Van Halen

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Allez, hop, pour remonter le topic

POST-VAN HALEN HAGAR IS 'LIVIN' IT UP':

Sammy Hagar continues to hit the press in the lead up to his new album release. This from Billboard.com yesterday:
John Benson, Cleveland / Sammy Hagar is gearing up for summer with a new album and a tour about to begin. Two years removed from a Van Halen reunion tour, the Red Rocker says he realized the importance of performing the band's classic material, so he's bringing VH bassist Michael Anthony out on the road for a nightly mid-set digression, billed as The Other Half, into all things Van Hagar.

"We're really having fun with stuff and after the last Van Halen reunion, it doesn't feel much like that may ever happen again for all kinds of reasons," Hagar says. "But I just think I need to play those songs, the fans need to hear those songs and it's just unfair to let it sit and die."
Current plans call for Anthony to arrive on stage about an hour into the Hagar and Wabos (recently shortened from Waboritas) set with his legendary bass solo extravaganza, before the two Van Halen members jam for 60 minutes in a retrospective filled with hits and even a few obscure tunes. Hagar says the idea for "The Other Half" stems from last year's annual Cabo Wabo Cantina birthday party in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when Anthony showed up onstage unannounced.

As for his next studio album, dubbed Livin' It Up, the 58-year-old artist says he's shopping it to labels. However, fans will hear about a half-dozen of the songs on the 36-date tour, which begins May 5 in Lake Tahoe, Nev.
"'Livin' it Up" is really a lifestyle record," Hagar says. "It's not a metal record at all. I would say it's more American country rock than heavy metal rock, which is the type of music I've always played from Montrose through Van Halen. My intention was to just make a real honest record."
Written over the past year at his home in Cabo San Lucas, the album features original songs such as One Sip and You'll Surrender and The Way We Live, as well as a rocking honky-tonk cover of Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and his version of the Staple Singers' I'll Take You There.
While Hagar's solo prospects appear bright, that's not the case with Van Halen.

"There were some real problems in the band," Hagar says, referring to the reunion tour. "I have to tell you, there were nights I didn't know what song Eddie [Van Halen] was playing. There were times I wanted to kill that guy for what he was playing. I would have left that tour in the middle of it if it wasn't for the professional aspect. He's never going to see my ass again unless he goes and gets himself some help."
WebLink: www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/a(...)5674.

il est bien remonté le Hagar ...

Mouais, ce genre de declaration me semble plus etre un coup de pub pour son nouvel album et sa tournée ...
Sorti de ses declarations sur EVH, qui parlerait du gentil copain de scoubidoo ?

Et pis si parfois dans la tournée 2004 il ne parvenait pas à savoir quelle chanson Eddie jouait, c'est peut etre qu'il avait un probleme de sonotone, qui sait ?
Il ne s'est pas barré pour raison preofessionelles... mais bon,il y a des gens comme Blackmore qui quand ils ne sont pas content ils se cassent ...

Et je suis sur qu'Ed revera le cul de Sammy si le cheque est assez gros.

C'est quand meme marant les declarations de Hagar du nord et Anthony alors qu'Ed ne dit rien sur personne, une question de classe, peut-etre.

Ou de degré d'alcoolémie.

Ou le manque de dents ...

Je continue à remonter le topic Van Halen

STRUMMING WITH VAN HALEN:
VanHalenStore.com has sent out their latest update - this one in part promoting the upcoming Van Halen tribute release Strummin' With The Devil, featuring amongst others, David Lee Roth himself. The blurb:

"You know, it's a crazy idea, but then again, it just might be crazy enough to work". From the get-go, Van Halen proved breathtaking and ballsy in equal measure. Perhaps that's one of the reasons Strummin' With The Devil works so well. In it's own hard-pickin' way, this collection offers a similar sense of musical discovery. Here are some of the most awe-inspiring rock songs ever recorded retooled using a different sort of metal. Come to think about it, bluegrass and Van Halen have much in common - including an emphasis on exceptional instrumental prowess and timeless tales of everyday drama played out in great songs of haunting and enduring power.

To honor Van Halen's seminal achievements, The nation's top bluegrass musicians, including John Jorgenson, David Grisman, BlueHighway, Nashville Bluegrass Band and others, perform trailblazing VH hits. And, incredibly, Diamond Dave himself gives voice to two of the album's cuts!
"My roots were always kind of country," Roth explains in the liner notes. "Not the same country as my first band. Their flag had windmills. Mine had a BBQ pit and a shot glass."

Click on the links below to hear some sample clips.... where world-class instrumentalists rip through some of rock's most beloved guitar riffs!
1. Jump - David Lee Roth with the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
2. Jamie's Cryin' - David Lee Roth with the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
3. I'll Wait - Blue Highway
4. Running With The Devil - The John Cowan Band
5. Dance The Night Away - Mountain Heart
6. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Iron Horse
7. Hot For Teacher - David Grisman and Sons
8. Feel Your Love Tonight - Tony Trischka/Dudley Connell/Marshall Wilborn/Dave McLaughlin
9. Panama - Cornbread Red
10. Unchained - Iron Horse
11. Ice Cream Man - Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time
12. And The Cradle Will Rock... - The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
13. Could This Be Magic? - The Nashville Bluegrass Band
14. Eruption - Dennis Caplinger
15. Jamie's Cryin' - David Lee Roth/John Jorgenson
More details and order links at: VanHalenStore.com.

Van Halen est mon groupe préféré alors ça me fait bien plaisir de voir un topic qui lui est consacré.

Perso, je ne suis ni guitariste ni musicien et ce qui me plait dans la musique de ce groupe, c'est qu'elle a su faire le pont entre le commercial et la technique la plus pointue. Le meilleur des deux mondes quoi.

Au-delà de cette considération, j'aime VH parce-que:
-Il n'y a jamais un album qui ressemble au précédent. A chaque fois, le groupe propose quelque chose de nouveau.
- Au seins d'un même album (hormis FUCK peut-être), il y a une grande variété de morceaux et d'ambiances.
- Eddie Van Halen est un rythmicien hors-pair. On parle souvent de ses solos (à juste titre évidemment) mais son jeu en rythmique est absolument passionnant. Un timing de folie et une créativité hors-norme.
Ce mec là est capable de rendre passionnant la pire des rengaines!
-L'interaction entre les musiciens. L'inverse d'un album de Satriani quoi

Alors, quand je vois qu'un groupe aussi talentueux s'entredéchire depuis bien dix ans, je n'ai qu'un seul mot à dire: c'est du gâchis!

A quand la fin de tout ce cirque médiatique?
A quand un album solo d'Eddie?
Wait and see comme on dit...

et sinon David Argento plutot DLR ou sammy ?

Bon d'accord je

Y en a encore 1 qui y croit dur comme fer

GOOD OL' DAVE TALKING UP THAT REUNION AGAIN:
I had better run this for the record - but I know most Van Halen fans have seen it already after being posted overnight. Lots of e-mails today if I have any inside info. No, absolutely not. No info whatsoever aside from my own basic belief this is just Dave being Dave. I wish him well on his quest, but don't believe there will be any Van Halen activity in the near future. I as much as ayone look forward to the band's return when they are ready, but don't count on it being during 2006...

From Billboard.com --- Roth Predicts Van Halen Comeback
May 25, 2006, 3:00 PM ET, Gary Graff, Detroit.
Now out of one job, on the radio, David Lee Roth is seeking gainful employment in another capacity -- as lead singer of Van Halen. Again.
"I see it absolutely as an inevitability," says Roth, who was deposed by CBS Radio in late April as one of Howard Stern's replacements. "There's contact between the two camps, and they have legitimate management; Irv Azoff is part of their loop now.
"To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the end of the movie 'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I definitely see it happening."
Despite that claim, Roth -- who was Van Halen's singer from 1974-1985 -- acknowledges that he hasn't seen Edward Van Halen "in a couple of years." The last time Roth recorded with Van Halen was for the group's Best Of Van Halen Volume 1 album in 1996, though there have been periodic rumors ever since [note: confirmed in March by bassist Michael Anthony].
Roth isn't sitting around while he waits for the call, however. He joins the John Jorgensen bluegrass band for two songs -- Jump and Jamie's Cryin' -- on "Strummin' With the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen," a bluegrass-styled tribute to Van Halen. Roth calls it "a detour" as well as "an interesting return...Before there was rock 'n' roll, there was me and a single guitar, flat pickin' Doc Watson (songs)." Roth plans to make a number of TV appearances on behalf of the album, which comes out June 6.
Roth is also planning to tour later this summer to play Van Halen hits -- "I'm so proud of that music," he says -- favorites from his solo album and covers. He says he'll leave the banjos and fiddles at home, though.
"I like to bring out the brass section now and the keyboard players and the singers and so forth," Roth explains. "It's probably a little closer to the Rolling Stones' revue than to the early three-piece power trio. But the demand is amazing; I guess I'm lucky enough to be one of those guys now who can point at the map and say 'Let's go here' -- or, rather, my favorite expression, which is 'Let's follow the sun.'"

Peu m'importe que ce soit Roth, Hagar ou Cherone au micro, je veux juste qu'Eddie nous ponde quelque chose de puissant!

Ce n'est pas possible qu'un mec aussi talenteux n'ait quasiment rien fait depuis 10 ans!

au fait je debarque un peu : Van Halen ( ou Eddie ) a un album prevu ?

Non, malheureusement.

Tout est encore au stade des rumeurs.

Je en sais pas si vous avez vu la reprise de "Jump" par DLR et un groupe de Bluegrass/Country (ils vienennt de faire un album de reprises de VH je crois) ...

Si Eddie voit ça, je pense qu'il va definitivement rayer DLR des probables reformation ...

N'y voyait pas de mauvais esprit, la reprise est tres bien interprété (enfin, pour le style country en tous cas), il y a une super ambiance (meme un solo de shred au banjo) ... mais DLR est extremement loin de son image ..; limite americain moyen/quaker/fermier ... je en critique pas tout ça, ils font tous bien leur job ... mais aujourd'hui, j'ai encore plus de mal à voir DLR avec Van Halen ...

oups doublon a suprimer ..je sais pas coment on peut suprimer

moi quand j'entend "me wise magic" j'ai aucun probleme a imaginer un album de van halen "moderne" avec tout ce que j'aime de david lee roth dedans (meme si ce que j'aime de david lee roth fait un peu clichee de nos jours

memem si ce morceau a quelques anees maintenant, et meme si j'avais bien aimé pas mal de truc sur III (notament la voix de cherone), ge trouve que ce morceau sonnais vraiment "van halen classique".

MAis c'est ptetre juste mon coté "rothien" lobotomisé

J'ai vu...Je prends ça comme une provocation de plus de DLR.