who seeks attention. Just ignore him (or her). It’s not worth the aggravation.

For someone who is truly a musical genius, Eddie’s also a massive prick. He’s been through so much in life (cancer,divorce,addiction)he really should know life is too short for this kind of nonsense. Michael Anthony is one class act, Eddie can’t take that away.

Yeah, and fuck the americans too.

no doubt, this bukowski chick (or is she a dude?) really seems like a holier-than-thou a-hole. She bitches about everything, with an I-know-best attitude.

eddie van halen is the michale jackson of rock and roll

Anthony will be back soon.

I agree. Fuck Eddie Vedder and fuck Canada. Anyone who feels the need to write “pro choice” on their arm while convulsing during a show is a douche.

Is your airline ticket refundable? How about your concert ticket?

Fuck Eddie…..Anthony is taking the high road….why remove his picture from the bands past….Eddie you are turning into Stalin (as far as removing images in pictures) and distracting people from what you do best….you have bigger ego than David Lee (who is the greatest!)

I’m a big VanHalen fan, and I was disappointed that Mike isn’t on the tour.

But hey, 6 Oct. I will be flying from Holland to Toronto, to see VANHALEN, with or without Mike.

See you all there!!!!!!

Confuscius Say -

Excellent post and I’m in agreement with pretty much everything you say.

I am also hearing another, and much more believable version, of why Dave did not attend the Hall of Fame induction. Ed pretty much guaranteed Dave that if he step foot on the same stage with Sammy and Mike, that all hopes of a reunion were gone. I don’t find this hard to believe at all. A lot of people have come to realize that the guitar hero of their youth is a mean, vindictive asshole. I am glad Mikey will be touring with his buddy Sam. Nobody needs that VH level of drama and tension in their life!

Only one thing I can say and that is watch your back, Dave. You will have three Van Halens behind you, and we know at least two of them are backstabbing, lying pricks. I am totally done with this sorry excuse of a band!

don’t hate on the F.O.B. they actually are doing something beside rob their fan base (in the case of Van Halen, their old, out of touch fan base): they make music……..

Bukowski,
Stay away from Canada then - we don’t want you here with that kind of hateful attitude.
Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam are welcome here anytime.

guys the Van Halen we all knew and loved is long gone. Michael Anthony not being there further distances Van Halen from being relevant. Hope all of you enjoy that mediocre show that will be in an arena near you this fall…..

hey Whatever,
so would you say it’s all about money, then?

it’s all about money now

it’s all about money

Whoever hates on Fall Out Boy randomly is stupid. Anyways, I think Eddie is being an ass on this one. erasing his image from album covers? Wow, can he even do that?

Whoever hates on Fall Out Boy randomly is stupid. Anyways, I think Eddie is being an ass on this one. erasing his image from album covers? Wow, can he even do that?

Whoever hates on Fall Out Boy randomly is stupid. Anyways, I think Eddie is being an ass on this one. erasing his image from album covers? Wow, can he even do that?

Huge VH guy; all three versions. I’m staying home.

Sam and Mike, I’ll see you guys on the road.

MTS-
wow…amazing insight, you’ll be passed out in the beer tent before eruption even erupts.
Pindick moron.

No more VH for me.
This is just too fucking lame.

Mike is definitely a class act, and totally deserves to be in any “reunion” tour with VH, and especially any with Dave—to think otherwise is “looney”. To cut Mike out of a reunion tour without even so much as a phone call is a completely dickheaded move, and cannot ever be compared to Mike possibly not calling about Ed and Al’s Mom passing… maybe Mike didn’t even know about her passing, dunno, but there is no way you cannot know enough to call a veteran member of a 30 year old band when planning a tour….sheesh what a dumbass move on Ed’s part. Strike one….

Let your kid go start his own band too if he is that talented for he may quickly make his own mark in the rock world, rather than smear his face into what is left of the ongoing Van Halen legacy/clusterfuck and brand him with that to lug around for the rest of his life. Sheesh, what the hell are you thinking Edward…..seriously…. strike two….

Also heard thru the rock hearsay tidbit grapevine that Eddie is already off the wagon and that he fired one of his long-time guitar techs recently too. (maybe he can go work for Mike?) That person stated that in his opinion this tour will be over before we know it, and that there are alot of major issues already going on within the band as we speak….. and they have yet to set a foot on a tour stop stage! Val will no doubt pull Wolf out quickly if any of this is true or if she finds out that Eddie may have fallen off the turnip truck once again… Of course this is all mostly hearsay but for some reason I tend to buy it given the history. If true, then definitely…… strike three…

And to think this all could’ve been avoided with a simple phone call, too….sigh.

I wish all parties good luck in the future and I hope everyone can pull it all together at some point down the road….

Hot tip extra: Purchase refundable tickets only!

RS , why not Van Halen is on next cover ?

Huge VH fan since day one. Loved them with Dave and with Sammy…. but over the years it has all become crystal clear: Eddie is an asshole. I would not pay to see this tour. I saw the last one and was disappointed because Eddie was so drunk he could barely stand up. It is sad what he has become. He has wasted 2 decades of remarkable talent. A damn shame. I used to love ya Eddie, now I just want you to go back into your hole. Go see Sammy and Mike to see a band truly have fun with the crowd. They just get it.

bukowski thinks about dicks a lot

He is needed for the reunion…however, he’s not like the band YES trying to replace Chris Squire. MA’s bass playing is nothing out of the ordinary.

The Rolling Stones did fine onstage without Bill Wyman.

Maybe the time will come when Wolfgang will fire his dad and uncle and keep the band going for eternity! He does have the same last name as them!

And bukowski is such a classy name. Punching a woman’s ticket. Class act guy.

Eddie expected his brother and Michael Anthony to sit on their asses and do nothing while he was scoring porn flicks and trying to get his shit back together. What a crock. But having MA’s likeness removed from on-line album images is especially classless. Eddie Van Halen will be remembered as having been a guitar icon (while he was in his prime) and a petty, vindictive person.

Let’s execute Eddie by lethal injection. How about the electric chair? Let’s throw Eddie to the lions! I love VH as much as anybody, but it’s a fuckin’ rock band! For Chrissakes, prioritize.

An actual adult in the rock world. My hat is off to you Mr. Anthony.

Beltway Greg

Venus (what a stupid name) needs to get her ticket punched!

I grew up on VH and have always thought they were the BEST! This new VH lineup is not VH without Michael Anthony. They were no longer Van Halen when they hooked up with Sammy Hagar, they were Van Hagar. They kicked ass never-the-less but were no longer Van Halen. This new line up I’m sure will equally kick major ass and it will be great to hear Eddie & Dave together again, but Van Halen is a thing of the past and by kicking out Michael they have kicked out most of their fans as well including me. Eddie sits to high on his throne of has beens and the injustice he’s done to what could have been a full blown VH reunion is now shattered as soon this new tour will be as well. Ed & Dave will NEVER make it until the end of the tour without getting pissed at each other and calling it quits and the newly sober Eddie will soon be the fell off the wagon Eddie that he always has been. I seen the last pathetic tour with a fucked up Eddie that couldn’t even play his own shit! Totally worthless and a waste of my money and time. To all those who betray the real VH by purchasing tickets to this fucked up half assed reunion, so be it, but it won’t be me supporting the tour that will never last.

Fuck Eddie Vedder and fuck Canada too!

Steve Perry is semi-retired but still a dickhead.

A guy who gives to charities and actually cares about people is a dick? Maybe you should look in the mirror

Fred Durst is a major major dickhead.

Tony Banks from Genesis is a sizable dickhead.

Tommy Lee

Ted Nugent.

Axl Rose. Actually there’s lots of them.

Eddie Vedder

Gene Simmons

Is there a bigger dickhead in Rock than Eddie Van Halen?

EVH and the revamped line up is going to prove all you people wrong. Wait and see !

It’s really sad when a potenial full-on renunion gets tainted by people and their petty differences and overblown egos. Say what you will, but in my opinion Michael Anthony is just as crucial to Van Halen as is Eddie or Dave. I’ve seen Sammy/Mike, Dave by himself and “Van Hagar”, but all I know is this…Dave is a clown without Eddie, Eddie won’t take a leak without brother Alex, and no matter how good that trio is togther, without the rhythm and backing vocals of M.A….who knows? I guess we’ll see. No offense to Wolfgang, but good luck kid! You’ve got some pretty large shoes to fill.

Mike , Eddie is correct ! You must say sorry to him….

I cant wait to see the time when eddie will fire Wolfgang.

how original

Eddie Van Halen can suck my fucking cock!

Eddie Van Halen sells heroin to students at the local high school

You can take your “ear area” and shove it up your ass!

Nope. Sorry, can’t accomodate you.

The lack of Anthonys jack daniels bass will be sorely missed, but at least he is trading it in for a cabo wabo bass. It seems every summer you hear about a possible VH reunion, its always seems like David Lee Roth fucks it up cause he doesnt like Sammy, not its Eddie throwing out Micheal, what a fucking joke, I am sure wolfgang is the next Eddie, but his time will come, Micheal Anthony, and Sammy are the only sane people in this, they are the only people that know how to represent the band, and what they stood for and that is having good time.

androvette; you are similar to a roomful of cunz. plus you need to get out of my ear area with your weak material

Why don’t you take your 15 seconds and shove them straight up your ass!

Casey Kasem. I mean, Joe.

(yeah yeah Van Halen blah blah) An azz? I think its similar to a roomful of cunz!

Why people are so aggressive? Mike Anthony played 30 years in Van Halen! Its time to do something else! Van Halen can do anything, a rock song, a pop song, a ballad, a pop ballad, heavy rock song, a heavy metal song. Anything. From Big Bad Bill to Year to the day to Jump to Girl Gone Bad. Van Halen is not any glam rock band. Their music will last, no matter how is the singer. The songs are great, they sound fresh, their first album will stay fresh and its almost 30 years when it was released. All you aggressive stupid people go and listen to some stupid crap like Korn. Will that music last for long, or Linkin Park, or Fall Out Boy or any of these new acts. The music is not about musicanship its about producers and making money. Van Halen is about music, Rock Music!

What’s an “azz”?

Hey Clown.Get a clue.There would`nt be any tribute like the atomic punks if there was no dave and eddie.they started it now there back to finish it..talk about having your head up your azz..

Sooner or later, everyone around him has problems with Eddie. I think we should be concerned about him.

prove what? that they can get $75 bucks a ticket? hell you’re trying to sell the idea that you know something.

when the guys were at their best, they messed the whole thing up. then they made it better, with sammy at the helm….then, once again, they messed up, big time screw up. that guy from extreme was ok. maybe if eddie would have cleaned his act up and got sober before…things would be different. the dumbass got dumped by valeri..

Ta Ta Tooth is my hero. Maybe Anthony will put some of his hot sauce on the popsicles for the bad little girls and boys, All of you guys are hilarious. Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar are just salesmen. They just want to sell their products and have fun. Eddie and Dave have something to prove.

I have a story like that too. When I was 5 years old, I was very, very sick and Babe Ruth came and visited me in my hospital room. He said that if he hit a home run for me in the next game if I got well. I told him he had to hit two. Well, guess what, wouldn’t you know it? He went out and did hit 2 home runs and I got better! (in other words, the bullshit meter is pinned and the red light is flashing on and off, comprende?)

i think Rosie O’Donnel should not play bass for Van Helium.but judging by the number of people who can see from afar what a “class act” Mike Anthony is, maybe he could get on the view!

Opens . . . Nope, Michael Anthony still doesn’t give a fuck about us . . . Slams!

One, VH rocked the seventies, undisputable. Two, Sammy was the man before VH, during VH, and has come out like a true rocker since VH. Mike Anthony was a part of VH, a massive part, and for old school rockers like me, that’s important. Eddie’s selfishness has kept me away from the VH tour and got me to go see Sammy and MA in Nov. It’s NOT a VH reunion. All you young guys raised on this modern MTV joke rock can’t relate, and I feel for you. A VH reunion w/ all guys including MA would be history, now it’s going to be a trainwreck and everyone knows it. Eddie deserves the mockery he’s getting. I wish the best to MA and Sammy, two legends of the rock stage. Wolfgang might be a bad-ass, but he doesn’t have 30 years of stage experience under his belt. We’ll see. Well, I won’t, I’ll be at Sammy show.

I was in Tokyo airport picking up a friend when, unexpectedly, Van Halen (with Gary Cherone at the time) arrived and walked through the arrival gate with all of the other passengers. Gary and Eddie walked by me chatting to each other, Alex walked by with some woman, and Mike was the last to walk through, pushing his own luggage cart. He looked up to me, smiled, and said “Hi!” To me, that sums up what kind of guy Mike is. I’ll never forget how cool he was to someone he didn’t know.

Why do care so much about MA? Believe me, he doesn’t give a fuck about you!

I am sick of Eddie and his whole attitude ever since the Van Halen 3 album bombed. I still think it was Eddie’s fault, not Gary Cherone. Gary was excellent live. I read that Eddie wrote most of the lyrics and played bass on all but 3 songs. So basically he started to f**k with Mike back then. Don’t forget back around 2000 or 2001 when Eddie was giving us fans the silent treatment he went and gave an interview to a major Golf Magazine!!! He said nothing on the website or the VH news desk. Another big FU to the long time fans. I am not going anywhere near this VH tour. I wouldn’t go see them across the street for free! I would much rather go watch Mike and Sammy this year and next summer have fun on stage and give us a good show worth seeing. Until Eddie gets back in the studio and creates some kick ass tunes with his brand new over priced signature equiptment, I am done. Good move Mike by going with Sammy.

he really doesn’t look like a rock star. he looks more like the guy at sears who installed my brakes

I have to disagree because Michael Anthony is now experiencing severe chest pain and I feel great!

michael anthony sells heroin to students at the local high school

Michael Anthony is God.

Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar should just go out and get some kick ass musicians and put together a real band. Fuck Van Halen songs, write new stuff. I’m thinking they go get a kick ass drummer, hell, a drum machine is better than Alex “Synthetic Drums” Van Halen. And an axe-man like Paul Gilbert or John Petrucci, shit why give Steve Vai a call, I’m sure he’d be down?

C’mon, these guys couldnt play their way out of a wet paper bag at this point in their life. If you want to hear the songs played live the way you fell in love with em… Go see the Atomic Punks. They put VH to shame. It’s sad to say but its true, I’ve seen em both. Ed’s got issues, the guys seriously warped, Dave, Sammy and now Anthony, I think his kids chosen instrument is drums, Alex is lucky he’s family!

“St. Michael” -

Ed REALLY is a conniving, lying-through-his-teeth warlock. Oh yeah, and an asshole, too!

Michael Anthony is the best. Like that time he helped me get rid of that girl’s body

Go check out the atomic punks! Spend less money and have a better time!

Everyone talks like he’s the holiest rock musician of all time. When THIS many people think he’s this saintly being, it automatically makes me suspicious. Everybody says how Mike’s being cool and not saying anything negative. Well, maybe Ed’s being cool too. Did it ever occur to anyone that Mike has a skeleton in HIS closet that Ed’s kept hidden? Nope, because Michael is holier than thou, and Ed is this evil conniving warlock. Give me a fuckin’ break!!!

Damn.. that mike is one ugly guy. Wolfe may be fat but he`s no where near as ugly as Mike is.oh wait. mike`s fat and ugly..no wonder they kicked him out

can anyone say what the F**k. How shity is this whole thing. What a gigantic load of shameful crap. Eddie you are a Flake. Dave is a has been, with bad hair plugs. Lets face it you can’t blame Wolf, (who would’nt want to jam with thier Dad) but Alex? Grow a pair and put a end to this freak show. Self Respect. Self Preservation. Self control. in the immortal words of F. Zappa, “were only in it for the money”.

Mike a class act ?? Gimmie a break .If he was such a class act how come he never called Ed or Alex after their mom passed away ?? Dave did. Mike was to busy with his hot rods and hot sause.

Michael Anthony is a classy guy…always has been and always will. That being said, all I know is when I went to see the Sammy Hagar / David Lee Roth tour Sammy opened the show and tore the roof off while David Lee Roth was such a joke I walked out. I own over 3000 CD’s, 500 concert DVD’s and go to a lot of concerts but there is no way I would pay a single cent to see this group of clowns.

How long has EVH known MH? At least call the guy, Eddie, you idiot prick. I can’t believe the Van Halens can’t put aside all the crap to do a proper VH tour. I’ve given up hope for these idiots. It’s all nostalgia at this point anyway.

Anyone who thinks that Mike is whining has their head COMPLETELY up their ASS!
Mike is probably sick being asked the same questions over and over and decided once and for all to tell his side. The Van Halen Brothers are fuckinf PATHETIC for what they are doing. In an interview eddie states” That anyone who wants to participate in the tour can come up to the 5150 studios and join join the band” Hes fucking full of shit! Hes always played the woe is me over every member split and hes become a joke and a liar because of it. I WAS huge Van Halen fan. But all this shit has ruined it. Fuck VH forever! Im outta here !

All you Mike lovin crybabies need to accept that without Dave and Eddie there is no Van Halen and without those two no one would`ve ever heard of Mikey . It`s like the Diamond once said.” we came here to entertain you, you say we aggravate you don`t you know it means the same to me” and that`s what Van Halen does 23 years later . that`s what rock and roll is all about . And don`t ever compare Mike to Paul Mccartney . Paul`s a god , one of the greatest Singer Songwriter Bassplayer multi-instrumentalist the world has ever known , mike`s just a bass player that happened to be in a band with a god. get over it whiners Van Halens back and Daves the singer . And to all of those mikey lover that say they wont go to the show. i got news for you it`s SOLD OUT BABY !!! Go enjoy The Other half as I enjoy VAN HALEN 2007 !!!

Reading the interview leaves me with nothing with respect for the guy. Both he and Hagar seem to genuinely know how lucky they are; that’s why they stay active while Eddie seems to stew over how irrelevant he’s become and book a cash grab “reunion” tour as a result.

Sammy and Mike represented VH at the Hall of Fame; they appreciate what being in the band has meant to their life.

Hiring Dave to be the lead singer for this “reunion” was the only thing Eddie had left; what was he going to do, hire another Gary Cherone? Once Dave has his first childish meltdown and Eddie has no choice but to fire him he’ll regret not having the stability of a class act like Mike behind him. Will anybody want to pay for the VH family and a nobody as a lead singer? That’s what VH will be in the future after Dave is inevitably fired. Eddie will have alienated everyone else.

I am a huge Van Halen fan and liked the Dave era and the Sammy era. I’m so pro Eddie, I’ve seen them with all 3 singers and will see them this tour, but honestly between their last 3 consecutive cd’s being greatest hits cd’s and how piss poor Eddie was playing on the last tour, I am starting to see Ed and Al as two guys that really like shitting on their fans. For two guys with such talent , every other star on their level can keep their substance demons in check enough to play and perform with decent frequency, these drunk assholes are on their way to making Boston seem prodigious in product.

Anthony is, and always will be a part of VAN HALEN.Erasing him from the album covers is disgraceful, but totally in Eddie’s character. DIAMOND DAVE said it perfectly in his book.”EVH without a guitar in his hand is a piece of shit for a humanbeing”.He’s a BELEGERANT drunk, and a cokehead. Micheal Anthony is jammin with Sammy at the CABO WABO, and probably much happier hanging with his boy, than being miserable on a VH tour with the two biggest dickhead brothers in rock music history. As far as the future, I think they all end up touring together somewhere down the road, with Dave, and Sammy. Until then KEEP IT REAL WITH THE ROTHBAND!!Good luck finding a ticket at this point, and if you do, I hope you have opened an equity line of credit to finance it.

This is really interesting as all throughout the turmoil with lead singers we heard Ed’s point of view that it was all thier fault, however, one bloggers has said that he drove Sammy out of the band and it had never occured to me before that this is the case. This all smells a bit like Paul and Gene making Peter and Ace sign over rights for their make up designs. I used to be a huge VH fan but to hear this about Michael makes me upset. In interviews Ed always said it was Dave that was the meglomaniac, now I don’t think so, it is the other way around.

Let me state first off that I’m not a huge Van Halen fan (I’ve only just begun to appreciate their music - the Roth stuff, of course - and I’m 24) but in the dozen years I’ve been privy to their soap-opera travails Eddie has always seemed like the real asshole. Much as I hate Sammy, I think he and Michael Anthony should launch a rival tour and take the wind out of the “new” Van Halen’s sails - funny, but Hagar & Anthony are actually looking like the nice guys these days.

Michael Anthony is definitely a class act in all of this,for it’ll be very interesting to see what happens when VH tours later this year(and how it’ll all eventually end).

John, there is no bigger VH fan than me as you can see on my website www.kenpittman.com but don’t say Mike is being a baby. He was a perfect rock star then and his interview now was flawless.

Class act, Michael Anthony.

i dont want to come to your site. everyone hates that fucking mgd advertisement. why do need two of them on every fucking page. at least change the music. it is like the macarena song(repetitive and incites violence)

Mike I love ya and you gave a classy interview. The fact that I must have bought 55 albums and CDs,even after losing or scratching them, giving them away etc. forces me to go out and watch Eddie and Dave just once. Wolfgang has inherited the best turn-key operation in history but to me, you are 25% of the real Van Halen. I love all four of you and wish it could have gone down with you on board. Who knows what the future holds.

McCartney dying? Is that right? Someone ought to tell Paul.
And thanks to Mikey, I’ll resist the urge to give Eddie my concert dollars. Enough is enough. There are some class acts out there. Paul is one. So is Mike.

EVH’s great run ended when he ran off Sammy. Gary WHO?? Nothing from VH since. Come on stay gone, Nobody cares anymore. Rock on Sammy and Mike.

I think Michael Anthony is playing the “wow, what a great guy he is” card so people will continue to say, “wow, what a great guy he is.” I think it’s all a big act, when he’s really just as bitter and resentful as anyone else.

It’s all about nepotism, with Eddie & Wolfie. He’s just setting him up for life, at the expense of the great and noble Michael Anthony. The majority of Rock Royalty’s offspring have not really fared well in the music business, in comparison to their parents. Very few of the next generation are experiencing lucrative & successful ongoing careers. It’s great to have DAVID LEE ROTH back where he belongs.

Yeah, this V H is a new band, but ho wmany new bands charge that much for a ticket. EVH is jack ass!!! How can you be mad at Mike Anthony, man Eddie do you hate Christmas too. Hey is it me or does Wolfgang look like the kid from Drake and Josh?

Dead or Aliiiiive, Dead or Alive?

Terri Schaivo DOA

What exactly is an “ass helmet” anyway?

John, you are a bigger ass-helmet than EVH. I dug VanHagar, but let’s face it, there has been no Van Halen since 1984.

What’s the big mystery? They’re Van Halen basslines. Terri Schiavo could’ve learned them in her fuckin’ sleep! As for MA’s voice, it’s overrated. I think Jr. Van Halen will surprise everyone with how well he handles the backgrounds!

Mike needs to stop being such a f`en crybaby. no wonder ed dave and alex don`t want to be a round you,, all you do is kiss sammys ass and eat hot sause. wolfe is going to erase you when he steps out on that stage. VAN HALEN 2007 BABY !!!

Farmer Ted, A new band? Yeah, right. A new band that’s going to play all their old songs!

Man! I guess money does really turn people into jerks. EVH used to be my favorite guitarist but now he`s just another rich asshole. I have a bad feeling `bout the tour …fuck `em!

MIcheal Anthony = CLASS ACT

Eddie Van Halen = Talented Douchbag that wasnt man enough to pick up a phone. Disgusting.

As Dave said, this is not a reunion-this is a new band. Hopefully they can keep it togehter to start and finish the tour. Maybe they’ll realize that Mikey is a bigger part of Van Halen than they thought, and welcome him back. And for all of you saying you’re not going, I’ll save a place for you in the ticket line.

i like how you say you work in a mental hospital on one hand, and make fun of EVH for possibly taking perscription medicine. with compassionate people like you walking the earth, who needs mean ones? BTW, i don’t believe you. who the fuck calls a treatment center a mental ward these days, nurse ratched? you’re the kind of person that allows mentally ill people to continue to be stigmatized. go work in mc donald’s, that’s where you belong!

Mike’s a class act. EVH! Like school on sunday…NO CLASS! although not the most technically gifted guitarist ( see Alan Holdsworth, AL Dimeola,etc.)his tricks, noises, rival Jimmy. (i said rival!)I didn’t realize he was such an egotistical jerk though. recent footage of evh suggests he’s on some type of valium or focusin. That probably explains why he thinks he’s god. I lived…er-eh worked in a mental facility for 8yrs. and Evh has the classic signs of being on anti-depressant meds; facial bloating,non-emotion, and delusion of granduer. Funny thing about those VH albums of mine…i still see mike!

My guess: they’ll use backing tracks for the background vocals. I was 17 when the first VH album came out, and I remember breaking a couch playing air guitar. But every utterance I hear from Eddie makes me think,
“What an a-hole!'’

The LP photo was retouched just to see what it would look like with enhanced visual alterations? For what purpose? It’s not like Photoshop needs to prove itself.

Chubb, you’re an idiot.

The ‘new’ Van Halen is a old, sad and scary freak show. Who pays top dollar for these dumb bygone-era arena concerts?

I wasn’t a fan of Hagar, but I’d probably rather see him and Anthony than the new and improved VH. I’m sure the tickets are reasonable.

I may be from Van Halen’s time, but screw nostalgia, I’d rather see a band that hasn’t seen its first rehab stint yet. It’s a lot more interesting than this freak show, even if they suck.

if this keeps all you assholes AWAY….there will be room at the shows for real rockers.

Eddie is nearing the end of an incredible run, so he wanted one chance to jam with his ONLY son.

Everything else is comedy. Mr. Anthony completely egts it. Why don’t the rest of you?

I think the LP art was just to see what it would look like..a little creative photo-shop action…

Get over your dumb-ass selves.

once again the curse of Howdy Dooty
mountain with the Brothers Van Halen. Karma klowns live back stage….

Bottom line… when I was a kid I used to think EVH was cool… now I know what a dickhead he is!

Bottom line… when I was a kid I used to think EVH was cool… now I know what a dickhead he is!

Bottom line… when I was a kid I used to think EVH was cool… now I know what a dickhead he is!

With Paul McCartney dying, Ringo is scheduled to be on Larry King tonight. Should be sad but interesting. RIP

Hello I’m selling life insurance policies. I can get you some great rates and pre-existing conditions are not a factor! Let me know. Thanks,

Bill G. = David G.

There is no better time than now for music artists to go independent.

I’m going mobile, and when I want to go home, I’m going mobile. I can stop at any shed, and find a guy to give me head, I’m going mobile, keep me movin’ yeah yeah, beep beep. I’m goin’ mobile, stop at the oasis to find me a dude, goin’ mobile, keep me movin’

I find VH music absolutely invigorating, stimulating, palpatating, and ceremoniously, serendipitaly, crapulating. From da out house, to da white house, it’s monin’ time!

The best one will be 20 shows in when Eddie and cant remember the songs. I heard through someone he has early alhimzers the person new his former tech

I’m in RushFan! I’ll see if I can get Marky to come along too.

Hey Bab-o, we ever gonna hook up to knock boots? I’ll bring my Neil Peart mask, and you bring your Townsend leather thong. We’ll be packin’ fudge til da break o dawn baby!

Thats Mike for ya a class act all the way. I have met him a couple of times and Sammy also 2 of the nicest people Eddie is an idiot and Al is a puppet.

BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!!!!! “EVERYONE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY THEY TALK, TALK, TALK THEIR LIVES AWAY… (RHCP)

It was wrong, dumb, childish if you will to remove the pic. But hey whatever, there is two sides to every story, we would do ourselves good to remember that.

And by the way, any of you old enough to remember, Neil Schon was only 16 when he joined Santana….

no more bad ass bass player.
eddie needs to be bitch slap a little
that little punk.
michael anthony,sammy hager rules……………
this ain`t no reunion
van halen last tour
good hope it`s over soon.

Jesse

The fuckin’ kid is FAT. The word FAT has worked well for thousands of years and it is infinitely funnier than gelatinous!!!

EVH IS A DOUSCHE BAG. ROTH WILL INEVITABLY GET UNDER SOMEONE’S SKIN AND ALEX JUST DOES WHAT HE’S TOLD. THE MOST SOLID CITIZEN OF THEM ALL ? MICHAEL ANTHONY

Michael Anthony looks a bit on the gelatinous side too these days. VH replaced one gelatinous dude with another pimply faced gelatinous dude.

Mikey, you’re a class act who has taken the high road over and over again. Class is something the Van Halen brothers know absolutely nothing about.

gelatinous? Is this what you mistake for actual humor? Because if it is, the wrong guy is rich and the wrong guy is poor!!!

Too bad Anthony got shafted with ‘only’ the good bass skills and killer harmonies of the original band (note: this ‘reunion’ is &%#*& ’stoopid’). With his cool head and killer outlook, the band could have used HIM as the guitar hero and spared us all the bullsh*t of the past 20 years. As a human being, Edward simply sucks ass beyond words - I’m embarrased I spent all those years learning his solos and playing those tunes in bands. And ’screw off’ to all of you who blindly follow him on the lame premise that he’s the “best guitarist ever”. Go on, give him your cash you lemming morons - he cares about you as much as he cares about Mike. Now where’d I put that airbrush - I’ve got to paint John Bonham out of Zep II since only Jimmy Page matters (that sarcasm for all you VH reunion supporters)…

not only was his pic removed but it was replaced by a pic of that awkward and gelatinous 16 year old kid

he was the weakest link……….goodbye!

bob? . . . bob?

Michael Anthony deserve RESPECT from EVH.

Erasing a member of the band off the album cover is about as low as anyone can go. You’re basically erasing history. I think I’ll make a mental note and have Eddie Van Halen erased from my memory. Umm…what’s this all about?

I heard that when Van Halen are on tour, Michael Anthony will be selling popsicles and strawberry sundaes from his new ice cream truck to all the little boys and girls to make some extra cash.

I’ll be at the VH show, for the MUSIC. And I’ll be at Mike and Sam’s show, for the MUSIC.

Love ya for taking the high road, Mike! Peace.

hey bob, why don’t you go back to your bong and hitting on underage girls!

This is just so sad. It is said to find out that EVH, a hero of mine since 1978 is an absolute childish prick. Not even a courtesy call?

Does he not see that the backing vocals and fan interaction alone make Mike a CRUCIAL piece of the band?

Sorry, I will not attend the VH show. Bring Mike and I will buy a front row seat. Otherwise, I don’t need to see 3 old man pretend to like each other while the awkward and gelatinous Wolfgang thumps the bass.

I can go see 4-5 good, young, pertinent ,hungry young bands for the price of ticket…so thats what I am a gonna do.

Mike, you have so much class, Hey Eddie GFY

Who’s Michael Anthony?

Van Halen is the epitomy of what’s bad about Rock and Roll. Michael Anthony is a class act, rock on Brother!

yeah, and I know i spelled the god damned word wrong, okay???

Who knows what this stems from but being so juvenile as to take his photo off an album cover is enough to keep me away from the show. Did ya think fans wouldn’t notice Michael missing? DUH!!

Good luck Michael!

Dave and the bros will implode before the tour ends.

relevant is the most irrelevent term to describe music

Michael Anthony has nothing to worry about. That VH reunion tour is gonna suck and he’ll be glad he wasn’t part of it in the end. Fuck Van Halen.

WHO Cares Van Halen is way overated!they will never be relevant again in the music buisness there time has passed along with all these glam metal bands that still tour. Give it up and stop wasting the publics time and money!

EVH just got out of rehab. If this rings true of the gazillion other stories like this, his thinking has probably been less than rational over the past few years. Not to excuse it, but it kind of explains things. Mr. Anthony is top drawer and I wish nothing but the best for him. I bet he and Sammy are putting on some fun ass shows.

Class-act all the way…

Class-act all the way…

Can someone read the article above and summarize on these comments here. It’s too much reading for me. Can’t over-work the brain. Know what I’m saying?

The drama that comes with every alteration of Van Halen is so old. MA is a class act all the way! Stick with the Saminator!

Time and time again, EVH has proven that he feels loyalty to no one but his family. Too bad for Mike, too bad for fans.

I’m going anyways but i feel bad for mikey..

Van Halen will only go on as long as the Van Halen playes in it. They can Rock, comparing to any band on this planet. They are unique!

Too bad the Van Halen’s can’t see past there own egos or personality problems. They are human after all. The OG line up would have been beautiful. I will be attending regardless. In the end, I would have loved to see Mike throwing down the vocals like only HE can.

Mike, You are a class act. Thanks for all the good playing and the FANTASTIC vocals it`s going to be interesting how the band will pull that off live.

I wonder where Anthony ranks in great bass players, I saw him once in concert and I thought he was solid an a good entertainer.

Seems like a really down-to-earth and over all good dude.

The lack of Anthony’s pipes will be sadly prominent on this tour unless Wolfgang suprises us all with a killer voice. Hate to be a pessimist but I strongly doubt it.

Indirect 3rd party communication lacks tact and respect. Kudos to Anthony for handling that well.

This band, whatever incarnation exists at the time, has gotten to the point where their pointless drama and personal issues have become larger than their musical legacy. Good bye boys, you are forgotten. I feel bad for Anthony, he seems like a good dude. Maybe Waldo can pick up the bass.