Van Halen WILL NOT Perform At Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

The Rock Radio ^ | 3-01-2007

[My Favorite Headache]

Velvet Revolver to perform for & induct Van Halen into Rock Hall Of Fame

Velvet Revolver has been tapped for Van Halen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band will perform in Van Halen's place, and singer Scott Weiland and guitarist Slash will speak on Van Halen's behalf. For now, it doesn't look like David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar will join Velvet Revolver onstage, and Michael Anthony hasn't commented yet. It's still unknown whether Eddie and Alex Van Halen will attend the ceremony.

Velvet Revolver just finished recording their new album, titled Libertad. It should be out this summer, and the band has South American dates with Aerosmith in April and a possible U.S. tour in May.

Hagar had originally told us that he thought the job of inducting Van Halen into the Rock Hall would go to his friend and sometime drummer Chad Smith's group: "I was told that they were gonna get the Chili Pepp -- trying to get the (Red Hot) Chili Peppers to induct us. And I shouldn't, maybe shouldn't be saying this (chuckles), but... letting the cat out of the bag... I said, 'Chad, I think they're gonna ask you guys to do it.' He's going, 'Great, man!' (laughs)" )

Smith regularly joins Hagar onstage at the singer's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico, and Hagar told us that he, Smith, and Michael Anthony are thinking about making a record under the name Chicken Foot.

[My Favorite Headache]

Well so much for ANYTHING with Van Halen...my word..they can't even get it together for the hall of fame gig...sheesh....rock stars.

[Mr. Mojo]

they can't even get it together for the hall of fame gig

They couldn't even get it together when I saw them in their prime at the L.A. Forum in '81/'82 -- drunk and sloppy. The good news is that it was short.

[The_Victor]

I'm surprised they have enough brain cells left to perform basic motor functions.

[flashbunny]

Who would have thought that the most together member of the group was the one with the jack daniels bass?

[doodad]

Ping for the rockers weegee. As if anyone was surprised by this news.

[My Favorite Headache]

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[My Favorite Headache]

ping

[lesser_satan]

ping

[CaliGirl-R]

Roth was drunk and sloppy at the '83 US Festival in Devore, CA. All he did was mumble and stumble across the stage. They were my fave group then and I was so disappointed, I left.

[MotleyGirl70]

Hold muh beer while I play my guitar!

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Anyone gotta tongue I seem to have lost half of mine.

[MotleyGirl70]

"Hey kids, hold muh beer while I do a back flip!" ROTFLMAO!

[MotleyGirl70]

He reminds me of when the old dude in Christmas Vacation says, "Hey Grace, get my stoggie."

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Gotta love that hard partying Rock-N-Roll lifestyle. He looks like he is 90. Instead of "Jump" they will play "Shuffle to the early bird special."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh. My. God. That's not Valerie Bertinelli in the background, is it? What does she look like these days? She was so sweet looking in her day.

[MotleyGirl70]

JERRY: (confused) Dinner? W..What time is it?

Eddie: (pulling on a coat) It's four-thirty.

JERRY: (bewildered) Four-thirty? Who eats dinner at four-thirty?

Alex: By the time we sit down, it'll be quarter to five.

JERRY: I don't understand why we have to eat now.

Eddie: We gotta catch the early-bird. It's only between four-thirty and six.

Alex: Yeah. They give you a tenderloin, a salad and a baked potato, for
four-ninety-five. You know what that cost you after six?

JERRY: Can't we eat at a decent hour? I'll treat, okay?

Eddie: You're not buying us dinner.

JERRY: (emphatic) I'm not force-feeding myself a steak at four-thirty to save a
coupla bucks, I'll tell you that!

Eddie: Alright, (sitting on the couch) we'll wait. (pointedly) But it's unheard
of.

Jerry shakes his head, incredulous, and wanders away with his comic book.

[Chi-townChief]

It's Armageddon !!!

[MotleyGirl70]

She's still a cute gal.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I knew you could work in a Seinfeld reference. lol

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thank Goodness! I was scared for a few minutes there, LOL!