Van Halen---The debate to end it all.

[BYH]

DON'T GET ME GOING ON LIVING COLOUR!!!!!!!!111111

Loved those guys. Man, Vernon Reid was a guy who could forking shred....

One of Beej's theme songs back in the day...

What do you mean my credit's no good?

 

[Huggy]

The glamor boys are playin' the role...

 

[Buck]

'Finish What You Started' is the only good song from the Hagar era, and, wow, is it good. Eddie's work with that spanky single-coil is f#####g great.
I love the guitar on the song.

 

[bigbadeagle]

Five faves, all with Dave:

Unchained
Hear About It Later
Drop Dead Legs
(this one is cheating because it's a cover) Where Have All the Good Times Gone
Runnin With the Devil

And here's why VH with David Lee Roth rules (saw Diamond Dave on his first solo tour, saw VH with Sammy on their last tour together and saw VH with Dave on the tour with Wolfgang on bass). May to have cut and paste these, but it's worth it. I'm even interrupting watching the Preds-Canucks to watch these:

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Did someone dis Motley? "Home Sweet Home" forkin ruled. My first ever concert July 27 1987 Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls. White Snake opened. My God, if Tawny Kitaen in the video for "Here I Go Again" didn't spark your interest, I don't know what did.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Just looked this up. When I saw this show in 87, David Coverdale was 4 years younger than me now. Vince Neil was 26.
That blows.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Did someone dis Motley? "Home Sweet Home" forkin ruled. My first ever concert July 27 1987 Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls. White Snake opened. My God, if Tawny Kitaen in the video for "Here I Go Again" didn't spark your interest, I don't know what did.

Saw that same tour on July 2. I was 13 years old, and I never saw so many bare female titties in one place, before or since.

 

[MacDaddy]

'Finish What You Started' is the only good song from the Hagar era, and, wow, is it good. Eddie's work with that spanky single-coil is f#####g great.
I love the guitar on the song.

Awesome song. Glad to see it get some love on this thread.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again — I've seen VH with all three lead singers and the Gary Cherone show was the best of the three. That album sucked, but he was great live.

 

[lesboulez]

But Betancourt never even exists as an artist without Eddie Van Halen (along with Randy Rhoads of the Ozzy Osbourne band) paving the way for neoclassical guitarists to have mainstream rock success. And no way would Van Halen release "More than Words" as the second single off its debut album.

randy rhoads actually had an album out before EVH did...quiet riot...so, i have a feeling RR may have actually "existed" without van halen's contribution...

 

[BYH]

Did someone dis Motley? "Home Sweet Home" forkin ruled. My first ever concert July 27 1987 Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls. White Snake opened. My God, if Tawny Kitaen in the video for "Here I Go Again" didn't spark your interest, I don't know what did.

Haha, not dissing Motley, just saying the success of "Home Sweet Home" meant every hard rock act had to release a bombastic ballad as the second or third single off the album. (al...bum?) You won't find a bigger hair metal fan on the board than me. Saw Motley in concert twice on the Dr. Feelgood tour and Whitesnake on the Slip of the Tongue tour. In fact, I think I saw Motley and Whitesnake on consecutive weekends in the summer of 1990. Good times.

And Coverdale was younger in 1987 than I am now, too. I've wasted my life.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Tone Loc should get at least a mention.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Tone Loc should get at least a mention.

Damn, I totally killed this thread.