Van Halen possibly reuniting with Roth again!
02-23-07, 11:49 AM
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I like both Sammy and DLR as well...however, when Hagar joined MANY of VH songs were about love, and thats not cool for a metal/hard rock band
03-08-07, 05:33 PM
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Eddie Van Halen Checks Into Rehab
Posted Mar 8th 2007 5:52PM by TMZ Staff
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The long awaited Van Halen reunion tour will be even longer-awaited -- Eddie Van Halen has checked himself into alcohol-related rehab.
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In an exclusive statement to TMZ, the rock legend explains why he's determined to clean up his act:
I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.
I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.
Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I'm doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.
I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.
Love,
Ed
Eddie was scheduled to join the rest of his bandmates at the Rock and Roll induction ceremony in New York on Monday, where Van Halen will be enshrined. But unlike Lindsay and Britney, Eddie will not be leaving rehab for field trips.
Posted Mar 8th 2007 5:52PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Music
The long awaited Van Halen reunion tour will be even longer-awaited -- Eddie Van Halen has checked himself into alcohol-related rehab.
WireImage
In an exclusive statement to TMZ, the rock legend explains why he's determined to clean up his act:
I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.
I have always and will always feel a responsibility to give you my best. At the moment I do not feel that I can give you my best. That's why I have decided to enter a rehabilitation facility to work on myself, so that in the future I can deliver the 110% that I feel I owe you and want to give you.
Some of the issues surrounding the 2007 Van Halen tour are within my ability to change and some are not. As far as my rehab is concerned, it is within my ability to change and change for the better. I want you to know that is exactly what I'm doing, so that I may continue to give you the very best I am capable of.
I look forward to seeing you in the future better than ever and I thank you with all my heart.
Love,
Ed
Eddie was scheduled to join the rest of his bandmates at the Rock and Roll induction ceremony in New York on Monday, where Van Halen will be enshrined. But unlike Lindsay and Britney, Eddie will not be leaving rehab for field trips.
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Ha, Ha! Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame you thought by waiting it out you were going to get a full band. Van Halen should have been in the Hall many years ago!
It seems the Hall was waiting for original members to kiss and make and then they get in.
Just like when Paul didn't join Ringo & George for The Beatles induction the Hall has egg on their face!
It seems the Hall was waiting for original members to kiss and make and then they get in.
Just like when Paul didn't join Ringo & George for The Beatles induction the Hall has egg on their face!
03-09-07, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by JZ1276
I like both Sammy and DLR as well...however, when Hagar joined MANY of VH songs were about love, and thats not cool for a metal/hard rock band
03-09-07, 11:44 AM
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Only Sammy and Mikey??
How did that old Van Halen song go? "I found the simple life ain't so simple ... " The iconic Los Angeles metal band is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a lavish New York banquet Monday night, but now it appears that only one original member, bassist Michael Anthony, will even show up.
David Lee Roth, the band's frontman for its first decade, said Thursday he will not attend the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ceremony because event officials have turned down his repeated overtures to perform.
"I don't make speeches for a living; I sing and dance for my dinner," Roth said, adding that the decision to skip the event "rips my heart out."
The hall of fame's event organizers plan for Velvet Revolver to perform some Van Halen classics, much as Metallica stood in last year to play Black Sabbath songs while that band's members watched from the audience. "So it appears this is a television producer's decision," Roth said.
The choice of Velvet Revolver was in response to a sticky situation as far as what lineup of Van Halen could take the stage to perform with Roth. Van Halen's revered guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, and his brother, drummer Alex, had already sent signals that they would not be in New York. The Van Halens have been in lock-down mode since their plans for a summer reunion tour with Roth collapsed last month. Roth said he last spoke to Eddie Van Halen's camp a week ago, and he said he could not determine the truth about reports that the guitarist is seeking help for alcohol problems.
"Ed is indisposed and working toward a better future here," Roth said. "If Ed ever dries up, this is going to be a stadium act, man.... What's happening here with this [New York event] is part and parcel of the same spiral that screwed up the tour."
Without the Brothers Van Halen, the Hall faced the prospect of putting Roth on stage with bass player Michael Anthony, who is the lone founding member expected to attend, and Sammy Hagar, Roth's replacement in the band and longtime foil, who logged more than a decade as the band's frontman. Hagar confirmed Thursday he is attending.
Roth said Thursday he had been preparing since December for the chance to perform for the industry elite, the media and a television audience that will be watching the ceremony live on VH1 Classics.
"It's just not an option for me to go and watch some other band — who are only performing because they have some new record coming out — do our music," Roth said. "I have nothing against Velvet Revolver — I'm not familiar with their music — but that was my 3 minutes and 22 seconds up there."
David Lee Roth, the band's frontman for its first decade, said Thursday he will not attend the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ceremony because event officials have turned down his repeated overtures to perform.
"I don't make speeches for a living; I sing and dance for my dinner," Roth said, adding that the decision to skip the event "rips my heart out."
The hall of fame's event organizers plan for Velvet Revolver to perform some Van Halen classics, much as Metallica stood in last year to play Black Sabbath songs while that band's members watched from the audience. "So it appears this is a television producer's decision," Roth said.
The choice of Velvet Revolver was in response to a sticky situation as far as what lineup of Van Halen could take the stage to perform with Roth. Van Halen's revered guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, and his brother, drummer Alex, had already sent signals that they would not be in New York. The Van Halens have been in lock-down mode since their plans for a summer reunion tour with Roth collapsed last month. Roth said he last spoke to Eddie Van Halen's camp a week ago, and he said he could not determine the truth about reports that the guitarist is seeking help for alcohol problems.
"Ed is indisposed and working toward a better future here," Roth said. "If Ed ever dries up, this is going to be a stadium act, man.... What's happening here with this [New York event] is part and parcel of the same spiral that screwed up the tour."
Without the Brothers Van Halen, the Hall faced the prospect of putting Roth on stage with bass player Michael Anthony, who is the lone founding member expected to attend, and Sammy Hagar, Roth's replacement in the band and longtime foil, who logged more than a decade as the band's frontman. Hagar confirmed Thursday he is attending.
Roth said Thursday he had been preparing since December for the chance to perform for the industry elite, the media and a television audience that will be watching the ceremony live on VH1 Classics.
"It's just not an option for me to go and watch some other band — who are only performing because they have some new record coming out — do our music," Roth said. "I have nothing against Velvet Revolver — I'm not familiar with their music — but that was my 3 minutes and 22 seconds up there."
03-09-07, 12:27 PM
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Having only Sammy and Michael there would be weird. Why even bother going at all? But they're the ones who seem to be the most laid-back in the band. I guess it doesn't bother them. They're the ones -- to me, anyway -- that came across with the "life is a party" type vibe. (At least not in a reckless way that Eddie would partake in.)
I would love to see Sammy and David jam together. I know Sammy plays guitar, so he can just grind on the axe while David sings. And David...well, he can play tambourines or do those leg kicks he did in the "Panama" video, while Sammy sings.
I would love to see Sammy and David jam together. I know Sammy plays guitar, so he can just grind on the axe while David sings. And David...well, he can play tambourines or do those leg kicks he did in the "Panama" video, while Sammy sings.
03-09-07, 01:07 PM
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I would love to see Sammy and David jam together. I know Sammy plays guitar, so he can just grind on the axe while David sings. And David...well, he can play tambourines or do those leg kicks he did in the "Panama" video, while Sammy sings.
03-09-07, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by GuessWho
I saw the Dave & Sammy tour twice... they never appeared onstage at the same time
03-09-07, 01:46 PM
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So I guess they got together for purely marketing (and financial) reasons. It makes sense. Do they even get along, though?
03-10-07, 01:20 AM
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Wow. What a clusterfuck.
And if the rehab, MA no longer in the band and no one being at the R'nR HOF wasn't bad enough...we're going to have to sit through Velvet Revolver doing VH songs?
And if the rehab, MA no longer in the band and no one being at the R'nR HOF wasn't bad enough...we're going to have to sit through Velvet Revolver doing VH songs?
03-10-07, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
Wow. What a clusterfuck.
And if the rehab, MA no longer in the band and no one being at the R'nR HOF wasn't bad enough...we're going to have to sit through Velvet Revolver doing VH songs?
And if the rehab, MA no longer in the band and no one being at the R'nR HOF wasn't bad enough...we're going to have to sit through Velvet Revolver doing VH songs?
There is not one member of Van Halen who is better than any of the members of VR. VR will do VH songs better than VH could.
03-10-07, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JZ1276
There is not one member of Van Halen who is better than any of the members of VR. VR will do VH songs better than VH could.
First off, Slash is nowhere NEAR Eddie Van Halen's league as a guitar player. Second, Matt Sorum doesn't have the same vibe as Alex Van Halen, and no one in VR can do Michael Anthony's high register backing vocals. Third, Scott Weiland's voice is all wrong for the Van Halen material.
03-10-07, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by B5Erik
NOT.
First off, Slash is nowhere NEAR Eddie Van Halen's league as a guitar player. Second, Matt Sorum doesn't have the same vibe as Alex Van Halen, and no one in VR can do Michael Anthony's high register backing vocals. Third, Scott Weiland's voice is all wrong for the Van Halen material.
First off, Slash is nowhere NEAR Eddie Van Halen's league as a guitar player. Second, Matt Sorum doesn't have the same vibe as Alex Van Halen, and no one in VR can do Michael Anthony's high register backing vocals. Third, Scott Weiland's voice is all wrong for the Van Halen material.
That's not to say I don't like Slash or Scott...In their prior bands.
03-11-07, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by B5Erik
NOT.
First off, Slash is nowhere NEAR Eddie Van Halen's league as a guitar player. Second, Matt Sorum doesn't have the same vibe as Alex Van Halen, and no one in VR can do Michael Anthony's high register backing vocals. Third, Scott Weiland's voice is all wrong for the Van Halen material.
First off, Slash is nowhere NEAR Eddie Van Halen's league as a guitar player. Second, Matt Sorum doesn't have the same vibe as Alex Van Halen, and no one in VR can do Michael Anthony's high register backing vocals. Third, Scott Weiland's voice is all wrong for the Van Halen material.
Have you ever heard Scott Weiland do cover songs? He can pretty much do vocals for any song and sound close to the original.
03-11-07, 11:48 AM
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Slash does NOT play the hammer-on EVH technique at all. He never has. While Eddie may or may not be in top form now, Slash's style is a complete mismatch for EVH's material. Slash is a blues rock player, EVH is mostly flash and technique.
And until I hear Weiland attempt Roth or Hagar I ain't buying it. I haven't heard him do anything remotely close to either of them.
And until I hear Weiland attempt Roth or Hagar I ain't buying it. I haven't heard him do anything remotely close to either of them.
03-11-07, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by B5Erik
And until I hear Weiland attempt Roth or Hagar I ain't buying it. I haven't heard him do anything remotely close to either of them.
03-11-07, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
I heard he does a good Eddie Vedder...
Weiland's vocal range goes wayyy passed Eddie Vedder's. Imagine EV trying to sing Fall to Pieces and hit the high notes.
anyway, like ZI said he can pretty much cover any song and sound perfect...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEe-jv1iVc
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Originally Posted by JZ1276
There is not one member of Van Halen who is better than any of the members of VR. VR will do VH songs better than VH could.
Ridiculous.
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Yep,
Originally Posted by JZ1276
Weiland's vocal range goes wayyy passed Eddie Vedder's. Imagine EV trying to sing Fall to Pieces and hit the high notes.