Favorite Van Halen Singer
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Topic: Favorite Van Halen Singer
Posted By: rushfan4
Subject: Favorite Van Halen Singer
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 4:57pm
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Alright, time for a poll that has been done a million times in a million different places, but it has never been done here. Which Van Halen lead singer is your favorite from these three? ------------- 
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:04pm
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David Lee Roth. No contest. ------------- http://www.chess.com/members/view/NJCat?ref_id=1432587 - Come and play me at Chess.com http://www.youtube.com/user/NJCat?feature=mhw4 - Homepage |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:07pm
I have never heard Cherone, so I will have to choose between Sam and Dave . Though Hagar has undoubtedly the better voice, Roth was a charismatic showman, and as such essential for the group in its iconic line-up. However, I never cared for his voice, nor did I ever find him even remotely attractive .
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:15pm
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Gary Cherone also sang for a band called Extreme (amazing band). http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/extreme.aspx ------------- http://www.chess.com/members/view/NJCat?ref_id=1432587 - Come and play me at Chess.com http://www.youtube.com/user/NJCat?feature=mhw4 - Homepage |
Posted By: EM Hearst
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:29pm
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I'll admit to being a Van Hagar fan... 5150 is, by far, my favorite VH album, with heaps of nostalgia attached to it for me personally. So, i voted for Sammy.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:32pm
I know that Cherone used to be a member of Extreme - a band I have never heard (they released their albums in a period when I did not keep up with the music world. However, I've heard very good things about their album Pornograffiti, and I'd definitely be interested in hearing it. |
NJCat_11 wrote:Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:35pm
 album for sure!Definitely check it out. ------------- http://www.chess.com/members/view/NJCat?ref_id=1432587 - Come and play me at Chess.com http://www.youtube.com/user/NJCat?feature=mhw4 - Homepage |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:35pm
| let me find who didn't vote for Diamond Dave... not going to look... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:37pm
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Van Halen 3 was terribly mistreated when it came out. It was just as fashionable to bash it as it is to bash Phil Collins' led Genesis on a prog site. But the reality is that it was actually a really good album. If it had been released under another band name it might have been much better accepted. On the other hand, it may have also faded into oblivion as another one album release by another short-lived supergroup. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:40pm
very true  |
Posted By: EM Hearst
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:42pm
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Hmm, i remember when Extreme's pornograffiti came out... must've been '90 or so. I quite liked it at the time... basic Pop Metal but with some really good guitar playing (Van Halen-lite is what it really sounded like heh). But i remember thinking it was way better than other glam-metal type stuff of that era. Honestly i don't think i've ever heard the Cherone-fronted VH before... Back to Van Hagar... i wonder how many times i watched that 'Live Without A Net' vhs when i was 8?? Must've been over a hundred times... aye Van Hagar is deeply embedded in my music psyche. I wonder how many people here will admit to prefering Van Hagar? =P ------------- http://nulll-void.com/nulll/collective/ - The NULLL Collective http://www.archive.org/details/SynapticFracture-TheLunaticTransmissions2010 - Synaptic Fracture |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:49pm
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OU812 was one of the very first CDs that I ever owned. The day I bought my first CD player I also bought OU812 and Cinderella's Long Cold Winter. OU812 got tons of plays from me. I had 1984 on cassette tape, and that got worn out by so many plays. I know a lot of people don't like the 80's synths on that one, but that is one of my all time favorite albums. Jump; Panama; Hot For Teacher; Top Jimmy; 1984; etc... it was just an awesome album. I kind of ignored 5150 when it came out. I refused to make the switch to Sammy until I bought OU812 and loved it. It really is hard to say which album I prefer. They were my favorite band in my youth before Rush took that position. I think that the songs are better during the Sammy era, but more fun during the David Lee Roth era, if that makes any sense. But I'm still not sure who to vote for yet. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 5:54pm
my first CD.. remember it well... sparing you another Micky war story.. but it is a good one  Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon wonder who many people had that one as their first CD 'upgrade' after all we had heard about the superior sound of the CD's
you know... that makes perfect sense.. and probably spot on. Since we are talking the singer.. the front man... you can see why so many consider Dave to THE singer for Van Halen... I mean really.. if Sammy had been fronting Van Halen.. would Jeff Spicolli have hired Van Halen to play his birthday party.. I think not |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:03pm
| Dave has no voice... Haggar in the other hand is a wonderful singer and fit the spot with success.... A thousand times Haggar before Dave... love your avatar Micky, "those who are taken by the dark side..." |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:22pm
ahhh... see... if Rush had replaced Geddy Lee with say... Greg Lake.. a far superior 'singer' and an equal talent on the bass... would Rush still be Rush. In the eyes of many.. no way in hell they would be. That is the same for many VH fans. sure Sammy was a better singer... but for many.. including me... you listened to Van Halen not for good songs.. like 'Right Now'? Huh..Great song.. but not the Van Halen that people took to.. a kickass band with a bitchin guitarist and a larger than life front man who did as much as Eddie to make VH... well.. Van Halen. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:24pm
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Can you imagine Sammy Hagar being your Ice Cream Man? -------------
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:26pm
Hell no! That's the kinda fun that made VH great to begin with. ------------- http://www.chess.com/members/view/NJCat?ref_id=1432587 - Come and play me at Chess.com http://www.youtube.com/user/NJCat?feature=mhw4 - Homepage |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:29pm
I do respect Dave as a show man... he is unique... but you see... is about favorite Singer and that my friend is Sammy... yes... I would pick Right Now and Why Can't this be love before every other song from Dave era, except for... yeah... Eruption...
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:30pm
exactly... Scott was dead on... Ice Cream Man was not... a good song.. and Van Hagar was markedly better in making pop-rock.. pop metal if you want to call it that. However if you want to talk favorite... you can bury my ass 7' under that day I look to ability.. talent (which yes.. Sammy was a better singer) OVER pure enjoyment.. and Van Halen with Dave was pure guilty pleasure for many... it was simply fun to listen to.. fun to see in concert. A party. A blast to hear an over the top DLR.. and Eddie proving to the world HE was the guitarist of the ages... once he had.. musically... they went into cruise-control and churned out radio friendly music during Van Hagar. Again.. not bad.. but not what many people fell in love with Van Halen for.. |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:36pm
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Can you imagine Hagar singing the acapella section in "I'm the One"? That would have failure written all over it. ------------- http://www.chess.com/members/view/NJCat?ref_id=1432587 - Come and play me at Chess.com http://www.youtube.com/user/NJCat?feature=mhw4 - Homepage |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:46pm
though i have to say... I am in the mood for some Montrose  wait.. are they in the database? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 6:50pm
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It is a wonder that we didn't get killed as kids blasting "Got One Foot Out The Door Tryin' to hit the road" while driving in the car. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 7:01pm
the one that nearly got me was kickstart my heart by the Crue... was playing when I put my college roomates Firebird into a tree.. last thing i remembered was seeing the sign for a 15mph curve.. and seeing I was doing 90. ouch... destroyed his car...and added another scar to my collection |
Posted By: Stephen
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 10:13pm
| sammy hagar is definitely a much better singer :) |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 9:36am
| Hagar by miles, he is more of a singer and less of a clown (never could stand Roth) |
Posted By: 1967/ 1976
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 9:39am
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No DL Roth... No true VH!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 3:34pm
 and have a as well Mandy . Looking forward to your reviews |
Posted By: 1967/ 1976
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 2:48am
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 are my favorite VH albums!!! -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 6:12am
| good calls Mandy... you rock brother! |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 1:27pm
It's a great album Raff and well worth getting hold of. Melodic metal with a funky vibe and some fantastic guitar playing.
Oh yeah, nearly forgot, I voted Roth. I much preffered Hagar when he was in Montrose.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2010 at 10:38am
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Diamond Dave.
The ones unfamiliar with Cherone please check out Pornograffitti and Three Sides To Every Story by Extreme. Amazing 5 star albums.
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Posted By: alberto mu�oz
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2010 at 6:58pm
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The guy who sings this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1d8BVvY-I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1d8BVvY-I
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2010 at 7:13pm
I think I posted that as well.. GREAT video... |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 10:20am
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DLR -------------  GLAM METAL!
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2010 at 12:07pm
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Diamond Dave no contest ..... even if he became somewhat of a clown....
Ozzy did too, right??? ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....  |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2010 at 2:44pm
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Being that I grew up in So Cal during the early VH days...I pick Diamond Dave all day long. Hagar is great, and I enjoy that period of VH also....but the first VH albums are simply classic So Cal rock. I remember seeing them at a local high school before they made it big playing a dance or some show...don't remember......Eddie is still the man, that stuff he was doing with a 6 string was years ahead of its time.
Although they lost me at the US Festival when DLR could not finish any of the songs cause he was so wasted.....he was being booed so bad it was actually funny....Regardless, 80% of the 350,000 people there came to see the Scorpions anyway, which they stole that show.
Diver Down is one of my VH favs.
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 10:09am
| Got to be David Lee Roth for me, his voice, temperament, and dare I say it...image suits Van Halen best. Not that there's anything wrong with Sammy Hagar, whose vocal ability is considerably better, I think, but Davy has more of a glam metal voice, which is a better fit than Hagar's heavy blues voice. The third dude on the list, I have no clue about...so I'm guessing there's something I don't know? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 10:12am
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Van Halen released one album titled Van Halen 3 with Gary Cherone as the lead singer. He was originally the lead singer for the band Extreme, and left Extreme to join Van Halen and replace Sammy Hagar. It went over like a lead balloon, but the album actually isn't all that bad. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 12:14pm
He should have stayed in Extreme......by that point Diamond Dave wanted to come back. VH was pretty much done by then also.
You hate to see a band with so much talent just fade away like they did....no closing/final tour/album or anything.....just gone.
RIP Van Halen...... ------------- US Festival '83 "Heavy Metal Sunday" Survivor.... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 12:22pm
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 12:24pm
People didn't believe me when I talked about David Lee Roth's pants with his ass hanging out of them.-------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 12:39pm
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They caution that it is just a rumor at this time but from a Van Halen fansite: Will we see a new Van Halen album and/or tour next year? The facts are, two guitarists who are friends with Eddie � Dweezil Zappa and John 5 � have both recently admitted to hearing new Van Halen material and that it was killer. That�s good sign. Time will tell. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 12:44pm
I'll be waiting....hopefully killer as in the early VH days.......I just think the lead singer could be the "killer" for any new material..... ------------- US Festival '83 "Heavy Metal Sunday" Survivor.... |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 1:04pm
I for one don't care who sings in VH, if the guitar work is good, nothing else matters.
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 2:25pm
| I'll give it to David Lee Roth. There are some cool songs they did with Sammy, but wasn't too impressed with what I've heard with Cherone as vocalist. I prefer the Roth-era albums, so he gets the nod. |
Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2010 at 4:45pm
 I hope he did not bend over during the gig to do up his shoe laces  I have seen that style of dress coming out of many a gay bar Down here  Still great showman and singer but he really should have got a new Stylist for his stage gear.------------- Matt |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2010 at 4:50pm
ahhh,,, the man just oozed class and style |
Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2011 at 7:41pm
| Sammy Hagar has a tremendous voice |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2019 at 3:23am
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I did not vote but made a comment at some point. Sammy got my vote. An album with DRL is my favorite (1984), but Sammy is my choice.
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2019 at 3:49am
| DLR, although SH has the better voice objectively. Don’t really know Van Halen with GC. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2019 at 4:24pm
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DLR I like Hagar and Cherone too, but they were best with Montrose and Extreme respectively. Despite the name, Van Halen was one of those bands where each member was equally important to defining their sound. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |