Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!kimery From: kimery@wdl1.UUCP (Sam Kimery) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Van Halen's new lead singer Message-ID: <634@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 16:20:22 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.634 Posted: Tue Aug 13 16:20:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:47:49 EDT References: <533@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 36 > > > > So, Van Halen is getting Sammy Hagar to become their new lead singer > assuming their respective record companies can strike a deal. > But this leaves me with a few questions: > 1) Why did David Lee Roth leave? > more importantly, To become a big time movie star (wonder if he'll get a haircut?!?) > 2) what is Hagar's appearance going to do to VH's sound (besides vocally)? > Actaually, I look at the move optimistically. that's probably because > I enjoy the "harder" Van Halen stuff (Van Halen, VHII, especially). > Any comments? answers? > better yet, what is this going to do to the red rocker?? I'm not sure exactly what S.H. expects to gain from this. After all he did have a rather loyal (and large) following on his own. Seems as if he is retreating away from the induvidual image to a group. Methinks he might not like it as much as he thinks. By the way, wonder how his band is taking all this. I'll bet their pissed. guess we'll just have to wait and see, although according to good ole' Eddie VH we wont have to wait too long, as he and SH have been writing stuff for the next album for quite sometime now. Also expect a rather different VH, as Eddie is writing songs that "weren't meant to be screamed". For a rather good idea of what Eddie thinks of Mr "showbiz" Roth try last months rolling stone.