I got to meet Michael Anthony

[Mondo Endo]

My wife and I are out wine tasting Sat in Temecula and at the first winery we go into there is this guy who looks like Michael Anthony.........because it was. He was out for the day with his wife and daughter just having a nice day with his family and some friends

 

[switchback]

Had to loosen the cobwebs with a Google search. Van Halen, got it.

 

[pqsqac]

One of the original members and a awesome bass player in his time. Saw them in concert with David Lee and Sammy Hagar but I believe he had a falling out with the brothers Alex and Eddie VH. Of course this was in my party days no more of that.

 

[Mondo Endo]

Had to loosen the cobwebs with a Google search. Van Halen, got it.

Damn youngsters ;D

 

[switchback]

Actually, I am just old enough to forget. : Lost interest after the 1984 album. Funny I liked Hagar as a soloist and hated David Lee Roth as one. Liked Van Halen with DLR but not with Hagar.

 

[pqsqac]

This is true on all counts.

Actually, I am just old enough to forget. : Lost interest after the 1984 album. Funny I liked Hagar as a soloist and hated David Lee Roth as one. Liked Van Halen with DLR but not with Hagar.

 

[Venture]

Actually, I am just old enough to forget. : Lost interest after the 1984 album. Funny I liked Hagar as a soloist and hated David Lee Roth as one. Liked Van Halen with DLR but not with Hagar.

"Right Now" is probably my favorite VH song, and it's from the Hagar vintage. I thought Hagar did a fine job, but I can understand the bias for the "original."

Same thing with Guns 'N Roses - Chinese Democracy is actually a heck of an album, but it isn't liked by most because it's sans Slash.

 

[switchback]

As a self proclaimed head banger, I think my problem is that they lost their hard edge when Hagar joined. I think the music is alright with Hagar and I don't hate it (like I do DLR solo stuff) but it is somewhat homogenized. Now "have you seen junior's grades?"

 

[Dirt_Dad]

As a self proclaimed head banger, I think my problem is that they lost their hard edge when Hagar joined. I think the music is alright with Hagar and I don't hate it (like I do DLR solo stuff) but it is somewhat homogenized. Now "have you seen junior's grades?"

I always thought their hard edge dropped off a cliff with the 1984 album. I'll take anything they did from VH1 through Fair Warning. After that they became a pop band in my mind. Sammy had some good stuff before joining, but he also became a pop singer with VH. Even that stuff has a place. I us it as background music on home movies.

 

[MotorcopBBQ]

Panama best VH song ever