The Van Halen Thread

[Father Jack]

Both

Fair enough.

I was hoping for a bit more of a fight than that. Oh well, its only Van Halen.

[Pete]

Both

Fair enough.

I was hoping for a bit more of a fight than that. Oh well, its only Van Halen.

Ok.

I think the problem is they let Sammy go in 2004, did nothing. Got Dave back in late 2006, toured the US and since then have done fu*k all. No live CD or DVD of the reunuion shows. Nothing. Their website is a complete joke. As I said before up till 4 months ago (when DLR posted on his own site 'Get ready') it wished people a happy 2009!

They lost all momentum they built up and are having to start at the beginning again. Meanwhile (back at the ranch, the ugly duckling learned to dance ) Sammy & Mike have formed Chickenfoot, had a quite a bit of success and are now on their second album whilst the VH CD sits in the PC awaiting final release. It's done, finished and ready to go but EVH is a lazy fu*k or won't release it for some reason.

I hope they release the record early 2012 and tour the WORLD (not just the US again) as apart from Kiss & Twisted Sister, Van Halen are the only band I'd do multiple nights ...

[Father Jack]

You've not convinced me Pete. Still think they're a complete non-entity.

[Pete]

You've not convinced me Pete. Still think they're a complete non-entity.

I would agree that they've not capitalised on the reunion with Dave as much as they could've done. A Non-entity? Nah, just badly managed and subject to the whims of an egomaniac. Plus Dave isn't going to rock the boat, he's getting that one final big fat paycheck...

[Father Jack]

Ol' Dave ain't going to get much of anything unless they get off their fat arses, wipe the snot off Eddie's drug riddled face, sober him up, boot his son out the band and bring Michael Anthony back (the guy they, (the Van Nazi's) so shamefully disposed of) and get out on fuc*ing tour !!

[Pete]

Ol' Dave ain't going to get much of anything unless they get off their fat arses, wipe the snot off Eddie's drug riddled face, sober him up, boot his son out the band and bring Michael Anthony back (the guy they, (the Van Nazi's) so shamefully disposed of) and get out on fuc*ing tour !!

Agreed. Considering they (the VH's) refer to Michael Anthony by his true surname (Sobiezski or something like this) & edited him out of the album covers online I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon...

[Dan bach]

If VHtimes 3 and DLR ever produce the album (i'll buy it) and if they tour the UK (i'll be there) - but i'm not holding my breath.

In the meantime - this has excited me - a whole lot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvnst7yVhw[/youtube]

Can't wait for January now

[Pete]

From Melodicrock.com

Captured at an undisclosed venue in Los Angeles, are (L-R) Alex Van Halen; Wolfgang Van Halen; Eddie Van Halen; Jimmy Iovine, Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records; Irving Azoff, Executive Chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and Chairman and CEO of the Front Line Management Group; Steve Berman, Vice Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records; David Lee Roth; and Jim Urie, President and CEO, Universal Music Group Distribution.

So there you have it folks...the first new Van Halen picture since 2008....taken Monday at The Roxy club in LA, whilst shooting a video for the first single from their upcoming new studio album due early next year. I had mentioned previously that a source told me that the band also filmed out door footage about 3 weeks ago. Hopefully we'll be seeing that clip sooner rather than later.

In related news...a little more information from my source connected to Columbia Records. The told me that manager Irving Azzoff handles the Van Halen's, while David Lee Roth continues to retain his own independent management. Azoff and Columbia had agreed on terms, but DLR met with Columbia and went back with his manager and said he wanted "something in LA, something hip, somehting that was "cool" do a video", whch apparently he felt wasn't being presented by Columbia. DLR won, Azzoff went with the Van Halen's who agreed with DLR.

The only text included with today's picture release was "Want to know why? Stay tuned..." So I guess that official announcement is finally in the pipeline.

Finally, I have been searching for an update on the rumored Grammy Announcement Concert appearance by the band November 30 - as of this week - that appearance is ON.

Irrelevant or not...this is

[nicksmithworld]

Dave looks wierd...Eddie looks well though

[Downy]

VH have treated the fans badly with lack of info on whats going on but Im still looking forward to hearing the new album and hopefully getting to see them live in the next year or so.
Eddie is looking really well on the photo as he is now sober and remarried.

[Father Jack]

Captured at an undisclosed venue in Los Angeles, are (L-R) Consuela the cleaning lady from Family Guy, Augustus Gloop, Ozzy The Tramp, Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, A fat & old Wayne Sleep, Giant Haystacks, Rocky Shades, Jeremy Clarkson with a wash & haircut

[Pete]

Captured at an undisclosed venue in Los Angeles, are (L-R) Consuela the cleaning lady from Family Guy, Augustus Gloop, Ozzy The Tramp, Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, A fat & old Wayne Sleep, Giant Haystacks, Rocky Shades, Jeremy Clarkson with a wash & haircut

[Downy]

Brill!!!

[Downy]

Sammy Hagar has his say on the new VH album.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... f-20111121" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Pete]

Sammy Hagar has his say on the new VH album.

For the lazy buggers (like me)...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... f-20111121

By Andy Greene
November 21, 2011 2:50 PM ET

Last week, Van Halen released a picture that proved beyond any doubt that they had signed to Interscope. The photo showed them at an "undisclosed venue" in Los Angeles, but according to the Van Halen News Desk, it was at the Roxy in Los Angeles. They supposedly shot a video there. We've been hearing for months that their first LP with David Lee Roth since 1984 is practically finished, but confirming anything when it comes to Van Halen is extraordinarily difficult. Needless to say, none of them are jumping on the phone for interviews. Luckily, we happened to be checking in with Sammy Hagar last week – and he was more than happy to share his thoughts on the situation.

We're hearing that Van Halen signed to Interscope this week.
What? VH? Van Halen? I don't think . . . How long has it been since they did a record? And that last one doesn't count. You have to go back to 1995. For them to take that long to make a record, I don't think it's ever going to happen. If it does, it better be good. Oh man. It actually might be. I'm not dogging them. I don't understand why they couldn't do something by now. [Laughs] Though I kind of do understand.

This seems legit. I think they actually, for real, signed to Interscope.
I thought they signed to Sony. Hmmm . . . Interesting. I'll be the first guy waiting in line at the record store, if I could find one anymore. I'll be really curious. I think they owe the fans that. I would love to see them make a great record. They have some of the most loyal fans in rock, and they've been treated so, so bad these last 20 years. I'm a real fan friendly guy.

The fans aren't too happy that they threw Michael Anthony out of the band.
It didn't bother me when they threw me out. I'm a solo artist. I can start a new band. But Mike? He's the most loyal guy, and the best bass player in the world – and the best background singer on the planet. His vocal sound is as much a part of Van Halen as anyone's. When they threw him out, I just thought "WHY? This is so wrong. This is so damned wrong!" Then to go back to Dave, FINALLY – but they threw Mike out first. Once again, it's not a fan friendly band. Eddie could have played a solo album with Wolfie. He could have produced it and gone on tour and played theaters with him. He could have done so many different things. He did not have to make Wolfie the bass player in Van Halen.

I find it interesting that David Lee Roth has barely made a peep in public since he rejoined the band. Before that, he wasn't exactly a press shy guy.
Yeah, this isn't very Dave-like. Obviously, he's trying to make it work. Look, I've been there. It's not an easy camp. It's gotten crazier and wackier, every day. I think that Dave has just learned that if he wants to make it work, he needs to shut up and hang in there and do what he can, and do what they say. It's a very strange situation.

Look, back in the day, Dave was the boss. He was running the damn show. When I came in, I was the boss. I was running the show, but I didn't want that job. It was always, "Well, what do you guys want to do?" They'd be like, "I don't know. What do you want to do?" Then all of a sudden, it became this wicked, freaking dictatorship – and nothing has happened since.

I think nothing would be more fascinating than a Some Kind of Monster-style documentary about the making of this new record. Can you even imagine?
I'd be curious to be a fly on that wall. I heard this record is old outtakes from the old days. I mean, stuff from before I even joined the band. I heard this five years ago though. Michael Anthony was curious if his background vocals would wind up on the album. I don't think it's a bad idea. It's kind of interesting. Bob Seger did it, and so did the Rolling Stones. I think it's an interesting thing to do in your old age if you can't come up with fresh, good stuff – or you can't get along. Because from what I heard, they aren't working with new material. Ed and Dave didn't actually write new songs. They took old stuff from previous sessions, and then maybe Dave had to go in and add vocals because they just had scat vocals, or even no vocal part at all.

That's bizarre, because in the few interviews that he does, Ed is always talking about how many great new guitar parts he's written.
Ed talks really weird about all that stuff recently. He goes, "I have all this music! So much music . . . " Well, they really aren't songs [laughs]. They're really not. It was always easy for me to write songs with Ed. He had all these parts, and I had these ideas. I'd be like, "Oh, go to B over there for a bridge – write a bridge, Ed." He'd do it, and it would be some bad ass shit. But it wasn't like he wrote instrumentals and I just had to write lyrics over them, like I do now with Joe Satriani. Joe writes friggin' instrumentals. Ed doesn't have any songs. I'm sorry. I love the guy's guitar stuff, but play me a song, will you