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Greatest California Rock Band of All Time?

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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,528 Swaye's Wigwam
    Van Halen
    WACF was 1980. DD was 1982.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,758 Standard Supporter
    Van Halen
    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,724 Founders Club
    Grateful Dead
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,758 Standard Supporter
    Van Halen
    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    CSB.

    The best track on DD is like #50 in their overall body of work, though.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,724 Founders Club
    Grateful Dead
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    CSB.

    The best track on DD is like #50 in their overall body of work, though.
    Let me lay some cultural superiority on you, fren. Big Bad Bill and Happy Trails are the 2 best VH songs of all time.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,758 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2022
    Van Halen
    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    CSB.

    The best track on DD is like #50 in their overall body of work, though.
    Let me lay some cultural superiority on you, fren. Big Bad Bill and Happy Trails are the 2 best VH songs of all time.
    JFC. You are banned from your own board for making that statement.

    Edit: Happy Trails doesn't even have guitar. That's like saying one of the best items on the menu at Chick-fil-A is their fucking yogurt parfait!
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,724 Founders Club
    Grateful Dead
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    CSB.

    The best track on DD is like #50 in their overall body of work, though.
    Let me lay some cultural superiority on you, fren. Big Bad Bill and Happy Trails are the 2 best VH songs of all time.
    JFC. You are banned from you're on board for making that statement.
    Lulz.

    Getting shitfaced and singing Happy Trails is a UW rowboat party tradition.

    I think Hang 'em High and and Little Guitars are in the top 20 DLR era tracks.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,758 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2022
    Van Halen
    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    CSB.

    The best track on DD is like #50 in their overall body of work, though.
    Let me lay some cultural superiority on you, fren. Big Bad Bill and Happy Trails are the 2 best VH songs of all time.
    JFC. You are banned from you're on board for making that statement.
    Lulz.

    Getting shitfaced and singing Happy Trails is a UW rowboat party tradition.

    I think Hang 'em High and and Little Guitars are in the top 20 DLR era tracks.
    You are a master baiter. I will give you that.

    No @puppylove_sugarsteel , but then again who amongst us truly is?
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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,528 Swaye's Wigwam
    Van Halen
    I never get down on Diver Down. Takes me back to junior high. Sure, it has covers, but the originals are great. Diver Down was released to keep the fans engaged as Roth knew that they were in the middle of the MTV age and to strike while the iron was hot. The VH brothers couldn’t be bothered with that stuff. I believe EVH said he would rather bomb with his own material rather than bomb as a cover band. Well, I listened to VH3 and that album sucks major league ass.

    Presence is to Led Zeppelin why Diver Down is to VH
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    YellowSnow said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Diver Down is the major blemish on the DLR-era. What a waste of time and talent, but I'm sure they cashed out bigly.

    Disagree. I think it has some great tracks.

    CSB time. I was walking home drunk on NE 40th back from the Ave to my Wallingford House in college. This old hippy dude was having a garage sale at like 1AM in the morning. I bought his minty pressings of Diver Down and Tattoo You (shout out to @DerekJohnson ) for $1.00 each.
    Not be be a one upper, but I got Diver Down from Columbia House for 1 cent.
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