New Release, "Tattoo"...

Listening to the new release, Tattoo.. & I say. Great song. I see Sammy Hager is speakng negative tones on it. I say Big deal Red.. DQ gives it a long over due Thumbs Up.

New Van Halen Album is coming...

I heard today on KZEP Radio (San Antonio, Texas) Van Halen will put out another another album with Diamond Dave. & a tour will follow it... I can't freaking wait to hear what Eddie comes up with.. I bet he has some much new shit floatin' around his head..

he'll be in total control of this one & David Lee Ross will kick some ass as he always does. Their chemistry is still there.. I attended the Las Vegas show & them the San Antonio Show.. Both were somewhat the same, but the solos (Eddie, Dave, Alex) were completely different in my opinion..

Waitin' for another Album..

Well. Eddie's married now & getting older.. Still can play that freakin' awesome stuff he does like a angel..

When's Eddie Gonna Record???

Hey I'm waitin' for thhat CD VanHalen said they would make... How about you??

Valerie Must be Jealous... Must be Love!

Hey.. Since the announcement of Eddie getting married. I heard from a good source in LA she went out & did the Bikini shoot (People Magazine) to re-post in front of Eddie Limelight news...

It's Been a while..

Hey Man. Makes no sense to "Bitch" about it. But, Van Halen will be out with a new album soon after Eddie gets hitched. We'll catch out.

Van Halen's Best Album... So Far.

Well I asked you all which Van Halen Album was the best so far & the Album, "Fair Warning" & 1984 has taken an early tie... Very Surprising. Judging from the 2008 concert.. You would think they knew 1984 was the most successfull LP to dat. I predict Diver Down will come from behind.... That's my vote... Just love that set... Makes me wonder how the next LP w/ Newly crowned Bass head Wolf will shape to be.. Only Time Will Tell... Hey that sounds like a good title for the ever changing Van Halen group... -------Poll Results so Far-------------- Van Halen (First)	2 (14%)
Van Halen II	0 (0%)
Women & Children First	0 (0%)
Fair Warning	5 (35%)
Diver Down	2 (14%)
1984	5 (35%)

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Van Halen in SA

Haven't posted for a while... I was pretty busy walking back from the Van Halen show in Vegas... Just to think. I must a took a wrong turn somewhere in West Texas.. Marfa, I think... Anyway, I ended up walkin' in LA for a while.... So I thought I'd do the Forest Gump thing & you know what... I ran & made it back home to SA Town just in time to score a couple more Van Halen tickets for the San Antonio show... and they were again fantastic!!! Not too surprising coming from a longtime Van Halen follower, but I guess you knew that cause I made this blog for the reunion. Anyway, Being that this was my second time seeing them I kinda knew the set by heart… As in the Vegas show Roth came out again w/ this big grin from ear to ear… He rapped about how he used to walk the streets of Vegas in the past & how he knew Vegas like the top of his mouth... " Roth said, "I Even Worked here in the MGM hotel.." where the show was held "& I even Got Fired Once.." He looked over to a guy standing in the front row & asked.. Where did you get fired??? Burger King. ???..." Anyway, back to the SA Show.. This time I was sittin' a lot closer. I scored a couple face value tickets by luck {Craigslist} & went w/ Ricko.. a good friend of mine. We had a freakin' blast... Wolfie was all business most of the show until Roth started messin’ w/ him.. Introducing him as, "The Meistro on the Bass"... I couldn’t wait to hear Ed’s solo & that was a big surprise.. Instead of the same intro solo.. He started w/ Spanish fly. What a delight. Everyone in the crowd stood the whole show.. showin’ Van Halen just how freakin’ happy we were to see them again.. 22 years long.. what a wait…

All members took solos.. Roth did his blue light special, “Ice Cream Man”…

Sin City - Vegas - Here I Is...

Sin City"... a term referred by the band AC/DC... as sung by the late Bon Scot... I'm goin' down.... to Sin City... I'm gonna win.. in Sin City... WIN I DID...

Well my friends. The day has come where I myself will be in the same room as Van Halen. I'm seeing Van Halen in Las Vegas. What a winning pair. Roth in the city of lights.. Eddie smokin' them cigarettes like he 's got another tongue... Well the day has come.

What is "Brown Sound"??? a dude aske me... Here it is Defined.

The brown sound is a legendary electric guitar distortion tone that musicians try to emulate using various effects pedals, tube amplifiers and modeling amplifiers. The term was coined by guitarist Eddie Van Halen to describe the sound of Alex Van Halen's snare drum, which he then attempted to emulate with his 100-watt Marshall amplifier running at full volume. Eddie would use a variac (a device that controls voltage levels) and run it at about 90 volts ac to the power input of the Marshall amp (normally the amp would have 120 volts input in the US; although the older Marshalls like Eddie's were designed in Europe with a 110 volt input rating)this allowed Eddie to lower the voltage input to his Marshall while allowing him to turn the amplifier's volume knob up all the way, this saturated the output tubes, without distorting the preamp tubes, and lowered the stress on the amplifier. Eddie would also use a dummy load on the amp output instead of going right to the speakers, then he would add his effects pedals (Eddie found the effects performed better this way) and then run the effects into a power amp usually an H&H V800 MOS-FET, then to speakers. He would set his Marshall Amp output resistance at 8 ohms and the dummy load at 20 ohms lowering the stress on the Marshall amp (the Marshall amp basically became one powerful preamp). This all helped to create his brown sound in conjunction with the single PAF pick-up and a high resistance volume pot he installed, without a tone control. Of course this was mainly his recording set-up; Eddies live setup was a little different. More than the appropriate number of user-submitted product reviews at the well known musician review websites claim that product X can replicate the Brown Sound perfectly.

Sources of the brown sound are frequently speculated upon, from the pickup Van Halen used on his "frankenstrat" guitar, possible modifications to the amplifier for more preamp gain, additional distortion from the phase 90 pedal, or simply studio trickery. However; Eddie admitted years later that the amp modification story was made up by him to increase his buddies repair business. No real modifications were done to his Marshall amp except once in a while Eddie would use a different rated output tube(s) that would saturate faster. Eddie applied the variac, dummy load, and power amp, along with his modifications to the guitar, and a few effects to get his Brown Sound. It should be noted that older Marshall Amps had a distinct sound to begin with and most guitarist used a lot of treble in the sound where Eddie did not.

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Who is the real Van Halen????

I love Van Halen! But I keep asking my self why is this tour taking place. Who is the real Van en??? Why David Lee Roth, Wolf Gang but not Sammy or Mike Anthony???? Taking a musician approach is this all about money or was Lee Roth the best prodigy to best channel Van Halen's artistic work out????

Whats wrong with Wolfie ???

Ever since Wolfgang was born I'm sure Eddie has always dreamed of seeing him up there on stage performing by his side... Well folks... that dream is now realty. You can see he's fillin' the role and shoes of Mike Anthony. Not too bad of a replacement. & yes at first... I was like most Van Halen fans disappointed Mike wasn't going on this tour joining Van Halen, but I'm just goin' with it to see what can develop.... So far, I'm seeing that it ain't that bad of a deal.

Now, that Wolf is pretty good up there let's see what kind of new music they can write together... With the young age & thought of Wolfie & the genius of Eddie... Roth doin' his Blusey riffs and a few WHaaa AAAhhhs now and then... The heavy backbone beat of Alex I think their new music will be pretty damm interesting...

In retrospect, Endless day & night sessions preparing during his Eddie's Rehab period. Wolf has gotten some pretty good instruction.. Just as Eddie did with early piano lessons and jam session with his dad.

Reunion Talk...

The Van Halen get together, AKA...Reunion is pretty special.... I went to a class reunion tailgater, and it was really great. They played some Van Halen Tunes, Police, & even Black Sabbath. I was having the time of my life.. I yelled, "Play Black Sabbath at 78 Speed MAN!!!!!..." Everybody
just rolled laughin'....

Van Halen Poll

Well the Van Halen Poll here on this blog is taking shape... The first Van Halen Band (Ed, Alex, Roth , & Mike) seems to be taking a large lead. I'm not surprised.. That was my pick. Here's the results so far. There is still 336 days left to vote.

*Question Asked: "Which Van Halen Group Do you think was the best?"

Results so far:

Eddie, David Lee Roth, Michael, Alex	29 (69%)
Eddie, Sammy, Michael, Alex	6 (14%)
Eddie, Gary Cherone, Michael, Alex	2 (4%)
Eddie, David Lee Roth, Wolf, Alex	5 (11%)

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EVERYBODY WANTS SOME !!!!

Well I am so freakin” happy man…. I freakin’ did it... I puchased some Van Halen floor tickets to the Vegas show.... I'm flyin out to dersert town (Vegas) to see my favorite band “Van Halen”… I did it man.... shit they were expensive… But, Man You only live once. "Just Do It Man"…. “I'll Get some leg fer sure”…. No No Naw naw.. don’t take ‘em off baby…. leave 'em on..... EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!!!! HOW ABOUT YOU?????? EVERYBODY WANTS Some…

HOW ABOUT YOU oooooOOOooo??????


You're Devine Thoughts?

The Van Halen Tour.. Devinely on track.....

The tour so far looks like it's meeting all expectations... A big plus is that David Lee Roth is back (22 years gone) and Eddie is flowing on that guitar neck like he hasn't missed step.. Not surprising.. He's simply awesome... & Yes Jim one of my loyal bloggers said.. It would be great to have Mike Anthony back but, HEY ! Wolfie is holding his own space. After reviewing some of the footage around the U Tube; I have tickets in mind for the Vegas show. Just have to go visit with some old college buds in Desert Town... We'll pick up some leg fer sure... Anyway. Can't wait to see them "Live" for myself... It will be good..

Your Devine Thoughts ???

David in Charlotte reports on the first night of The Van Halen Tour 2007 (Setlist)

Just got home from the awesome 2 hour concert; the 50 year old boys rock nicely with Eddie's boy at bass. Exact lay out of the 25 songs list are below. They did a very fine show. Valerie Bertinelli was sitting right behind the sound guy for a 15 minute stint. Her expression was the same; no smile, just intense focus. They rocked good together. I really liked their layout of songs; going from "Romeo Delight" to "Somebody Get Me a Doctor". One could easily criticize there performance; Dave would or could not sing all lyrics, he'd stop and then would continue on another line,but what do expect from guys who haven't performed in 20+ years. The guys really had fun performing together; you could see it in their behavior. Don't pass it up!! I'll see them in just 75 miles away from Charlotte, in Greensboro. Makes me wonder, why are we so lucky to have 2 shows in N.C. and no show in the rest of the Southeastern U.S. from Dallas to Atlanta to Miami. We are so lucky.
1. U Really Got me
2. I'm the One
3. Runnin' with the Devil
4. Romeo Delight
5. Somebody get me a Doctor
6. Beautiful Girls
7. Dance the Night Away
8. Atomic Punk
9. Everybody wants some
10. So this is love
11. Mean Street
12. Pretty Woman
13. Drum solo
14. Unchained
15. I'll Wait
16. And the Cradle will rock
17. Hot for teacher
18. little dreamer
19. little guitars
20. Jamie's crying
21. Ice cream man
22. Panama
23. Guitar solo
24. Ain't talking bout love
25. Jump

See: David in Charlotte (First Night of the tour)

You Tube is almost like being at the Van Halen Rehearsal

Man.. I can't beleive how cool You Tube is... Here's a few videos of the latest Van Halen Rehearsal from someone who was there this past weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YaIC7pX1ho

What I heard is close fans and friends of Van Halen & company were invited & oh course someone took some shots of the closed concert....

Roth & Hagar Stats... Record Sales

Van Halen...1978...10 million
Van Halen II...1979...5 million
Women and Children First...1980...3 million
Fair Warning...1981...2 million
Diver Down...1982...4 million
1984...1983..10 million
5150...1986...6 million
Live: Without a Net...1987
OU812...1988...4 million
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge...1991...3 million
Live: Right Here, Right Now (video)...1992
Live: Right Here, Right Now (album)...1993...2 million
Balance...1995...3 million
The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1...1996....3 million
Video Hits, Vol. 1...1996
Van Halen III...1998...500,000
The Best of Both Worlds...2004...1 million
34 million with dave,18 million with sammy...

ONE FINAL LIVE REHEARSAL

[From someone at the Van Halen rehearsal Sept 8th] The final rehearsal just happened. There are reasons to believe that this tour is really going to leave some critics in awe, because the band is reborn. It was only a rehearsal, but one could see Edward playing a new (prototype ?!) Wolfgang guitar without binding (or a black one), an archtop body and a slight different headstock, which may indicate that his work with Fender is progressing.
*(Posted Courtesy - olho.nu website)
More details: http://www.olho.nu/van-halen/files/live_2007-tour/2007-09-06_rehearsal.htm

*Pictures of the rehersal:
http://www.olho.nu/van-halen/files/live_2007-tour/2007-09-06_rehearsal_pics.htm


The setlist includes the following songs (in no particular order):

You Really Got Me
Romeo Delight
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
I'm The One
Mean Street
Unchained
Pretty Woman
Dance The Night Away
Ice Cream Man
Beautiful Girls
[Guitar Solo]
So This Is Love?
And The Cradle Will Rock
Everybody Wants Some
I'll Wait
Runnin' With The Devil
Little Guitars
Jamie's Cryin'
Atomic Punk
Feel Your Love Tonight
Little Dreamer
Panama
Hot For Teacher
Ain't Talkin' 'About Love

1984
Jump