Eddie Van Halen Recovering After Hand Surgery
Here’s an exclusive from RollingStone.com:
Eddie Van Halen is said to be on the mend after undergoing surgery to treat increasing pain in his left hand.
“During the last leg of our tour, I started developing pain in my thumb and my pinky. I didn’t think much of it at the time,” the guitarist says. “It got progressively worse to the point that about three months ago I wasn’t able to play at all. My pinky and my thumb were totally locked up and felt like there was something broken.”
Van Halen sought out specialists in Düsseldorf, Germany, who initially began treating the guitarist for arthritis, but soon discovered a bone spur, twisted tendon and a cyst in the joint of his left thumb.
“They said the only way to fix it was surgery, which of course scared the shit out of me, but I was told it was the only way to fix it,” Van Halen says. “Surgery was a success, now I just have to let it heal. I am totally jazzed that they found the problem, fixed it and in about four months my hand will feel like I am 18 again. Thank God.”
Van Halen is said to be recovering nicely, having already regained his reach and full spread of his hand. He’s said to be taking his recovery slowly, however, to insure he heals properly. His rehabilitation should be complete in 4-6 months.
“In the meantime I am able to write a bit, but can not overexert my hand because it needs to heal properly,” the guitarist says.
His stitches come out in a few days, and he’s confident he’ll be able to play at maximum intensity when he completes his recovery.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
oh that means a delay in the next album right??
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
hey ed,heres hoping ur pinky finger and thumb heels nicely! in the mean time, just chill out and take it easy and Dont rush into anything…. after all…. good things must come to those who wait!
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Wow, I had never heard that he had anything like this going on right now. Good luck to Eddie with the rehabilitation. I hope all goes well.
Boy, I can’t even imagine the importance and stress of being the doctor who’s task it is to operate on the hand of the one and only Eddie Van Halen!
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Ed sounds pretty positive about this, lets just give the guy some support, instead of the usual whining & self pity that I read so much of on this site, y’know, I’m just predicting all the “Oh man, now we’ll never hear any new music!!! After all these years, he owes us!”… He owes us shit, he’s already provided me with the soundtrack to my life. So, get well soon dude & I hope to see you on stage, in the UK, playing some kickass new tunes, sometime in 2010/2011, all the best.
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
For sure not a good news, it’s always harder be a VH fan, however good luck ED.
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
excuse # 500,028,833,776,653,995,455 on why the next van halen album is never going to happen
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I love Van Halen to death; they’re my favorite band of all time. However, each time I hear excuses from Eddie, I get less optimistic about a new album…sigh.
GET IN THE STUDIO WHEN YOUR HAND IS 100% AND RELEASE SOME NEW MUSIC FOR US!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Wow….true fans here!
No matter what is mentioned there’s always a sarcastic comment or jab towards ed. I can only imagine what many of you wrote when he was diagnosed with cancer. Yeah…now i know what rock stars mean when they say a lot of fans SUCK.
Why dont you bitches go find some other site to go to since all a good percentage of you do is complain.
The guy is in his 50’s ok? He’s been playin’ guitar since he was a teen. He’s having some physical issues. Dont any of you have fathers? It’s called getting old…
Cant wait to see what most of YOU are gonna be like in your 50’s…
“Change…..nothing stays the same…”
Have some class!
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
“Thank you” TOPJIMMY77 for settin it straight!
Finally! Someone with a heart….
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Why do people here think Ed actually reads all this crap?
Woof!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
i guess it’s ok. We have been waiting 11 yrs for a non greatest hits album, I guess another year delay is doable, right guys??
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
to all the doubters: just look at the pic of him in amsterdam. look at his left hand. i guess it’s just an “excuse” so he can delay putting out a new album a little longer, thereby ruining your shitty lives for a few more months.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I guess that explains why he had a big white wrap on it when he played here in San Antonio. I was curious as towhat happened around that time of the tour. Oh well…more waiting to come for future VH.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
WHAT A BUNCH OF FLAMING SELFISH ASSHOLES!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
maybe when his hand heals he can come to his senses, do things right, and get MA back in the band. Let the kid play rhythm gtr.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Now he had hand surgery?? WTF!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
When was this article actually written? Before his wedding and honeymoon? I can not imagine he had surgery done while on the honeymoon?
Time to heal and getting busy?
Get well Ed. We are waiting.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Drummer Boy ‘72
Maybe you can find out what Doctor Ed used to fix his hand, so you can get your HEAD CHECKED OUT!!!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm
another 20 plus yrs for a eddie and dave album!!!! wooo hooo
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Scary! Wish Eddie all the best and a full recovery.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
It is amazing how tight the info is out of the VH camp. I think the wifey keeps things close to her vest so that the hysteria will be greater when the music finally comes! Still no word from Dave? How curious. Who knew anything about this? Hand surgery! Holy shit. He said he is still writing so hopefully there is no significant delay. I’ll Wait!
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Well, I do hope he heals and gets better. Will he play again and put something new out with the mighty VH (minus Mike) eventually? I don’t know. It doesn’t sound hopeful to me.
I thought he had a ton of stuff already written? Ah, who cares, just get better and keep playing.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Of this we can be certain. Eddie has money for the finest doctors in the World. Eddie has money for the finest phisiotherapy in the World. Eddie has alot of money. He’ll be back soon wailing away on his guitar with as much intensity as Dirty Duck likes to bash away at those he deems less mighty Van Halen fans than thou…
And that’s alot.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
WTF man!!! Sounds like the majority of you are the ones paying EVH… Hell, he doesn’t owe any of you jack shit!!! He probably doesn’t give a squirt of piss for the stupid comments. Leave the guy alone!! He already proved himself to all of us. So what the hell are you guys waiting on, a 2 min solo that will blow Eruption to the shitter???? Not gonna happen!!! If and when he gets around to it, he will, undoubtedly, produce MUSIC, not solos. As a musician, he’s past that and cares more for a good song than anything else. So gett off his cables and strings and just be glad he’s older and still wanting to do something!!! Get well Ed!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Hopefully Eddie makes a full recovery and we’ll see a new album down the road. And if not, well…That’s ok too.
There’s several albums of incredible material to enjoy and at the end of the day, VH doesn’t really owe us a thing music-wise. Yeah, we’ve all supported VH wholeheartedly over the years, lined their pockets, etc, etc. but not like anyone’s holding a gun to our heads.
I’d love a disc of new material as much as anyone else, but if it never comes, I’m sure not going to be bitter about it.
And re: greatest hits releases…At least Van Halen is nowhere near the level of ridiculousness that Kiss is in that department. lol
But to end on a positive note, hopefully Van Halen will make another triumphant return after all this is sorted. Personally, I’d rather hear Eddie had to have surgery to correct a problem then hear that he’s loaded to the gills and off to rehab again!
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
QUIT FUCKING AROUND AND MAKE SOME MUSIC WITH THE DIAMOND ONE.
EXCUSES EXCUSES. I am not a fan of Sammy, but I have to hand it to him for making music…CONSISTANTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
This couldn’t have been done in the last 6 months because …
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
To all the whiners - Ed owes us jack shit! Yeah, sure we all wanna hear new music from Ed/Roth but give the guy a break! Ed’s just a guy getting his shit together - he’s not gonna put his personal life on hold so he can go into the studio to try and satisfy a bunch of asshole fans - if it was me, I know I wouldn’t. Honestly - some of the comments I read on this site makes me realise what a bunch of self-centred, greedy fuckin’ assholes some VH fans are…
Here’s to a full recovery Ed!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Drop the drama!!! Shit let the man heal!!! Think about it, he is sober and his hand problem is fixed - man, he is going to kick some ass when he starts playing again!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
EXCUSES EXCUSES? Are you kidding me? Hey “THE DIAMOND ONE”, Ed had a medical condition in his hand that needed surgery. That’s not an excuse. How well would you do at your job flipping burgers at Burger King if you had a bone spur that kept you from twisting your wrist? If you read the interview you would see that it got to the point three months ago where he couldn’t play. He got it taken care of shortly afterwards. All you Ed haters are making it sound like he’s intentionally trying to find ways to delay recording by having surgery on his hand. IF HE DIDN’T HAVE THE SURGERY HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PLAY!
It has gotten to the point that any post regarding Ed brings out the same old idiots who come out with the negative comments. Even the posts about his wedding and honeymoon resulted in the “record new music” and “at least Sammy is putting out new music” comments. All of you pathetic Ed haters/Sammy & Mike lovers should leave this site to the true VH fans.
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!! i didnt know he got his hand hurt!!!!!!!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Well said Greg, however, I’d settle for cleaned up unreleased old stuff. Ed wouldn’t have to do shit. Man, if VH could just be a little more like Cheap Trick with feeding the fans. None of us want to be pests but lets be realistic, we’re all junkies. Addicts. Forever looking for the follow up rush of goodness. Mind you, I’m not, nor have I ever been an actual junkie, probably watch too much intervention. I wonder how many people in here have done their homework and checked out any of the pre-Warner Bros. recordings. Amazing music from a very hungry young band.
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I wish him the speediest of recoveries and good luck…….but i dont understand…one week when Chickenfoot comes out, theres a new album on the way..now we hear another reason that there will be no new VH for a long time..WTF?
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:59 pm
damn that sound terrible!! get well soon eddie! I support you and don’t care when you release the album take it easy enjoy your honeymoon and send a big middle finger to all these asshole fans on this site!
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Edward!
Your immediate colleagues and affiliates may or may not read the posting on this website (I’m inclined to think they do on occasion).
PLEASE - I beg of you - start practicing Bikram yoga. It will fix any arthritic, tendonitis or carpal tunnel syndrome conditions you have or that may develop in the future. And it will aid in you maintaining your sobriety. Bikram Headquarters is near your neighborhood and you will have no issue finding the finest instructors in L.A. for private lessons.
http://bikramyoga.com
There’s few things in life to get super-excited about: Bicycles that fold. Yerba mate tea from Argentina. Old ribbon microphones. Germanium transistors. Wheatgrass shots. Maca root powder. Riding around the Rose Bowl on my bike. The hummingbirds of Griffith Park. Listening to (among others) the Flaming Lips, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Gene Clark, Boards Of Canada, Ronnie Wood, or Edward VH’s rhythm guitar playing when he’s hanging out with his kin & Dave.
And Bikram yoga is something else - that due to the many life changing benefits one acquires from it - is one more thing I get VERY excited about.
(This is highly recommended to any musicians, artists, carpenters, chefs, computer workers reading this posting who develop such symptoms. As a multi-instrumentalist of 25 years and someone who works professionally with computers that developed, then cured myself of extreme carpal tunnel, I’m living proof that this works.)
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I couldn`tve said it better myself greg.These “same old idiots” (as you well put it)seem to have a “personal vendetta”to convince EVERY=VH=fan that the band is “washed-up”&”making the same old excuses”-as opposed to the”incredible”amount” of “just as good” material EX-BAND members are making now.It`s just plain silly!!
I mean really,who takes the time to get “online” to a great website like this,just to complain??(or literally pick a fight?)
Pretty sad:(
Any musician will tell`ya,when it comes to havin` an injury
that keeps you from playing-”absence makes the heart grow fonder!”ED&theBOYS”will be back!!
Either wait like the rest of us or
go to another website to “channel” your negative
energy.-”We Get It,Enough Already!!!”
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Just think of how many MORE “bloggers”(on Another website)- would actually AGREE with you about how much=VH=has”let you down time&again over the years”-Do us a favor,-
-Go Bother them(instead).
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Couldn’t give a toss what the naysayers, Sammy lovers and anti-Eddie have to say, you’re whining and bitching is music to my ears!!!
If King Eddie is getting his hands fixed for the 30+ years of Rockin that he’s endured and the countless hours of practise, touring, recording…oh and not forgetting he had to lug his gear around from club to backyard party to concert halls and rehearsal studio’s etc (only musicians know what it’s all about!!) I hope Eddie’s hands heal well and destroy once and for all the negative arseholes in this world!!!
Get ready people, if Ed says his hands will feel like it was when he was 18?!! Holy shit!!! The second coming is about to be unleashed!!! Can’t wait for the new album, and please Van Halen make it a double album (a 1st for Van Halen!!)
P.S. Please include Angel Eyes. That is one of the best songs I’ve heard un-released by Van Halen. There are many others, but Angel Eyes has NO.1 HIT written all over it!!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Philly and Greggy stick it …this forum is EVERYTHING Van Halen;past present, the good the bad the ugly. Everybody has opinions and have the right to express them just like your ass kissing posts. The reason people post here is they do CARE about VH… So much so we are all posting comments on a friggin band that hasn’t had any real material for over a decade. All I want hear from VH is are they going forward or hanging up their cleats. Until i hear they are quitting I’ll be right here lapping up article after article and commenting when and if I want.
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
TopJimmy: I agree that Eddie doesn’t owe us anything–AS LONG AS HE DOESN’T KEEP TELLING US THAT HE’S GOT SO MUCH MUSIC LEFT IN HIM. If he’s going to say things like this, in whatever form, then we do have the right to say to him, “Put up or shut up.” And that has nothing to do with hand surgery. I do wish him smooth recovery, whether he decides to play golf the rest of his life or actually put out some tunes. JUST QUIT SAYING IT AND DO IT. In other words, “Under promise, over deliver.”
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
A.F.U,scowboy,Drummergirl72,Dickbacon,BTD,Kenny,Michael&
Axesucker,etc.(to name a few)Absolutely No-One Cares about
why you think the band is”doomed”-you just come-off
as ill-informed,Over-opinionated stubborn,clueless individuals who use this site to vent personal “hidden”
agenda/issues to satisfy yourselves on the same level as “Flippin`the bird” on the freeway.
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
This make A LOT of sense his hand hurting like that. That’s probably why we hasn’t been playing as well as he should’ve been. Not that he played bad but he didn’t play like “Eddie”. Being a guitarist myself, I could tell something was going on with his hand. He started holding his pick differently.
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I would be willing to bet money that Ed is freaking out about his hand…I mean he is showing all of us how much he takes music seriously by going to Germany on his honeymoon to get surgery…I saw them twice on tour and you know what…He went on with the show . Now we know why he stopped the tour for undisclosed medical reasons. Way to go Ed …you wont have to be in pain anymore to do what you love.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 pm
very scary but i hope he gets well soon !
and yeah , if he’d shut up about ” ten albums of material …”
-then -
WE would shut up about delays and disappointments.
if ed says he’s done then we’d be ok.
best of luck ed .
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
At least there was a cure for his pain.
Get well soon Ed.
Enjoy Life.
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 pm
New VH CD drops in 2020 now!!
Running With The Wheelchair Tour 20/21!!
Get well Ed…you awesome old fucker!
July 24th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hey Jimmy. Why do you lump in Sammy lovers with “naysayers” and “anti-Eddie” folk? What the hell does slagging Ed have to do with Sammy? I’ll tell you. Nothing. How I feel about Ed has nothing to do with how I feel about Sammy. Conversely, when I slag Sammy, it has nothing to do with Ed. Problem is, as a fan of VH through the years, it’s not even up for debate that Ed has shown far more disdain for VH fans than any other member of the band. That’s why he gets the negative comments on this site. Get over it. If it helps, consider it tough love.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:58 am
If it ever happened that Ed never played again, he’d still be a legend. I mean, here we are 30 years after the fact still listening to / talkin’ about him. But, as it is, it looks like he’ll be in better shape when his hand gets better. And for the naysayers and doom-mongers who jump on every setback like this as ‘an excuse’ for Ed not putting out music, well, let’s face it, Van Halen rarely, if ever, did anything to please the fans - and that is where their integrity is.
I’d rather they put out something when THEY think it’s ready, than just put something out because the fans are clamoring for it - that’s what tenth-rate bands do, or bands who need the money, do. Ed and Dave have earned the right to consider themselves ‘artists’ who don’t have to make music just because someone - a record company, or ‘fans’ - demand it. Obviously the fans can get fed up and desert the band.
Maybe that’s what you whiners should do? You can go and start a Chickenfoot cult, and see if you can work up enough interest in them that anyone will even know who they were in 30 years time …
July 24th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Kayser nicely put!
July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am
If you’re reading this Eddie. Congrats on your wedding! Hope you’ve enjoyed the honeymoon. Sorry to hear about your hand. Yah, that would be scary as shit considering your profession that millions including myself enjoyed so much over the years. Scared the shit out me just reading the article. But, good news after all. Take your time recovering, don’t rush it!!! Like you said, you can still write some music. My dad, heavy line mechanic has been having surgery one after the other and has been forced to retire about nine years early. Poor Guy! Man doesn’t know how “NOT” to work. Any ways, Just wanted to say don’t listen to some of these selfish jerks who have no hearts and only think of their selves. I’ve been a huge fan since 1977 before your first album came out (That’s Right!!!) and I’m 40 years old now. WOW! Where have all the good times gone;) Looking forward to the future when we can say…”It’s 5150 time!” I’ll always got your back, man.
See ya soon, Eddie.
Scott K.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:46 am
To quote Phlip5150 - “Being a guitarist myself, I could tell something was going on with his hand. He started holding his pick differently…”
Ummmm…he holds his pick with the right hand, the story says he injured the left!
July 24th, 2009 at 2:51 am
It looks like he might have bandages on his hand in the photo taken in Amsterdam.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Get well, heal up and take your time Edward
I can only imagine the stuff you’ll be coming up with using one hand !!!
July 24th, 2009 at 4:20 am
I really do believe there will be a VH album. It will be released on the same day as Chickenfoot IV: Breasts and Thighs…….
July 24th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Eddie feel better:( Glad to see SOME positive folk on this site.. I just hope Ed heals and gets back to work when he can. Sucks he is injured for his honeymoon too!
I don’t doubt we will get new music..these things take time and like many of you have said Eddie isn’t exactly 25 anymore…there’s gonna be a few set backs, but in the end I am certain VH will do their best to give us what we want.
Though to be honest some people on here don’t exactly deserve a tour let alone new music…:/
Love ya, Ed…hope you get well soon…”I’ll Wait” <3
July 24th, 2009 at 5:18 am
I wish you a speedy recovery. All hail the king of 6 strings and 10 fingers. All the best.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Way too many negative people on this site. It still boggles my mind why people who hate Ed spent so much time on here.
Here’s to safely healing Ed.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:51 am
that has got to be scary shit for ed– and i cant help but be selfish and think to myself” GREAT ANOTHER REASON WE WONT HAVE ANOTHER VH ALBUM FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
THAT IS SELFISH– BUT IT IS HOW I FEEL–
DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Thank heavens these are all treatable conditions. Good luck to Ed. It probably hurts like hell, but they’re all things that can be treated.
Anyone who has anything bad to say about a medical condition doesn’t need to be singled out by anyone. You’ve already singled out yourself. No class.
Good luck Ed!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:37 am
This is obviously a legitimate reason for delaying musical activity and I hope everything heals properly. Getting married and a member of the band graduating from high school, however are lame excuses for long delays. Entertainers/musicians have these types of situations all the time and continue to work.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:37 am
PS- Sir Terrance. Bikram Yoga is only Yoga by name. True Yoga is the balance of both the Physical and the Spiritual.
Namaste.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:46 am
who is mike anthony?
July 24th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Woahh..what!? LOL…tell me you are kidding
July 24th, 2009 at 7:52 am
OMG imagine that a man in his 50’s who has been playing the guitar his whole life developed a problem with his hand!!!! What do you want him to play with his F’ing feet? Give the guy a break.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Bob– LOL! I know right?! Maybe we should just create a robot of Eddie that doesn’t get injured or need to get married or even live life for that matter!…that would work best apparently!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:01 am
RESPONSE TO THE DIAMOND ONE….
Although I think 11 years is excessive as well, I think what Sammy has done (and is doing) is not the right thing either. I love Sammy with VH. However, his music since is hollow with no melody. I remember Ed & Sam during an interview saying how Sam’s voice is like another instrument in VH. I totally got that then, and definitely get it now. I still think that Sam’s voice is tight, he just doesn’t have the talent to write music to utilize it correctly. Listen to all his stuff since leaving VH. It’s lifeless except for a few tunes. I see the same dull melodies and music with Chickenfoot - except he has a better guitarist now than he had in Vic Johnson. I’d rather see 1 or 2 good albums every 4 or 5 years instead of 1+ crappy one each year (sorry Sam).
You can’t compare Ed to Satch either. They are both great in their own rites, with totally different styles and tones. I will say this though….when I listed to Satch, I tend to yawn and stare. When I listed to Ed, I find myself playing air guitar and singing along.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am
“Van Halen is said to be recovering nicely, having already regained his reach and full spread of his hand.”
Especially after the headline, this was great news to hear!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Since cloning is now possible, maybe they should make 2 additional eddies, one permanently stationed with Hagar and one with Cherone.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I hope this news doesn’t effect the new line of VH striped gloves coming out?
Get well Ed..hope you do actually release another studio album…before I die.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Skutch… CLONE THEM ALL MAN!!!! CLONE THEM ALL!!!
And start them all out together at their respective ages back in ‘77.
Whoo!!!
July 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Line6 guy, you use freakin’ LINE 6 gear. How much credibility could your statements possibly have? LOL
July 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Hips, cancer, hand surgery….. all preceded by promises of a new record. I see a trend.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
to all the true van halen fans that like all versions of of the mighty van halen that you will never be able to get through to all the kool-aid drinking sammy haters and eddie does nothing wrong fans on this sight. they think if ed gets up in the morning alive that a new album is on the way. they just can’t and won’t admit that all it’s been is talk and that something always comes up to put it off. just count the excuses. the beauty of it is is that all the talk is on this sight to prove me right. it is obvious that skutch and the other so called fans think their opinions and thoughts matter more than the rest of us. they say we are eddie bashers because we are tired of the talk and no new music. if you look at this sight close most of the same 20 or so people post on here and most like dave and sam van halen music. just for the record I HOPE I AM WRONG but i don’t think anything new will be out for a long time if at all.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
hope ed’s hand heals soon…people, remember ed is in his 50’s now and we all start to have physical problems as we grow older.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
EVH with three fingers is better than all others with 5! Van Halen will return.
Get well Ed.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Rob; I don’t think there is ANY question that Ed still has a ton of music left in him…..
I’m also confident that we’ll be hearing some of it in the next 18 months, if that sounds like a long way off to some of you fine people, well… tough shit. The most important thing for Ed is his health & his happiness, something he has now found & was no doubt lacking in for MANY years. Cancer, divorce, raising a son, addiction to Christ only knows what, THOSE are the reasons we haven’t had any new music for eleven years. considering the state he was in - we all saw & read about the drunken public displays, the obvious poor health, the no show at the R&RHOF & resulting shambles, I for one don’t want to see THAT Ed make a return, There’s NO FUCKING WAY that Ed’s going to pass up the chance to record an album with Wolfgang, he WANTS to play with him (NOT with Michael Anthony, get over it, I have..) but it’ll happen when he’s ready. Now there’s another setback & the same people who take every opportunity to take a swipe at the guy are once again bitching about the the fact that THEY’RE going to have to go sooo long without any new music, like it’s all about you!
This is the VAN HALEN News Desk, get behind the guy or fuck off….
July 24th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Ya!!!!!! Dirty Duck said it in a nut shell. Lets get some class on here. Ed you get well and God bless you and yours……
July 24th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
topjimmy77 Has a graet point too. Heck he`s got three points lololololol Rock on you!
July 24th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
He said he was still writing. That was a tip of the hat to all of the fans. Hopefully he and Dave are writing as a partnership.
That surgery isn’t that serious. Jimmy Page had similar surgery and hit the Zeppelin O2 concerts on fire.
Like Jimmy, the therapy involved is likely to promote good playing from Eddie.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Eddie you are the best!!! Get well soon!!! Love ya!!
July 25th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Imagine being a doctor having to perform hand surgery on Edward Van Halen. Pressure?
July 25th, 2009 at 3:42 am
“topjimmy77 says:
Rob; I don’t think there is ANY question that Ed still has a ton of music left in him…..”
“I don’t think there is ANY question…” Really? You don’t think there is ANY question? What, after ten years of inactivity other than some really crap porno music and his last full album generally being regarded as a stinker you think all the signs are pointing in the right direction? The best we can make out of your statement is “I don’t think there is ANY question that Ed still has a ton of music left in him… but whether it will be any good is yet to be seen.”
And before you get all defensive and accuse me of bashing Ed. I’m not. Just being realistic.
And by the way, Eddie leads were others follow yet again. You can expect a steady stream of the shredders who followed in Eddie’s wake to be getting hand surgery over the next few years. You can’t spend every day of your life fretting at a billion miles an hours and not expect trouble at some point.
July 25th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Talk about freaky, glad Ed seems to be grounded and happy. Now to all the other junk. Let’s start with Michael Anthony. First of all the guy is cool; on the 2004 tour, I was at the sound check, it was his birthday in Worcester, he was very nice and engaging with the fans, that said, here is the deal: Did we not read a few weeks ago that Billy S was offered the gig several times? The question is why? Here’s what I personally think. I read an article after the fair warning tour where Ed was talking about Mike, something to the effect of…”well he just remodeled him home, but whatever”. It was in the context of creating new music. My point is, I’m not so sure how creative and innovative Mike is musically, what input does he provide to the tunes? That is why I think he was asked to take the paycut for the 2004 tour..It’s like dude, what do you bring to the table, you play the notes I tell you to, not much more. Thus, Wolfie can be creative, we think…We will find out in 2010, no doubt
July 25th, 2009 at 7:21 am
“I’ll Wait” Eddie till “Somebody Gets You A Doctor”, but I’d rather have the new album “Right Now”. But I know you’re busy with a “Beautiful Girl”, (a “Pretty Woman”), but when you’re ready, you will treat us to some new music.
“Everybody Wants Some” of your “Little Guitars” playing on their stereo systems soon. Just don’t make us listen to Spammy Gaybar again…
July 25th, 2009 at 9:54 am
There’s a new album coming, alright…Those guys will play till they drop! Heal up, Eddie! We can hardly wait to crank some new Van HALEN!!!!
July 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Good point Andy, good point!!
Emery… your reference to ‘Inside’ nice!! (J-C Penny Man, J-C Penny!)
July 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Eddie think about putting these out on your next album, from the older days. Great feel when Van Halenized:
Let Me Swim in your Ocean
Beer Drinker and Hell Raisers (Cover)
July 25th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Sounds to me like a form of carpel tunnel, which would be totally understandable in Eddie’s case. Totally curable and sounds like all is well. Honestly, I’d listen to Eddie play guitar with one hand. Ok, at least like Jeff Healy played it, blind bastard.
New VH album by Jan 2010.
July 25th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I REALLY HOPE THAT EDDIE’S HAND HEALS REAL GOOD SO I CAN SEE THERE NEXT CONCERT. I’D LIKE THE GREATEST GUTAIREST AND ROCK BAND TO MAKE SOME MORE GREAT MUSIC. EDDIE IS AND ALLWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST GUTAIREST THERE EVER WAS. AND I’D LIKE TO SEE THEM AGAIN IN CONCERT.
FROM D.J. A TO Z
July 26th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Eddie Van Halen. Amazing musician. Amazing band. Their music in many ways changed my life. But to me it seems Eddie does what he wants, when he wants, and I’d say he’s earnt that. Musicians earn t Will we see another VH album? Probably, not anytime soon though I think.
There really hasn’t been a “working” Van Halen since Balance came out. A few reunions with various singers. But you really can’t believe anything that’s said by the “band” until you’re holding the CD in your hand.
Then its magic.
Get well Ed. The excitement and anticipation of holding a new Van Halen CD/ Album/ Casette will always be near to my heart. But I just don’t care as much anymore. Much love to those who do.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:31 am
I hope his hand heals…………BUT?
Why go to Germany to get it fixed? I highly doubt your going to find anyone better than the Doctors right there in LA…..UCLA Medical center? YOu have Stanford in Northern California!
I would bet the Bone spur is a result of Calcium build up from his broken hand in the early 80’s.
July 26th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Heres to hoping you heal quickly! And quit smoking allready!! From all of us VH fans!
July 26th, 2009 at 7:56 am
maybe this explains why ‘little guitars’ was dropped from the last leg. would make sense that the hand would cramp up with those little frets…probably was afraid it would sound like a mess. too bad he didn’t play it on the full-size though…
July 26th, 2009 at 10:07 am
hey chris omeara, dude! wtf is wrong w/ you? wow… another smart ass comment from you which doesnt suprise me none. dude, havent you ever heard that patients is a vertue? apparently not! give the guy a chance to heel his hand for crying out loud! further more, sammy hagar worked really well w/ vh, not to mention how well they worked together back then. also you tell me this!, how many albums went number one w/ dlr? maybe the 1984 album if that? do me a favor dude, stop bashing sammy b/c he’s also good at what he does w/ his music! i know you have your wright to ur own opinion like everybody else does but tone it down a bit for god sakes. me personally, im not a big dlr fan but i dont go bashing him either just so you know. so do me a huge favor and stop ur bitching and lets just hope for the best.
July 26th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Music doesn’t leave a person…no matter how long you live or are active in music. As a musician I know music has to do with emotions and it is in your soul. He has tons of music left in him because look at all he has experienced that is just etching to get out. An artist releases themselves through their music which is what I am confident we will see with Eddie and the boys in a little while! <3
PS– Little Guitars is one of my favorites:):)
July 26th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Just more examples for VHND to elimate the comments sections of these posts. What’s the need for it anyaway and W.T.F.Cares ???
July 26th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Had to go to Germany to have the surgery? I figure with the advance in sports medicine here in the USA that he could have determined the symptoms and had surgery here. Guess after the Michael Jackson thing. Kinda hard to trust the doctors out in L.A. Prolly for the best.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
“excuse # 500,028,833,776,653,995,455 on why the next van halen album is never going to happen”
You’re damn right, Ed’s just being a selfish puss. It’s just his left hand. Man up Nancy boy and make an album. Everybody knows that making an album is more important than your health.
July 26th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Hmm. Maybe this was the reason for the break during to tour….
July 26th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Anyway - who’s to say production on some new music won’t happen anytime soon. For all we know Ed could be wokring on some stuff right now (all be it slowly while his hand is recovering).
July 27th, 2009 at 1:39 am
No favors Don- Hahahahahahahaha…. The Eddie part of my last comment was meant in purely in good humor- Only the Sammy (Spammy) part was meant to be smart-ass and for that I offer no apology.
The “For Unlawful C.K.” was excellent in my opinion, but the rest of Sammy’s latter double-entendre lyrics with VH was lame (”Up For Breakfast?”- stupid stuff), as is some of the lead-in raps on the Chickenfoot LP.
He was great back in the day with “Rock Candy”, “Standing Hampton” LP and the “Heavy Metal” soundtrack title track.
The new stuff is pretentious, like when you still enjoy the style of a comic book artist, but have outgrown the juvenile writing that goes along with the genre. The dude’s 60 years old- Nobody wants to hear about his sexual exploits anymore…
July 27th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Rod… you know the Germans… they always make good stuff (that according to the Shamwow guy, anyhow.)
July 27th, 2009 at 9:22 am
In an earlier VH post it was mentioned that Ed would visit the Netherlands AND Germany while on honeymoon, probably to get his hand fixed.
I’m sure a US surgeon could’ve treated Ed as well, but then his recovery would take longer.
Can you imagine the following headline: “EVH returns from his honeymoon, but has to visit the hospital first instead of the studio due to pain in his left thumb and pinky”.
I think a lot of the boys & girls at this forum would go ape.
At least now we know what’s going on.
Sterkte met je herstel en geniet van je verblijf in Nederland, Ed!
Frank, NL
July 27th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Don…
I agree with everything you wrote except the comments about #1 albums with sammy…
Just becasue you have #1 albums doesnt mean you’re better musically.
I bet you $100 bucks that if dave stayed in the band another year after 1984 they would have had a #1.
Ballads / love songs sell.
July 27th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
hey ducky…. i wont or cant argue w/ what you said about Dave, but would be cool is if they can produce another album like 1984, now that would be totally cool! also everybody knows dlr and his pompus and cocky attitude which in my own opinion i dont like but i guess thats just me. lol! but could you actually see dlr doing a ballad w/ vh? i cant, but then again thats just me i guess. another thing like sammy said quite a while back and i quote maybe if they would all get their heads out of their asses and come to their freaking sences they allcan work together? you guys tell me what y’all think
July 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I hate to show my face again in this discussion, but the “ballad” (aka “power ballad”) is what tons of hair metal bands made their hits with ($$$), but it’s also what the 80’s bands were finally reduced to on MTV before grunge came along and the record execs flushed the hair metal bands down the toilet (where they belonged for being ballad playing sell-outs). That’s why most people’s dates hated “Fair Warning” but loved Firehouse’s “Finally Found The Love Of A Lifetime” echhh…
DLR-era VH (at least the 1st 4 albums) was “Big Rock” (according to DLR who coined the term), not poser music like “Every Rose Has it’s Thorn”, “Home Sweet Home” and all that other cr*p. They didn’t sell out to sell records (well maybe a couple of tunes on Diver Down). They rocked you while you drove in your car. Even “Me Wise Magic” was killer, so they can still do it if they want to… I hope they do.
A ballad here and there is o.k., but would you rather hear Heart sing “What About Love?”, or the entire Dreamboat Annie album? It seems like everything good leftover from the late ’70’s began to die when MTV began. Even Ted Nugent and Jefferson Starship had to sell out to survive. Look at Santana. If you disagree, I don’t care. The truth is still the truth.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Hey! I want to talk to dirty duck!!!!!!! It`s 5150 time.Show me right. lololoolololol
July 28th, 2009 at 6:34 am
God Bless and get well soon.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Omeara, I think you are dead on 100% correct. Great analysis. VH went from being a “big rock” to a “frat rock” band with the singer change. I remember seeing the Unlawful Carnage show and seeing more drunkard air guitar than I’ve seen since. I’m not here to argue endlessly which era is better, but the audience unquestionably and gradually shifted between the Roth/Sammy era. Funny you mention grunge because Kobain had a resentment toward his own audience, primarily frat boys rocking out to Nevermind.
The only reason 1984 wasn’t number 1 is because Thriller (amazing album) dominated the charts for over a year.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Vindication at last! Thanks Skutch! Take me back to the late seventies and leave me there… (well there has been SOME good music since then…)
July 28th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
GB69 - what are you smoking?
July 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Ed writes right-handed according to his own words in the article but the first sentence in this article says his left hand was operated on “to treat increasing pain…” Lets get it straight OK. The right hand was operated on and the left hand which handles the notes on the fretboard is OK by Ed’s own admission. It is probably the lesser of two evils that the right hand was the problem since a 4-6 month rehab on the left might have somewhat affected the guitarist’s speed-riffing abilities even after recovery.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
11 years and counting, f*ck it Ed. Release the 2nd CD with Gary Cherone, I just want to hear some new Van Halen tunes.
July 30th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Brad, I think he means write music, not write words…
July 30th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Skutch,
Yeah I play a Wolfgang & a Lone Star Strat (USA made) through a Line 6 Bogner Spider Valve (tube) head and 4X12 cabinet. I get a killer sound out of it too! Got a problem with it kid? Tough shit!
July 30th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
MEJORATE LUEGO EDDIE…. SUERTE
ESPERO QUE TODO SALGA BIEN EN TU RECUPERACION Y PODAMOS VER UN NUEVO CD DE VAN HALEN CON WOLFGANG.
JUANE
CHILE
July 31st, 2009 at 6:50 am
Brad, Ed just says he can write. Doesn’t say with which hand.
“to treat increasing pain in his left hand.”
“and a cyst in the joint of his left thumb”
“having already regained his reach and full spread of his hand”
I think it’s probably it’s probably a safe bet that it’s his left hand that got treated.
July 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
Karl and Brad, You guys crack me up! He’s talking about writing music, not writing a letter with a pencil in his hand.
July 31st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Wow - lot’s a pot being smoked here. For the record, Ed plays the fretboard with his left hand. The same hand that was operated on.
Pass it over here dude.
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 am
This is my fist time posting to this site, but my blood is boiling. I’ll try not to cuss even though many of you morons deserve it. Quit being a jago tool and don’t tell us that Eddie doesn’t owe the fans, he’s screwed us so many times. Just a few examples: using Dave to tease us into buying the greatest hits, talking like an idiot in every interview, not playing old songs while Sammy was in the band, not releasing Roth-era concerts on video, putting out the horrible VH3 album, kicking MA out of the band, putting on a lame show during the 2004 tour, slinging a ripoff 2nd greatest hits, not showing for the R&R HOF ceremony, standing still during the 2007 tour, and last but most, refusing to release any of the leftover songs from album sessions(w/DLR) or the Warner Bros demos. There are enough fully recorded unreleased quality songs with Dave for 2 albums and those of us that have heard them know how magical they are. Eddie was/is a childish selfish a’hole and hopefully he will at least be financially motivated to put out some new material with Roth. Having said that, I’ll ask this question: would you rather have VH be like AC/DC and regularly put out albums that are ok, or would you prefer to wait a dozen years and have a kickbutt album? I do believe we will hear some new stuff from Ed&Dave but I’m worried that Ed will be too manipulative in the mixing room. The worst thing about the VH3 record was not the songs, but it sounded too straight ahead like an emo rock album and/or polished like a DefLep album. For those of you who have forgotten go crank Diver Down; yeah the song selection was patchwork but the engineering and mixing and atomspere was the best of ANY vh album.
As long as I’m weighing in here - I’ve seen over 300 concerts in my life and the VH w/Gary Cherone concert I saw was one of the best. So lay off Gary, the horrible album was Ed’s fault not his. Also I’ve never seen anyone comment about the fact that on the greatest hits album, Michael Anthony’s name was taken off the credits for the songs from the 1984 album. For you Eddie defenders that defines pettiness. I remember reading a Jeff Berlin interview around 1985 where he told how Eddie had him in the studio working on the songs during the 1984 sessions, and now we hear how Eddie tried to get Billy Sheehan into the band several times. I guess Eddie didn’t have a spare million to hire Robert Trujillo like Metallica did, let’s face it the only reason he put Wolfie in the band was because he was free!
So here’s to hoping for Ed’s recovery, continued health, maturity, and brotherly relationship with Dave, while we are patiently waiting for new material. In the meantime let us rag on Ed you nittie witties because he wholeheartedly deserves it.
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Hi Duke. If you want that “old-school” VH engineered sound, you’ll have to get Donn Landee back in the control room. But Ed had a “falling out” with him too, so it’s doubtless the albums will go back to sounding how they were in the old days.
An interviewer in Guitar World or Guitar player quizzed Ed years ago on why the departure from the old style mix where the main lead guitar was in a certain space in the stereo field up against the rhythm and Ed told him basically that was Donn’s system, Donn was too controlling about his job, he was gone now, and that Ed thought the new sound (He called it “Jape”, I call it the “million-dollar GK amp sound”- co) sounded better.
So although I agree with your gripes, I would have to add that to the list also (although the processed guitar sounded COOL with the Steinberger TransTrem on “Me Wise Magic”). I agree Ed was in rare form on all the live Cherone years footage I’ve seen and heard.
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I meant to say “doubtful”, not doubtless. My bad…
August 5th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Marvin, try reading my comment again but imagine me writing it with my tongue firmly in my cheek. And while you’re at it take a little peek between the lines…
August 6th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Duke Truccio,
BRAVO Man!! I couldn’t agree more with everything you said. I would love to hear some of those unreleased songs that Ed did with Dave during the Me Wise Magic sessions too!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
well just when I thought I heard it all out so called VH fans…
Is it not enough that the never thought would happen reunion betwwwen Dave and Ed happened???
Or that at thier respective ages they put out a tour full of kick ass VH classics?
Or that Ed’s playing was simply masterfull?
Or that Dave’s vocals were far better than anyone expected?
(I thought them to be awesome)
Or that Dave still has some “JUMP” in his stage show?
Or that Wolfie actually pulled it off as a credible band mate?
Or that Alex can beat those skins like it was still 1984?
Or that we di not have to listen to Sammy era bubble gum VH tunes?( don’t get me wrong I like Sammy and like some stuff he did with VH but it just didn’t feel or sound like VH to me)
Or just the promise and hope to hear a new VH album and follow up tour with the dyanamic duo of Rock?
If you all still feel that Ed OWES us something maybe your so called support would be suited better being a Spice girls fan or maybe even president of the Milli Vanilli fan club.
Ed has already given us so much,and I for one can appreciate and be satisfied with that,anything more is a bonus!!!
All the best to the real fans and to VH.
Shayne
August 6th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
There are some of you who are challenged in being able to distinguish between a ‘VH’ fan and an ‘EVH’ fan, so from one ‘real’ fan to another let me help you out and give you a free ticket to the clue-bus. It’s possible to like the artist but not the person. Sure sometimes it’s important to know the background behind what made the artist the way they are, but the two are not necessarily the same. U2, Rage Against the Machine, and Pearl Jam are great bands and I own most of their albums and I’ll dole out my cash to see them in concert rather than pay my phone bill, but their politics stink. Michael Jackson was an amazing talent but he was a freakazoid. VH is the greatest rock band ever but Eddie is a knucklehead. Got it?
Hey, there are plenty of things I agree with you ‘real’ fans with. I liked all 3 versions of VH but the original Diamond Dave version is by far the best. Very little music makes my nuts tingle like the first 6 VH albums. Yes, it was inspiring to see VH kick-butt on the reunion tour. Other than Rush and Maiden most veteran bands can’t pull it off in arenas. (Have you ever seen how bad the Stones suck live? And I’m sorry to say the Police reunion was a ripoff.) DLR tore it up and looked amazing; his vocals weren’t the greatest but definitely much better than expected; it was sweet to not just hear the hits but also deep cuts like ‘Romeo Delight’ and ‘I’ll Wait’; Wolfie was admirable for a kid his age and under huge pressure; and Alex has always been the most underrated drummer in hard rock. Kudos to them also for not overusing stage props and lighting, it was just right. I raise a toast to DLR & EVH in being able to put aside their past animosities and move forward, because I know how hard it can be. Let me tell you as someone who played in bands and toured the club circuit in the late 80’s/early 90’s, to this day 20 years later there are former band-mates of mine that if I saw them walking down the street I would jump out of my car and punch them in the face (and I’m not a violent person). Because when you love music and play in a band, you put more emotional capital into it than you ever do in a relationship.
But can someone besides me please grow a pair and admit that as unexpected as the reunion tour was, it came up short on being magical. Could it have been? Sure, maybe if Michael Anthony was there; maybe if Eddie hadn’t stood still; maybe if Eddie could stop kissing Wolfie; maybe if Wolfie could have looked like he did on the aborted Rolling Stones cover instead of one of the back-up dancers in Weird Al Yankovic’s video spoof of MJ’s ‘Bad’ (I’m not ripping on poor Wolfie, it’s Eddie’s fault for sticking him out there). NO Eddie’s playing was NOT masterful (either you have never played guitar or you hit the maddog hard). Yeah it was better than his drunken attempt on the last Hagar tour, but not as good as most tours he’s done. The best he ever played was on the Cherone tour and I’ve seen VH fourteen times (but I guess that’s not enough to make me a ‘real’ fan).
For some reason there is a deliberate attempt on the part of some of you dimbos to misconstrue what some of us are voicing, so, “Let me hit you with some knowledge.” It’s not that Eddie owes us anything more, it’s that if he does manage to put out an album or tour, he owes us to make it as good as it can be. Heck he owes himself that. I call him a knucklehead because in that sense he’s screwed himself as much as he’s screwed the fans. We are ‘real fans’ because we’ll bend over and shell out our hard earned bucks no matter what. Hey, if he wants to put out shit like VH3 then at least call it Eddie’s Puppet Show instead of slapping the VH label on it. Let me put you straight, if you don’t think it’s ridiculous that someone has to pay $500 for a CD quality black market copy of the Warner Bros demo tapes just because Ed is selfish, well then you are not a ‘real’ fan, you are a starfucker.
So …. you’re telling us that it would be ok with you if the new album with Roth was something along the same lines as VH3? That the album we’ve waited 25 years for has to be acceptable to ‘real’ fans even if it was written by Ed and Glen Ballard over the phone? Maybe you wouldn’t talk like a douche-bag if you saw my collection of VH posters, patches, tour-books, calendars, stickers, hats, t-shirts, buttons, pins, banners, necklaces, picture-discs, 180gram vinyl lps, mugs, japanese b-sides, bootleg concert albums and videos, magazines, not to mention 5150 amp and Wolfgang guitar (I could go on and on.) I don’t have it gathering dust in a display case, I put it up and put it on and USED it. I was one of those kids who actually wore a VH t-shirt in high school and if you tried to tell me Randy Rhoads was a better guitar player you were given a wedgie or got taped to the wall. Of course I put all that stuff in a box now that I’m 40, jeez I’m married with kids not like the guys in ‘Stepbrothers’.
I want Eddie’s hand to heal and be better than ever; for him to be happy with Janie and be sober and cancer free; for Wolfie to be as good as Mike; for him to make money on sneakers; to make music for pornos; I want him to do whatever makes him happy and releases his creative juices as an artist; but most of all I want for him and Dave to take their time and make a great album.
So if you want to be an ass-clown and tell me I’m not a real fan then I’m just gonna tell you that you have a crack pipe in one hand and Eddie’s cock in the other and you should drop them both and go put on VH3 and have another listen.
Peace out.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:10 am
News Flash on MSNBC this morning…..
Duke Truccio was the sole nominee for Milli Vanilli’s fan club president.
Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which gets filled first!
It is what it is and will be what it will be, hope for the best but accept what comes.(you don’t have to like it and will probably never live up to YOUR expectations)
As a guitar player myself and having played in a band throughout my late teens and early twenties my fave player has always been Angus Young but aside from my collection of albums from all the great Rock players I am not one to buy a sig series guitar just because he put one out (however I do own a Gibson SG standard)or to have cheap merch hangin on my walls around my neck or in a box to prove how much of a fan I am.Although fun to play covers I spend my time making my own music and I don’t need to have copycat gear to do it.
Your comment about cock in one hand and and a crack pipe in the other is something you must have experience with as in all my years that thought has never popped into my head.WTF was that all about.
PS never bought VH3 or any other post DLR albums save the Best of album just to have the 2 new DLR songs on it.So while you have that cock in one hand here is something for you to put in your pipe & smoke in the other.
A real fan supports accepts and does not whine and cry about what he thinks EVH should be ,should have done,should do and should act like ,should play,should play with.
He is fucking EVH and he should do what EVH wants to, as we all SHOULD.
With all that said you seem to be very sincere with your opinions but really dude, take a reality check and accept it for what it is and will be, if not maybe Milli would like some advice from you but I don’t think a real VH,EVH fan or Eddie himself give two shits about your opinions,or mine!
All in good fun Duke!
Shayne
August 7th, 2009 at 9:18 am
One last thought… are we fans of the music and their talents or fans of them as a person?
How can we be? we don’t know them pesonally.
So to judge them is unfair and you are just waisting your time and energy.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:40 am
You Eddie apologists always disappoint.
You’d think that after getting embarrassingly bitch-slapped twice now that you’d offer up better posts than the lame comments you did. (Oh, I get it. You secretly agree with me and are pretending to be an Eddie apologist and make a fool of yourself to get a rise out of me. Ok, I’ll play along. All in good fun like you said. Eddie apologists are all phonies anyway.)
You guys are like the morons that voted for Obama and now that he’s systematically wrecking the country you say we have to continue to support him. You Eddie apologists can never bring yourselves to address the questions we put forth. Again: if the next album is more like VH3 than VH1-6 will that be ok with you? If you are a ‘real’ fan then why did you buy only buy the first 6 albums? In the future please do something other than contradict yourselves and make lame posts. I’m all up for a real debate.
As far as your comments that Eddie doesn’t care what people say about him, you’re wrong about that. Eddie may be several cards short of a full deck, but he’s well aware that many fans are fed-up with him. He’s world-classed pissed that VH3 sold badly. Eddie only got back with Roth to make money and because the fans wouldn’t accept anything less. Right now Eddie is torn. On one hand he wants to continue being vindictive towards the fans by not putting out music with Roth or music from the vaults. On the other hand he wants to put out a new album. Let’s all hope he doesn’t force Roth into another VH3.
August 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am
And your insights are from personal conversations with evh?
Do you also read palms?
Just keep reading your Hit Parade mags and making up your own shit!
Wow are you ever full of it.
I geuss you have theory on why he gort divorced too>
But please spare us all.
By the way, I have always been a fan of EVH and VH as I said I do not need to buy an album I don’t care for, as a real fan thats all we can do…unlike you, who apparently talks to Ed (you must with all your insight)to tell him “Ed ,dude this Sammy guy is OK but the writing you had to do for him is weak,what is with all these songs with “love” in the title about? What happened to the ROCK in VH did it leave with Dave?
I geuss it’s back to your mouth pieces in each hand.
And remember there is a diff between a true rocker who can appreciate an artist and be a a real fan and some flakey finatic who thinks they are the foremost authourity on everything VH.
And by the way I think we are all safe that the new VH album will not be a repeat of VH3,a small thing called chemistry between DLR and EVH will prevent that.