EDDIE VAN HALEN goes NUTS ON STAGE.[views:9017][posts:14]_____________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 9:48am - RustedAngel ""] "Hey Everyone, Just got back to the hotel & I have one word for this band & EVH: OVER My heart is broken, in as many pieces as EVH broke 2 guitars on stage in disgust. I cannot even begin to explain how disgusted I am right now, except for Soundcheck, Sammy, Mike & Alex. Please understand that I have followed =VH= as my favorite band w/ Dave & Sam. Tonight, Sam, Mike & Alex out-fucking-classed EVH. The man broke his 1st guitar & subsequently told the crowd, fucked out of his mind, that this is it, it's over-pointed to Sammy & Mike & Said, There's the King. Soundcheck was incredible & everybody there was so cool (What up Rebel-You are the Man for getting Sam's sig. on the shirt they gave us-Thanks ) SHOWTIME: Everything seemed to be cool until UFB, in which Sammy made a comment, "Some of us were UFB." Probably in reference to EVH holding soundcheck up for almost 2 hours-Mike & Alex were so fucking embarrased. Mike stayed & signed tons of stuff & was so cool to us all. Now I wouldn't think much of that if this hadn't been my 37th show, 5 this year. EVH was LIVID. I don't know if it was that comment that set him off, or if it was B/C Valerie was there or he was incredibly drunk. All I know is that I saw my hero tonight put on a great performance, but after his solo, something snapped: * He broke 2 guitars on stage in pury furry. One almost went into the crowd & could of really hurt someone. He then destroyed the second one, which almost hit Sammy, who was just like, What the FUCK? Mike & Alex too. You could see their faces as Eddie made comment after comment: This is it. It's over. Never again. Pointed @ Sam & Mike & said, there's the king. Made another comment before he broke his beautiful guitar, which sounded blissful all night, that he was in a bad mood, throw something @ me if you don't like what I am playin'. I loved his solo for the 5th time & was very moved when Wolfgang came on stage. They played together beautifully before Eddie absolutely lost it. I am not kidding you all-he totally lost it on stage. Not only did he insult the crowd by making us feel very uncomfortable by his antics, he made an absolute fool of himself & this will be the turning point for EVH: He will either seek help or he will be dead. It kills me to say that, as I have loved the man since I put Women & Children 1st in my 8-track for the 1st time. He was so cool during soundcheck, but before the 1st encore, he went insane. Sammy, Mike & Al were absolute professionals, as they came back out & did everything they could to salvage a disgusting night. This after Ed broke his 1st guitar in an absolute rage. He made no friendly gestures to Sammy, as Sammy tried several times to get him out of the state he was in. It only pissed him off more. I am going to conclude now, as this will be my last post-I am that disgusted. Thank God for Sammy, Mike & Alex-They were so fun tonight, before Eddie had his melt-down: * Getting furious that Sam's wife came out & sprayed him w/ Whip-it's-He would not continue the show while he shaked his head like a fucking 2 year old & made us all wait while the crew busted their ass to clean up a few spots. More harmful was his guitar & its cord. He tripped on it 1nce-Sammy tried to help him up & Ed just looked @ him like Fuck you. * Valerie came out & hugged/kissed Wolfie, who I felt very sorry for-He was playin' w/ Sammy's son all night-I had front row, EVH side-I saw everything. ONE more thing before I go & pray for this man: He almost hit Sammy w/ the 2nd guitar he broke & Sammy looked like he was going to kill him. REBEL will back me up on these happenings-I have not even gotten started & am too sick to say anymore. =VH= is over w/ Sammy & Mike-NO FUCKING DOUBT. So w/ a boken heart, but thankful of the 5* experience (everybody was so fucking cool-I had a blast w/ ya'all & am so sorry that we had to witness the absolute meltdown of the man that has brought us so much happiness over the years.) God bless you all again-YOU all/Soundcheck, Mike, Sammy & Alex made it a night to remember Unfortunately, Eddie made it a night to remember too. Look out for the news articles tomorrow & subsequent posts. There is so much more to this story, but I'm too sick to go on. And BTW, I stopped drinking after the 1st incident w/ Sammy-Those of you that were there know what I'm talking about. Please finish my story-I can't type one more word, I'm so disgusted " |
| __________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 9:51am - succubus ""] umm they were both on howard stern this morning and sounds like they are touring together, Sammy and David L.R. of course i turned it on AFTER aaron got out of the car =) |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 9:59am - the_reverend ""] this band is still together? who cares? |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 10:28am - WhyamIandasshole ""] This story is wicked confusing |
| _________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 10:36am - Hooker ""] Yeah I tried reading that, but it just kind of... made me have to take a diarrhea. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 11:21am - Josh_Martin ""] succubus said:umm they were both on howard stern this morning and sounds like they are touring together, Sammy and David L.R. of course i turned it on AFTER aaron got out of the car =) I thought that was Best of Stern. They toured together last year. Whoever wrote that review is a total faggot. Throwing shit at Sammy Hagar is awesome. Go Eddie! |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 11:50am - Justin ACR ""] EVH is a hardcore alki, no surprises here, guy wake sup to a 6 pack every morning |
| ________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 2:49pm - retzam ""] Eddie has always been a douche. Maybe now people will see that it wasn't Dave's own ego that forced him out of the band. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 22,2004 3:44pm - dan. ""] someone explain what the fuck i just read |
| __________________________________ [Nov 22,2004 4:23pm - Bradness ""] why is it all in quotes? who wrote this? WHO CARES!!! they've sucked since the early 80's |
| _______________________________ [Nov 22,2004 6:12pm - Devin ""] I saw the band just last Wednesday, and they played a top-notch show. They seemed perfectly cool with eachother, too. When was this review written? |
| ________________________________ [Nov 23,2004 6:54am - retzam ""] dan. said:someone explain what the fuck i just read I think the person who wrote it has some confusions about the english language, but basically he said EVH was being an ass the whole show and he ended up breaking two guitars on stage, one of which flew into the audience and could have hurt someone, and the other one almost hit Sammy Hagar, and then he continued being an ass.e |
| ________________________________ [Nov 23,2004 6:54am - retzam ""] I have no idea what that random e after the period is about ^ |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 23,2004 7:32am - anonymous ""] thats what you get for liking VH you faggot |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 25,2004 10:10am - My_Dying_Bride ""] eddie van halen is to good for any band... im not saying that as a joke, i would have melted down in june if i had to play guitar for sammy fagar. when i saw them in june it seemed as though they were getting along but you could definitely tell they hated each other.. sammy would be telling stories of how he and mike went to a bar or he and mike did this or that, it seemed like the only time they were together was on stage. i saw this meltdown coming for a long time. i will be a fan of roth-era vh for as long as i live, even if he doesnt do music again (which i still would like to see him do some solo stuff more than the soundtracks and various musical appearances hes done over the years) evh is a deity among ants in the guitar world, undoubtabley the most inovative guitarist ever (if youve heard ALL of the older albums. hes just letting out 20, post-roth years of frustration. long live evh. |