Posted on 01/08/2007 10:21:03 AM PST by slowhand520
Van Halen, Grandmaster Flash, R.E.M., Ronettes and Patti Smith make Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
CLEVELAND — Van Halen made a "jump" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., the Ronettes and Patti Smith. A panel of 600 industry experts selected the five artists to be inducted at the annual ceremony, to be held March 12 in New York.
Van Halen was the 1980s hard rock quartet led by guitarist Eddie Van Halen, outrageous lead vocalist David Lee Roth, and later rocker Sammy Hagar, that put out hits such as "Jump" and "Dreams."
R.E.M. was the quintessential indie rock band until breaking through to mass success in the early 1990s with songs like "Losing My Religion."
Grandmaster Flash led the most innovative act in early hip-hop, and the song "The Message" was like a letter from urban America.
Punk rock poet Patti Smith and Phil Spector favorites the Ronettes round out the 2007 class.
To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at least 25 years before nomination.
Keith was a big Kath fan; he's got his own style, great talent, but throws in the definite homages to Kath.
For instance, of all the guitarists Chi has had since Kath, only Howland always starts off the 25 or 6 to 4 solo with Kath's exact riff, and then breaks into his own stuff. Like Kath, has fun with his wah-wah, when not too many rock/pop guitarists are using it. Also has a couple of solo albums.
LOL - thanks!
True story: When "Pleased to Meet Me" came out in 1987, I listened to it all the way through when I bought it, then didn't/couldn't listen to "Can't Hardly Wait" again for probably the better part of two months b/c I couldn't forgive them putting horns on it. I finally caved, though, after hearing it live and realizing it's one of his most brilliant.
DLR doing Bluegrass? I surfed into something about that on VH1 the other day and thought that I didn't hear right.
But it was Gene Simmons, who saw them playing in Pasadena and offered to give them a leg up in the business, that actually garnered a recording contract for EVH.
Yes.
That's right. I wonder how many people Gene Simmons has helped overall? He's quite a businessman.
Heh, my older sister used to see VH at back yard keggers in the Pasadena/Arcadia area back in the day when they were known as Mammoth.
She always did hate 'em.
wtF??????????????
Would you like to touch my monkey?
Roth was mediocre as a soloist.
Pretty generous on both counts...
I too am a fan of both versions of VH. I actually sort of consider them diffent bands. I saw VH w/ Dave 6 times and VH w/ Sammy six times. Also saw Dave twice solo and Sam twice solo. (I used to go to a lot of concerts) I have seen most of the big bands of the late 60s-the early 90s (the who, stones, U2 no Zeppelin however)and will say that VH fronted Dave absolutely blew every one of them off the stage live. I am certainly jacked that Dave is going out on the road with them this summer and will likely catch a couple of the shows (even with Wolfgang on bass).
I had a cool experience this summer for all of you VH fans. I went to see Hagar and "the other half" at KC. Me and a buddy who is a big Sammy fan did the VIP thing where we got to watch the show from behind the stage on a platform. The show was awesome, got autographs during the show from Sammy and Mike Anthony. The best part was this: During "Best of Both Worlds", Sammy led all of the folks on the platform (prob about 150) in a conga line across the stage. Me and my buddy were almost the last ones in line. I got i big handshake onstage from Mike Anthony. So then as Im walking across the stage, I see Hagar with his arm around my buddy singing so I go to take a picture. After I take the photo, Sammy comes up to me, sticks the mic in my face and let's me sing most of an entire verse of the song. For an old VH freak like me, that was a peak experience.
At the end of the show, one of the roadie guys comes up and hands me and my buddy each one of the bottles of Cabo Wabo that were sitting on the amps in front of us to take home. Definitely worth the $250.
Not a bad experience, eh?
I totally agree!! His solo on "25 or 6 to Four" is still one of my favorites! Read somewhere Jimi Hendrix thought he was one of the best guitarist's he had ever seen or heard LIVE! He died way too soon.....
I saw them at Madison SG 1984! LOL
There is a mellow rendition of Jump by the 80s band Aztec Camera that's pretty good, in a mellow sort of way. Acoustic, and all that.
HENDRIX!
Wasnt Neil Young in with them somehow also?
Th Kid
You're a lucky woman, Diana in Wisconsin.
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