Van Halen
Van Halen, which announced a reunion tour with David Lee Roth
(it hits Staples Center on Nov. 20) have tried to rewrite their own history.
Go to www.van-halen.com and you'll see several album covers from the Roth era. Yet bassist Michael Anthony (who is not taking part in this tour due to his friendship/tours with on again, off again VH singer Sammy Hagar and whatever reasons Eddie Van Halen comes up with) is conspicuously missing.
There are no album covers from the Hagar era or Gary Cherone's brief tenure.
The new VH bio/tour announcement suddenly stops when Roth left the band in the mid-80s.
In related news, Cherone is reportedly writing new material with Nuno Bettancourt, who recently left Perry Ferrell's Satellite Party. Could there be a new Extreme CD in the future?
Comments
I agree about Van Halen trying to "rewrite" the band's history and it's terrible. I believe it is an exaggeration to believe the hype generated Billboard and others that Van Halen is a great band for the ages. I simply don't hear many other artists covering the group's songs (they are mostly silly and don't hold up)...
And it is awful what Eddie has done to Michael Anthony. I'm so glad U2 and the Stray Cats feature all original lineups.
Posted by: Robert Kinsler | August 21, 2007 10:53 AM