I was 16 years old when Van Halen with David Lee Roth showed up on MTV'S 1996 music awards show. I didn't even notice any tension between Dave and Eddie because I was extremely excited just to see them back together again. If David Lee Roth was never considered to be part of the band again, Van Halen should have not done the MTV music award show with David Lee Roth because I was certain at that time that the original Van Halen lineup was back together again. I hate that it did not work out at that time because just imagine all the more amazing music the world could have had from Van Halen. It took another ten years before David Lee Roth did officially rejoin Van Halen, but it was not with Michael Anthony which was a bummer. I am just glad that David Lee Roth did get to have one more fun with Van Halen, and one more amazing album A Different Kind Of Truth. Rest In Peace Eddie Van Halen!! There will never be another guitar player to change the world like you did.
I read an interview where Eddie said the record company practically forced them to appear on that MTV thing. I think the egos got in the way of the reunion. It’s frustrating we never got all four back together again and now I’m reading it almost happened, but then Eddie died. So sad.
I believe what Ed said in guitar magazine interviews . After they did q&a Dave got pissed when Ed told them he had to have his hip operation and couldn't tour . Dave told Ed not talk about his hip and Ed said OK then Dave screwed himself by saying " You better fukin not ! " It actually broke Ed's heart . When they first got back together they smoked cigars by his studio and tried to make up through all the B.S. that happened after Dave quit .
@@akfreed6949 Dave said I don’t care about your hip this is about me and that’s what ended it for Dave! They even briefly reunited again in 2000 and did some writing but it fucked up again not to long after
Funny guy, so much energy. I liked him then and still like him now. I wish the band stay together. David Lee Roth hasn't change he's the main guy in the band.
I got busted by the same cop who arrested David Lee Roth in Washington Square Park in 1993! It's hilarious to hear David tell his story. I spent the summer of '93 in Spain, and all my Spanish friends told me to bring some hash home with me, and that they always carried it on airplanes with never a problem. So I bought a fat ounce of this incredible Moroccan hash and put it in my shoes. When I landed at Kennedy airport a drug dog sniffed me right out. They took me to into a detention room, where I was strip searched and held till detectives arrived to arrest me. At first there were two cops and two customs officers and they were all very cool. I relaxed a little, still fearing prison, and start making small talk and making them laugh. After an hour or so we had a nice rapport going when three detectives entered the room. These guys looked mean and I thought my hopes of a merciful lesser charge were gone. But they turned out to be cool too, and when one of the detectives was questioning me, I was wondering what charges I was facing, and I blurted, "Whatever happened to David Lee Roth when he got arrested in the spring?" The detective proudly cried out, "That was me! I ran that sting and I was David Lee Roth's arresting officer!" I chuckle about that to this day. As for me? They told me the cutoff was 25 grams--under 25 was considered misdemeanor personal use and over 25 was felony intent to distribute. I groaned and started shitting because I had three bars that were over 10 grams each. They told me the hash was being weighed before they knew what to charge me, then one of cops returned, all but winked at me and said, "You just slid under the wire at 24.2 grams. They released me and I went to stay the night with a friend in Washington Heights. I was so geeked out I was dying for a smoke just to relax. Riding the subway to my friend's place I reached in my pocket and found a nice chunk of hash in the lint. We slept very well that night. I appeared at Kew Gardens Court in Queens a month later. A new law had taken effect October 1st that automatically reduced the charge to disorderly conduct and I paid a $75 dollar fine.
Either your source screwed you on the weight or they probly gave you a lesser charge because they liked you OR maybe some of your stash DISAPPEARED somehow .
@@Lee-ol3yh Were you there, idiot? Would a detailed description of customs at JFK where I spent a couple hours help disspell your moronic disbelief? Sorry to hear your brain is so weak and faulty.
Me Wise Magic was really cool. Sad that VH didn't stay together in 96. With Michael Anthony's voice, they still could have had a decade plus of great stuff ahead, but they went in weird directions. I loved Gary Cherone, but he was in an impossible position honestly.
06:42 - That's not what Noel Monk said in his book. In 1984, Michael Anthony was written out of all Royalties (including those for the already completed 1984 album) Publishing and Future revenue from Van Halen albums, and became a waged member of the band. This means Dave is blatantly lying, or cares so little about MA that he has actually forgotten.
Robin was right. It wasn't a band where DLR was concerned. It was a Van Halen business and they were in effect hiring and firing lead singers. They even replaced Michael Anthony with another VH. Once when DLR said he was the star he was told to remember the name of the band. It was VH, not Roth.
It was Roth's idea to call the band Van Halen. The truth is, Roth is a bit much, yes, but he was the one who took the band to the top and once they got there, they wanted more control over their direction. They didn't think he was going to quit but when he did and left them high and dry, the hate for him ran deep ever since. But it was all to cover up their own issues. They did Sammy and Michael just as raw.
Like many bands you need that special combination of people who have that energy and karakter talent that spark only in that combination they only need to find each other or Els iT wont People are Beautiful dont waste youre energy with war and negativity look for love ❤️🦋
Poor Dave. He really got duped for the Greatest Hits album and we lost a chance to see them together live during that period. A 1996 Van Halen tour AND the reunited original Kiss in concert? The mind boggles.
@@davidmerlin3344 Well, Yeah, But it's still great to look back at concerts with him from 2012 - 2015 with Van Halen, I like seeing them back together.
David Lee was the charisma of the band and their performances. Sammy was like the substitute teacher filling in. I liked Sammy Solo better than teamed with Van Halen. I loved Roths Solo work. I'm surprised Van Halen survived at all without Roth. Turns out while this interview happened they were just getting the Cancer diagnosis of Van Halen and all these plans got scratched....
Roth wasn't VH. Van Halen lasted because of Eddie. People came to see VH shows to see Eddie. Regardless of who any of the lead singers were at any time in the history of that band, it was always about Eddie. Roth clearly couldn't make it without them. His career went in the toilet after he left Van Halen. Sammy on the other hand made it just fine before AND after VH. Roth doesn't have that kind of ability.
After all of these years in retrospect it’s easy to see where the problems might have been. I certainly wish they had went with Dave at that point. I LOVE Gary Cherone’s singing and with Extreme, but he just wasn’t the right fit with VH, I don’t think anyone would ever been better than Dave. Sammy did great, but it had to be with new material, I never liked him singing the old stuff. It’s the same when Dave did the VH tunes with Vai and Billy, as great as they are musically, it didn’t sound right. The original lineup was just it. Dave’s voice officially gave out after the 2007-2008 tour. The 2012 shows musically were incredible, but man Dave was just off. It’s all subjective and this is just my opinion. I’m just glad I got to see them live so many times in their heyday. Like so many millions, man do I miss Edward. R.I.P. Edward 🙏🎸
6:42 Michael Anthony had all his publishing royalties taken away from the album 1984 on. Read Nole Monks book and it explains it all. He was then a hired gun and was just paid a percentage (a small one) of the touring revenue.
It drives me nuts when guys like Eddie Truck interview him, they never bring up the subject. And then, never ask about how the brothers treated him with the reunion tour.
In Ed's defense , Ed took royalties away from Mike from 1984 because he did ALL THE COMPOSING from the start . Ed showed the rest of the band all the demos he and Donn Landee mixed with Ed playing all the instruments . And that's his right . Ed wrote all the songs . Mike played whatever Ed wanted him to play . Yeah , it's a really a dick move BUT if Mike felt screwed he should have quit . It's not like he didn't make anything . He still made alotta money .
Well, he definitely got blown thousands of times, but you got a point there. He was, and will forever be irreplaceable as the front man in the stadium rock and roll world of bands!
real van halen fans never listened to them after dave left the band. everyone knows the singer is the band. the vocals is the most important instrument in a band. period.
^ This is true for me. Same with AC/DC. They ceased to exist after Bon passed. It's not personal. I'm sure Sammy & Bryan are nice people but they aren't VH or AC/DC, to me.
@@doberchic the same thing happened with Journey. The singer is the most important instrument in a band. When Journey lost Steve Perry, they found a filipino guy who sounded exactly like him. They could not reform Journey without the voice. Any 12 year old can play a musical instrument and play the journey songs but the singer, that is the most special talent in any rock band.
You sound like a DLR fanboy. REAL Van Halen fans listen to whatever they want, whether it be Dave, Sammy, or even Cherone. It's all Van Halen. Don't be a gatekeeper.
The same happened with the 90's rock band Dishwalla. I was a fan of them since 2002 until JR Richards, the OG lead vocal, left the band. His unique vocal has more "bass" in it than the current lead vocal (Justin Fox) & to me JR is the "sound" of oldschool Dishwalla. I don't even care to listen to Dishwalla's newest album (with Fox). I grew up with DLR-VH, so songs like Panama & Jump don't sound right without DLR singing in them.
I love DLR but he does play acoustic for the song Ice Cream Man I don't know if he does it all the time but I have seen him do it David Lee Roth is Van Halen..
Looking back at these old videos, I realize how obnoxious Robbin was. She served literally no purpose except a cover for Howard to make jokes about black people.
Both Malloy and Cherone had already been told they were in the band at this point. They had FOUR singers in 96. Hagar Malloy Cherone and Roth. That’s why Ed was so uncomfortable.
Never really understood why getting back into VH was always so important to him....going from a free-as-a-bird sucessful solo artist then back to being a band member....?
By 1996, Dave was pretty much done. I think he needed being back in the band. The shame of it all was, the VH bros. Led him to believe he was back in the band. Pretty shoddy
Yep by 1996 Dave was only playing small theaters in 2nd and 3rd tier markets. This was post grunge and Dave was no longer considered “cool” since he was so associated with the 80’s. Dave also kept his personal life very private so he was out of the public eye which also made people lose interest. You can tell in this interview he desperately wanted to get back in Van Halen.
They all seemed difficult but as much as I love dlr he has to take the blame for being mad at Eddie for having hip surgery. Wish he'd been more understanding and/or Eddie had been able to take one out-of-bounds comment.
@@akfreed6949 dave’s van halen albums all spent a decade longer on the shelves and it wasn’t until the 90s anyway until those two albums achieved diamond status. Initially, sammy’s albums did just as well as Dave’s albums, and the sales were more consistent going multi-platinum in two years where many of Dave’s albums like Fair Warning and III only went platinum. People forget that during the 70s Van Halen was considered heavy metal. Besides “Jump” they didn’t get as much airplay as they did during the Sammy years when they crossed over to a pop audience which is much bigger than hard rock audience. Eventually, dave’s era transcended Sammys era and had more legs in terms of sales. Point is, both were very successful and it was the band namely Eddie that wrote all the music, not a flashy singer with pipes.
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 yeah? Van Hagar shot up to number one more often BUT the sales dropped FASTER . Dave's era will ALWAYS outsell Captain Candyass's . Remember I only named 2 albums .
@@akfreed6949 but that’s due to an accident of history. the grunge movement initiated a stigma against glam. sammy’s hagar is very glam. other glam bands struggle to this day over the stigma with the exception of motly crue, that having a lot to do with the dirt movie. Hence the david era continuing to sell while the sammy eta stalled. album sales was killed by napstar, after about 2005 no one sells any albums. if music sales were controlled, perhaps those sammy albums with an extra decade would catch up with dave. and im speaking as someone who prefers the dave era and cant even listen to sammy, who i never liked. im only trying to see it objectively and not thru lens of my own bias.
skipgalv Are you the person who filmed the 97 Seattle Dio clip "Mistreated"? If so, do you have any more footage. All three bands I knew, and am still friends with the main opening band, Faustus. I was on my left touching the stage.
I think their plan was: let's see how we hit it off with Dave back, and if it doesn't work, we got Mitch. If the album's a hit, we keep Dave for a tour. Malloy figured that out and quit.
Howard Stern sucks. Why this guy? Can't stand him. Love how all these guys had all their predictions. Meanwhile Gary Cherone. They should have reunited in 96 when they had the momentum with Me Wise Magic and Can't get this stuff no more. And were still young enough energy wise, to put on a good show. However, we got VH with Dave 12 years later and without Micheal Anthony. Hmm.
