OK, who plays originals, who plays covers, and most importantly, who plays VAN HALEN !

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"Kissing my ass won't do anything but give you bad breath." -sherman

*gulp* - Down In Flames

We play Van Halen...lol

We play all cover tunes. If it's hard rock we play it. My favorite to sing: Runnin' With the Devil!

Well wolfman,
I mix a combonation of VH(dlr) and Seattle
Grunge and made my own style "Van Grunge".

I have enough material for about 2 alblums

Now that I'm 25 it's hard to let go of a
dream that I would be a musician. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/cry.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


"What is understood, need not be discussed"

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"Broken down 'n' dirty dressed in rags"

"Yah looking back all the years of video tape I suddenly realize now,
that I look like a fish!" Alex Boceebus Vo Halen

i play song from van halen , yes , bon jovi and the beetles

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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...

Cool, guys. As for myself, I've done a little of everything, but I've always managed to sneak some VH into the setlist in every band I've been in. My wife and I had an 8-piece together for 6 years. She sang lead with two chicks doing back up, I played lead and we also had Bass, Drums, Keys, and a second Guitar player. We did a lot of female stuff like Sass Jordan, Lone Justice, even some old Motown. In the middle of all this, I'm doing Eruption and Cathedral. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif We had a pretty decent following for a few years and were runners up (in a field of around 70) in a local radio station's battle of the bands. Right now ( no pun intended) I'm plotting my next move.

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"Kissing my ass won't do anything but give you bad breath." -sherman

*gulp* - Down In Flames

mostly original, but I've butchered a few VH tunes in my day! lol

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The last band I was in we played anything from Alice In Chains, Janes Addiction, Nirvana to some VH and alot of originals. One problem I have is that I find it hard sometimes to sing back-up and play guitar. Anyone have similar problems??

Depending on the material, singing back-up and playing at the same time can be like drinking coffee with a fork sometimes. I don't know how Ed does some of the stuff he does when he joins Mikey for backups.

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"Kissing my ass won't do anything but give you bad breath." -sherman

*gulp* - Down In Flames

"Come on FORD, tellus how you really feel." - Said by virtually every member of VHLinks at one time or another.

My band (Peroxide - coincidence, huh?) play mainly originals with the odd cover. Crue's Kickstart My Heart, Kiss Rock and Roll all Nite, and we're currently working on doin' Ain't Talking 'Bout Love. Because of that dance tune that came out a few years ago with the sample, we figure that the indie rock kids around here will recognise the riff, and hopefully they'll want to know more... I'd love to do "Jamie's Cryin'" but my guitarist has refused to play ANY Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai. It's a miracle he agreed to ATBL..! http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif
www.peroxide.free-online.co.uk (http://www.peroxide.free-online.co.uk) (shamless plug!)

In my band we play both but a lot of originals. But when you are live you have to do some covers because not everyone knows your songs. If we had to we could be a Van Halen tribute band. We play our stuff and I play guitar and also do my Jimi Hendrix tribute at night.I play Voodoo Child,All Along The Watchtower,and one or two more Jimi's. That is when I play with my teeth,behind my back and become Jimi.You know what I mean. Oh shit! They are doing a thing about the 5150 record on radio!Anyway we play Unchained into Without You we do Fire In The Hole Romeo Delite!! Hot For Teacher and Mean Street.

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2711 Don't ever drink anything you can't see through.
"Call Me Sir God Damn It!"

My band plays originals and covers. We cover Van Halen,Jimmy Reed,Jane's Addiction,The Vaselines,Nirvana,Pearl Jam,ZZ Top,JamesGang,IsleyBrothers,SRV,AC/DC,Elvis,Beatles,and LZ. We mostly play parties,picnics,proms,and suppers.

[This message has been edited by Loons (edited September 27, 2000 at 06:46 AM).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Loons:
parties,picnics,proms,and suppers.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That would be a great name for an album.http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

My band is 90% originals and the rest obscure covers. Ever heard of the Meters? Galactic? Professor Longhair?

We've got one tune so far at www.mp3.com/Gris-Gris (http://www.mp3.com/Gris-Gris)

Gris-Gris (pronounced gree-gree) is some voodoo shit, so we stick to a New Orleans funk niche.

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RLRR LRLL

Professor Longhair--now we's talkin' 'bout the sounds of Nawlinz!

We do 90% originals too, lots of covers for fun. The only bands that we have done covers for live are VH, Iron Maiden, and Motley Crue.

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Hey Brett - speaking of Maiden, ever do "Wasted Years"? That's been a favorite song/video of mine for lots of years.

- Kerry

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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.

My band plays originals and covers - covers mainly by Van Halen, Extreme, Zeppelin, KISS, Cream, the Stones, Aerosmith, Ozzy, etc...Soundgarden, STP
the Van Halen tunes we RIP through are :

Unchained, Without You, Fire In the Hole, Romeo Delight, Hot For Teacher, Humans Being, Aint Talkin, I'm the One, Dance the Night Away, Feel Your Love Tonight, Mean Street, Panama, Everybody Wants Some, House of Pain, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Poundcake

What has been your proudest moment on stage and what tune or tunes were played? Did it involve any red snappers?

I'd hafta say playin' a funky song and gettin' the HO's bumpin' is a adreniline rush like no udder.

All original, but when I hear something by somebody else that interests me I will figure it out to learn the technique. Mostly Vai , but I have sat down and figured some Foo Fighters, Methods of Mahem, Kid Rock recently. To hear some of my stuff go to this link. http://sitebuilder.liveuniverse.com/davewagner/wsn0ADE.html

Lata Snake

What blues tunes do you mofos play? Lately me and the boys been tryin' to work up "Gambler's blues"--like the BB King version in honor of how horribly I been doin' in my football pools.

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Eat Us and Smile ONE TIME!!!!!!

Check out these a here blues: www.fatpossum.com (http://www.fatpossum.com)

Drums-
Jump, Hot for Teacher, Blacklight

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

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Loons:
What blues tunes do you mofos play? Lately me and the boys been tryin' to work up "Gambler's blues"--like the BB King version in honor of how horribly I been doin' in my football pools.

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We always had a blast playing Albert Collins' "I Ain't Drunk". http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif



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"Kissing my ass won't do anything but give you bad breath." -sherman

*gulp* - Down In Flames

"Come on FORD, tell us how you really feel." - Said by virtually every member of VHLinks at one time or another.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wolfman:

We always had a blast playing Albert Collins' "I Ain't Drunk". http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif
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That is a great tune,indeed. How many times have I told my old lady,"I ain't drunk,baby,I'm just drinkin'!"



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Eat Us and Smile ONE TIME!!!!!!

Check out these a here blues: www.fatpossum.com (http://www.fatpossum.com)

Would you believe I finally convinced my band (Two Day Rule, a PUNK band) to play a VH cover? Well, a cover of a cover really. We're only doing goddamn BIG BAD BILL at the next gig! Who woulda thunk it? LOL! http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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How did that Big Bad Bill go over? I'm curious if the crowd knew the tune.

Okay, so I been outta the band scene for about five years now. Coincidentally, I been married for about five years now. Now back in the day, we did anything we could get our hands on. While in my junior year of college, the married student housing apartments burned down. We played a benefit fundraiser to raise money for them for free. We played all night. 6:00 P.M. till 6:00 A.M. Now we avoided the obvious falling asleep stuff on stage by doing different sets. Like the first set was the rhtym guitarist and myself doing a five song Neil Young cover set. Hey Hey My My, Like A Hurricane, Cinnamon Girl, Fuckin' Up, and Rockin' In The Free World. We switched on lead vocals and both harmonized with each other, the rhythm guitarist even played the solo for Like A Hurricane.
Then he and the bassist did a set of Kansas covers. Then The Bassist and The Drummer played a set of Pearl Jam. Myself and the bassist played a set of Zeppelin covers. Then the whole band got on stage together. We hung up the acoustics and broke out the electrics. We opened with Purple Haze, then an original, then Enter Sandman, then an original, ATBL, then original, Movin' On by Bad Company, then original, then we closed that set with Runnin' With The Devil.
We took a small break for smokes and snuff and beer. When we came back it was me and the rhythm player by ourselves from 10:00P.M. till 2:00 A.M. and it was a set of all acoustic originals that he and I had written previous to joining this band. We had a blast doing these, because roughly half hadn't been performed in two years, and the other half had never been performed. While he and I were performoing the other band members sleptin a dressing room. When we got done, they did their various sets while we went and got some sleep from about 2:30-4:30 in a dressing room. When we came back, the place was still full, and the whole band got onstage together and played. At this point we had run out of original stuff to play, so we were asking for audience requests. Some guys in the frat would yell out something, and we'd be like, uh don't know that, what are the chords we'll fake it! That's funnier than shit guys when you get up there and play something you've never rehearsed, in front of a live audience.

The blues stuff loony that I would play in the day would be Texas Flood, Have You Ever Loved A Woman, Before You Accuse Me, Call It Stormy Monday, Red House, Crossroads, Love Struck Baby, Life By The Drop, Pride And Joy, Let Me Love You, Crossroad Blues, and sometimes we would do Jessica by The Allman Bros. and sometimes we would do a little Cinderella. Now Keifer isn't exactly Collins or King I know, but we would do Gypsy Road, Shake Me, Coming Apart At The Seams, and Coming Home, which really got a good blues base. Would you call Voodoo Chile, and White Room blues? I wouldn't, but know people who do so-whatever, I been known to play them too.

BBB is coming together nicely in rehearsal at the moment (No clarinet, but our other singer does a mean trumpet impersonation a la 'Bring back leroy brown' by Queen on it instead. The next gig is on the 25th of October, but it'll probably be held over 'till the 15th of November (probably a more receptive crowd at that one). I'll let you know.
Hey, they were auditioning members for a girl group in the rehearsal studio next door to us last monday! So we dragged all the auditionees into our room and played 'em a song until their manager came and took them back! Tee Hee! They had their fingers over their ears the whole time! Apparently they can hear us through the soundproofed wall while they're trying to rehearse!

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Inventor of the Nad Shot!

Anyone play any Dave solo tunes?

My first band massacred Yankee Rose once. Didn't make THAT mistake again...

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I was young, I didn't know not to wear Navy and Argyle.... So I'm standing there in navy socks. Argyle suit...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TDR:
My first band massacred Yankee Rose once. Didn't make THAT mistake again...

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Nothin' like fucking up a good song. LOL http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

I've been down that road a few times.


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*gulp* - Down In Flames

"...like falling down the stairs and landing on your feet." - Edward Van Halen describing his solos.

"I'm not scared of you punk - I got chunks of guys like you in my stools!" - "Sinatra" to "Billy Idol" on SNL

Wolfman's Van Halen Shrine - http://jim.jill.home.mindspring.com

We used to do Ladie's Night In Buffalo

We also destroyed several classic VH numbers. Never played the same one twice live, 'cos it was always like "Nope, fucked that up, better try something else"

We did Everybody wants some, Panama, Unchained (which stalled when we found out that the bridge was in 5:4 time) and ain't talkin' 'bout love...

Didn't do any of them justice. But hey, we were only 16 at the time!

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"If you're gonna ride into a barbed wire fence, do so because of a gal's legs" -Wise words from Down in Flames

Anyone play any country tunes?

I prefer country like Hank Williams Sr.,Johnny Cash,Merle Haggard,or Jimmy Rodgers.

I've been tryin' to work up,"Running Bear" by Johnny Preston...

Loony, I done a couple of Chris LeDeoux songs before. What You Gonna Do With A Cowboy, and Cowboys Like A Little Bit Of Rock And Roll.

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It's Showtime!

its reunion time.....time for everyone to.....
Eat Us And Smile Yall!

I learned a coupla Lyle Lovett covers for my own use, not with the band. I do Skinny Legs and Sonja as part of my vocal warm up. As well as Suffering Face & Indoor Fireworks by Elvis Costello (which are from his 'country' album, King of America)

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"If you're gonna ride into a barbed wire fence, do so because of a gal's legs" -Wise words from Down in Flames

How 'bout some punk tunes? Anyone ever rev up some Sex Pistols?

Or Deadboys?

Or Nirvana?http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Or Clash?

Or Ramones?



[This message has been edited by Loons (edited October 26, 2000 at 04:20 PM).]

It's been a while guys...

In the early eighties, I was in a cover band from Ventura, CA (about 60 miles north of LA), and we played the usual hard-rock fare (Zep, Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, Ozzy, Rush, Travers, etc.), along with quasi-punk/new wave (The Clash, The Police, Sex Pistols, Devo, etc.) and of course, Van Halen!

I played bass and sang lead on the higher register stuff like Ozzy, Rush and Zeppelin, while the guitarist did most of the other. He handled himself well on the VH tunes, no easy feat, and the most difficult thing, believe it or not, was the singing! Anyway, at one time or another, we played the following:

Unchained
Take Your Whiskey Home
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Runnin' With The Devil (I played the intro on bass with my teeth - frickin' hilarious)
Ain't Talking 'bout Love

Anyway, it's years later, I play guitar now in addition to bass, and I'm putting together some covers to go out and perform with a sequencer (sick of dealing with other musicians). I plan on doing some VH, if I can hack it, and here's what I have in mind:

Hang 'em High
Pretty Woman (VH version, of course)
Romeo Delight
Light Up The Sky
D.O.A.





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First six albums rule. In addition, the following represent the only two Y2K release in the world that are preventing me from losing it altogether waiting for the VH reunion.

Galactic Cowboys Let It Go
King's X Please Come Home...Mr. Bulbous

Later, VHDOF

Mostly originals, ever since I started playing, that's all I ever did was make up songs.

I call it "Van Grunge". A mixture of Seattle grunge and a HEAVY dose of van halen. http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gifhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

I wish I was a full time musicianhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/mad.gif, oh wellhttp://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gif ...

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"Broken down 'n' dirty
dressed in rags"

"What is understood,need
not be discussed"

"Yup,looking back at the years of videotape I now
realize that I look like a fish!"
-Alex Boceebus Vo Halen

WHOO WHOO!!
Right On Right On
This thread rocks!!!!!!

Anyone play any jazz numbers? And no,DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince don't count...neither does Kenny G!

Uhm?http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gif Pretty much what No Bozo's said.http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

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lol ...

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Broken down n' dirty dressed in rags

"It's like somebody stealing your car and coming back the next week saying, hey check out my new car!" -EVH talkin' bout his two-hand tapping technique

Whoah, forgot about this thread for a while there. Well, we played Big Bad Bill, and it got us signed! The owner of the record label came down to meet us and he especially liked that one! I had to confess that it was a cover, who woulda thunk it?!?!?!?

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The last thing you want is to be Van Hagar-ed.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TDR:

Well, we played Big Bad Bill, and it got us signed! The owner of the record label came down to meet us and he especially liked that one! I had to confess that it was a cover, who woulda thunk it?!?!?!?

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

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Dude TDR?, that's totally pimpin'! That's cool as f*ck and your right, who woulda thunk? lol ... Awesome news with the label n' shit.http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

Lucky bastard, ...

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Broken down n' dirty dressed in rags

Well, let me roll up onto the sidewalk and take a look kids!?, Woah!!!

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