Top 10 reasons why Van Halen were better with David Lee Roth
Here’s a little something that a huge David Lee Roth fan sent in. GlamRock.com wholeheartedly agree and prefer David Lee Roth fronting Van Halen. Actually, it has been a popular poll so you might like to cast your vote here VOTE : Van Halen with DLR or Sammy?
It was understandable why people got caught up in Dreams & Why Can’t This Be Love after being bought up on a great diet of David Lee Roth’s Van Halen but it didn’t last long. Here we go (drum roll) -
Number 10 : DLR’s Van Halen was heavy metal/hard rock, Sammy’s Van Hagar was pop music.
Number 9 : DLR could do the splits and Sammy didn’t even try.
Number 8 : DLR’s Van Halen used a bit of synthesizer but Sammy’s Van Hagar was completely covered in it.
Number 7 : DLR was graceful, debonaire and handsome, whilst Sammy wasn’t.
Number 6 : DLR’s Van Halen were charming in a bad boy, macho sort of way, while Sammy brought a ‘frat boy nerd trying to be cool’ quality to Van Halen.
Number 5 : DLR’s Van Halen’s greatest love song was “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love”. Van Hagar’s was “When It’s Love.” How wimpy is that?
Number 4 : DLR’s Van Halen had a huge hit with their 1984, Sammy’s Van Hagar looked threatening in the early days but in reality, never even came close.
Number 3 : DLR’s Van Halen featured Eddie Van Halen with his home-made guitar; Van Hagar featured an Eddie Van Halen with a signature Music Man model that even after 15 years still looks stupid.
Number 2 : DLR’s Van Halen had cool album titles i.e. Diver Down and Fair Warning. Sammy’s Van Hagar had the cheesiest album title ever: OU812?!
Number 1 : DLR’s Van Halen featured Eddie’s dad playing clarinet on Diver Down and son Wolfgang playing bass on the reunion tour. Quietly though, the family never approved of Sammy.
August 28th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Roth is a showman and a great vocalist.Sammy is great for sure!,but live Roth takes it all,a live monster.He performs with more intensity making the band vanhalen a power house live.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:46 pm
i like sammy, but its just not Van Halen without Diamond Dave!!! Runnin with the devvilllll ahhhhhhaaaaayyeeaahh!!!
March 25th, 2010 at 12:01 am
ROTH LOST “IT” YEARS AGO IN MY OPINION BUT STILL LOVE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BAND TOGETHER. STILL HOPING MICHEAL ANTHONY COMES BACK. I MISS THE JACK DANIELS BASS….
May 6th, 2010 at 4:06 am
HAGAR OWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before Hagar, Van Halen was just another rock band. Then Hagar joins the band, and their songs have substance. I’ve seen Van Halen with both Lee Roth and Hagar, and the Hagar shows are much better. I saw both DLR and Sammy live with their solo bands, and Sammy owns… I went to that co-headlining tour with the two, and Hagar’s set blew Dave’s away.
May 16th, 2010 at 2:30 am
I am not really biased when it comes to both eras of Van Halen. I must admit in the late Seventies, they were more of a heavy metal band than the stadium rock gladiators that they would become after teaming up with Hagar in the Eighties. But 5150 is one of my favourite albums ever and i’d say Sammy got off to a good start with Van Halen. However I have learned to appreciate both eras, regardless of the differences. But that is my opinion and I am sure some of you may disagree. And it’s fine by me. Van Halen were the first rock band I ever got into and that is still there to this day. They are without a doubt the greatest good time rock band and I get chills down my spine putting their records on.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
DLR is the real Van Halen singer !!!
I don;t like Sammy
August 6th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Now, Ladies and gentlemen. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutly LOVE DLR’s Van Halen. But this article brought up the point that Sammy’s Van Halen used alot of syth. And thats how i perfer my glam. Very Syth driven’. So this article did actully give me alot to think about.