***** Eddie Van Halen Repository Thread *****

[alpha_omega]

Originally Posted by Brody Wa

...... Both the scorpions and Metallica owned Van Halen at the monsters of rock festival in 1988.

That certainly isn't the way I recall it. Scorpions were great, but Metallica was horrible that day. When they were up, all I could hear was the bass reverbing off the concrete.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

That certainly isn't the way I recall it. Scorpions were great, but Metallica was horrible that day. When they were up, all I could hear was the bass reverbing off the concrete.

So the opposite of how they recorded AJFA.

[alpha_omega]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

So the opposite of how they recorded AJFA.

It was horrible. On that particular day...even Kingdom Clone was better than Metallica. And they certainly weren't better than VH.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

It was horrible. On that particular day...even Kingdom Clone was better than Metallica. And they certainly weren't better than VH.

Speaking of putting on a show, I think John 5 is one of the best I've ever seen live.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Speaking of putting on a show, I think John 5 is one of the best I've ever seen live.

Seconded. How he just effortlessly jumped from genre to genre was insane.

[alpha_omega]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Speaking of putting on a show, I think John 5 is one of the best I've ever seen live.

Originally Posted by Bowser

Seconded. How he just effortlessly jumped from genre to genre was insane.

All in favor. Although it's been a while (just before the pandemic if I recall correctly).

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

All in favor. Although it's been a while (just before the pandemic if I recall correctly).

Why don't you change your avatar from the Joker holding a guitar to ****in' John ****in' 5 then?

😉

[alpha_omega]

Wolf Van Halen Says 'Van Hagar' Doesn't Get 'Any Respect': 'Just Give It a Chance'

Wolfgang Van Halen noted how the Van Halen era featuring Sammy Hagar "doesn't get any respect", urging naysayers to give it a shot instead of rehashing the "exhausting 'this singer is better, this singer is better' crap."

There was undeniable magic in Van Halen's original glory run with David Lee Roth, and it rightly remains cemented in music history as one of the most exciting rock outfits of the '80s. And while the split with Roth proved to be so polarizing that people argue about it even to this day, the ensuing Van Hagar stuff was at least on par with what came before in terms of musicianship.

During a recent appearance on the Oklahoma City radio station KATT, Eddie Van Halen's son Wolf discussed the Sammy Hagar-era reissues, in particular, the upcoming limited vinyl release of "Live: Right Here, Right Now". He said (via Guitar):

"That era [of Van Halen] doesn’t get any respect, I don't think.

"And there's a lot of amazing songs and just obviously brilliant guitar playing on a lot of that — on all of that stuff — and I think people don't give it a chance 'cause they fall into that just exhausting 'this singer is better, this singer is better' crap, when it's, like, just give it a chance. There's some really good stuff in there."
Wolf also spoke about his own involvement in the reissues and in Van Halen business in general, saying:

"[Alex Van Halen] is, obviously, he's the head honcho when it comes to making the decisions. Obviously, I default to him on anything that he thinks is the right thing to do.

"But when it comes to decision-making or at least just kind of helping out, yeah, I am that sort of what would have been my dad's vote for stuff there with Al. So Al and I are kind of that team. But, all in all, he's the guy."

"Live: Right Here, Right Now" will be available on April 22nd at select independent music retailers. The run is limited to 7,500 copies printed on 180-gram translucent red vinyl.








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