Comments on: Billy Sheehan talks David Lee Roth and Van Halen

By: Ducky / Dirty Duck

Ducky / Dirty Duck — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:37:22 +0000

John…

How was that tour? Was it as big as the “eat em’ and smile” ?
You must have some great stories man…
Not my favourite roth solo effort, but “good times” and
“hina” are STILL great tracks!
So i guess the big question would be: Did you get to meet roth?
Tell us some stories man! Im sure their are many like me who would love to hear em!
Get us away from the constant b.s. floating around here….

By: pete

pete — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:00:10 +0000

J5149.5…yes its true that mike was making equal money as ed and AL and not working as hard as eddie but niether was alex.

By: john

john — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:27:44 +0000

I worked the Paradise tour….played Steves guitars the night before he even did at rehearsals in Lakeland…..that was the best crew ever assembled for any tour that year and the band line up was absolute top notch….will never forget that crew….Tonto

By: J5149.5

J5149.5 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:11:35 +0000

i think mike brought up some good points on the michael anthony debacle.if you read your overview it sounds like ed and al were treading a fine line between loyalty and business. they probably put it on the backburner and were careful to not pull the trigger to quickly, however michael anthony was making equal money to ed and al. eddie was staying up days in a row to make that classic music while mike was probably not working as hard.

pushtoshove- it just gets freakin old hearin the same ol’ song and dance. ex: ed’s lost it, ed’s to old now, ed’s nothing, ed’s a drunk. in the 80′s it was cool for the band to be drunk and or drink onstage and now that eddie doesn’t look 23 anymore it’s suddenly sad. i don’t condone alcoholism but the comments sound like jealous, hurtful comments instead of healing helpful ones.

also, does anyone who likes hendrix stuck in the 60′s? what if you like the who? does it mean your trapped in the 70′s? i wave my van halen flag high and am damn proud of it.

By: Vanicionado

Vanicionado — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:16 +0000

Word up Pete!

I totally agree with your comments about Eddie’s mess up point of view.

In the long run, we all want new Van Halen, hopefully sooner than later!

By: RA 8 1 2

RA 8 1 2 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:21:03 +0000

Yes, I agree with redarrow, Jimmy V8 Ed and Sammy were best buds. Sammy was not close to Mike then. Only at the end of the Balance tour when they shared a limo together and dressing room as the VH brothers were always smoking, etc. He became closer friends with Sammy after Sammy left VH. If Alex was sucvh a great drummer why didnt Sammy have Alex play on that album instead of David Lauser (sp). Same concept. He only asked Eddie to help. Im sure it was in the contract they did for his last album in order for Sammy to Join VH is Eddie had to participate in order to sell more records. Eddie actually did the little guitar solo part on Eagles Fly on that album too. (FYI)