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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Mac Date: February 4, 2013, 8:08 pm
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Surgery?
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 4, 2013, 8:10 pm
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Yeah. Something was wrong with his stomach.
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: boyinblack80 Date: February 5, 2013, 10:44 pm
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diverticulitis. He nearly died.
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 5, 2013, 10:47 pm
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I never heard of him being close to death. Was this reported at
the time? All I heard was he was in and out of surgery. Nothing
more to the story. So that is news to me. Yikes.
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 5, 2013, 10:50 pm
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Yo, I tried watching the Live In Pittsburgh show and all I was
getting was nothing but deep bass. So much so that Eddie, Dave
and everything else was drowned out by it. It might be my
receiver. Not sure. I was playing with the settings, but it
wasn't doing anything to improve the sound. Is it Bass-heavy on
your end?
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: boyinblack80 Date: February 5, 2013, 10:54 pm
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will have to check.
yeah Eddie was very lucky he got to the doctor when he did....or
the tour would have been over permanently.
Here's what happened. Normally this diet wouldn't kill you but
because he had a undiagnosed condition...the results were nearly
catastrophic.
"the 57-year-old guitarist was rushed to hospital for emergency
surgery prompting the cancellation of Van Halen's remaining tour
dates while he takes six month to recover.
Now details of his injury have emerged, suggesting he was on the
brink of death after trying a cayenne-based detox diet which
caused his intestines to "explode".
The controversial diet replaces food with a liquid mix of fruit,
maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It promises fast weight loss,
but almost killed Eddie instead. "
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 6, 2013, 12:01 am
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[center]Van Halen Live - Pre-Show Warmup 1986
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIY86LO-z8g
A blast from the past! I haven't seen this segment in years.I
had forgotten their impromptu rendition of 'Addicted To Love'.
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Mac Date: February 22, 2013, 11:37 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Wolfgang Van Halen on Life in the Spotlight:
‘There Will Always Be the Haters’[/glow]
HTML http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2013/02/Wolfgang-Van-Halen.jpg
[quote]Growing up in one of rock’s preeminent musical families
with a classical composer’s first name, Wolfgang Van Halen was
probably destined to be a musician before he was big enough to
pick up a bass — but as he pointed out during a recent
interview, he says that was still able to find his own path.
“My dad introduced me to AC/DC before I could even talk,” Van
Halen recalled to Noisecreep. “But the band that I found on my
own that I truly fell in love with was Blink-182.”
The draw, he explained, was the power trio format. “I loved the
idea that they had two lead singers, and the vocal harmonies
they use. I also started playing drums first, and Travis Barker
is amazing,” he enthused. “I would play along to all of the
Blink-182 records. The other thing I loved about the band was
that it was a trio like Muse or the Police. Three people getting
it done. I love it.”
After switching from drums to guitar, Wolfgang joined a power
trio of his own: Van Halen, which found itself without a lead
singer after Sammy Hagar‘s second departure following their 2004
tour. “I switched to bass because it was the only position open
in Van Halen,” he laughed. “I didn’t really get into the bass
until we started messing around in the studio for about a year
before the 2007 Van Halen tour. We rehearsed for a long time and
at first it was just fun, and then when we got Dave [Lee Roth]
involved, it got really serious.”
That tour ended up forging a musical bond that’s gone on to
become an important part of his career outside Van Halen, too.
“I’ve always been a huge Alter Bridge fan, and on the 2007 Van
Halen tour we happened to be in the same city, so I went to go
see them play and we met for the first time. We got along really
well and kept in touch after that,” Wolfgang explained. And
after guitarist Mark Tremonti found himself without bassist
Brian Marshall for a tour in late 2012, he knew who to call.
“I was flattered that Mark thought of me for the gig, but he
asked me out of nowhere,” Van Halen recalled. “I called my dad
and asked him what he thought. He said, ‘F— yeah! It would be
awesome.’ That’s all I needed to hear. So I called Mark back and
told him I was in. My first show as a member of Tremonti was in
New Jersey the day after I joined.”
Joining a band with a pre-existing fanbase can be tough for a
musician, but it’s something Wolfgang is accustomed to. “At
first they were all surprised, but they’ve been so nice to me on
Twitter and Facebook,” he said when asked about how Tremonti’s
fans have treated him. “There are always the haters, but that’s
the way the Internet is anyway. I’m sure people will complain
about our interview here. What can you do?”[/quote]
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 22, 2013, 1:07 pm
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I find it hugely hypocritical of Eddie to go "F --- yeah" when
Wolfie asked his father for his blessing to tour with Alter
Bridge, and yet Eddie more or less fired Michael Anthony for
doing side projects on his own. It has nothing to do with him
playing with Sammy, but everything to do with Mikey seeking
creative output outside the VH camp. How is that fair?
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Re: Van Halen Live
By: Mac Date: February 22, 2013, 1:44 pm
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Yea, I was surprised to see that too. Then again, I’m pretty
sure Eddie is batshit crazy. Anything out of his mouth should be
responded with a head tilted to the side. Why oh why does Roth
continue to hold onto a thread?
I’m not even going to post that Roth made recently appealing to
the band to bring back Michael Anthony
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