LETS BE HONEST - Van Halen or Van Hagar

[MikeMatt 421]

Love me some Red Rocker but gotta go Van Halen !

Just wish they never released 1984. Terrible. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,650]

6 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

Love me some Red Rocker but gotta go Van Halen !

Just wish they never released 1984. Terrible. 

 That album is why Diamond Dave went solo. He couldn’t stand the synthesizer bullshit. 

[MikeMatt 421]

1 minute ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 That album is why Diamond Dave went solo. He couldn’t stand the synthesizer bullshit. 

I actually really like Eat ‘em and Smile

[Maximum Overkill 2,504]

Diver Down 

[MikeMatt 421]

41 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Diver Down 

Weakest of the Roth era for sure. Instrumentals and covers (mostly). 

[Maximum Overkill 2,504]

Just now, MikeMatt said:

Weakest of the Roth era for sure. Instrumentals and covers (mostly). 

You think so? I always felt that Diver Down was grossly underrated. Besides Jump, that sucked. 

Fair Warning was best IMO 

[Bier Meister 1,761]

i like a few Van Hagar songs, but DLR VH blows them away

 

sammy  was great on his own.

[Tree of Knowledge 2,179]

Diamond Dave VH was best but Sammy non-VH >. DLR solo.  

[BiffTannen 1,184]

I love 80s hair and voted Dave. That said, I’m not a huge VH fan. Give me Dokken, Great White, KIX, b-side Def Leppard, Motley, L.A. Guns, Cinderella over any version of VH 

[weepaws 3,365]

When you hear one Van Halen song, you heard them all.  

[edjr 6,931]

4 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

I actually really like Eat ‘em and Smile

Steve Vai is top 3 of that era.

[jerryskids 7,128]

Hagar's nephew, and the nephew's daughter, work out at our gym.  The daughter has a smoking body if you can get past the fact that facially she resembles Sammy.   

Anyway, we had a fundraiser last weekend for one of the trainers who started treatment for cancer, and they got Sammy to donate a signed bottle of Cabo Wabo reposado.  We won it at a silent auction.  We're having a party in two weeks that will include some folks from the gym, and I plan to crack open the bottle and do some shots in support of the trainer.   

[edjr 6,931]

dumb. like asking which is better. sirloin or filet

[BeenHereBefore 1,613]

C'mon this is a easy one Roth Van Halen.

[BiffTannen 1,184]

VH wishes they were this good. 
 

 

 

[Mike Honcho 5,483]

38 minutes ago, BiffTannen said:

VH wishes they were this good. 
 

 

 

 

Dokken wishes they were as good as Van Halen
 

 

[BiffTannen 1,184]

2 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

 

Dokken wishes they were as good as Van Halen
 

 

Touché- but you know I hate the McFlys

[Mike Honcho 5,483]

29 minutes ago, BiffTannen said:

Touché- but you know I hate the McFlys

Of course-it's why I picked this clip.  

[seafoam1 3,465]

11 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

Love me some Red Rocker but gotta go Van Halen !

Just wish they never released 1984. Terrible. 

ghey

[edjr 6,931]

1 hour ago, BiffTannen said:

VH wishes they were this good. 
 

 

 

Dokken is my top 3 of all time.

But cmon man. They don’t touch VH

[Ron_Artest 2,307]

I think my wife is here.  She asked me about Van Halen vs van hagar today.

[Maximum Overkill 2,504]

12 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

I think my wife is here

Nope, she's with me tonight 

[seafoam1 3,465]

1 hour ago, Ron_Artest said:

I think my wife is here.  She asked me about Van Halen vs van hagar today.

So she's as dumb as you?

[BeenHereBefore 1,613]

52 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Nope, she's with me tonight 

Did she cook for you ?

[MikeMatt 421]

7 hours ago, edjr said:

dumb. like asking which is better. sirloin or filet

Start a pole and find out junkie

[MikeMatt 421]

5 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

I think my wife is here.  She asked me about Van Halen vs van hagar today.

She’s not here. It’s what we talked aboot before anal sex. It’s the last question she asked me before I had to bite the pillow. 

[Maximum Overkill 2,504]

8 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Did she cook for you ?

That and other things as well. 

[edjr 6,931]

5 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

She’s not here. It’s what we talked aboot before anal sex. It’s the last question she asked me before I had to bite the pillow. 

fayg

[Fnord 2,577]

VAN HAGAR BABY!

Hagar is objectively a better vocalist, lyricist, and songwriter than DLR, not to mention a better musician and all-around human being. VH 1 was a game changing classic, nobody would argue that. But their albums varied drastically in quality for the rest of Roth's tenure. 1984 was a polarizing album, bit it's easily still my 2nd favorite of the DLR era. 5150 and Carnal Knowledge are both better, IMO. 

Eat em and Smile and Skyscraper were both great albums, though. Honestly, other than VH's debut, I like most of Roth's solo stuff better than his VH stuff. Steve Vai being close to Eddie's equal in guitar chops helps.

[Nomad99 822]

Van Hagar all the way. Dave was an incredible showman but Sammy is a better vocalist,  musician & an all around better rocker. Say what you will but you would all take a Hagar solo album over Diamond Dave vinyl any day.

[FrancieFootball 206]

On 11/23/2025 at 8:26 AM, MikeMatt said:

I actually really like Eat ‘em and Smile

I really like that album as well. Skyscraper had good music but way too many Roth vocal tracks swooping in from all over. I can see why Steve Vai bailed. Roth had an all-star lineup and blew it. He went right into self-parody after that.

But the last Van Halen album was great.

[Fnord 2,577]

10 hours ago, Nomad99 said:

Van Hagar all the way. Dave was an incredible showman but Sammy is a better vocalist,  musician & an all around better rocker. Say what you will but you would all take a Hagar solo album over Diamond Dave vinyl any day.

Troof!

[Mike Honcho 5,483]

23 hours ago, Fnord said:

VAN HAGAR BABY!

Hagar is objectively a better vocalist, lyricist, and songwriter than DLR, not to mention a better musician and all-around human being. VH 1 was a game changing classic, nobody would argue that. But their albums varied drastically in quality for the rest of Roth's tenure. 1984 was a polarizing album, bit it's easily still my 2nd favorite of the DLR era. 5150 and Carnal Knowledge are both better, IMO. 

Eat em and Smile and Skyscraper were both great albums, though. Honestly, other than VH's debut, I like most of Roth's solo stuff better than his VH stuff. Steve Vai being close to Eddie's equal in guitar chops helps.

I disagree with this, I prefer DLR's darker lyrics much more interesting than what Sammy wrote.