Yeah how did they end up with him? There was apparently a cast of thousands auditioning when Ace left, and they were at rock bottom. LiU was a hit so they should've been able to get someone good... since they clashed with Cusano, they went the no-name route? Circumstances were different. Ace left a...

The looney ex Pyro roadie with the imaginary Ukranian girlfriend has a bit of a different take on Alex and his book: What’s the matter with Alex Van Halen’s new book “BROTHERS” I am about to do something I swore I never would, but circumstances change. When I started writing my road stories, I was c...

The videos for Twilight Zone and When the Lady Smiles were insane for the time! Was the latter one even allowed on MTV in the US? Even here in the Netherlands that one raised a lot of furor because of the rape of the nun in the subway train.

Another big hit they had here was Weekend Love....

No, he's team Uncle Al. I mean this guy: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhLdA9iwP4L5Mt-r7cVNPE64rjynJllgIEfQ&s But Spammy did go out of his way to find an a Alex van Halen interview from the 80s where Alex said how much Hagar had added to the Van Halen sound. So childish....

Does he mention the other guy’s name once? I'm half way through the book and Hagar ahs been mentioned 3 times so far, never as a member of Van Halen though. Hagar opening up for VH at a festival, Templeman wanting to replace Roth with Hagar for the first album and one other time I can't remember ri...

jorge wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 8:47 pm I like tommy but Alex was keeping up with one of the greatest guitar players of all time Tommy was keeping up with Mick Mars. I think tommy swings fine.

Then again, Tommy had to keep a rhythm section with NIkki Sixx going!

jorge wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 8:49 pm It's actually a love letter to DLR. I'm not joking. He loves Dave.

I wouldn't say it's a love letter, he does criticize Dave or at least indicates where he does not agree with him, but yes, he does express genuine affection and appreciation for Dave.

Even if Alex was inferior to Tommy, which he is not, I would still have to vote for Alex since he played on timeless records on not on mostly shit like Tommy.....

Reading the book now. It's an OK read, but a lot is just quotes from Eddie van Halen and David Lee Roth interviews or quotes from Dave's book.... I'd have preferred if Alex had used that space for more stuff from himself. As a Dutch man it is fun to see the sprinkled Dutch words throughout the book....

Best Priest album since Turbo. Firepower was good too so they're on a roll now. Both albums are a bit too long though, they could cut a few same sounding fast tunes off each. BitD, there was only one Exciter, Rapid Fire or or Ram It Down per album. Turbo was great. Ram it Down was bad. Only got wor...

Anyone ever read his autobiography? I had a cheap paperback version that I gave an away a few years ago. I recall it being mainly “I don’t regret being kicked out of Maiden cuz I was going to quit anyway” followed by a list of a lifetime of bad decisions. I like how one reviewer put it: “Every stor...

First of all, Alex sounds weird as fuck in that interview. Both the VH brothers seem extremely odd to me. They were abused children, products of an alcoholic father and a domineering mother that were saved by their musical talent. Can’t remember where I read it but the mother was like mentally ill ...

Yeah, pretty sure this will turn out to be drug related.
Why isn't anyone reporting whether the dog is ok or not?

First of all, Alex sounds weird as fuck in that interview. Both the VH brothers seem extremely odd to me. second, Sammy is obnoxious for many reasons, but I don't think Alex bemoans (or should be able to) the Cabo deal since my understanding is both brothers wanted OUT. Sammy couldn't have forced t...

If Ed was able to mend fences with Sam, why not Al? What's he holding onto? You believe that shit? The only one who has said there were mended fences was Hagar himself. And that was after Ed couldn't comment anymore... I don't believe it for a second.... If it were not true, Al and/or Wolf would ha...

Indy_Rob wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:35 am If Ed was able to mend fences with Sam, why not Al? What's he holding onto?

You believe that shit?
The only one who has said there were mended fences was Hagar himself.
And that was after Ed couldn't comment anymore...
I don't believe it for a second....

Eddie Trunk @EddieTrunk Update on Jake E Lee. He was hit 3 times. He was hit in the chest , arm and foot. Bullets missed all major organs except lung. But he is doing well and expected to make a full recovery. This info direct from his manager who I just spoke with. Got very lucky thankfully! 11:26...

if you knew what he had to go through to beat the cancer — he wouldn’t do traditional treatment

So he only did alternative or experimental treatment?
That is insane! Traditional treatment is traditional because, well, it works! Jesús f'n Christ!

If you knew what he had to go through to beat the cancer — he wouldn’t do traditional treatment.

So he only did alternative or experimental treatment?
That is insane! Traditional treatment is traditional because, well, it works! Jesús f'n Christ!

They got bought out for songwriting on BATM. Jake said he wouldn’t come back for TUS unless he got credit, so he did. That’s direct from Jake. Yes, but it is also direct from Jake (YouTube) that after he was fired from Ozzy he sold all his Ultimate Sin publishing to Sharon/Ozzy because he 'didn't w...

Ah, it's never going to happen anyway.
You'll see, Ozzy will cancel and only his family will be there...

I love UFO, maybe it's an European thing.... I like that Moggs Motel album Mogg just released as well.

Is that the guy who insists to mention he is a cousin of Ronnie James Dio in each video?

For crying out loud, the guy looks like he doesn't even bathe regularly but we're supposed to believe that he and a younger, attractive blonde woman from Russian/Ukraine are madly in love with each other? Conveniently, any time she attempts to travel to the US, something comes up or prevents it fro...

Tommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:47 pm

MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 4:18 pm I said it from the Go, this guy is a miserable POS.

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You can’t fault him there. So was his dad.

His dad only was when he was drunk, which admittedly was very often.
Wolfgang is a miserable POS without alcohol.
Maybe you can say the VH family has evolved

Did I miss where he got outed? For crying out loud, the guy looks like he doesn't even bathe regularly but we're supposed to believe that he and a younger, attractive blonde woman from Russian/Ukraine are madly in love with each other? Conveniently, any time she attempts to travel to the US, someth...

most guys with those high ranges tend to lose it over time, but one of the most underrated vocalists from the ‘70s and beyond, Frank DiMino of ANGEL, still sounds 100% fantastic live. I guess some guys are straining a lot more early on and some just have a naturally higher voice that doesn’t go awa...

And he's still posting photoshops of him and the 'girlfriend'.

Yeah, the ladyboy is throwing a fit.
As if anyone believes he will really leave on his own accord.
Too much money being made and too much demand for Western Union back to the homeland.

I think it's actually 5K a day now. But that song is great. One of the better uses of samples. I think it's so high because he wrote and released the song before he asked permissions. Probably would have been way less if he just asked first. Of course if he had asked first, Sting might have refused...