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Van Halen (among others) Make the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
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Posted on 01/08/2007 10:21:03 AM PST by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520
have you heard their current guitarist, Keith Howland?
Keith was a big Kath fan; he's got his own style, great talent, but throws in the definite homages to Kath.
For instance, of all the guitarists Chi has had since Kath, only Howland always starts off the 25 or 6 to 4 solo with Kath's exact riff, and then breaks into his own stuff. Like Kath, has fun with his wah-wah, when not too many rock/pop guitarists are using it. Also has a couple of solo albums.
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posted on
01/08/2007 11:50:36 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: L98Fiero
LOL - thanks!
True story: When "Pleased to Meet Me" came out in 1987, I listened to it all the way through when I bought it, then didn't/couldn't listen to "Can't Hardly Wait" again for probably the better part of two months b/c I couldn't forgive them putting horns on it. I finally caved, though, after hearing it live and realizing it's one of his most brilliant.
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posted on
01/08/2007 11:51:04 AM PST
by
ravensandricks
(Jesus rides beside me. He never buys any smokes.)
To: 38special
I saw the same show at Will Rodgers in Foat Wuth. At the very last they opened the orchestra pit tickets and somehow we got them. DLR was slinging sweat all over us. Very cool. They were by far better than Journey. Of course at the time I was a senior in high school.
To: ushr435
Cheap Trick for hall-of-fame ping!
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posted on
01/08/2007 11:56:06 AM PST
by
bagadonutz
(The road goes on forever and the party never ends! - J E Keene)
To: Charles Martel
DLR doing Bluegrass? I surfed into something about that on VH1 the other day and thought that I didn't hear right.
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posted on
01/08/2007 11:57:58 AM PST
by
wbill
To: vetvetdoug
But it was Gene Simmons, who saw them playing in Pasadena and offered to give them a leg up in the business, that actually garnered a recording contract for EVH.
To: Lx
To: Pagey
That's right. I wonder how many people Gene Simmons has helped overall? He's quite a businessman.
To: Arizona Carolyn
Heh, my older sister used to see VH at back yard keggers in the Pasadena/Arcadia area back in the day when they were known as Mammoth.
She always did hate 'em.
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:02:18 PM PST
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:02:23 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: dfwgator
Would you like to touch my monkey?
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:03:49 PM PST
by
JZelle
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Shatner rocked it with his last album titled "Has Been". His remake of the "Pulp" song "Common People" ( with Joe Jackson) was something worth a listen.
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:03:56 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: RockinRight
Hagar was mediocre with VH. Roth was mediocre as a soloist.
Pretty generous on both counts...
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:05:13 PM PST
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: bagadonutz; ushr435
WOW! Three Cheap Trick posts (4 now) what a great band, they will probably never get in. I wonder if they'll even make the final ballot some years. The ROCKFORD album released in June is a GREAT disc, very highly recommended!!
Sammy had some good songs with Van Hagar, but it just was never the same without Dave. I believe with the passage of time that while DLR may be a major league ***hole Dave was upfront and honest about being a jerk and letting anyone and everyone would listen just how full of himself he was, (and probably still is). Eddie is/was the one suffering from LSD (Lead Singer Disease) and when it comes to Alex, blood is thicker than Jack Daniels. The whole blow up with Michael Anthony is just strange, I don't understand it but I blame Eddie. I'm not sure I want to see the band play at the induction, might ruin good memories.
Cheap Trick on the other hand still rockin' and still a great live show.
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:19:19 PM PST
by
thinkthenpost
(I am the KING of the run on sentence.)
To: Frank_Discussion
I too am a fan of both versions of VH. I actually sort of consider them diffent bands. I saw VH w/ Dave 6 times and VH w/ Sammy six times. Also saw Dave twice solo and Sam twice solo. (I used to go to a lot of concerts) I have seen most of the big bands of the late 60s-the early 90s (the who, stones, U2 no Zeppelin however)and will say that VH fronted Dave absolutely blew every one of them off the stage live. I am certainly jacked that Dave is going out on the road with them this summer and will likely catch a couple of the shows (even with Wolfgang on bass).
I had a cool experience this summer for all of you VH fans. I went to see Hagar and "the other half" at KC. Me and a buddy who is a big Sammy fan did the VIP thing where we got to watch the show from behind the stage on a platform. The show was awesome, got autographs during the show from Sammy and Mike Anthony. The best part was this: During "Best of Both Worlds", Sammy led all of the folks on the platform (prob about 150) in a conga line across the stage. Me and my buddy were almost the last ones in line. I got i big handshake onstage from Mike Anthony. So then as Im walking across the stage, I see Hagar with his arm around my buddy singing so I go to take a picture. After I take the photo, Sammy comes up to me, sticks the mic in my face and let's me sing most of an entire verse of the song. For an old VH freak like me, that was a peak experience.
At the end of the show, one of the roadie guys comes up and hands me and my buddy each one of the bottles of Cabo Wabo that were sitting on the amps in front of us to take home. Definitely worth the $250.
Not a bad experience, eh?
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:21:30 PM PST
by
Big Red Clay
(Greetings from the Big Red State)
To: slowhand520
I totally agree!! His solo on "25 or 6 to Four" is still one of my favorites! Read somewhere Jimi Hendrix thought he was one of the best guitarist's he had ever seen or heard LIVE! He died way too soon.....
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:48:52 PM PST
by
zavvone
To: HEY4QDEMS
I saw them at Madison SG 1984! LOL
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posted on
01/08/2007 12:51:18 PM PST
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: Charles Martel
"...The saddest thing of all was when he performed the bluegrass version of Jump..." There is a mellow rendition of Jump by the 80s band Aztec Camera that's pretty good, in a mellow sort of way. Acoustic, and all that.
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posted on
01/08/2007 1:24:06 PM PST
by
-=SoylentSquirrel=-
(Clint successfully stole the Firefox and is now going back for the Mozilla.)
To: vetvetdoug
HENDRIX!
Wasnt Neil Young in with them somehow also?
Th Kid
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:00:52 PM PST
by
CincinnatiKid
(Go Thou, GO thou, thy hence and of this world report you will and truly... Jack Kerouac)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Robin Zander was, and is to this day, the cutest of the two "cute guys" in Cheap Trick.
You're a lucky woman, Diana in Wisconsin.
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:05:44 PM PST
by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Un-dead..." -- Frasier Crane)
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