Sammy!

David. I’m picking him to win in a fistfight. Debatable. But I’d take him

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Gotta go with the original, DLR... but Sammy brought something of his own. I like both, but DLR wins by a nose.

I remember looking forward to the first release after Sammy joined VanHalen.. I was disappointed.. 😟

Hagar owned Cabo Wabo - so he gets my vote.

The Mighty Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Van Hagar makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.


DAVE OR THE GRAVE!

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!

RIP EVH!

He still owns it. I was in Cabo in 2018. He still plays there on occasion.

Poll Question : Who Van Halened Better?




Typical!


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Roth hands down. Van Hagar made a few songs that were alright but the body of work that the original Van Halen put out eclipses Van Hagar.

Even Roth's solo albums that he put out shortly after the split are better than what Van Hagar released.

Saw him on his Eat 'em and Smile tour (circa mid 80's) at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN (suburb of Minneapolis). Opening act: Cinderella... or maybe it was Tesla. Maybe I saw Cinderella they opened up for Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet tour at the same venue around the same time. (shrug) It was early college years and some of those college years are kinda foggy.

NINE!

Robert Lamm or Pete Cetera > Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth <-----got my vote

No question, David Lee Roth

DLR, hands down!

As to the Chicago (Transit Authority) question, it really should be Terry Kath or Robert Lamm. If it wasn't for TK's unfortunate death, Cetera woulda stayed as a once-in-awhile vocalist. Kath's rough baritone voice juxtaposed against Lamm's much clearer one is really, to me, the sound of the Chicago I loved back in the '70s. Fo' sure the direction of the group changed (..."nosedived" imho...) once Cetera took over as the main lead vocalist.

A great rockumentary about Terry:

DLR for Van Halen

Sammy for solo career

+ 1 on his early stuff like Three Lock Box.

In the Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0-BoYCvG4

That moment of sleep
When you think you're awake
That threshold of pain
You know you can take.

As Drafter said, was interested when they joined teams and made the first album (5150)... was disappointed and not what I was hoping for.

Yup

Wait, where's Gary Cherone?

Back from his musical desert.

Extreme is back and the most powerful they've ever sounded. Check em out on YouTube or in the What Are Ya Listening To thread

As much as I like Extreme, I couldn't believe how terrible Cherone was with VH.

DLR helped make Van Halen.

Choosing between the two for their contributions and music already recorded, I would choose Diamond Dave by a landslide.

But if I were going to a concert tonight to see them sing? Roth's voice left the audible spectrum of "non pain inducing" about a decade ago.
Sammy still sounds pretty good, from what I've heard.

Plus, I plan on visiting Cabo Wabo someday.

Went to Cabo with the wife in 2018. Stayed at the Marina Fiesta Resort, right on the water. Walked around the town and saw Cabo Wabo so we went in... but at 2 in the afternoon it was dead.