Nobody puts Billy in a corner!

[Bono Nettencourt]

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ge ... there.html

[TooOldToCare]

Nothing to add except I saw the Eat 'Em and Smile tour and thought it was a great show. I was never into Talas and Vai's solo stuff, so I didn't realize how badass this band really was until later. I was a dumb college kid.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Same. I roadtripped from Penn State to the Philly Spectrum for the show. I knew Sheehan and Vai from Guitar magazine but I didn't get into their solo stuff til later. And yes it was an amazing concert. Shit the beat outta Van Hagar.

[TooOldToCare]

Same here. It was not a big road trip (University of Findlay to the Toledo Sports Arena), but it was a vibe. Tons of pre-gaming in the parking lot; Just a great era to live through. I believe Cinderella opened and some chick on the floor (we were at the stage) had her hand down my pants stroking it while her bf was none the wiser.

I don't doubt Dave started pulling shit like the tape on the stage with Skyscraper.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Dave has to be the dumbest band leader of all time. His gigantic ego sabotaged the only chance he had at eclipsing Van Halen.


I would also argue that Dave is ten times the douche and nightmare that Sebastian Bach ever was.

[Love_Industry]

I don't doubt Dave started pulling shit like the tape on the stage with Skyscraper.

I think Sheehan's timeline is off. The Skyscraper tour still seemed like a band having fun onstage and Vai was all over the place, triple neck guitar and all.

Then on the ALAE tour it was DLR doing Monkey Hour (tm) in front of some faceless musicians. So if it happened my guess is the ALAE tour.

[Spongie]

That band epitomized ‘gay’. All that hip thrusting in stuffed day-glo spandex and knee pads. Next level queer.

[FreddyFender]

I know I'm in the minority here but I don't like the EEAS band. Billy Sheehan and Steve Vai suck ass.

Dave essentially trying to copy the formula of the coolest, sexiest band on the planet and trying to do it with a bunch of MIT dorks was incredibly misguided.

The only real success Roth had outside of Van Halen was the Crazy From the Heat EP and "Just Like Paradise" - Dave being Dave in a pop environment.

Yeah yeah - EEAS had some tunes that did okay on the charts, but Dave could have farted into the mic in 1985-86 and gone platinum.

Dave's solo career as far as rock music is concerned was a total failure - I don't care what the dork that he hired to do bass tapping onstage thinks... he should have never been onstage with Roth in the first place.

[DangerZone]

^^^ 2 nice shit takes in a row

[Bono Nettencourt]

Yeah if you don't like the EEAS band then you're in the wrong place

[Love_Industry]

That band epitomized ‘gay’. All that hip thrusting in stuffed day-glo spandex and knee pads. Next level queer.

In a thread a year ago or so some of us argued that the videos from EEAS were done as a parody of 80s metal with all cliches turned up to 11.

Roth has said and written some things that indicate he wasn't a fan of hair metal and he's just the person to make a parody video and laugh at the reactions.

[tooth]

I love the interview Billy did with Tory Magoo.
https://youtu.be/c0g4X30mzhs?t=118

[Bono Nettencourt]

That band epitomized ‘gay’. All that hip thrusting in stuffed day-glo spandex and knee pads. Next level queer.

In a thread a year ago or so some of us argued that the videos from EEAS were done as a parody of 80s metal with all cliches turned up to 11.

Except that hair metal was still in the embryonic stage in 86.

More like the EEAS band was Roth with the governor off - he got to do all the wild outlandish shit he wanted to do in VH with no pushback.