this is the Eddie that Sammy was afraid of most; the sweet, kind, down to earth and SOBER!!!! Sammy prefers the drunk & numb EVH so he can do his solo career, cabo wabo band & chickenfoot. When Eddie was drinking & worrying about vultures trying to take VH apart, Sam used it to keep his solo agenda & using the VH brand to promote it while keeping Ed & Al waiting in the wings for VH. Thats the truth!!
@earlymtv This album was number one on the charts for a good while. Had they kept it together, they would've been just as successful as aerosmith or U2 during this time. It's hindsight, but look at the track record and it speaks for it self... What they hell happened Eddie after this? three years later he looked like complete crap, but looked pretty good here.
this is the Eddie that Sammy was afraid of most; the sweet, kind, down to earth and SOBER!!!! Sammy prefers the drunk & numb EVH so he can do his solo career, cabo wabo band & chickenfoot. When Eddie was drinking & worrying about vultures trying to take VH apart, Sam used it to keep his solo agenda & using the VH brand to promote it while keeping Ed & Al waiting in the wings for VH. Thats the truth!!
65Magnifico 3 months ago
wow, you can see the tension in this interview
drinkspecials 7 months ago
@aalton and I know he started drinking, but something else must've gotten his wheels turning in that bad direction.
aalton 7 months ago
@earlymtv This album was number one on the charts for a good while. Had they kept it together, they would've been just as successful as aerosmith or U2 during this time. It's hindsight, but look at the track record and it speaks for it self... What they hell happened Eddie after this? three years later he looked like complete crap, but looked pretty good here.
aalton 7 months ago
@vinny3888s
Ray Danniels happened and broke up this band......
ciadella1971 8 months ago
damn, sammy pays eddie the hugest compliment and eddie says, 'well, yea. the music comes first'. what a dick!
kliff215 1 year ago
ed quit drinking and was influences by others. he lost sight...
earlymtv 1 year ago
@earlymtv the 90's killed alot of good bands
5150Alan 1 year ago 2
van halen was trying real hard to hold on here. in 95. grunge music was really knocking old legends like VH. so they were losing their touch..
earlymtv 1 year ago
Agreed.sammy seems like he is carefully choosing his words with a sober eddie.I think this was the begining of the end.
fretfirestarter 2 years ago 2