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VAN HALEN's 'Best Of' Collection Indefinitely Postponed
- Feb. 22, 2007
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Rhino Records has indefinitely postponed the release of VAN HALEN's "Best Of (1978-1984)", the first single-disc compilation exclusively spotlighting 1978-1984, the group's original David Lee Roth era. The album, which was originally set to coincide with VAN HALEN's March 2007 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was supposed to contain over an hour of remastered classics from the albums "Van Halen", "Van Halen II", "Women And Children First", "Fair Warning", "Diver Down", and "1984".
The VAN HALEN reunion tour, which would have teamed the band with original frontman David Lee Roth for the first time in 22 years, was also postponed "indefinitely," according to Pollstar.com. Sources confirmed the news on Tuesday (February 20) after a number of radio stations began reporting rumors that the trek was in trouble over contractual issues. One source said that despite an announcement earlier this month by VAN HALEN's management that the tour was officially happening, a deal was reportedly never finalized between the band, Roth and the tour's promoter, Live Nation.
No dates for the tour had ever been revealed, but there were rumors that it would begin in Las Vegas in late April.
VAN HALEN will still be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12 in New York City.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 8:50:47 AM
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DAMN, DAMN, DAMN !!!!
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COMMENT | hahaha
posted by : bashermouth
2/22/2007 9:00:53 AM
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everything becomes Indefinitely Postponed :))))
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COMMENT | Between This
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:01:12 AM
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(mainly the fact of Eddie and Roths battles)& Guns N Roses, I give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Long Live Nirvana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | I never thought this would get off the ground
posted by : BlkDahlia
2/22/2007 9:02:04 AM
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Oh, oh, oh...Jaime's Cryin'....
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COMMENT | .
posted by : darthadv
2/22/2007 9:09:12 AM
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no, ed and dave are apparently still ok and there's 'other' issues...
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COMMENT | Maybe just maybe
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:14:19 AM
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they can put out a best of VH with Gary Cherone
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COMMENT | This just gets better and better...
posted by : TrashedandScattered
2/22/2007 9:15:11 AM
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So, when's that album with Sammy, Michael, and Chad Smith coming out again?
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COMMENT | Well, well, well
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:17:55 AM
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Did everyone not see this coming? If you saw the NAMM footage, you probably did. LOL!!!!
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COMMENT | jeez...
posted by : suffer2ascend
2/22/2007 9:19:11 AM
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why do they need yet another best of collection anyway? there's already 2 of them.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:38:42 AM
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VHND said somthing about this being temporary so they could just figure some simple stuff out and it would only be a few weeks pushed forward but who knows.
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COMMENT | The promoter is probably demanding...
posted by : FH
2/22/2007 9:39:28 AM
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Michael Anthony be a part of it. They're probably listening to the fans since the band isn't.
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COMMENT | Dear Eddie,
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:39:37 AM
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Please release an instrumental CD, a la Satch and Vai, to appease your fans.
Sincerely,
Your Fans
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COMMENT | Too Many Brown M&M's
posted by :
2/22/2007 9:55:00 AM
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Alright, which lawyer forgot to remove the Brown M&M's from the Punchbowl????? Dave got all wired up from the caffeine and told Eddie he was looking like an old Bitch. Eddie kicked Dave in the nuts and Dave just happened to forget to wear his cup which he WAS warned to wear one in 1996. Dave shouted out "Um bula zebula seebula boobala umbula zebula seebula bop" Dave grabs Eddies new Frankenstein guitar he had Fender custom make and shoves it up Eddie's ass. Eddie farts Eruption and the guitar flies out his ass and knocks Dave the phuk out. The cops are called and arrest both of them. When searched, they find a dimebag of weed on Dave. Dave loses his EMT license and is told he can never work for an Ambulance service again. Eddie's Pornstar girlfriend says it was just a CONTRACTURAL PROBLEM. She then screws Dave and the tour might now happen...........AGAIN. That's what really happened.
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COMMENT | These Buttholes are
posted by : Chicken ala Sweatsock
2/22/2007 9:56:10 AM
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Worse than Kiss.
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COMMENT | let's see how the Hall of Fame thing goes...
posted by :
2/22/2007 10:01:06 AM
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Remember back to the the Grammys a few years ago...when Dave came out with Eddie, Alex and Michael. it was supposed to be the start of the "reunion." but then Dave acted like a dick at the post-event press conference, and Eddie and Alex said that Dave never changed and they would never work with him ever again. Of course, money talks and bullshit walks. It will be very interesting to see how all of these guys handle themselves next month at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Dave, Sammy, Eddie, Alex, and Michael Anthony, all there together. They better have someone videotaping the backstage festivities. I hope these guys pull it together and handle themselves professionally, but I doubt that Dave or a drunk Eddie can pull that off. Can't wait...
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 10:01:47 AM
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Eddie said they would have gone out with whoever they cold get to sing - Maybe he'll still tour in one form or another.
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COMMENT | No Michael Anthony
posted by :
2/22/2007 10:13:02 AM
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No tour.
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COMMENT | No Big Loss...
posted by : Javelin
2/22/2007 10:36:42 AM
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These guys are ten years too late!
Everyone should be excited about the heaven and Hell tour. This tour will stomp Halen's asses!
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COMMENT | I am not suprised!
posted by : Grindcore13
2/22/2007 10:40:52 AM
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This whole thing is a joke. I would not waste a cent on this tour or best of album. It is not a reunion without Michael Anthony!
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COMMENT | .
posted by : darthadv
2/22/2007 11:04:21 AM
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it's all about ed's 'health'...
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COMMENT | DAMN....
posted by : RiotAct666
2/22/2007 11:08:49 AM
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First the tour and now the best of cd. Sad day to be a VH fan :(
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COMMENT |
posted by : aia94
2/22/2007 11:55:51 AM
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Pee Wee Herman
2/22/2007 12:04:03 PM
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just call the whole thing off guys. it's over, retire. end it when you still have some credability left
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COMMENT | REALITY
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
2/22/2007 12:07:54 PM
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THIS JUST SAYS THAT POLLSTAR HASN'T RECEIVED ANY DATES.
WHICH MEANS THE TOUR HASN'T BEEN SIGNED. THE $-DEALS WITH THE TOUR PROMOTERS HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNED.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAS BEEN SIGNED.
THE CONTRACTS BETWEEN DAVE'S LAWYERS (DARTH VADAR AND SONS) AND THE VAN HALEN CAMP.
AS DAVE SAID IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPGHY AND MANY TIMES IN INTERVIEWS, NO WAY WAS HE GOING BACK UP THERE WITHOUT LAWYERS AND IRONCLAD CONTRACTS SIGNED.
AND NO WAY THE VAN HALEN CAMP WOULD GIVE THAT PHOTO TO ROLLING STONE WITHOUT EVERYTHING BEING ON.
SO GUESS WHAT VAN HAGAR LOVERS... (WUSSY BALLAD LOVERS)
IT IS STILL ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STEP 1: CONTRACTS BETWEEN DAVE AND VAN HALEN ARE SIGNED AND IRONCLAD. DONE.
STEP 2: CONTRACTS BETWEEN TOUR PROMOTERS AND VAN HALEN STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
PROMOTERS WANT THE ORIGINAL LINE UP.
OFFERING LESS $ FOR THIS 3/4TH REUNION.
VAN HALEN ARE FIGHTING FOR MORE $.
THIS IS BIG BUSINESS KIDDIES.
NOT A JAM BAND MEETING AT THE LOCAL DIVE FOR A SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND THIS IS STILL ON AND HAPPENING!!!
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COMMENT | Also
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
2/22/2007 12:24:53 PM
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Get your VH history straight.
It was the 1996 MTV Awards. Not the Grammys.
And it wasn't that they fought at the awards show.
It was that durning the months that Dave was back in the VH camp and recording, VH was still auditioning other singers.
Dave got wind of this.
The whole atmosphere was bad, uncommittal, and duplicitious.
Read about it in Dave's book or on Wilkipedia.
Eddie has hired Mitch Malloy weeks or months prior to the MTV awards show.
Dave didn't want to do the awards show unless they were definitely a band again and announcing a tour.
After the awards show, Dave released a media statement where he apologized to the media and the fans, stating that he was an unwitting participant in a publicity stunt perpetrated by the Van Halens and Ray Daniels (their manager) in order to sell more copies of the Greatest Hits album.
The arguing at the MTV Awards did not cause the fallout, it was at the tail end of Eddie's bullshit and very understandable on Dave's part.
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COMMENT | This is no fun to read
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
2/22/2007 12:32:29 PM
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http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/02/21/the-official-word-van-halen-tour-kaput/
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COMMENT | um
posted by : spunkee311
2/22/2007 12:52:52 PM
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didnt they just release a greatest hits like 2 years ago?? another pointless compilation
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 12:55:42 PM
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I understand the tour not getting off the ground, but seriously, how hard is it to release a damn compilation album.
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COMMENT | Friends Close To VH
posted by : Bonzoholic
2/22/2007 12:57:30 PM
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...are saying Dave won't do it unless Mike is on board.
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COMMENT | DLR...
posted by :
2/22/2007 1:22:10 PM
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is a wise man if that is the case. ^^^^
With the original group, the band can make a much larger payday.
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COMMENT | Kudos to Dave
posted by :
2/22/2007 1:31:05 PM
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If thats true. With Mikey, I'm there, with Wolfgang, hand me the TV Guide.
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COMMENT | They have to have Micheal Anthony
posted by :
2/22/2007 1:34:58 PM
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for it to be a real reunion, plus they need his vocal harmonies, as I'm sure Roth's voice is shot. But I almost hope this doesn't happen. The '1984' tour was the first concert I went to, and it was the most magical experience of my life at that point, and to see these old wasted has-beens sleepwalk through a 'reunion' to make bucketloads of cash is just sad!
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COMMENT | FH nailed it -
posted by : Jeff Baker
2/22/2007 1:39:46 PM
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I was thinking the same thing - Get Michael Anthony... Either the promoters are demanding it, or the band themselves arerealizing that little Wolfgang isn't ready for the big time.
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COMMENT | Promoters
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
2/22/2007 1:51:01 PM
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Yeah, the promoters are no fools.
Offering huge $ to promote an original 4 reunion. (Just imagin the posters).
Offering 1/10 of that for the 3/4th reunion.
I would.
2004 tour was rough.
Van Halen III tour had 1/2 empty arenas.
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COMMENT | Who cares?
posted by : martelwrench
2/22/2007 2:06:01 PM
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I started viewing this site over a year ago b/c it had info on REAL metal bands from the modern era, not all these old men bands that, 15 yrs ago, I thought sucked and were old. Now it's too much about these old people who are trying to sell walking sticks to people who have wings.
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COMMENT | actually, Expanded...
posted by :
2/22/2007 2:46:32 PM
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my mistake..it was the MTV awards, not the Grammys. But they did have an altercation directly following the awards show. the press was asking the band questions about a tour; Eddie said, there is no talk of a tour until I've had my hip surgery. Dave got pissed and said to Ed, this (night) is about me, not your f*ing hip. then Alex said to Dave, the next time you do something like that, you'd better be wearing a cup. End of reunion (at least the first try).
the 2004 tour was "rough" because Eddie was plastered every night. he could pull that off when he was in his 20s; he can't pull that off in his 40s. they didn't play arenas on the VHIII tour; they played 3-5,000 seat theaters. and even those were half full.
I agree with most everyone here: Michael Anthony is absolutely necessary for that tour to work on any level.
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COMMENT | MTV
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
2/22/2007 3:03:53 PM
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Yea, but what a lot don't know is that the MTV show argument was at the end of months of Eddie's bullshit.
It wasn't all hunky-dory then 1 argument blows up something that would have made millions.
Dave didn't want to dupe the fans. Didn't want to record the new songs, release a greatest hits album, give an award on MTV as a band unless they were a fully-functioning unit and going to give the fans the reunion tour.
Eddie kept stringing Dave along, meanwhile auditioning other singers and offering the job to Mitch Malloy. All the while making the fans think they had reunited w/ Dave in order to sell millions of copies of the Greatest Hits album that was coming out at the same time as the MTV award show.
That is why Eddie is a fool and the music industry sees that whole '96 bullshit as one of the worst publicity stunts and fan-alienation moves in rock history.
It's Eddie's bullshit and disrespect for the fans, not oh why did Dave lose his temper in '96, that is the main point.
Keep it all in context. Most don't know the whole context. Read Dave's book and go to Wikilpedia and type in Van Halen or David Lee Roth. Good summations there. Also at allmusic.com.
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COMMENT | VanHalen picture.
posted by : imrighturwrong
2/22/2007 3:05:48 PM
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The tour is only postponed until all the legal requirements are finalized. That said: everyone who 'claims' they have no interest in this VANHALEN touur is a liar. That's right; you WILL be standing in line for a ticket to see VanHalen on tour this coming summer. Enjoy the show.
for your desktop, this picture of VanHalen - not the one released to Rolling Stone Magazine.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w242/sirright/vanhalenreborn.jpg
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COMMENT |
posted by : #1metalhead
2/22/2007 3:08:13 PM
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to dantell,that post was awesome.glad to see some people have sence of humor.hopefully all this van halen shit will work out?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 3:20:22 PM
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Good Van Halen is the most washed up band ever.
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COMMENT | washed up?
posted by : imrighturwrong
2/22/2007 3:24:09 PM
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Not at all. And you know you want to see one of the shows on this summer's tour. Enjoy.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w242/sirright/vanhalenreborn.jpg
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COMMENT | It's simple:
posted by :
2/22/2007 3:33:33 PM
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Michael Anthony rejoins - I'm there!
No Michael - FUCK 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plur
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/22/2007 4:15:29 PM
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Go see the Atomic Punks, they are better than this version of VH will be.
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COMMENT | ohhh son of a
posted by :
2/22/2007 10:20:41 PM
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COMMENT | I
posted by : glimmer
2/23/2007 12:35:21 AM
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give up on VH. Will burn all their CD's tonight.
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COMMENT | WHAT THE !!!!!!!
posted by :
2/23/2007 12:39:18 AM
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Their not getting back together and their not touring.
2004 was the last time to remember Van Halen, and it was with Sammy.
And remember Sammy after that tour he loved Eddie, but, he would never tour with or have anything to do with that grumpy fff'n drunk again.
Michael and Sammy will show up to the Hall of Fame maybe DLR will show up too.
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COMMENT | Hey, there still is The Other Half or Chicken Foot !!!
posted by :
2/23/2007 1:06:03 AM
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What a joke. You know it's sad, yeh you DLR lovers really wanted to see Dave front the band again, but come on it didn't happen then in '85, and it isn't going to happen now.
It's just a shame that when the band was on top of the world in '95 '96 '97 and '98 Eddie didn't keep it going, they lost 6 years of great lyrics and music with Sammy Hagar, he tried with Sammy again in '04 '05, but blew it again with a chance to keep the fire alive for at least some sort of Van Halen. It's way to messed up and now Michael Anthony is out. I think the only hope is to have any Van Halen is with; The Other Half / Chicken Foot which are Sammy Hagar (lead vocals/lead guitar) Michael Anthony (backing vocals/bass) Chad Smith (drums)
The one thing that bettered Sammy from DLR in Van Halen is that besides great vocals, he played great guitar (did most of the lead guitar work on 5150 and 0U812 while Eddie worked the piano/synth) VH is nothing but a memory especially the DLR VH.
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