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11.15.19, 03:28 PM #1
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New Van Halen podcast with special guest, Greg Renoff
https://www.hardcopy.ie/the-beta-pod...r-greg-renoff/
I recently recorded a podcast with Van Halen Rising author Greg Renoff about all things Van Halen, but including the differing personalities in the band, the influence of Ted Templeman and Donn Landee, and why the band has been so woefully mean with archive releases.
You can listen by searching your favourite podcast app for The Beta Pod, or by listening through Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KP...R2uQdopvuRtdaQ
I hope everyone enjoys it!
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11.16.19, 12:11 PM
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Very cool. Plan on listening to this soon!
11.21.19, 09:13 AM
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11.21.19, 09:35 AM
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I enjoyed it! I hope you do more of these types of interviews in the future.
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11.21.19, 12:10 PM
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really cool
"I could call it anything, but the only word I can think of is Brown. It's just a warm sound. Warm, big, majestic" - Eddie Van Halen on his Tone
"Van Halen is definitely a ladies band, and I´ve got the Polaroids to prove it". - David Lee Roth
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11.21.19, 12:28 PM
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I haven't had a chance to listen yet, can someone please give me a summary version of this part:
"and why the band has been so woefully mean with archive releases."
11.21.19, 08:11 PM
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Just listened. Basically what he said in a nutshell was he was 100% certain there were things they could release, but he speculates the band doesn’t really have a financial reason to do it and also doesn’t seem to have the will or care about bolstering/preserving the legacy of Van Halen.
He also offered his opinion on the Hagar relationship, speculating it was the Cabo Wabo deal that is the real sticking point between Ed/Al and Sam. Them feeling like they got taken to the cleaners when Hagar bought it, and then spent so much effort building the brand and selling the tequila for $100 million (or whatever figure). It was speculation, but i could definitely see the VH camp being pissed about how that deal turned out in the long run.
One more interesting take, at least to me, is Renoff speculating Ed doesn’t feel anybody wants to hear him play music outside of a VH with either Dave or Sam. Basically that Ed/Al feel like prisoners to VH. The interviewer speculated Ed had been convinced the fans wanted Dave or nothing. Renoff seemed to leave it open to Dave, or Sam, or nothing. Both seemed to believe Azoff has surely proposed a Sam reunion to the brothers, but it’s pretty obvious Sam is persona non grata in that universe.
Was an interesting listen.
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11.22.19, 06:50 AM
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11.22.19, 07:42 AM
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the whole "ed and al are pissed at sam over the cabo wabo" is to me so silly. when Ed, Al and Mike bailed on it until the time Sam left VH it wasn't this huge money making machine. Sam developed the tequila, Sam worked hard on building the brand but if it had stayed Van Halen's Cabo Wabo Cantina an Van Halen's Cabo Wabo Tequila it would have been even bigger and they would have made more money off of selling Tequila had Van Halen stayed involved. if you deny that you're nuts. Sam is not an idiot, I'm sure from a business standpoint he would know the name "Van Halen" carries a lot more weight that the name "Sammy Hagar"
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