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Originally Posted by astronaut x
For years, rags all had it pinned on Dave, when it was really Edward all along. If it wasn't for Sammy spilling the beans, rocklore would still be blaming it on Dave. It was easy to blame Dave, because of his, need to be in-the-spotlight eccentric behavior. Mike can't stand Eddie and will no longer put up with him. It had nothing to do with them trying to get Wolfgang into the band.
I saw Van Halen with Wolfgang, and yes, the kid can play, but there is no Van Halen sound without Mike. Not to mention he added a lot more electricity to their stage presence then people actually ever gave him credit for.
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I only saw Van Halen once in '84 (with Roth)...and he sounded surprisingly good that night in Toronto. I've seen many, many other concert footage where he just sounds plain awful (especially these days). But as you say - they've lost the trademark VH harmonies without Mike.
I waited 30 years with hopes Dave would someday regroup with them - only to be disappointed when he finally did. The ADKOT album sounded good, IMO...but Roth's vocals in concert were extremely bad. I found myself thinking Sammy would've been the better of the two - but I doubt that'll ever happen.