Any DU Van Halen fans in the house?

[The Democratic Kid]

Ok lets cut the crap Politics sucks and Van Halen kicks ass whats your favorite song,show,album and singer? There music is the energy that rocks the house moves the soul and keeps the geers in drive!!! The Kid is a V.H. DU. Tornado!!!! http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/ http://www.classicvanhalen.com

[Don Claybrook]

1. Well, I was a VH fan back in high school, but that was 18 years ago

I was a big fan of the original, David Lee Roth version of Van Halen. Had all the posters on my wall, pissed my parents off something terrible.

These days, I'm a little more into Thelonious Monk and Steely Dan and Shostakovich and Ani DiFranco. But it's fun to drag out the old Van Halen once in a blue moon and give it a listen.

Are they still making albums? Last I heard, they had the guy from Extreme as their lead singer. Still around? Same lineup?

[Zomby Woof]

2. only through "Fair Warning"

I was 11 when the debut came out, and I could crank a tennis racket with the best of them. Eddie was innovative and had a great tone. I consider him an important early influence.

After "Fair Warning", I do like "Diver Down" and "1984", but only about half as much. I can't stand the power pop of Hagar or Cherone. They might as well be Journey with a good guitarist. Eddie quit caring long ago.

I stick to the DLR era, especially the debut and "Fair Warning".

[opiate69]

3. Ditto what ZombyWoof said..

Fair Warning was the apex.... DIver had a few good tunes on it, but after that... bah..

[The Democratic Kid]

4. check this out

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/ http://www.classicvanhalen.com

[EV1Ltimm]

5. i tried to get david lee roth to be the priest at my wedding...

but my wife wouldn't have anything to do with it.

I was also conceived after a Hart/Van Halen concert in 79 :)

[Hailtothechimp]

6. Absolutely.

The Dave stuff was great, and the Sammy stuff even better. I was a Hagar fan before he joined VH, so that pairing was sent from heaven as far as I was concerned.

[rppper]

7. joe dirt quote..."Van Halen...NOT van-Hagar!!!!...."

hard choice for favorite album...probably "fair warning" or "women and children first"...hell, i even liked diver down. i can also say i believe i saw the last van halen concert with roth as frontman...3rd show in reunion arena in dallas(they sold out 2 shows and added the 3rd)in the summer of 85.......ahhhh...the memories..

i hear the new van halen cd will have roth as the singer again...one can only wish....roth was the heart and soul of that group...after he left they were never the same...

[absyntheNsugar]

9. I thought the new album was going to be just Eddie and Alex?

But youre right, Roth rocks!

[absyntheNsugar]

8. Either "Unchained" or "Running With the Devil"

Although "Jamies Crying" is always good too...

[Kat45]

10. Only with DLR. I love their first album.

They rocked back then. I thought they were too tame with Sammy; I liked Sammy's stuff from before he joined VH, but I didn't care for him with the band. I love "Ice Cream Man" on the first album.