Red13JoePa wrote:strangegrey wrote:if Van Halen, Journey, Styx, Foreigner, etc....imagine if they all stayed completely intact...and toured hard throughout the late 90s....while the last remaining slugs of Alternative music were busy shooting themselves in the head or dying of smack ODs.....today, this music would similar to what the Who or The Rolling Stones were in the 80s. They would be touring huge stadium tours or at the very least arena tours, taking in money...major label releases of albums. I know someone will go 'yeah, right, bullshit'....but think about it. you're being skeptical because of the fact that you're viewing it in today's reality. If these acts stayed together, they would have reached a much higher arc...and quite possibly remained there....
You better believe it. VH is arguably still there as a matter of fact.
I dunno about that. It all depends on EVH's sobriety. There were some really BAD performances by him on the 2004 tour. Those shows were not sold out across the board, either. The ticket prices were crazy. I was a VH fan for like, forever. I used to pray to EVH like he was a God...and hell, this is sad to admit...but in High School, I didn't say "no" to cigarettes when they were offered to me...because I said to myself "EVH smokes!!" (I've long since quit)...But because of the ticket prices, I stayed home. Sorry, I wasn't going to pay 100 bucks a head for a piss drunk eddie & a perpetually neck braced alex...
But the fact about it is that the band is currently a punchline. They *could* recapture some of it...only in the novelty of Roth being back in the band....but unless VH delivers the goods...and I mean, really delivers the goods....they're going to fizzle out hard.
