Van Halen - Jon Stewart Show - 4.27.1995

[@mancuniancandidatem]

Mike's bass playing really shines on Amsterdam! Edit....He sounds great on everything. This recording really shows how important his playing was to the band. When Ed solos Mike fills the sound out ingeniously.

[@michaelprice7005]

Forever my favorite band, I don't care who sings.

[@MrBLU80]

Same here man.

[@jimmiller1780]

There will never, EVER be another Edward Van Halen.

[@frontcentermusician]

No shi t shirlock LOL

[@kgjohnson0240]

God damn right.

[@MainPrism]

​@@frontcentermusician Sherlock* If you're gonna be condescending you could at least spell the most famous detective in history's name correctly...

[@Fearzero]

​@@MainPrismShirley you can't be serious.

[@MainPrism]

@@Fearzero I am, and don't call me Shirley.

[@joes5150]

Cant stop loving you Eddie

[@joes5150]

@TAX COW FARTS no shit

[@walasiewicz]

Micheal Anthony is the most modest guy on the planet! He stood behind all those huge egos and personalities and humongous talent and never demanded to be put out front he just enjoyed being a part of such a huge thing. Respect bro! Love ya Mike! I'm a huge Van Halen fan since the first album. Sammy is cool but dave IS van

[@diningroomfish5470]

We will never see band's like this again, like Elvis once in a lifetime, sad 2020 is not what people were thinking years ago

[@tonyfondacaro1980]

And we were lucky enough to be alive for it. 🤘🏻

[@chriswilgus4752]

Sad to think,one year later..it all ended.

[@tdrewman]

With in a year, it fell apart. They were on top of the world, but nope, we can't have nice things..

[@jimiguitar6324]

Soooooo Glad sammy is Gone and Dave's back...

[@idontanswerquestions.271]

Sooooo - asshats that cant play or make videos use this site to antagonize; thats fucked Jimi jerk off. That is a difference of opinion, and they are like assholes...

[@YT0091]

@@jimiguitar6324 Dave wasn't even back when you made this comment. It took 16 years after the break with Sammy for them to get with Dave and it only lasted a year because Dave is an asshole. Then again, Eddie and Alex are assholes too. It's a lot of assholes dealing with each other. They were way better off with Sammy and they screwed themselves.

[@RHM-up5hn]

@@jimiguitar6324 You must be tone deaf like Roth....

[@RyanConnell5150]

@@YT0091 wdym it lasted a year? They toured with Dave 3 times after his return and released 2 albums. RIP Eddie

[@rick3747]

Edward made it fun, melodic and intresting. I love you Edward. RIP

[@Luke-er6pg]

Top bass work, yet again from MA!

[@jillsmedley7443]

❤ Absolutely! No one could replace Eddie Van Halen! What a Legend!! 👍🥰

[@vancedean9699]

The rhythm playing genius of Edward Van Halen thru a SOLDANO SLO100 amp. Pure good. Gone but never forgotten. The greatest.

[@kgjohnson0240]

He was using peavey 5150s at this time.

[@vancedean9699]

@@kgjohnson0240 he used the SLO on the album and the tour supporting it. You are right by 1995 he was using the 5150 live. Two of the three SLO’s he bought are still in 5150 studio. The third was given to a producer. I have a very early one. I wish I could find a way to buy one of the ones he had.

[@e.l.norton]

​@@vancedean9699He used a SLO, as well as 5150 prototypes. The amps on the tour were 5150s. He may have used a SLO on some songs, but the rack was three 5150 heads and one for Alex's feed. He was road-testing and fine-tuning them with Peavey and James Brown before their release in 1992.

[@babylonkid]

Aftershock? Woooooooooow!!!!!! Fantastic guitar solo.

[@ericsnickars3647]

Thanks for the post! I love when Eddie would improv during the Hagar years; it seemed pretty rare after the first tour. I really like his 1995 guitar tone.

[@thefonzkiss]

Pros don’t improvise. His adlibs were well rehearsed, they’re the same at every show.

[@hundredcaws]

Eddie is really enjoying that new Musicman guitar sound. juicy heavy perfect pitch.

[@elonmust7470]

I have an axis in the shop getting refretted right now, can't wait to get it back!

[@e.l.norton]

Ironically, he ditched it in less than a year for the Peavey Wolfgang. He started transitioning right around this time, using a Peavey live for "Not Enough". After '95 he was never seen playing a Music Man, again. Pity. It's the best signature guitar he ever produced. I LOVE my amber '93.

[@primeDecomposition]

@@e.l.norton The official reason was Ed wanted a company that could greater mass produce his Wolfgang to meet demand, but I think his affair with Mr Sterling’s wife may have played a bigger role in the split with EBMM lol.

[@darthhull85]

New? Lol wut.

[@rubenreza]

He had that EBMM since 1990, actually.

[@RHM-up5hn]

The last year of the Van Halen good times....

[@justinwhite9689]

Van Helen , Van Hagar, Van Cherone i can't stop loving em all. Ed. RIP.

[@danfoss1535]

Van Eddie

[@Blizofoz45]

The Seventh Seal was so majestic with that killer riff and tone from Eddie. A song about the end times that felt like it had one foot in 1970s Led Zeppelin and at the same time unique to itself.

[@bowriverblog]

So glad I got to see this tour. What a concert that was !! Will never forget this show, and never forget the first time I heard this C.D. 🤟🤟🤟🤟 Fuck I miss those "good ol days"...

[@geemanbmw]

Eddies rifts sound like a Formula one V12 exhaust absolutely beautiful!!

[@theartist124]

The Mighty Van Halen!!! Loved this album! (thanks posting this)

[@dustzza123]

Amsterdam is like Poundcake, f ing🎉 awesome

[@MV-ot8kr]

Damn ! Alex's snare really does sound like he's beating on a log. Ed said THAT was the ' brown sound '' . What a jam . One of his best riffs too I think . Looks like Eddie can't move too much . But this was years before he had his hip done . Balance was so good and I'm not sure they were ever better than this period . So tight and loose. I miss Eddie . He was like a super hero .

[@kahmhalen4094]

For me growing up it was Luke Skywalker and Eddie Van Halen.

[@danfoss1535]

One had The Force, the other just had a glowing laser sword thingy.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

@@danfoss1535 lol. Good one.

[@babylonkid]

Hell Yeaaaaaa. Great song!!!!! Great album. Sammy was so good.

[@tjkage]

Michael Anthony.The original Larry the Cable Guy.

[@edwinmorse6615]

Lifelong vh montrose fan already this was,the original Cabo F'N Wowo

[@KevyNova]

I was thinking he looks like the neighbor from Office Space, only chunky.

[@Thundergod-]

But Larry can't play bass nor is he really funny....

[@uprebel5150]

I remember seeing this live and thinking "I've never seen EVH eat before". He is human.

[@fodiddlediddle5015]

i wonder if Ed's hip was bothering him at this point. A very low key Eddie on stage. Incredible playing as usual. What a player.. RIP Ed.🙏

[@dp2013]

EVH the GOAT of all time!

[@joes5150]

Love this album and Amsterdam. Bruce fairbairn did a great job did a great job producing it. Sounds great timeless and hot sonically. Band was so tight

[@brianmorrison4865]

It's crazy when you learn he wrote this riff in 1984...

[@D70340]

RIP EVH You are missed by many

[@blackfrancis55]

Eddie, "and they give young bands a break." RESPECT

[@dustinmoritz6634]

They were so tight!!!! Ed falling in and out of transition is unbelievable. Lead us great rhythm is off rhe charts!!

[@scottk6383]

The whole album just prefect!!! Ed was on fire!🕉

[@kdm71291]

Great live performance!!!

[@dd-do5qp]

Adoro esse som que guitarristas fundido pena que não se encontra mais convosco.😢

[@markbreaux6613]

DAMN, THEY WERE SPOT ON THAT NIGHT ! WHAT A TRUE AND INSPIRING BAND VAN/HAGAR WAS.. STILL WAITING FOR THIS REUNION...

[@jtmichaelson]

+Majik0715 They hated Roth even more than they hate Sammy. So anything is possible at this point.

[@jtmichaelson]

You may be right. I watched a few interviews with Sammy and he usually comes out bashing Eddie. So you never know.

[@JIMJAMSC]

+John Michaelson Love Ed but imo he is a ass and not the most truthful. After a loooong tour was over,Sam went home to CA to see his wife/kids. Ed called and wanted him to fly to Hawaii NOW to do the Twister Human beings song. Sam tried to tell Ed to give him some time off but he did go to Hawaii and do the song. Then on Father's day,Ed told Sam he was a great solo artist and should go back to being one and fired him. The recent flareup was Ed trashing MA claiming he had to basically show him how to play the bass. Imo Sam and MA have always been consistent and well grounded where as Ed,well not so much.

[@GreatWhiteCutch]

JT Michaelson honestly, from what I've heard, it's not that Sammy doesn't like Eddie. It's that Eddie won't let Mikey play bass again. He bashes Mikey left and right to self-promote his son. They're a package in Sammy's eyes. Ny hope is they get together again, but as long as Eddies son is on bass, it's not happening.

[@jtmichaelson]

+Brett: I personally hate what they did to Mikey. He's one of the badasses of rock and roll. He's one of the tightest and most disciplined bass players I think ever. That guy never missed a beat and always performed like motherfucker. You can actually see Mike Anthony loved doing what he did, and he did it right. So yes, Ed is seen as a real asshole for what he did. And Sammy seems to give a shit about it. But seeing DLR back at the mic was not only cool, and unexpected, but a HUGE surprise considering how much they hated him. The shit Ed and Alex kept saying was just disheartening. I figured they were dead in the water. But look. Here they are. And surprisingly still together after 3 years. That's even more of a shock. I expect it all to implode any day now.

[@RPMX4]

What sound!! Nice mix.

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

Such a great album RIP EVH

[@jugglingembalmer]

At this point Van Halen were the fucking Beatles. Their Sammy’s catalog was big enough for a hell of a show, and holy shit did Sammy perform well live.

[@annawatanabe9711]

Melhor fase do Van Halen foi na decada de 90! Amei o album Balance; na epoca eu estava no Japao, mas nunca fui a nenhum live concert deles...que pena! 💛

[@RestrainingHollywood]

Love Van Halen 78' - 96' ❤

[@drinkingpoolwater]

i love that eddie was always the leader.

[@akfreed6949]

Sam thought he could become leader and it didn't work out HIS way . Then he makes a stupid lie claiming it was jealousy of his success . His POS book RED was used as a smear campaign against the Halen Bros .

[@thefonzkiss]

Thats demonstrably incorrect. Roth and Sam steered the ship generally. When Ed took control he booted Sam from the band and released VH3 with Gary, and we all know how well that turned out.

[@akfreed6949]

​@@thefonzkissEdward was the leader even though he wasn't . All the songs started with Edward . That made him leader .

[@shonnamay8331]

Oh man......❤️❤️Eddy made those strings Sing their own tune.. Sammy was smokin too 👏👏👏👏😘

[@AlexanderTerminator]

I just wanted to say the first concert I ever attended, was by my next guests. It was 1979 and the band was great, and the vocals really weren't that good, but they changed that. They fixed that problem. Their latest album has sold three and a half million copies world wide. They're here tonight making their first every television appearance preforming "Amsterdam" from the album Balance. Please welcome Van Halen. Light 'Em Up.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Stewart sucking up like that was lame. Without Dave, VH wouldn't have reached the heights it did.

[@ps-yk8su]

That second song has a Welcome Home Sanitarium sound. I never noticed the Goodbye Horses woo-ooo-ooo-ooo chorus on Can't Stop Loving You.

[@simonsmith9942]

Thanks for sharing. Awesome ❤

[@ROOKTABULA]

Oh Mr. Anthony. That mullet......

[@evh4611]

One year later it was all over

[@chucklawson2331]

My first tape was 5150 I was 8 years old lol

[@MrDTH1969]

I got this recorded on VCR tape

[@DVincentW]

1:21 "Pocket full a money!" Micheal whip!

[@larsgrelck3456]

Great album. The forgotten Van Hagar one. Such a shame it all crumbled shortly after. They had an amazing 4-album run and tour. Plus, still VHs best live album.

[@ab-ll7dv]

Hahah come on mate. VH 1 is the best album.

[@breauxcewayne1971]

He said VH’s best LIVE album, not album. He’s 100% correct as well because Van Halen was absolutely on fire during this tour. Alex was at his PEAK and Eddie was sober for the first time. Eddies always been phenomenal live (minus the 2004 tour) but on this tour it was just at another level. Plus he needed a hip replacement so he wasn’t running around and jumping like he usually did. Therefore he was just 100% dialed in on playing Look up on KZbin Van Halen live 1995 Toronto. Not saying it’s the best set list because I thought that was the only knock about the Hagar years was other than the new album they played the same songs every single tour. In 1993 they played Unchained which was awesome. Their catalog was so much deeper than just Panama, Jump and Ain’t Talkin Bout Love. I get him not wanting to play more than 3-4 Roth era songs but mix them up and they should of also dug deeper into their catalog with Hagar instead of always the typical songs such as Why Can’t this Be love and Dreams. Now back to my original point. On that Toronto 95 show watch Alex’s solo. I play drums and his solo is at a Neil Peart level. His overall playing is also the best it’s ever been. I think the neck brace may have actually been something that ended up helping him because it kept all his movements tight and precise. Plus he kept getting better with age. Hagar pointed that out that Alex still practiced on a consistent basis and it was rare that someone with that level of success gets better. They usually stay the same or get worse Hagar said. Then if you watch Eddies solo you’ll see that it’s the best live solo he’s ever done which is SAYING A LOT. The songs from the balance album are also epic live. So seeing 95 Van Halen with a set list that would of had more deeper tracks would of been the ultimate Van Halen concert video. Rothadites please don’t say Oakland 81 because the band wasn’t as tight yet and Roth was never a good singer live. I like both the Roth and Hagar eras. But if I had to pick 1 as far as music I’d pick the Roth era and if I had to pick which version was better live then it would be Hagar . =\/|-|= forever!

[@goodquestion1105]

"live" haha not even close

[@lizhollatz7052]

Tight love it!!!!❤❤❤ miss you EVH RIP

[@longhorn2615]

Thumbs up!

[@srincident]

The greatest ever! Viva Edward Van Halen and Viva Van Halen.

[@disciple5150]

Very underrated album!

[@FirestormAudio]

This is the sound of the band breaking up.

[@oldguitarguy7528]

RIP MAESTRO. ILL MEET YOU AGAIN.

[@hanshaan4610]

Ed was on Fire wow!

[@evhvariac2]

Especially after the charcuterie platter! Much needed carbs after that first set.

[@RockoVanClark]

Nice comment about David Lee Roth

[@enidsalvo9347]

October 31, 2021... Miss you Eddie.....

[@thefonzkiss]

3:50 Bette Midler taking a crap

[@stringbender11672]

OMG 🤯😅🤣😂😎👍hilarious!!!

[@evhvariac2]

The appetizers look GREAT

[@joes5150]

Aftershock another great song! 1995! Peavey 5150 ebmm evh

[@jimmyjames7946]

The f****** mighty Van Halen,!!!0 r.i.p. King 👑 Edward Lodewijk Van Halen

[@philipduff8788]

Wasrnt this the last Year for Sammy with VH ?

[@melonsoda334]

Balance is great album. Solid and hard, merciless sound like Zep's Presence.

[@ilikebacon860]

R.I.P. E.V.H.

[@Pepsolman]

It’s funny how when some bands are about to break up have peak musical chemistry. They get so tired of each other that they totally lose themselves in the music to escape from each other and that’s where the best performances come from, a band at odds with itself no matter how good they are together.

[@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544]

Not even close they’re boring here don’t you remember 5150 when they’re all dancing a you fool smiling???

[@Pepsolman]

Scotty BoomBoom I’m referring to the musical chemistry. Not personal chemistry.

[@ab-ll7dv]

@@Pepsolman I dont agree that happened with vh. But if you can, please give another example

[@akfreed6949]

Sam's to blame . He got bossy and said something to really piss Ed off . Only a MORON would believe any of his lies and not even look for themselves to actually see or hear the truth . Even Mike said Sam quit . There was no conspiracy to get rid of Sam . Warner Bros DEMANDED a greatest hits album . He was given the choice do the greatest hits album or quit . Captain Candyass QUIT . Mike himself agreed with Al and Ed .

[@CLW12]

Sammy is definitely the most articulate of the group.

[@akfreed6949]

Dave did BETTER . Record sales prove it

[@diningroomfish5470]

Eddie looks great with short hair

[@kojam]

All these years and I couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like Jon Stewart but he is so popular. Now I know why. That comment about Roth, THE GREATEST FRONT MAN THAT EVER LIVED, boils my blood. Disrespectful!!! These songs take me back! They were "OK"...never cared much for the top 40 feel of VH in that particular time of their history. I really on continued to listen to them then because of Eddie. The songs were good, but they were not "Unchained", "I'm the one", "Atomic Punk", ....good....if u know what I mean.

[@candybowden3618]

Roth is not much of a showman now,is he? Greatest frontman in rock was Freddie Mercury and he could sing...Also,what would be the point of making the same old songs like from the first album? If they did that,might as well call themselves Boston...

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

kojam loved Diamond Dave!

[@goodquestion1105]

Jeez it's rock n roll, the vocals need attitude more than precision like operatic Mercury. Hagar got none of that and his rhymes are poetic felonies that's why he's called Clichégar!

[@iotcoffeetalk]

Sick!!

[@christopherreed2694]

This was the last time Ed was happy Alex uuuaaa I don't know 😕 I love the two of them like my older brother scott I play music at the level I do because of there hard hard work and Sammy that guy sounds good with laryngitis and Mike is the pocket they refer too 💙 what's not too love but ed and Alex I would help Alex barrie a body at 3 in the morning no questions asked I love that guy for real I'd give him a kidney 💔 😢 💙 they are the very best

[@norarivera2476]

Sammy was perfect for this extraordinary and talented band.

[@davidmerlin3344]

This is when Van Halen was at their best with the music and vocals combined. Don’t get me wrong, I love the early Van Halen albums but Dave could never pull off vocals like that. I would however love a Sam & Dave tour with Van Halen. That would give ALL the fans the best of both worlds to enjoy all the eras of the band :)

[@Pepsolman]

The two tried that. One ego got in the way. Guess who.

[@RyanConnell5150]

I disagree. I didn't like Sammy's voice on that record. Yeah he was 48 and couldn't help it probably. But he sounded so much better on 5150.

[@jamescraig3121]

Ryan Connell 5150 I have not heard of either of these songs which must mean the album was a stinker. Sammy is a better singer, I’ll give you that but still take a shitty Running with the Devil over a ........ insert Van Hagar limp dick song .... ha ha ...... my girlfriend knows the last song !

[@ab-ll7dv]

@@jamescraig3121 haven't heard 5150?

[@ab-ll7dv]

"Dave could never pull off vocals like that" he didn't need to mate. They were playing different kind of songs, better songs. That's why VH 1 is their best album

[@bonnerscott5374]

I remember thinking nice they made an album I like with Sammy the f.u.c.k album was good 5150 and i0u no thanks.

[@howardrobinson4938]

Can you even imagine this song on any of the great Van Halen albums? No? Why not? Oh...the big yawn it generates? Yeah, could be. Of course, Eddie's guitar work is the song's saving grace. And Sammy, "Yeah, yeah, yeah" and "Wham bam, wham bam", blah blah blah. He did have impossible shoes to fill. Alright, he gets one toe in.

[@emilyjohnson8808]

I know Alex can play but damn he looks awesome with that white cloth around his head in all black

[@dinacarr2734]

and the fumanchu. Grrrrrrr.

[@walasiewicz]

Eddie was SO COOL

[@sinistershredder]

11:33 Alex's laugh though

[@thefonzkiss]

Mike Anthony - perpetually balding since 1978. What’s actually on his head, no one knows.

[@SuperBoomshack]

The Neverending Mullet

[@centrifugalforce734]

it's Joe dirt on steroids 💪

[@MrMustard2U]

He has had a Hair Transplant, I met him at the Namm show in the early 2000's when he was just starting to get it, & wow so obvious, he did not even try to hide it... over time it has filled in a lot better....

[@andreo.7633]

L M A O STILL to this day hahahahah

[@teriraketty7760]

LOL

[@HermesTrismegistes369]

Fuck yes! 🤘🏼 some of our last good music. Musicians man! These are dudes. Men. Not pussies. 🤘🏼♥️

[@morbidmanmusic]

Last good music? Wtf are you talking about. So much good music everywhere. You just got old and stagnant

[@spacesex710]

Super cringe.

[@crempster]

This was the beginning of the end for Van Halen.What a shame.

[@kevlar6240]

The live songs they performed on DS were so tight and to perfection. Pretty impressive considering the band was starting to fall apart at the time.

[@BazookaToe]

This was a weird time in VH history. When “Wham Bam” was actually considered lyrics. Eddie should have put the kibosh on that shit in the studio.

[@KevyNova]

Sam always wrote the worst lyrics but “I Can’t Stop Loving You” should never have been allowed on a VH album.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@KevyNova That IS the worst song in their catalog. Too corny even as a Hagar solo song.

[@KevyNova]

@@ColtraneTaylor the first time I heard it on the radio, I was saying “PLEASE be a solo Sammy song! PLEASE be a solo Sammy song!” Then I heard Eddie’s guitar and was like “dammit!” I couldn’t believe it was the same band that did “Mean Street.”

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@KevyNova Or the previous albums even. Never mind Mean Streets, it makes Dreams sound hardcore.

[@KevyNova]

@@ColtraneTaylor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adrianlopez2215]

Well I first saw this band in 1981 and the vocals were just fine sir. Maybe thats youre not on TV anymore and Sammys playing the Stratosphere in Las Vegas?

[@rmax5150]

I think this was probably the point in time where Ed started taking himself too seriously and becoming a bit difficult to deal with. This was a good album, but Ed's writing seemed kind of dark and was probably a reflecrion of his state of mind at the time, IMO. Also, you really can notice a subtle difference in his attitude during interviews compared to earlier ones. Looking back, he just seemed to get worse from around this point forward. It's too bad he destroyed this band. They could have had another 10 years as a mainstream act instead of prematurely becoming the nostalgia act that they turned into. Always loved EVH, but sad!

[@leonskum.5682]

Sammy admits in his book that it wasn't all Ed's fault. He was turned against Sam by bad management who were telling him to "get his band back".

[@akfreed6949]

@@leonskum.5682 you're both full of shit . Captain Candyass's book RED was a smear campaign against the Halen Bros . He didn't tell you how much money he got from a videogame TV commercial when they used his Can't Drive 55 song YET he crucified the Halen Bros for selling songs for TV commercials .

[@thefonzkiss]

Agree.

[@akfreed6949]

What a bunch of bullshit . Things started to get worse when Sam started acting like an ahole . There's a compilation of Van Halen clips on a Howard Stern video on KZbin . It was around this time when Hagar's attitude changed when he's seen saying " This is MY band . " . Then the very next clip he says " Lead singer of the band , leader of the band , what's the difference ? " . Hagar screwed himself out of the band by trying to be the leader . He started bossing Edward around and some words were said that no one talks about to this bday . Sam said something really hurtful and stupid to Edward .

[@WillDontKare]

3:34

[@daviclar867]

Sam met his next wife on this tour, she was given a back stage pass and they hit it off and been together ever since.

[@TheMeanArena]

Do you have the Jon Stewart Show episode where he challenges Van Damme to a game of Street Fighter II?

[@tdadvertising]

Good God, to sound that big on a TV soundstage. Sammy at 48 years old just killing it. It's such a shame they couldn't keep the magic. Ed not interacting with Sam at all during the song, not singing his backups. You could see it was falling apart, yet they still sounded great. And Balance was maybe the best of the 4 they did with Sammy

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

tdadvertising Ed was going thru hell. Give the poor guy a break. Battles... RIP

[@marvinnichols2819]

Eddie is the greatest, and so the group

[@mdd47]

Amsterdam was the dumbest song they ever did, lyrically anyway. Reeks of Sammy being way too into his weed at the time and everybody else rolling their eyes. But musically it's incredible. Love the little bass gallop during the chorus and whatever that finger slide thing was during the solo. That was cool

[@BassManDan1018]

Band is tight as a nut here.

[@SuperBoomshack]

When Jon Stewart wasn't a tool

[@mikekarena]

I know! How dare he speak up for first responders to support their care! Shame on him!

[@gokhanersan8561]

If all of Balance was like Amsterdam, the band would’ve never broken up.

[@spacesex710]

Ed and Al HATED Sam’s lyrics to that song.

[@gokhanersan8561]

@@spacesex710 And the fans didn’t like the sloppiness of compositions like Don’t Tell Me, Seventh Seal, etc. Eddie recycling the pulse-pounding poundcake as the slumbering Seventh Seal…to please the flannel shirts. Didn’t work. Then Eddie trying to be Metallica with Humans Being. Didn’t work, he understood and took a 180 degree turn -back to high energy rock-with Me Wise Magic. But couldn’t get along with Dave and, thus, the end of story.

[@gokhanersan8561]

@@spacesex710 I wished Dave could’ve seen the kind of characters he’s inspired….with a peculiar level of intelligence; equipped with impeccable language skills. No wonder “(he) forgot the f-ing lyrics, man.”

[@knightfall9394]

⁠​⁠@@gokhanersan8561what fans are you talking about that didnt like those balance songs? I know you dont speak for anyone and are probably just talking about yourself and other diamond dave dick riders, also when was me wise magic ever high energy there’s nothing high energy about either of the ‘96 roth tracks and nothing metallica like about humans being

[@Lemopalm]

So pissed off when they put a voice over on top of the last song

[@tonyfondacaro1980]

Balance was/is such an amazing record. Killer sound, some really memorable riffs, Eddie’s playing getting really multi-dimensional... It’s just two or three songs too long, otherwise it would have been as highly regarded as VH1, 2 or 1984.