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batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
edited June 2007 in Strut Central
Yay or Nay?I recall kind liking it when it came out. But maybe i was really just feelin the John Byrne cover art.Bad 80's or Goodbad 80's guitar stuff?

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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    OH FUCKING HELL NAW
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Note to self
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Musical Masturbation
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Musical Masturbation

    Can u break it down for me.

    Was Satriani ever any good?
    Was this album just plain ole wack? No merit?
    There was better suburban rock at the time?
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    heres some shreddin'
  • obscure_addictobscure_addict 869 Posts


    frank marino is all good in my book! rippin up the guitar, but i certainly was diggin joe back in the day.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Disclaimer: This is just my opinion


    I prefer my guitar players to play with "soul" and feeling.

    In my opinion Eddie Van Halen was responsible for taking "soul less" guitar playing to the next level.

    Technical to a fault and sterile to my ears.

    He spawned a whole list of technically adept but excruciatingly boring players like Steve Vai, Satriani, etc.

    I'd rather listen to Willie Joe and his Unitar(one stringed guitar) than Eddie Van Halen any day.

    Prog rock initiated the slow death of the electric guitar in rock and roll and Van Halen drove the last nail into it's coffin.
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    i dont know any satriani but van halen had some tracks
  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    OH FUCKING HELL NAW
    OH FUCKING HELL NAW
    OH FUCKING HELL NAW
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Disclaimer: This is just my opinion


    I prefer my guitar players to play with "soul" and feeling.

    In my opinion Eddie Van Halen was responsible for taking "soul less" guitar playing to the next level.

    Technical to a fault and sterile to my ears.

    He spawned a whole list of technically adept but excruciatingly boring players like Steve Vai, Satriani, etc.

    I'd rather listen to Willie Joe and his Unitar(one stringed guitar) than Eddie Van Halen any day.

    Prog rock initiated the slow death of the electric guitar in rock and roll and Van Halen drove the last nail into it's coffin.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    i dont know any satriani but van halen had some tracks

    Where does that leave Sammy Hagar?
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    classic Van Halen (David Lee era) is some of the greatest rock music ever made...not souless at all.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    i dont know any satriani but van halen had some tracks

    Where does that leave Sammy Hagar?


    Unemployed..........and very rich
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    classic Van Halen (David Lee era) is some of the greatest rock music ever made...not souless at all.

  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    classic Van Halen (David Lee era) is some of the greatest rock music ever made...not souless at all.

    ya mean like "Running With The Devil" and Jamie's Crying"??
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    classic Van Halen (David Lee era) is some of the greatest rock music ever made...not souless at all.

    Would that be a testament to David's strong vocals moreso than Van Halen's virtuosity?
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    I was a fan.......bought the first LP and it was probably the one LP that I turned my younger brother on to that got him into music....he now runs a Metal label.

    But now 20+ years later I can't listen to any of their stuff....Roth or Hagar.

    It's worn so thin on me that I cringe when just about any of their tunes come on.

    It was new and fresh in it's day, no doubt........now to my ears, it's all crap.
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    classic Van Halen (David Lee era) is some of the greatest rock music ever made...not souless at all.

    ya mean like "Running With The Devil" and Jamie's Crying"??

    jamie's cryin yes. little dreamer yes. somebody get me a doctor yes.

    i heartily endorse michael anthony's backing vocals and i don't think eddie v is sterile on the early vh albums. it sounds like he's having fun while showing off as opposed to old Slowhand. clapton is so dull; he's the real enemy
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts


    He's no Yngwie Malmsteen. Dude was the Kenneth Eng of the Swedish classically-influenced shredding scene.

  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Post '74 clapton is so dull; he's the real enemy

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts


    He's no Yngwie Malmsteen. Dude was the Kenneth Eng of the Swedish classically-influenced shredding scene.


    and Yngwie was just copying this album...

    damn near everything Yngwie did can be found on this LP
  • prof_rockwellprof_rockwell 2,867 Posts


    Yay or Nay?

    I recall kind liking it when it came out. But maybe i was really just feelin the John Byrne cover art.

    Bad 80's or Goodbad 80's guitar stuff?


    Didn't someone take a sample off this album? Like Biz or Chill Rob G or Organized or something like that.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    YOU MERE MORTALS NEED KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD:




    GUY MANN-DUDE GUY MANN-DUDE GUY MANN-DUDE

  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    YOU MERE MORTALS NEED KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD:




    GUY MANN-DUDE GUY MANN-DUDE GUY MANN-DUDE



    Brilliant!
  • pknypkny 549 Posts
    YOU MERE MORTALS NEED KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD:




    I'll see your shreddin', and raise you quad-neck, double bidextral-hammeron madness:



  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts

    +



    = the apocalypse.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    and Yngwie was just copying this album...

    damn near everything Yngwie did can be found on this LP


    I can't believe I'm saying this, but...I'd like to hear that.


    And Batmon: HELL NO to that Satriani. You'd be better off with a copy of Steve Vai "Flexible."

    Wow, I can't believe I said that, either.
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