bellairepark73 wrote:I don't know Loneman...that...might have been an epic collaboration...if not for the party behaviors. The party behaviors alone may have put him under. We might have been looking at SP as a dearly missed one too.
I'm sure it would have worked perfectly if they just stuck to new material they both wrote, but Perry stepping into DLR's shoes live on stage singing those songs would have just been really, really off IMO since the styles are so vastly different. Since no one will ever know for sure, I might be off base and it would have somehow strangely fit like a glove, but I just don't see it. Also like you said, with the partying that Van Halen was known for coupled with where Perry was at the time, it very well could have ended badly due to those extracurricular activities.
This whole thing is definitely one of the bigger "what if" scenarios in music that I doubt anyone ever even thought of until a few days ago!!