but you are into the band by the same name as well.
Now we're talking. I love Levon Helm and the band. Stage Fright is my fave. You ought to throw some Band on every once in awhile Wayne and quit poisoning yourself with Van Halen.
Now we're talking. I love Levon Helm and the band. Stage Fright is my fave. You ought to throw some Band on every once in awhile Wayne and quit poisoning yourself with Van Halen.
guess which band album i love most.... and my least fave... i do liike all the bands album but this one was the least and you know why......i prefer my van halen with david lee too not sammy...i liked sammy more with montrose....i saw v h in 1976,the running with the devil tour...i was thouroughly entertained....then i saw them with sammy...i 4get which tour but do know i enjoyed davids singing more...
I like a couple of their songs, but I think their schtick was too much of "Look what we can do with our instruments" and not enough focus on rhthmn or lyrics. But that's just my opinion. Ice Cream Man is a fave of mine 'cause my dad used to sing it to me all the time when I was a kid. (Yeah, I know, go ahead and laugh...)
You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.
I like a couple of their songs, but I think their schtick was too much of "Look what we can do with our instruments" and not enough focus on rhthmn or lyrics. But that's just my opinion. Ice Cream Man is a fave of mine 'cause my dad used to sing it to me all the time when I was a kid. (Yeah, I know, go ahead and laugh...)
Not every band can write lyrics as deep as Dylan. They played to their strengths, and one of their strenghts was Eddie's outstanding talent on the guitar. I think you need bands like Van Halen and AC/DC. They're just pure, raw ROCK music. Nothing wrong with that. Anyway, I love their first few albums up 'til 1984 which sucked. Van Hagar doesn't even count. I hate Sammy Hagar. He's beyond annoying. Anyway, I hear a Van Halen reunion is in the works with Roth. I know people from my generation will be ecstatic if that ever happens. But now Michael Anthony is no longer in the band and Eddie's son is! What's with those Van Halen guys? They can't seem to get along with anyone outside the family.
From Wiki: The David Lee Roth era remains Van Halen's most critically successful period, having influenced many eighties rock musicians who followed. The band's top selling albums to date are their 1978 debut and 1984. Both albums have reached diamond status, having sold over 10 million copies each, and are both regarded as milestones in rock and roll music, ushering in artistic innovations that were widely emulated throughout the 1980s (The Van Halen track "Runnin' with the Devil" and 1984's "Jump" are listed as two of the top 500 most influential songs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). The band's second and third productions, Van Halen II and Women and Children First, each reached #6 on the charts. After this, every subsequent Van Halen album would breach the top 5 spot on the pop charts.
The Van Halen track "Eruption" introduced the rock and roll world to a new soloing technique called tapping, a technique utilizing both left and right hands on the guitar neck (tapping also exists and did for a long time in its more traditional one-handed form, involving just hammer-ons and pull-offs). Other musicians had developed two-hand playing techniques during the 1950s, and Steve Hackett of Genesis used tapping extensively in the early 1970s, but Van Halen's technique was something else — a percussive, highly amplified barrage of notes and effects. Nothing like it had ever been heard on record. "Eruption" immediately propelled Eddie Van Halen to immense heights of popularity among guitar players worldwide (articles about Eddie Van Halen's style and technique remain a staple of guitar magazines). According to folklore, before the release of the first album, Eddie would hide his technique from imitators by playing his solos with his back to the audience. A music critic praised "Eruption" once for its powerful impact and compact musical structure, by labelling it "The Soundtrack to World War III".
Eddie also introduced a never before seen technique in the instrumental "Cathedral". This technique involved Eddie hammering notes on the fretboard with his left hand while simultaneously rolling the volume knob off and on with his right hand. He did two takes, and the volume knob froze completely at the end of the second take due to the heat generated from rolling it on and off at such a great speed. Many beginning hard rock and heavy metal bands of the era have testified that, when trying out new guitarists, being able to cover the song was often the audition criteria asked of the guitarist.
Van Halen also introduced the guitar world to the band's signature "Brown Sound," a nickname given to, among other things, the sonic result of Eddie's guitar/amp combination and technique. With Templeman's warm production, Van Halen produced a distinctive tone sought by other musicians.
Not every band can write lyrics as deep as Dylan. They played to their strengths, and one of their strenghts was Eddie's outstanding talent on the guitar. I think you need bands like Van Halen and AC/DC. They're just pure, raw ROCK music. Nothing wrong with that. Anyway, I love their first few albums up 'til 1984 which sucked. Van Hagar doesn't even count. I hate Sammy Hagar. He's beyond annoying. Anyway, I hear a Van Halen reunion is in the works with Roth. I know people from my generation will be ecstatic if that ever happens. But now Michael Anthony is no longer in the band and Eddie's son is! What's with those Van Halen guys? They can't seem to get along with anyone outside the family.
From Wiki: The David Lee Roth era remains Van Halen's most critically successful period, having influenced many eighties rock musicians who followed. The band's top selling albums to date are their 1978 debut and 1984. Both albums have reached diamond status, having sold over 10 million copies each, and are both regarded as milestones in rock and roll music, ushering in artistic innovations that were widely emulated throughout the 1980s (The Van Halen track "Runnin' with the Devil" and 1984's "Jump" are listed as two of the top 500 most influential songs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). The band's second and third productions, Van Halen II and Women and Children First, each reached #6 on the charts. After this, every subsequent Van Halen album would breach the top 5 spot on the pop charts.
The Van Halen track "Eruption" introduced the rock and roll world to a new soloing technique called tapping, a technique utilizing both left and right hands on the guitar neck (tapping also exists and did for a long time in its more traditional one-handed form, involving just hammer-ons and pull-offs). Other musicians had developed two-hand playing techniques during the 1950s, and Steve Hackett of Genesis used tapping extensively in the early 1970s, but Van Halen's technique was something else — a percussive, highly amplified barrage of notes and effects. Nothing like it had ever been heard on record. "Eruption" immediately propelled Eddie Van Halen to immense heights of popularity among guitar players worldwide (articles about Eddie Van Halen's style and technique remain a staple of guitar magazines). According to folklore, before the release of the first album, Eddie would hide his technique from imitators by playing his solos with his back to the audience. A music critic praised "Eruption" once for its powerful impact and compact musical structure, by labelling it "The Soundtrack to World War III".
Eddie also introduced a never before seen technique in the instrumental "Cathedral". This technique involved Eddie hammering notes on the fretboard with his left hand while simultaneously rolling the volume knob off and on with his right hand. He did two takes, and the volume knob froze completely at the end of the second take due to the heat generated from rolling it on and off at such a great speed. Many beginning hard rock and heavy metal bands of the era have testified that, when trying out new guitarists, being able to cover the song was often the audition criteria asked of the guitarist.
Van Halen also introduced the guitar world to the band's signature "Brown Sound," a nickname given to, among other things, the sonic result of Eddie's guitar/amp combination and technique. With Templeman's warm production, Van Halen produced a distinctive tone sought by other musicians.
Yeah I heard about his son joining...it's all cool if EVH does a solo album and his son plays on it, but if one day there his a reunion with Roth , Michael Anthony should be part of it...I'm even sure Roth would insist to have Anthony in on it.
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