Van Halen III by Van Halen: Was It Really That Bad? - TheHappySpaceman Reviews

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• TH

  @THSReviews · 6 years ago · pinned

  Yes, I know Eddie has played bass on other songs.

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• TH

  @THSReviews · 5 years ago

  R.I.P. to the legendary Eddie Van Halen, 1955-2020.

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• R3

  @R3stlessNWild · 6 years ago

  David Lee Roth's lyricism is criminally underrated. Dude knows how to spin a yarn in verse.

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• PR

  @ProjectAthleteAL · 5 years ago

  Eddie played bass on Hagar’s “I Never Said Goodbye” album in the late 80’s.

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• SH

  @shapeloomis9975 · 5 years ago

  "You know you're semi good looking."-Most epic rock-n-roll lyric in rock history. I will always be partial to the Roth era.

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• KI

  @KickySam49 · 5 years ago

  The answer is "Yes" but the live performances of the classics with Gary are proof enough that he wasn't the problem.

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• DA

  @davewestner · 5 years ago

  For any engineer/producer types out there, I don't wanna use any names, but someone who worked on this record told me that they had accidentally erased the drum overhead tracks on some of the tunes, which explains the lack of punch/clarity/whatever on the drums.  They wind up having to fake an overhead track by using the bleed from the tom mics, and I'd guess probably whatever other mics happened to be nearby the drumkit while they were recording.

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• BR

  @bretviola6871 · 5 years ago

  It was Roth that wanted to do all the covers on Diver Down. From a guitarist perspective, which I am, Fair Warning is their best album with DLR. It’s the heaviest guitar sound and Eddie’s riffs and solos were just furiously sick!

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• MA

  @MagnusVonBlack · 9 years ago

  1998 was the year that taught me the true nature of disappointment - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Van Halen III. The whole year was really an artistic punch in the balls.

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• MR

  @MrJoeythebabykangaro · 9 years ago

  I love love love Gary Cherone. He belongs in Extreme. That's his home, and I am glad of it!

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• PA

  @patrickdaly5068 · 5 years ago (edited)

  No love for “Women and Children First”? They were on that tour when I saw them, and the album rocks! Their opening act BTW was Talas, with bassist Billy Sheehan, who played later with DLR and then Mr. Big.

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• PR

  @pru5929 · 5 years ago

  Gary Cherone was NOT the problem with this bland album. And he wasn’t trying to sound like VH predecessors, he just sounds like Gary

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