Van Halen together ... yet again.

III · Aug 13, 2007

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/13/vanhalen.reut/index.html

So how long will this tour last before they're ready to kill Dave? I'm gonna be optimistic and say 3 shows. Pretty cool that Eddie's son Wolfgang is playing bass for them. 16-years-old and touring with VH. What a charmed life.

William Haskins · Aug 13, 2007

"'scuse me sonny... can you tell me
where the hell the stage is?"

A.M. Wildman · Aug 13, 2007

III said:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/13/vanhalen.reut/index.html

So how long will this tour last before they're ready to kill Dave? I'm gonna be optimistic and say 3 shows. Pretty cool that Eddie's son Wolfgang is playing bass for them. 16-years-old and touring with VH. What a charmed
life.

3 shows before they kill Dave or Eddie falls off the wagon and into the booze again.

ChunkyC · Aug 13, 2007

Waitaminnit -- we had a thread about this not so long ago and they didn't even get as far as rehearsing for the tour before the whole thing blew up in their faces. This could be an old article. Lemme go find the thread....

ETA: yep, here's the thread.

Nope. not an old article. They're talking about a whole different set of dates and they do reference the tour we were talking about in the earlier thread, so apparently this means they're going to try this again?!

One things for sure; no way am I plunking down money for the Calgary concert. I bet the odds of them making it all the way through the tour are about the same as Paris Hilton winning the Nobel Prize for physics.

robeiae · Aug 13, 2007

As near as I can remember, Wolfgang was not an original member of Van Halen. So, I'm hard pressed to see how this is really a reunion. And having seen the real deal all those years ago, I can't imagine how I would be anything other than disappointed with a new show, given the current state of affairs.

No thanks.

blacbird · Aug 13, 2007

Haskins . . . that is David Lee Roth? Please, Lord, do we really need a rival to Keith Richards and Donald Fagen for the Aged Rocker Ogre Award?

caw

Jersey Chick · Aug 13, 2007

In the strictest sense of the term, since Wolfie is Eddie's son - isn't he, in fact, an original member at a very basic level?

Devil Ledbetter · Aug 13, 2007

blacbird said:
Haskins . . . that is David Lee Roth? Please, Lord, do we really need a rival to Keith Richards and Donald Fagen for the Aged Rocker Ogre Award?

caw

No. That frightening photo is of Eddie Van Halen.

William Haskins · Aug 13, 2007

Devil Ledbetter said:
No. That frightening photo is of Eddie Van Halen.

yes. here's david lee's latest headshot.

Jersey Chick · Aug 13, 2007

He look pretty good.

considering

Williebee · Aug 13, 2007

blacbird, I'm pretty sure Fagen's undead. I mean, he's looked nesferatu since, like, the second tour.

As for Van Halen... It's a long way from the announcement to the stage. I'll believe it when I see it.

Opty · Aug 13, 2007

III said:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/13/vanhalen.reut/index.html

So how long will this tour last before they're ready to kill Dave? I'm gonna be optimistic and say 3 shows. Pretty cool that Eddie's son Wolfgang is playing bass for them. 16-years-old and touring with VH. What a charmed life.

I'm convinced that all the problems in Van Halen throughout the decades have stemmed from Eddie (which is what 2 out of the 3 lead singers have confirmed. I bet that Gary Cherone would agree were he not such a seemingly nice, non-confrontational guy).

It's Eddie who can't play nice with others. He couldn't get along with Dave, Sammy, or Michael Anthony (that's the only reason Wolfgang is going on tour, and that kid hasn't even been playing bass for a year!) OR Valerie Bertanelli. And, since Alex is his brother, he'll go along with whatever Eddie says.

He was a great guitar god, but he seems to be a miserable, self-absorbed person (who looks like a haggard old woman). This tour will likely fail at some point, and I bet it'll be Eddie's fault.

blacbird · Aug 13, 2007

Devil Ledbetter said:
No. That frightening photo is of Eddie Van Halen.

My

God.

And I thought I might be looking bad.

I feel better now.

A little.

caw

Opty · Aug 13, 2007

It's even more sad when you see what he looked like just a little over 10 years ago...

...and compare it to how he looks now.

Man, that's a rough 10 years.

blacbird · Aug 13, 2007

Christ, that could be Charles Manson.

caw

A.M. Wildman · Aug 13, 2007

Nah Charles is better looking. :tongue

Bah, Eddie looks rough, years of alcohol abuse will do that to you. Although, he has a long way to go to catch Keith Richards. Ol' Keith has been dead for 40 years but I don't think anyone has bothered to tell him.

Inkdaub · Aug 14, 2007

Spork said:
I'm convinced that all the problems in Van Halen throughout the decades have stemmed from Eddie (which is what 2 out of the 3 lead singers have confirmed. I bet that Gary Cherone would agree were he not such a seemingly nice, non-confrontational guy).

It's Eddie who can't play nice with others. He couldn't get along with Dave, Sammy, or Michael Anthony (that's the only reason Wolfgang is going on tour, and that kid hasn't even been playing bass for a year!) OR Valerie Bertanelli. And, since Alex is his brother, he'll go along with whatever Eddie says.

He was a great guitar god, but he seems to be a miserable, self-absorbed person (who looks like a haggard old woman). This tour will likely fail at some point, and I bet it'll be Eddie's fault.

I agree one hundred percent...Eddie's the problem.

As for the reunion, I couldn't care less really. My reasoning is the same as robeiae's.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 14, 2007

Eddie's a crackpot. I've never seen them and have no intention of seeing them now.

Wolfgang needs to join his mom at Jennie Craig.

William Haskins · Aug 14, 2007

Spork said:
It's even more sad when you see what he looked like just a little over 10 years ago... ...and compare it to how he looks now. Man, that's a rough 10 years.

stay away from the meth kids.

benbradley · Aug 14, 2007

William Haskins said:
stay away from the meth kids.

I'm guessing these are the effects of the more common and 'safe' drug known as alcohol. The other stuff would have likely killed him by now (admittedly he DOES look like a zombie).

Here's a description of an appearance and his condition a couple years ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.guitar.amps/browse_thread/thread/4ab580087c540cc7

Devil Ledbetter · Aug 14, 2007

Dead things should not be resurrected. Van Halen is exhibit A.

BenPanced · Aug 14, 2007

It's a reunion because Eddie said so. Right, Eddie? :e2thud:

tourdeforce · Aug 18, 2007

Estelle Getty arrives for her make-up call on the first day of shooting
for the long-awaited Golden Girls reunion special.

Perks · Aug 18, 2007

Shit. He and I still have the same haircut. I'm suing.

Nolita · Aug 18, 2007

Leave Wolfie alone!

First his parents go and name him Wolfgang(a name which I doubt flies well in school). Then his dad's well...

And his poor mother's trapped in America's Sweetheart Hell...

He's already messed up enough. Last thing he needs is for internet geeks(hehe I'm one too relax), ripping on his weight and giving him a complex.

We can't all be skinny. Well I can it's my genetics + metabolism. But the rest of you. You can't all be skinny

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