"Dinosaur Rock"...

**Deputy Van Halen** · 11.15.00, 05:38 AM

i know in an interview back in 1995 (i think) ed talked about it... he said he didnt mind being called a dinosaur, "because dinosaur's are big, right?" (or something to that affect)...

-lizard

**billy007** · 11.15.00, 07:46 AM

Well, I heard the "Monsters of Rock" tour referred to as the "Dinosaurs of Rock" tour - and it wasn't meant as flattery!

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**Light Up the Spanish Fly** · 11.15.00, 09:00 AM

Billy Idol used to call the bands like Zeppelin and all the arena style bands "dinosaurs" back when he was into the punk scene---that term has been around for awhile----I'll bet however that these "dinosaurs" will last as long as the original big lizards did...unlike the fad BS that gets shoved down our throats on a daily basis..

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**paradiddle** · 11.15.00, 01:01 PM

Didn't Bart Simpson nag Homer for listening to Dino Rock? I always thought it meant like Foghat, Bread, America, Free, you know those old obscure one hit types. I think when you've had as many hits as VH, and still manage to sound timeless, you escape the dino label.

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**Glenn** · 11.15.00, 02:57 PM

Here's a quote from the 1995 Rolling Stone interview with EVH.

Hey, dinosaurs are great. Dinosaurs are huge, right?

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**Georgie** · 11.15.00, 03:32 PM

I don't know what BillyIdol is barking about. Most of these "Dinosaur Bands" are commercially more successful and bigger then he ever was.

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Rush
Def Leppard
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Scorpions
ZZ Top
Kiss
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