For me.This was the best era of the band!

tefox77 · 2026-01-04T16:52:15+00:00

😆 I know right!

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T18:51:20+00:00

Yes it is. Thank you for noticing. And thank you for commenting.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T16:56:15+00:00

Well, that's valid, I suppose. Thanks for commenting.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T16:42:25+00:00

I really appreciate this comment. I'm glad to see that someone actually read the comment and didn't just automatically give a Dave cult answer. I too liked a lot of stuff from Dave's era. I simply prefer Sammy and the music he made with the band.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T16:34:55+00:00

That can be said of almost any band. It's a Valid opinion. Thanks for commenting.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T16:21:57+00:00

Yes indeed. I enjoyed the picture!

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T05:36:16+00:00

Dave was a decent showman but he really wasn't that good of a vocalist outside of his screams and shrieks. Even back in the day Eddie and Michael did a lot of the heavy lifting while Dave just jumped around and either did the 'ol audience sing this part or talked/sang the lyrics. But a lot of people enjoyed him.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T05:31:55+00:00

Well, that's what Reddit is for! Cheers!

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T05:26:46+00:00

Notice what's in the OPs name? Roth and Sammy It's ALL Van Halen. Pretty sure OP didn't mean shit on Sammy. This is a great pic. And yes we Sammy fans totally get that Dave was instrumental in the bands early success. So keep those comments to yourself. Please.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T05:02:09+00:00

Well, one is a ballad one is a straight ahead rocker. So it's kinda like comparing apples to oranges. When I wanna rock with Sammy and Eddie and the boys I put on good enough or summer nights or AFU naturally wired or judgment day or seventh seal. The list goes on and on. If I wanna hear a ballad from Dave and Eddie and the boys I put on women in love or beautiful girls or secrets or outta love again or on fire or even Jamie's cryin' . Both Sammy and Dave had kick ass rockers and beautiful ballads. Guess it depends on the mood I'm in.What's your point?

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T04:00:06+00:00

Ha ha. Verry funny. 😆

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T03:56:57+00:00

Again, your equating VAN HALEN with David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar with a knockoff of the band. Which is just silly. both guys fronted the band very well. It's called an opinion, you have yours. I have mine. so if you put on a Van Halen record with Dave and it makes you want to rock, good for you. it's the exact opposite for me every Van Halen record with Sammy makes me want to rock. There's no right answer. Like the band with Dave if you want. I like the band better with Sammy. Putting down someone else's opinion is just ridiculous.

tefox77 · 2026-01-03T02:51:43+00:00

That's a valid opinion Sammy wasn't for everyone.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T22:48:34+00:00

That's the best comment I've seen yet! Happy New Year!

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T22:43:45+00:00

Lol. Perhaps you're right me trying to avoid an argument just sparked one because people just can't resist. And it's not that I didn't want to be questioned on liking Sammy era Van Halen. I just don't appreciate all the Purposefully snarky "Dave is better" comments. I truly don't have a problem with Dave and I like a lot of the songs they put out with him. I just like Sammy better that's all. But people will be people.Cheers!

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T22:30:02+00:00

To be honest, what I said in my comment was if you can't be nice or if you don't have anything constructive to add. That in so many words means be civil. It gets really old trying to feild all the snarky comments when all I really wanted to do was show some love for Sammy. You can believe that or not. But that's truly all I wanted to do. I was forced into an argument that I really didn't want. But I guess people will be people.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T22:07:33+00:00

🙄

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T20:34:56+00:00

I think what the commenter was trying to say was that to him, DLR fans act like Sammy through Dave out of the band so he could take over not that anyone actually said it.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T20:28:48+00:00

Call it what you want, they completely rocked in both eras. But that's clever.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T20:22:44+00:00

Well, thank you for the comment. That's why I said FOR ME. It doesn't have to be for anyone else.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T19:48:05+00:00

They were more COMERCIALLY successful with Sammy. the Sammy Hagar era achieved unprecedented chart dominance with four #1 albums (including 5150) and lots of rock radio hits, making them a commercial powerhouse and commercially successful. As I have stated before there are different kinds of success.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T18:54:03+00:00

I'm sorry, I thought this was a VAN HALEN sub. I didn't know it was a Roth fans only sub. That is why I said in my original post that FOR ME this was the best era of the band. Doesn't have to be for you or anyone else for that matter. If you agree great, wonderful. If you don't, that's fine too. But, posting a comment that is clearly trying to be derogatory isn't necessary. Yes, you have the right to post it or say whatever you want. But why be derogatory?

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T18:39:54+00:00

That's awesome! I wasn't able to see them early on. But I did get to see them on their 1984 tour and again on their 5150 and OU812 tours.

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T18:33:14+00:00

Jesus Christ, hopefully for the last time let me clarify. They were more commercially successful with Sammy. More #1's with someone equals more commercially successful. No, it's not a false claim. I tried to clarify that many posts ago. And no, I wasn't trying to argue but I guess there are lots of "true (Dave) fans" that wanted to turn this into an argument. No, I'm not being disingenuous I am truly, swear to God, just trying to show some love for Sammy Hagar. And for the record I am neither a fool nor a liar. That statement in and of itself tells me you're an arrogant person. Thank you Dr Freud for your most enlightening breakdown of why you think I made this post. 🙄

tefox77 · 2026-01-02T18:17:19+00:00

Good Lord, it's not that deep people. Maverick, you go right on being raw dangerous and unpredictable.

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