David Lee all the way. Sammy Hagar never had Roth's range. "the cradle will rock"; "everybody wants some" and "running with the devil" are songs Van Hagar never came close to duplicating. I think Eddie is not Eddie without David and vice versa. When they split though it seemed like two people getting a divorce ugly and over.
That being said, Eddie did have a nice collaboration with Brian May from Queen (obviously the Greatest guitar player in rock and roll) doing a blues guitar album.
I think Van Halen's original six albums were most consistently strong, though the first (5150) and last (Balance) Hagar albums are probably my facorites.
Van Halen III - with Gary Cherone - was actually a pretty damned good album, but it wasn't even close to what fans of either Roth or Hagar were used to and therefore was doomed to shitty sales.
David Lee all the way. Sammy Hagar never had Roth's range. "the cradle will rock"; "everybody wants some" and "running with the devil" are songs Van Hagar never came close to duplicating. I think Eddie is not Eddie without David and vice versa. When they split though it seemed like two people getting a divorce ugly and over.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, Eddie did have a nice collaboration with Brian May from Queen (obviously the Greatest guitar player in rock and roll) doing a blues guitar album.
Never paid much attention to Van Halen. The one albbum I have is with David.
ReplyDeleteVan Halen, please, with a pinch of David Lee Roth.
ReplyDeleteAnd what, exactly, do you have against Gary Cherone?
ReplyDeleteI think Van Halen's original six albums were most consistently strong, though the first (5150) and last (Balance) Hagar albums are probably my facorites.
ReplyDeleteVan Halen III - with Gary Cherone - was actually a pretty damned good album, but it wasn't even close to what fans of either Roth or Hagar were used to and therefore was doomed to shitty sales.