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re: Where does Van Halen rank amongst the greatest bands?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:24 pm to SEClint
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:24 pm to SEClint
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As far as musicianship in those two departments, cannibal corpse blows them away. Africa is probably their best known song and I do like the band, I'd just put them on the same level as a band like Chicago.
Chicago is bad arse. They deserve mention amongst the very best.
I'm not referring to Toto's popular songs necessarily. I'm talking about their body of work and that music and the more technical aspects of it as a band, not as a lone musician or lead singer in tights and tail.
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This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 11:52 pm
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:32 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Posted on 4/18/14 at 8:23 am to RedRifle
van halen's debut was a game-changer, and i have no shame admitting i enjoy all the DLR-era albums (hagar, that's another story). that said, those albums came at a heavy price, being that many of us were subjected to waves of wannabe copycat guitarists....
Posted on 4/18/14 at 8:44 am to vandelay industries
I can dig Van Halen, but Guns n Roses is the best US band of that era/genre 
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:02 am to RedRifle
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Where does Van Halen rank amongst the greatest bands?
I would say they don't rank amongst the greatest "bands". Possibly you could rank them with the greatest "acts". Roth is nothing more than a showman and Eddie's guitar playing was the main attraction, not really the songs. To top it off, Alex is one of the worst drummers of that era.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:18 am to Mike da Tigah
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Musically, I'd place them well under the likes of bands like Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, Yard Birds, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Stones, Sabbath, Toto, Eagles, Allman Brothers, CCR, etc
Youve got to be kidding me? Those guys can barely play their instruments.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:18 am to HeadyBrosevelt
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I can dig Van Halen, but Guns n Roses is the best US band of that era/genre
Yes they are.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:22 am to RedRifle
Towards the bottom
Posted on 4/18/14 at 11:15 am to TreyAnastasio
Your boy Trey has got to be the least "rockstar looking" rockstar in the history of rockstars.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:20 pm to dnm3305
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The Stones
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Those guys can barely play their instruments.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:29 pm to brgfather129
The original lineup of Van Halen is one of the top rock 'n roll bands ever, period. Definitely in my personal top ten.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:30 pm to Kafka
OU812
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:31 pm to RedRifle
To me, Van Halen should change their name to Jock Jams. Every other song played in a sports arena is by Van Halen. It's annoying and trite.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:30 pm to brgfather129
Laugh as you may, but The Stones made their bacon on charisma, attitude and not giving a frick. Musicianship was always lacking with that band.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:36 pm to dnm3305
Do you even Mick Taylor, bro?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:40 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
Or listen to Exile
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:48 pm to Sayre
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The original lineup of Van Halen is one of the top rock 'n roll bands ever, period. Definitely in my personal top ten.
This guy gets it.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:04 pm to tigermeat
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The original lineup of Van Halen is one of the top rock 'n roll bands ever, period. Definitely in my personal top ten.
They were incredibly influential as well.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 7:06 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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Do you even Mick Taylor, bro?
Brian Jones was a pretty good multi-instrumentalist too before the drugs took his talent and his soul.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 7:08 pm
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