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.

2 Comments

  1. gunzzz Says:

    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.

  2. CinderellaChick Says:

    i like sammy, but its just not Van Halen without Diamond Dave!!! Runnin with the devvilllll ahhhhhhaaaaayyeeaahh!!!

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