Roth or Hagar?

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited July 2004 in Music & Movies
David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar...who did you like best with Van Hagar...err, sorry Van Halen?

Whose it gonna be, Diamond-Dave or the Red Rocker?
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2004
    Hands down, Mr. Roth.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited July 2004
    David Lee Roth made Van Halen!
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  • Joel
    Joel Posts: 53
    edited July 2004
    ya they were nothing after roth left
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited July 2004
    Van Halen sux asscheese!

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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited July 2004
    Roth made the band. They've basically sucked ever since. Although it's probably the only band Roth could ever be great in. He sucked on his own too.
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited July 2004
    For me, Van Halen ended when Roth left. The Hagar stuff sucks. Weepy, sentimental 80's crap. No longer rock.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2004
    Diamond Dave, period.

    Hagar who? What?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2004
    Roth was VERY good in the early days. However, I actually liked some of the Haggar stuff....OU812 comes to mind with "Best of Both Worlds" as a nice little rocker. The band fared better without DLR than he did without them. He went downhill fast and his comeback attempts with the band were pathetic....IMO.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2004
    I liked Hagar by himself. Ever hear the live version of Trans-Am with the killer intro (around 1980). Sounds like a drag car rev up a couple times then take off. Really loud and bad ****.

    I need to find this on CD.
    Never Forget
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2004
    TransAm intro from 1980, low quality:

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000002R2E001001/0/103-9329673-6267840
    Never Forget
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited July 2004
    Sure Roth wins (I voted for him too), but IMHO this is mainly due to the fact that anything after Diver Down sucked except an ocassional tune or two and only 1/2 of Diver Down was any good. The band changed their style of music and I think they did it for the worse.

    Atomic Punk is one of my favorites.
    Make it Funky! :)
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