Comments on: Chickenfoot Named “BEST NEW BAND” At Classic Rock Awards

By: chris.omeara

chris.omeara — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:30:52 +0000

Thanks whambamsam, for not taking me too serious; Some people are getting really pis**d, and I try to temper my legitimate right to cynicism with implicit or explicit humor. I’m just a guy trying to express to folks what’s been lost since that first day I saw VH in Circus magazine & a buddy gave me a copy of VH’s first album.

It permanently moved my radio dial from the top 10 local station I grew up on to the contemporary rock station 50 miles away, and saved me from missing the end of the seventies before MTV came in and ruined it all.

My mom was a huge Linda Ronstadt fan, and when I heard the VH version of “You’re No Good” on the time & temperature channel on TV before school, I FLIPPED. Incredible! Brilliant! The rest of the album was just as good, too!

I never could understand my junior year why “Fair Warning” wasn’t embraced as the masterpiece of genius that it was. And I don’t need to rehash everything that followed.

‘Tis a dark tale, like in Lord Of The Rings (Strings?). History turned to legend. And legend turned to myth. And finally, it was as if the hard rock band VH had never been a hard rock band…

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:54:07 +0000

The foot rocks! I saw them in Tahoe. Ive seen Van Halen 7 times now with Dave and Sammy. Ive seen joe 10 times now. My take is these are two of the greatest Guitarists ever each at what they do. Eddie changed rock and roll with his inovations and his sound. But no one does flowing instrumentals like Joe NO ONE! as far as the zepplin thing… I dont think Sammy meant That they sounded like Zep I think he meant that chickenfoot would be something new and fresh like when Zep started. we should all stop bickering and realize that great music isnt about whos better its about how it makes us feel, its each mans opinion be thankful for all the great talents and enjoy! we’ll have new VH to enjoy soon Im sure!!!!!

By: whambamsam

whambamsam — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:19 +0000

chris.omeara, thanx for all your posts…they are the most ridiculous reads around and always get me laughing! To quote “Neal” Peart: “My name is spelled N-E-I-L, dude.”

Long live the Foot!

By: Ferdnand

Ferdnand — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:08 +0000

Please folks.
I’m a VAN HALEN fan, Van Halen Music, and everything created by the band with, of course, the blessed EVH hands and mind.
Please, Stop bullshiting us (me) with Hagar, Cherone and other stuff’s that definetly does not improve anything for really VH Fans.
As for Mike, good luck on your carrer but, and sadly, now he is only history.
Long live migthy VAN HALEN.

By: Cam Winston

Cam Winston — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:18 +0000

/// You will definitely want to see it on YouTube if you value your national sovereignty and freedom to keep “Rocking On”… ///

Uh, Charlie Sheen begging Obama to “investigate” how Bush was behind 9/11 is for whackjobs. The Radical Islamists did it, dude.

You DO know that they made a video bragging about how they were behind it (on top of, you know, every piece of material evidence at hand).

Back slowly away from the left-wing propaganda machine, please…..

By: Aarxn82

Aarxn82 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:43:46 +0000

its cool that a rock band is getting alot of success but man i really wish the Led Zeppelin comparisons would stop. CF sounds nothing, NOTHING like ANYTHING Zep ever did. EVER. i dont even hear any influence whatsoever.

it would be like Fall Out Boy saying “Yeah our new record sounds like The Beatles in 2010!” hmmmm