The Six Degrees of Van Halen

[SactoFan]

Many of you know about the 'Kevin Bacon' game...who wants to try with VH? Theory being that most in popular music can somehow be connected to VH in some way within six degrees...(I may be wrong on the exact protocols of the game, but this is better than just reading rumors all day)

For example...Bruce Hornsby toured with the Dead...Mickey Hart is the drummer for the Dead(one of them anyways). Mickey Hart played on "Marching To Mars" and has jammed around the Bay Area with Sammy who, as we all know, was a member of VH...Therefore, a Bruce Hornsby-Van Halen connection established...I know that's only 4, but it's my first shot...

[Jerel]

It's kind of like what I did to create L.S.D. Radio.
http://www.vhvault.com/vhvault/listennow.html

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[billy007]

A) this was done before, but what the heck?
B) this will get moved
C) Sammy Hagar played with Jesse Harms who played with David Lee Roth who played with Van Halen!

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[madden]

Eddie went to a Britney Spears concert. Prince Andrew wants to fuck Britney Spears. Think about it.Peace out.

[Goo]

Think thats prince william bro.

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[Darkstar]

madden, I have to admit, that DID make me laugh!!!

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[Van Rairden]

Kevin bacon has worked with john landis, who has worked w/ Michael Jackson, who has jammed w/ Eddie Van Halen (beat it!)

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[Wolfie3]

Eddie produced an album for Billy Joel? I never knew that.

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[BrownSound1]

Are you sure about that? I've never heard that before, and that sounds like something you would definately hear. You better check that out.

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[dropdeadlegs]

Simon & Garfunkle who wrote the song "Feelin' Groovy" for which a 60's group Harper's Bizarre did of which long time Van Halen producer Ted Templeman was a member of.

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[BoHalen]

Billy Joel had talked with Eddie about producing his "Storm Front" album back in 89. Eddie said he was too busy to commit to the project, so he suggested Mick Jones (5150) who ended up producing the record.

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[esquiretoo]

madden, i'll say it again: some of the things you say make me laugh, and i'm ashamed of that!

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[JMJ]

aretha franklin who worked with george micheal woho worked with elton john who worked with billy joel who had an album produced by ed

JMJ

[Olen]

I think what billy007 is referring to is this link (from about May 9-10) about the 'Van Halen family tree'.
http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/Forum11/HTML/000008-2.html

Here was my contribution (if you don't wanna lick the clink). During the process of finding out what I did, I was honestly amazed at how interconnected Rock Music IS:

OK!! You asked for it!!
The key to this is Journey! It doesn't matter how you get to Journey (either b/c Hagar worked with Neal Schon, or that VH once opened for Journey). However, the interesting thing is that you would think that the number of people Schon has worked with would get you the most...but it doesn't the key is the Steve Perry-to-Kenny Loggins combination.

Here is what you get with Van Halen to Journey via Neal Schon.

Neal Schon worked with:
(1) Santana - to Rob Thomas (Smooth)to Matchbox 20.
(2) Jan Hammer
(3) Bad English - to John Wait to The Babys.

Now for the fun...Steve Perry worked with:
Kenny Loggins, who worked w/ Jim Messina (Loggins & Messina).

Messina was in:
(1) Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills and Neil Young, who were later in CSNY; Young links to Pearl Jam; Graham Nash (CSNY) was in the Hollies. David Crosby links to the Byrds and Phil Collins (duet), and as noted, Collins eventually links to Slayer, but Collins also links to Genesis, which links to GTR (via Steve Hackett), and GTR links to Yes (Steve Howe was in GTR and Yes); Howe, via Asia, gets you John Wetton and then King Crimson. Howe via Asia also gets you Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake and Palemer.

(2) Messina was also in Poco, which also featured Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmitt of the Eagles, which gets you Don Henley.

Don Henley gets you:
(1) Patty Smythe and Scandel
(2) Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks, who also worked with Kiss
(3) Linda Rondstadt (Henley and Frey were in Rondstadt's back-up band, the Stone Poneys), and Rondstadt gets you Aaron Neville, Emilylou Harris, Dolly Parton; Dolly Parton leads to Kenny Rogers, and Kenny Rogers leads to First Edition, the New Christy Minstrels, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie and Sheena Easton.

Lionel Richie gets you to the Commodores and Diane Ross, and Diane Ross gets you to the Supremes. Lionel Richie also gets you the 'We Are the World' crowd, so everybody eventually links, LOL.

Sheena Easton gets you to Prince, who also worked with Sinead O'Connor and the Bangles.

(4) Don Henley also worked with Stevie Nicks, who of course was in Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac gets you John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (Mick Fleetwood), which gets you Clapton, then the Yardbirds, which gets you Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

Page obviously links to Led Zeppelin and The Firm, and Chris Slade (The Firm) gets you to AC/DC. Paul Rogers (The Firm) gets you Free and Bad Company. Page also gets you Puff Daddy, which eventually links to everyone, also LOL!!

Beck gets you Donovan, whose daughter is married to Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys.

Stevie Nicks, who recorded w/ Tom Petty, and Tom Petty recorded w/ the Traveling Wilbury's. Traveling Wilbury's get you Jeff Lynn, then ELO. Also gets you Roy Orbison.

Also gets you George Harrison and the freakin' Beatles!!

Well, that 'bout sums it up. LOL.

To think...VH to the Supremes and Garth Brooks...who would've thunk it??


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[This message has been edited by Olen (edited August 24, 2000 at 02:53 PM).]

[FORD]

Geezy Fucking Pete! Talk about a stretch of the imagination! About the only band left out of that list was the Stones.

However......

Aaron Neville was included, and he is somehow related to Ivan Neville who played keyboards for Keith Richards' Expensive Winos. So there ya go

Now what was the point of all this again?

Oh yeah, relating it all back to Van Halen...

OK, on the Stones 1972 tour, Keith wore a shirt that said "Who the fuck is Mick Jagger?" On the VD III tour in 1998, Eddie wore a shirt that said "Who the fuck is Eddie Van Halen?"

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