these guys are ridiculous

Van Halen Reunion Tour Postponed Indefinitely
February 20, 2007


David Lee Roth
Was it too good to be true? Pollstar is reporting that the much-hyped Van Halen reunion tour with David Lee Roth has already fallen through and is now "officially postponed infinitely." Sources tell the tour magazine that a tour announcement may have not been far off, and just last week, Rolling Stone posted excerpts from an upcoming interview with Roth about the reunion, which is slated for its next issue. The magazine's Web site also unveiled the first-ever group shot of the current lineup of the band, including Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex on drums and his son Wolfgang on bass.

Sources also tell Denver's Rocky Mountain News that Van Halen's performance at next month's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony may also be in jeopardy too.

Roth told Rolling Stone the band had been rehearsing together again and their chemistry is currently "combustible," though with today's news, it appears that combustion may have actually happened between Roth and the Van Halen family.

Van Halen was expected to do a full, 40 city tour this summer.

I generally cringe at Reunion tours. It's like witnessing a senior citizen cover band performing hits that you grew up loving.

Mazerati said:

I think we all kinda knew this was going to happen. The idea of Dave being with nothing but Van Halen Family is crazy. The Rock n Roll hall of fame thing also is another "we knew that would happen", i mean sure Dave started Van Halen, but the only reason that band survived was Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony and they werent going to attend it. Its crazy that differences cant be put aside for a few hours, shit even Paul and Yoko were in the same room recently an no one got hurt

come on.... when we all heard about it, we were saying to ourselves "i wonder how long it'll last this time."

I hope David still tours this summer..solo. That is a tour I'd love to see any day. I saw him back with on the combo tour with Hagar, back in 2002, and it was AMAZING. Roth rocks. ....with or without VH.

Did you guys see the current cover of Guitar World

how is this surprising?

CinisterCee said:

The more I hear Ed speak, the more I see pictures of him, the more I don't like him.... I know Roth has an ego to, but Ed seems like the bigger prick, of the 2 pricks.

This cover didn't do much for me and I bet the article wouldn't either.

I liked this picture a bit more. A shame it probably won't happen now.
Oh well. The picture is nice.


[Edited 2/21/07 7:51am]

what are these guys, 10 years old?

CinisterCee said:

how does such an old face have such a young body (and maturity level)?

The face on the cover looks like a PhotoShop job gone bad.

xpsiter said:

Yeah, at a first glance I wondered if that was even his body.

CinisterCee said:

I thought this was a Photoshoped face on some young guy's body! Now it may be the other way around... LOL.

"Cocaine is a helluva drug"

Alasseon said:

He got a full body wax job

Meanwhile Sammy and Michael are laughing.

JasonStar said:

Man, Eddie's been talking s**t about Michael Anthony since the '80s. He did an interview with one of the guitar mags and made it seem like MA didn't contribute anything to the group. He also talked s**t about Joe Perry - seems he was reacting to some hate/envy coming from Perry. Eddie also dissed Jimmy Page's live performing skills - below are the actual quotes (taken from a Guitar World January 1981 interview):

About Joe Perry - "I don't like him because I don't think he likes me. I met him once. I walked up to shake his hand, and he looked at me and walked away. As a guitarist, I don't think he's that good. He lacks feel.

About Ted Nugent - "Nugent is a very nice guy, but I don't really like his tone."

About Jimmy Page - "Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin 1 and 11 are classics. As a player, he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two-year old, what's the purpose?

Eddie Van Halen has always been pretty blunt/outspoken.