Posted on 03/14/2022 9:07:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Daryl Hall said that Eddie Van Halen once asked him about replacing David Lee Roth in Van Halen.
"Yeah... actually yes," the Hall & Oates frontman said with a big laugh when asked about the rumor during an interview on Q104.3. "I knew those guys really well and we actually shared some people - crew and things like that. Eddie came to a show with [his then-wife] Valerie [Bertinelli], and David had just left the band. Eddie said, 'do you wanna join Van Halen, man?' He was half-joking, but I think he was serious, I really do believe he was serious. And I took it seriously, I said, 'ehh I think not, I think I got my own shit going on.'"
Sammy Hagar instead became Van Halen's second lead singer, releasing four chart-topping albums with the group between 1986 and 1995. Before connecting with the "I Can't Drive 55" star, Van Halen reportedly also approached Journey singer Steve Perry and Scandal's Patty Smyth about working together, and considered recording an album with a variety of lead singers, including Joe Cocker.
Hall also confirmed that Eddie credited the keyboard riff from Hall & Oates' No. 1 single "Kiss on My List" with inspiring his band's biggest hit. "That's what he always told me, he said that inspired 'Jump'."
On April 1, Hall will release BeforeAfter, a two-disc collection of his solo work. He'll launch a two-week tour the same day, with Todd Rundgren serving as the opening act.
I can’t go for that...no can do...
Didn’t do it in a minute
His voice is too distinct to be lead for any other band without it sounding like Hall and Oates.
yeah, no...
I thought VH was O.K. while Roth was front man, but Sammy Hagar is a one of a kind. Van Hagar for ever!
Todd Rundgren? I thought he was dead!............
“Daryl Hall said that Eddie Van Halen once asked him about replacing David Lee Roth in Van Halen”
With all due respect to Daryl Eddie musta been on a bit of a bender when he made that request. Lol!
I like Sammy Hagar too but I always thought HE was a mistake for VH.
Eddie wouldn’t go for the required Mustache and Hair Cut.
“Todd Rundgren? I thought he was dead!”
Just his career
Actually Hall has done some really amazing stuff away from H&O that sounds nothing like it. He was hanging around with Robert Fripp for a while, great stuff. His label hated it.
DING DING DING! We have a WINNER!
Nothing rounds out my information day like hearsay between aged musicians.
He’s drunk...
Well, there’s a first time for everything ...
Van Halen
Van Hagar
Van Hall??
Van Dolly Parton???
...and why can’t Wolfgang lose a few pounds?
I listened to Van Halen II Saturday just cause the mood struck me. That sht is awesome.
Nope. Just getting old...he’ll be 74 in June.
Yep, the stories you hear when one side of the conversation recently died...
I have gained respect for Darryl Hall as a musician/vocalist after watching “Live from Darryl’s House.” Hall wouldn’t have been as good of a fit as Hagar, but I think he could have pulled it off.
Eddie admitted the cocaine gave him energy and alcohol lowered his inhibitions so that he could write songs. The story of Eddie reaching out to Darryl Hall has been around for a while.
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