What's the origin of everybody's name? Vic Vega is a character in one of my favorite movies, Reservoir Dogs and 0609,(June 9th) is me and my girlfriend's anniversary. What about you guys?

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My name is Glenn.http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Mine was a stage/nick name from my club playing days. Not in the sense that I picked it though. I had a friend in Denver that owned a music store and he used to let our band practice in his basement. He started calling me Mikey Metalhead and next thing I knew everyone was calling me that.

WELL, My name is Jerel - I ditched my nickname.

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What, you don't think houseofpain is my real name? I think the origin of mine would be a tune sitting on Van Halen's 1984! I kinda dig it!

the meaning of my name....!??

HAIN-- this word was coined when I had a band one time and we all lived with each other for a year,, this guy in the band loved Danzig and the Misfits and he would play it all the time.. And he would do a "Dolamtie Mother Fucker"kinda thing with Danzig,, "That's DANZIG maaaaan" all tranced out and jammin in the living room.. so danzig had a song or something that said Samhain of my soul or somethin' and we started saying "Hain" but we would use it to describe something like.....

"Man ,, did you guys hear Eddie's solo on Unchained last nite?? That was pretty fuckin' Hain"

23---the number I see EVERYWHERE! look for it!

X--- sounded kinda techy!

or is that trekkie???hehehehe

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Eat Us and Smile ;>~

feelin' it down to my knucklebonez

Ok here goes nothing!! This is kind of embarissing.

Well the name OLO started about 3 years ago and has stuck with me . A good freind of mine who does something with Microsofts/Internet Explorer e-mailed me a password to a site that he had hacked his way into. It was one of those nude chat lines with the cammera and chat room, I think most of us have seen these. I needed a name and tried variouse diffrent names but nothing was very original to me, untill I was sitting at the PC one night a ad for star wars came on tv, thats when it hit me. Instead of HANSOLO the charector I used HANDSOLO (snicker) people loved the name I got alot of laughes out of it. I got to know quiet a few of gals seeing as the password worked for almost 3 years. The gals that worked there just started calling me OLO so thats how i became OLO.

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((Just My Two Cents))
and thats about what its worth

Short answer....All the good names were taken.
Longer answer....I actually am not crazy about the Balance CD. Outside of the 7th Seal, I hardly listen to it. But I love the dude on the cd, and if I ever got a tatoo, that'd be it.

Olo, you probably won't think of that embarrasing after thishttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif Short story- I was a golf pro for a while. My head pro borrowed a porno from me with Torri Wells in it. The plot (yeah right) was about a washed up Elvis wanna be named Sinbad who she idolized. He ended up staying with her and other stuffhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif Lets just say he talked pretty dirty to herhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif Pro comes back and says "I can totally see YOU being like that" I was Sinbad ever since, no beating ithttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/cry.gif Sinbad was taken on AOL years ago, but seenbad was not. Thats me.

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P.S.- I was wondering when this would come up!

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Well I didn't want to choose a name from a VH song everybody knows or was a huge hit. I had just listened to VH I before signing up and one of my favorite tunes is On Fire. So I thought WesIsOnFire sounds cool! Plus it sounded cool with the 2 put together (my name + 'On Fire'). So there came my nmae. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/cool.gif

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Van Halen Burning the Stage Forever!!!

Well, my name refers to the sound of Eddies guitar. I put the one after it because it's an internet thing, and if you see anyone else using "brown sound" then you know that I'M the original.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!!!

"I won't go down in history, but I will go down on your sister!"...David Lee Roth

It's the nickname my wife gave me, kinda goofy, but it stuckhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Baluchitherium

I am pretty much an asshole. No hahaha!Well maybe to some of you but I really love you all!My name is track 2 on Nuno Bettencourt's solo record "Schizophonic". "Swollen Princess" is my favorite song on it.

2711

well. my name comes rom who i am i am a left handed guitar player, that loves eddie vanhalen. i have been a fan since i was a little basturd.. now im grown up physically, and like to tap my guitar and do hammer ons trying to play eddies awesome music. and trying to have my own style with absolute sound of inspiration of the king of guitar man himself. eddie van halen,, so lefthandedtappers i made up my self

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david rowlett

well... I think everybody knows what my name means by now, but for the record....

Fuck
Off
Ray
Danniels

Naturally, it was born of pure hostility at the 1996 scam, and the person whom I still believe wwas ultimately responsible for 90% of it. Pretty self explanatory really....

So why do I keep the name now, when it seems likely that Danniels is gone? Are you kidding? I've had this name since October 1996. Why change it now? I very seldom spell it out anymore. Though I may formally drop the periods and just be FORD very soon.

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Eat Us And Smile!!

Mine is from a small piece by Beethoven. Ed and Al got into an disagreement one night before a gig about what key "Fur Elise" was originally played in, and that night in concert Ed included this in his solo and proved Al wrong.

Initially, I wanted to use "Intruder", from the intro to "(Oh!) Pretty Woman", which is my email name, but that was taken. I wanted something that was as original as possible, and when it comes to a nickname regarding VH, everyone usually takes the obvious, i.e., "Balance", "VHFan", "EVH", "VH1", etc.

I noticed that I had never seen "Fur Elise" used before, anywhere, so I chose it. And since doing so, I've yet to see it used anywhere else.

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"No, I haven't grown up for SHIT baby!!!" - David Lee Roth, Washington, DC 6/29/99

I think that I don't have to explain my nick name ! All of you knows ovially what it means !! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif YUNNNNKKKKKK http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Eddie_italian from Italy

My nickname comes from that Christmas movie with the heatmiser in it. You know that song, " I'm Mr.heatmiser, I'm Mr.101." Something like that. I registered on this site 12-22-99, a couple of days before X-mas and I had seen that movie with my 2 yr old daughter previously the night before and I had that damn song stuck in my head, so hence the name heatmiser.

Well, I'm Eddie Van Halen's son (yeah right, I wish! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif) Anyway, while Wolfie is pretty self-explanatory, the number 3 is just sort of my trademark or "lucky" (whatever you want to call it) number. It happens to cover most things that I'm in to. i.e. Eddie's solo's are known as: "3" 16, and the list goes on with stuff like that ...

By the way Glenn, that's interesting. I always wondered what your screen-name meant. Now if I could only figure out Brett's ... http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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"As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool." -EVH

GREAT stories! I love all you Halenheads! Well, jane is for me and vh is for Van Halen! I know, pretty boring but hey, it gets the point across right away!
janevh


Eat Us And Smile!!!!!!!

My two favorite songs from VH2.
Spanish Fly
Somebody Get Me A Doctor

Well, here it goes.

Back at college I was working out alot(to impress girls,duh) and I got kinda big,6'3" 255-260, and became a bit of a player(or tried), so my friends started calling me bigdog.
The DO at the end are my intials.

Sorry nothing cool like some.

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I never met a man does'nt owe somebody somethin
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Thats the bottom line cause bigdogdo said so

My name comes from my signature guitar series http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif
Actually, MJP comes from my name and Wolfgang is Eddie's son.

I wish mine was humorous or more original but George is my first name and everyone usually calls me Georgie. . . .among other things when I am in Links. (LOL)

I play in a tribute band, and was too slow to come up with anything more original.
I like your stories though. Wish I'd thought of some of those.

Well mine comes from a song Highway Wonderland (Sammy Hagar) its also my licence plate on my Cobra.

Van is for Eddie
Edge is for the Edge

it seemed so clever when i thought it up 5 years ago! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/tongue.gif

i never met anyone that understood how i could be such a huge fan of two completely different bands & guitar players. now, if i could only find a way to fit John Lennon in there....
ah - it's too late, and VanEdge is fine - sorta like the yin and yang of my personality. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Nothing too wild here either. When I was younger, my favorite motocross racer was Johnny O'Mara, or Johnny O'(which they put on the back of his leathers). But a young feller trying to emulate his hero, I had Dean O' put on the back of mine, and well, it kinda stuck!! Now it would make sense if my last name started with an O, but no such luck! DeanG just doesn't flow very wellhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif:

Stuff No More, obviously of Can't Get This Stuff No More.

The whole song title was too long for me to want to type it out, so I thought that sounded cool http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Up Front Fanatic

Well, my name doesn't have any great story to it like you guys...

Father Conmee was a Jesuit priest and rector of the school Stephen Dedalus, a character in the novels "A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses" attended.

James Joyce is the author of the above novels.

I guess that's what happens when you get a couple of degrees in English Literature.... lol

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"Broken down and dirty, dressed in rags... from the day my momma told me boy you pack your bags..."

Conmee

I used to get on IRC chat a lot - thats where I met the little lady in my life (although we didnt take long to meet 'for real')... but thats another story.... Anyways I used the nickname 'Guru' based on the presumption it looked like I knew what I was doing (oughtright lie)

As time went on I modified the nick to GooRoo, kinda like kangaroo (being an Aussie, it made sense) and later that just got abbreviated. I dont get on IRC any more but I kinda just plug in the nick whenever I need it. When I first posted here I kinda just answered a question, and figured 'well thats it'.. If I knew what was to follow then I woulda picked a more 'halenish' nick but bugger it, its done now http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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A little zen... Headed your way...

Van Halen's biggest song-JUMP

Dave Matthews Band's Biggest song-CRASH into Me

Enter- jumpncrash. but that was already taken so I switched it around, and I thought it sounded cooler.

Great Subject! Interesting reads...

jor-el is the father of superman, although most people here already know that and if you don't know what 5150 is then, well you're on the wrong sitehttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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Short version. It is my favorite song. By the way it's not off of the album I have pictured to the left. Brett won't give it up.LOL. Out.

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Well, this guy 2 years ago that was on our track team started calling me this and I hated it. But when his hot ex-girlfriend called me it I wasn't against being called it anymore.

And my other name at Slawterhouse, Mr. Unchained. Thats pretty easy to figure out except for the Mr part. That comes from me making jokes at people by calling them Mr. Obvious, Mr. Dumbass, Mr. Douche Bag, ect...

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Eat Us And Smile!

Cause you can't get this stuff no more.

It's Showtime!

I feel like a running politician. Just trying to please you all the time.

Okay, first of all, it's "Lead" as in "lead vocalist," not "Lead" as in "pencil lead." My name came from when I was first starting to learn about/play on/mess around with synthesizers (synths for short.) I always thought that the sound names on synths were really cool, like "Dyno Roads" and "Heaven Tines" and one called "This goes to 11!" Well, a lot of synth sounds have names like "Fat Lead" or "Analog Synlead." I'm a huge keyboard addict and about a year ago I stole/borrowed a synth from my school that had the capabilities for me to create my own sounds...I made one called "Maya Lead Synth" (Maya is my name) and from then on I just called myself "Lead Synth" in IRC and ICQ. I thought it was cute because, you know, lead guitar, lead singer...Lead Synth! I loved the name so much that it just stuck when I joined the links. It makes perfect sense, too, because a lot of what I play on the piano or keyboard is either Van Halen, or original stuff influenced by Van Halen.

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Coolness, Lead Synth, I myself have played the piano for eleven years. It's one of my favorite things to do in my spare time.

9 years here. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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Taranaki is the name of the province in New Zealand where I was originally from, but now I am based in London doing what Kiwi's do THE BIG O.E for 2 years. That is Overseas Experience for all of you who don't know what it means, it is expected for all young people under the age of 28 to go out and explore the world, the main city we all go to (Aussies, Kiwis, South Africans) - is London. Because it is part of the Commonwealth and also very close to everything - Oktober Feast, Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, the 'Coffee Shops' in Amsterdam etc. Basically you try and do and see as much as you possibly can, before settling down.

This thread has answered alot of ?'s for me! I always thought bigdogdo was in relation to a big pile of dog shit.http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif sorry dog!

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I read every one of these, and I have to say I was surprised at the stories behind more than a few. What fun, huh?

Mine's a drum rudiment, and the name of my production company. Paradiddle Pix.

R=right hand L=left hand. That's a paradiddle. It's the most groovable rudiment there is. You can do so much with it cause it's all eight notes.

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RLRR LRLL

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After all the interesting ones, time for a boring one: it's my juno name, and it's that because "billy" was taken and "7" is my favourite number and "007" is my favourite spy.

Mine's easy. It's the name of the new Yngwie album. It's also the ancient belief that ordinary metals could be transformed into gold by way of mystical methods. I started using the name on regular chat line type things (which are lame) about 6 months ago and I just got used to it. Also, it has a kinda midevil feel to it which I like.

I also figured all the good Halen names would be taken.

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"I feel like a shining example, but I'm not sure what of." - Dave
"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

Olen, surprisingly enough, is the name given to me by my parents (I am the 'III', actually). It is pronounced just like the 'Olan' in 'Olan Mills' (you know - pictures).

I think Olen is Scandanavian for 'goofy looking, red-head who listens to way too much Van Halen, watches too much sports and enjoys life more than one human should.' LOL.

I chose it b/c I am involved in about a half dozen message boards, and trying to remember anything but my own name became job-like, and I have adverse reactions to work. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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Its a prehistoric fish...Coelacanth.

ddregs is mine, and it's the short version for what I always consider the best instrumental band in the universe : Dixie Dregs. They feature Steve Morse on guitars, and he's such a perfect guitarist that I was enlightened by his playing.
But I'm here all the day tryin' to find news about my favorite rock band now that Dixie Dregs are back together again! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

ddregs, I'm not familiar with them, sounds interesting, is there anything you recommend by them?

jeff - Just Eatin French Fries.
Just Enjoying Freakin Flyers.
Joshin' Every Fine Female.
OK OK enough is enough , it's my birthname shortened. very boring but i would not remember who i was if i did not make it easy.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!
"yunkk!" (tribute to eddie i)
"LETS GO FLYERS!!"

It's my initials, and I always try and be a pal.

PAL

It's what I drive.....for now. Unless I change my mind and then I'll go back to the 911 but for now its the 944. NEVER the 924 mind you!!! A Porsche was my very first car and it's all I'll ever drive.
"Porsche..There is no Substitute"

Well, basically I assumed all the cool VH-type names were taken early. So, I chose the first single off of my second favorite bands' latest album "Come Pick Me Up".

That song is "Hellohawk"

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vic Vega_0609:
ddregs, I'm not familiar with them, sounds interesting, is there anything you recommend by them?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Great to hear that Vic!
Go and buy ASAP their live "Bring'em Back Alive"; it features a cover of Zep's Kashmir (all instrumental, as I told) and a medley of My Sharona/Mississipi Queen/Gimme Some Lovin'/Free Bird that's wonderful.
They're a five-piece band (guitar, bass, keyboards, violin, drums) that plays wonderful, and their music spaces from Country to Hard Rock to Fusion to Jazz to Classical to Progressive seamlessly. Hope you love them (If you can't get that record, get their latest California Screamin' live record, that strangely enough is mixed badly IMO)

POJO_Risin...well...let me just say this. My nickname is PO...some may say because I'm poor 90% of the time...which was true when I got the nickname. Let me just say that ISN'T how I got Po as a nickname and leave it at that.

So, through my teen years to this day, people call me PO. Well, I'm a pretty big Doors fan, and of course, Jim Morrison used the letters of his name to come up with Mr. Mojo Risin. I don't think that I have to go any further. Take away the M...throw in the P, and the rest is history.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!!!
EUAS Co-Founder!!!!!

EUAS 3:16 says the Diamond One just kicked your ass!!!!!!

And that's the bottom line, because POJO said so!!!!

Well this is a pretty easy one http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif I live in Boston so thus I be a Masshole... er, ah a Bostonian!

-Bostonian

newbie in Italian means----Good looking dude who likes Van Halen!! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

guitar + davonne (my name)

Hmmm. Take a wild guess where who I stole mine from. Fleetwood Mac, anyone?

I love my Z28, which is finally getting its new engine this week (a stroked 383) and in case you didn't know, I'm a girl. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Could this be magic?

Well, my name came about as I was trying to figure out a 'rock star' name for myself after forming a little rock band with a buddy of mine.

Recall the movie 8 MM with Nicolas Cage. Remember he and that other dude visit a Porn director by the name of 'Dino Velvet'. I thought the name was pretty cool, yet I didn't like the first name to it (Dino). So I took the last name and put it with 'Vinnie'. Hence, Vinnie Velvet. So where did 'Vinnie' come from? I'll say this first: I'm not italian (sorry Eddie I http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif). Vinnie comes from my REAL name. I'm not gonna tell ya how to figure that one out.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!

(VV)
"The main event, the icon, the show-stoppa!!"

well, mark is my name and van halen kicks ass!

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Van Halen kicks ass!

well it should be pretty obvious, but for the intellectually challenged...

It's from one of my favorite lines in a VH song. "blue-eyed murder in a size 5 dress..." from "Unchained"

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Eat Us and Smile!!!!
"Now I'm ahead of the game...
Drivin' me insane...
Ah-ahhhhhhh-haaaaaaaaa...It's a small change"-DLR "Push Comes To Shove"

Nothing too fascinating here.
Don's my first name Bo are the first two letters of my last name.
VH(duh)
'66 the year I was born

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"There's a little Van Halen in all of us, and we're just trying to bring it out. It's like something bursts inside of you, something that makes you not care what people around you are thinking. It makes you invincible, like if a car hit you, nothing would happen to you. That experience is about the audience, not us. All we do is provide the soundtrack."
DLR"82

This is kinda silly, but my name comes from the fact that my wife and I are both attorneys, hence, esquiretoo! esquire2 was apparently taken when i created my yahoo email account. later

My name comes from one of VH's 1977 Warner Bros. demos called Big Trouble, and the '77 is to distinguish it from the David Lee Roth solo tune of the same name.

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Eat Us And Smile!

Classic VH Eruption (http://members.tripod.com/BigTrouble_77/index.htm)

took mine from some novel.

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DAVE IS BACK!

dolphmurph is the last part of my middle name, and the first part of my last name.

So my full name just might be:

DOCTOR FRANKENDOLPH MURPHENSTEIN - but don't put money on that.

Doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure this one out. Mario is my real name and the VH obviously stands for VAN HALEN.

Van Halen Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name is from the tattoo on Sammys upper right arm although i support all the singers theve had . Yes Gary too, He's a homey!

My name has nothing to do with Van Halen! I'm from Nebraska and I'm a big Husker fan. One of our mascots is named Lilred and I have used this name for so long on the internet I also used it here because I would forget if I had different nickmames to remember. TaDAAA!!

Well my name is from the DLR song Yankee Rose! I just picked because it's one of my favorite songs, I have put it on repeat and listened to it for hours and i'm still not sick of it! I listen to it several times a week. I kind of like the sound of it too. That's all, i'm NOT a Yank and i'm NOT a girl. I am a Canadian guy. I do like hot American chicks a lot though.http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Ok, got a new name to explain...Atomic Punk was obviously taken. In high school I was captain of the swim team and a life guard and did a lot of other stuff with water=Aquatic Punk

I used to print billing statements for a couple of different credit companies. One day i saw this guy's name 'Rodney Shangle' on this bill & right away I thought of Rod Dangle. I thought it was funny as hell. I thought that would be the perfect porno name.

Later http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


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"We'll just blaze on & make the best possible music we can...Hopefully the fans will like everything we do."
EVH-1986

I have a Industrial diamond tool shop. Been cutting diamonds since I was 17, in the buisness since 11.

Bunch of new people since the last post on this. Gonna pull a 6150 and bring it back uphttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif You can put it in non music if ya want guys.

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YUUNNK!!

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Unchained is an awesome VH song and I havwe a Wolfie. There ya go!!!

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Nick "What is Understood Need Not Be discussed"

Ed=Eddie Van Halen (of course) and thoughts of summer when I listen to VH.
Dymon=just some reggae stuff with more summer feel to it and my favorite vacation spot in Aruba!

My name is Chad, and I like Cadillacs.... http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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Chadillac

"It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll"....Bon Scott (1946-1980)

I just found a cool name on AOL and now I'm stuck with it. My name's Joe and I'm not average, hence the name NOaverageJOE!

Joe

My real name is Jim so I was going to go with Top Jimmy (naturally). However, someone beat me to the punch. So, I was sitting in my office trying to think of a name, looked up and saw my Sammy Hagar "Red Voodoo" poster and Cabo popped into my head. Not sure where "Kid" came from...maybe some weird cowboy fetish I haven't recognized yet. Although I DO like Young Guns...

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"The party's back so hide your valuables..."
"...and lock your refrigerator...fuhgedabowtit!"

I was going to change it a few weeks ago to Fabulous Picasso Brother but that would just take too long to type in each time. Anyone remember those guys first names?

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"The party's back so hide your valuables..."
"...and lock your refrigerator...fuhgedabowtit!"

Rat Salad is a great instrumental on Black Sabbath's Paranoid album.

The main reason I picked it of course is because Eddie wanted to call the band Rat Salad. DLR suggested Van Halen...the rest is history.

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some people call me newbie

Here's to your thin red line....MMMMMM I'm stepping over!

Well, mine is probably not any big mystery but I am a huge fan of the Houston Astros (I'll admit it despite this being an absolutely dreadful season) and I love James Bond films, so I combined the two and thought it sounded cool. Plus in the movie Moonraker, Bond goes into space, so it kind of makes sense in that context.

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"Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all" -Mean Street

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rat Salad:
The main reason I picked it of course is because Eddie wanted to call the band Rat Salad. DLR suggested Van Halen...the rest is history.
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Not to nitpick, but isn't it spelled Rat Salade?

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Chadillac

"It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll"....Bon Scott (1946-1980)

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Yeah but it doesn't matter. Most people would mis-pronounce it anyway too.

I use to posted in Slawterhouse under this name. I was already established with Redfire so I didn't want to start a new user name a long time ago before you could change names. I got tired of the name and when EUAS took there brief sabatical, I changed my name to this. I came up with it after I heard the DJ mess up before they went to commercials. Here's what happened....... Unchained was on the radio. Once it was finished they played Mr. Crowley. The chick on the radio said "Mr. Unchained.... I mean Mr. Crowley from Ozzy before that Unchained by Van Halen......" Anyway that's where I got Mr. Unchained from.

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Right Now..... you need to Eat Us And Smile!!!

All aboard!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Its a good name, but I really wish you would use redfire again. I still get you and your brother mixed uphttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif with the new names.

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YUUNNK!!

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I've been told I have the patience of a Saint-but I'm not one. So I couldn't really call myself Saint4U-
I collect Cherubs-which everyone mistakes for Angels.
Experience has given me the ability to see people as they were intended be-Human (not a little psychology there)
And lastly, I have 2 children that are very dear to my heart-my angels (when they're not into trouble)http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif


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Do you believe in a miracle?

[This message has been edited by ANGEL4U (edited October 07, 2000 at 02:39 PM).]

I'm not telling. http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chadillac:
Not to nitpick, but isn't it spelled Rat Salade?

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Well I use to have it spelled that way and that is the way Roth spelled it in his book. But it is spelled without the e on Sabbath's record. So I think Roth was just fucked up when he wrote his book http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif Or it could have been a copyright thing...good question.

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some people call me newbie

Here's to your thin red line....MMMMMM I'm stepping over!

It's also spelled with an "e" in biographies.

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Right Now..... you need to Eat Us And Smile!!!

All aboard!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Hey seenbad, I get the pile of dog shit thing alot!

Was thinking about changing it to just bigdog, but figured some might get messed up and wonder who the hell I was.

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Up Front Fanatics
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I never met a man does'nt owe somebody somethin
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Two tears in a bucket, if you ain't down with that we've got two words for ya...SUCK IT!
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http://www.shnewsdesk.com
All Sammy all the time!

My first bands name was Rat Salad. We got a big write up in my local paper and it said something like,"the band's name is Rat Salad,a name discarded by a band now known as Van Halen."

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2711

I had a user name on aol as ZZ812. So I kept it. Z comes from my last name and 812 came from...well you guys know.

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"What is understood need not be discussed."---Loren Adams

Just picked the name because I play a Wolfie.http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Just picked the name because I play a Wolfie.http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Oops, sorry-double post. Somebody delete this, please. http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/redface.gif

[This message has been edited by Wolfman (edited July 02, 2000 at 08:58 PM).]

Well, powerbilt is the brand of golf clubs I play (can't beat em'!) and the kh is my initials. I usually end my posts with my real name - Kerry. If you ever see powerbiltkh somewhere else, it's a good bet it's me.

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On guitar polls: "If it were up to me, I'd put Eddie Van Halen in the first five slots, then everybody else." - Billy Gibbons, ZZ TOP.

Well, thanks for clearing that up! Whenever I tried to pronounce it, I'd spit on myselfhttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Powerbuilt eh? I think I'd take ya with my pings there pardhttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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sheepa latta peepah dabba looka foh a moopy

YUUNNK!!

(this message will self destruct in 5 seconds)

Fat Tone is what some people have described my gutar sound as.(Thankfully of course!!)
So I put it on my license plates back in Va.where I'm from.

One lady at a toll both looked at me plates one day and said"You ain't fat!" and i replied with"and my name ain't Toney either!!"http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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"I Got Myself a Brand New Oakland Scarf right here I say"

My initials.

ddregs I figured it as much. I have seen Steve Morse solo 3 times at the Club Bene in Morgan, NJ. Those 3 times I sat right in front of him and saw Dixie Dregs once at Bene with Morgenstein on drums. They were awesome.

My first name is Dan...and I'm a Steely Dan fan...hence, Steely...

VH - Obvious
DOF - Not so obvious, but certainly not indecipherable.

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First six albums rule - Later, VHDOF (formerly known as GROWTH)

Darkstar is the name of an unreleased VH song they did back in the mid '70's. Eddie mentioned it in an issue of the Inside once. I wanted something Halen related and thought this sounded cool. Plus, I figured there would be a good chance it wouldn't already be taken.

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Where the possessed go to mingle........

My name is Harold and I play a Hondo....oops--Mike and I play a Kramer Striker..electric blue and also own a Star Squier II which Mark VH is currently re-striping. You can see it in his pic in "SHow Us Ya Mug SHots" I wont let him touch the Kramer though. Eddie Italian, may I ask what a YUNK is???

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Well ain't life grand when you finally hit it, I'm always a sucker for a real good time, woke up in life to find i almost missed it,aint I glad that love is blind


What kind of fashion is this flash infatation. Is all this admiration mutual. Need no lessons in emotional starvation, that look in her eyes is too good to be true

correction that should be a Fender Squire II --STar? where the hell did that come from??

Well my real name is Michael Anthony and I play the bass guitar.


OK, seriously, my name comes from Ed and Al's FIRST band they ever put together back in the 60's. I believe Ed played piano in the band. They were called The Broken Combs.


For many of you fanatics out there, this is already known, for those of you who didn't know- ya learned something new today.

-rock on

my last name is lane, and people started calling me laner one day. i never forgot it.

AJW, you're so lucky... I never got to see my fav band live (and I have a very little possibility, living in Italy...). Very glad you liked them!! http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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Right Now How Many Say I Can't Get This Stuff No More - ddregs

Well, my name comes from Dave and Eddie's biggest bands in the early 70s before VH was formed: Red Ball Jets and Mammoth. So I figured 'Red-Balled Mammoth' was cool. No, I don't claim to have red balls(though that's my hair color)! http://216.10.25.192/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif Just a name. http://216.10.25.192/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

Well, I am Rokgtar, which is a seven letter acronym for "Rock Guitar"... "Rokgtar" was my license plate for 10 years; I finally retired it when I became an upstanding and responsible citizen... http://216.10.25.192/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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"Swallowing colors of the sounds I hear, am I just a crazy guy? You Bet!" - Ozzy

Well, I am Rokgtar, which is a seven letter acronym for "Rock Guitar"... "Rokgtar" was my license plate for 10 years; I finally retired it when I became an upstanding and responsible citizen... http://216.10.25.192/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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"Swallowing colors of the sounds I hear, am I just a crazy guy? You Bet!" - Ozzy

Bringin it up for rafterhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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sheepa latta peepah dabba looka foh a moopy

Ohhh my god , my hell inside me ... hey guys ... we need that the womens come back !
YUUNNK!! (eddie italian)

oopsie-daisyhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by ANGEL4U (edited October 07, 2000 at 02:40 PM).]

Well, I attempted to start a post like this over in the non music category, then i was told this one already existed (seenbad). Anyways my username is my last name, thats all. You guys have some strange reasons for your names haha.

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" When my time on Earth is gone and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down and my critics can kiss my ass" Bobby Knight

"Take my hand not my picture" Eddie Vedder

The night I signed on here, I heard a portion of the Barney Miller theme music on TV, and instantly thought of Abe Vigoda, who played Fish. I just snagged the Abe and tacked on the rest because it sounds absolutely silly.

Dull story: My username is derived from my initials and 5150, mainly cuz that's my favorite number, for obvious reasons. http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/cool.gif

Not much else to it, really...http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Right Now, it's safe to add one (1) to my post count.
Right Now, strange is beautiful (http://realm.htmlplanet.com).
Right Now, I'm a Dirty Faced Kid.
Right Now, pop music doesn't stand a chance. (http://pub25.ezboard.com/ftherealmsmessageforumsfrm17)
Right Now, MTV has no idea what happens when rabid Van Halen fans have their favorite band insulted.
Soon Enough, they'll learn the hard way.

[This message has been edited by JWS_5150 (edited October 07, 2000 at 07:47 PM).]

Let's see: my first name is Dan, and that rhymes with Van, so

Dan + Halen = Dan Halen

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Dan Halen
http://www.geocities.com/dan_halen27/main.html

because I am ...his.

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Nothin' says lovin' like Moonshine and Twinkies.
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"I want to have my cake, I want to eat it, too. I want pink frosting, I want it pre-sliced, delivered and paid for." -DLR

my name is Jonathan

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I reach across to the other side to make contact with you.You fill my dreams.I wanna tell you,tell me why you´re crossing over...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by crossing_over:
my name is Jonathan

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http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/eek.gif
there's two of you????
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Down In Flames:
I'm not telling. http://64.176.3.141/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And I'm STILL not telling! http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/tongue.gif LOL.

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"Fuck you. I give you my ass." - Rick S' dog, as interpreted by track 5

Official Bartender Of VHLinks

Hey, what a great excuse to talk about myself!

Can't imagine why I haven't taken this opportunity before?

T = Two
D = Day
R = Rule

... Ever seen the film 'Swingers' folks? They're discussing how long Mikey should leave it before he calls a girl up. He's just got her number in a bar and the guys tell him "Two Days is industry standard"... so that's the Two Day Rule folks. Also it's the name of my band...

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Leading the Slawterhouse Security on Holiday...
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The bad news is that we have lost our way. But the good news is we are WAY ahead of schedule!
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Inventor of the Nad Shot!

My user name came from Yngwie Malmsteen's 1999 album "Alchemy." (I figured all the good Halen names were taken...but what the hell, I like this name anyway). Also, I'm a hugh San Fransico 49ers fan so the gold reference is also apropriate.

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"Honey, arn't you gonna catch a cold dressed like that?" - Dave
"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

Whoa! I'm finally Unchained! Cool.

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"Honey, arn't you gonna catch a cold dressed like that?" - Dave
"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Alchemy:
Whoa! I'm finally Unchained! Cool.
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hey how many posts?

Guess!http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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VHLinks.com - Your Van Halen Internet Resource Guide
VHLinks.com Graphics Dude
"I'm just a punk kid who plays guitar" =EVH=

about 431 1984. I've been around since January so It's about time I got to Unchained.http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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"Honey, arn't you gonna catch a cold dressed like that?" - Dave
"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

It's a geographical thing. Look up the state codes! Soon to be MO Halen. Started off as Riaf Gninraw but this was a bitch to type. AZ

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Why behave in public if you're living on a playground? Fools...

a bunch of new posters to contribute.http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/cool.gif

Fun topic, time for a bumphttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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sheepa latta peepah dabba looka foh a moopy


Look at that Mama, she got it sstick'n in the camera maan- (I wish I had some)

From Sacramento, Ca....Fan of VH...SactoFan...

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"Van Halen fans been hangin' in there for a long time...they're probably the best fans in the world..."-Sammy

"Forget all about that macho shit and learn how to play guitar"-Mellencamp

Better than Kings fanhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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sheepa latta peepah dabba looka foh a moopy


Look at that Mama, she got it sstick'n in the camera maan- (I wish I had some)

How'd I miss this one?http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gif Lol ...

Eyes of the Night was the first bootleg I had ever gotten, VH that is, and was driving home one night and said "That's it!" ...

It's also a song that never saw the light of day.http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/frown.gif I had been wanting to change my UN from No Bozo's because I didn't like the " ' " in it and some other lurker had the OG patent of No Bozos. http://www.10mbfree.com/jonesin5150/laghost.gif



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[This message has been edited by Eyes of the Night (edited March 01, 2001 at 05:58 PM).]

Lime= bright florescent green
Cuda= the baddest Mopar in the early 70s

I building a 71 Cuda and am painting it green. If it's too hard just call me Dave.

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500 horses and a Chrysler mill, makes the Limecuda the king of the hill

Before this thread I thought you were a bartender.lol

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sheepa latta peepah dabba looka foh a moopy


Look at that Mama, she got it sstick'n in the camera maan- (I wish I had some)

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by seenbad:
Before this thread I thought you were a bartender.lol

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Awww damnitt!! and to think I ruined your persona of the Limester. I'm actually a high school special ed. teacher.



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500 horses and a Chrysler mill, makes the Limecuda the king of the hill

Damn, thought I answered this, oops, sorry, one of those other places.

Mine has an OU812 influence, shall we say. Figured ANY169 or NE169? was too easy to figure out.

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LIGHT 'EM UP!!

Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

Being a "Jay", I've been called Jaybird since I was old enough to pee standing up.

I didn't capitalize it because I was lazy the day I signed up.

Besides, all the cool VH related names were already taken...