[VHML - Digest] Tuesday, July 21 1998 Volume 01 : Number 4650 Messages in this Digest: Re: MD/VA Get-Together!! Back to Back Shows Re: Michigan List Members - Re:Tickets Re: St Louis Review-ANGIE EVERHART Re: Meet and Greet/Brent Who picks the singles? RE: No More Night Surfing Re: ATTN: Diane Mappes Sommerset On Sale Date Info. Re: The Jumbotron VHND?? Re: PETITION VAN HALEN Re: DLR Band Guitarist Slot Re: VHND?? good news about my taxes (for once) Re: PETITION VAN HALEN Re: DLR Band Guitarist Slot Re: Devore Meet and Greet pix Who's going to the Charlotte show??? Re: Saxon (no VH) Brian/Kierstan Here's a weird question Wall of Sound News: Sass Jordan Explains Her Van Halen 'Audition' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:55:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Johnson Subject: Re: MD/VA Get-Together!! On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 Dwzl99@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/20/98 1:21:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, aunon@cais.com > writes: > > > We'll be meeting at Dave & Buster's in Rockville, MD at 5pm > > on Saturday, 7/25. > > Keith and I should be there on Saturday. How many are coming? Man this looks to be the second MD/VA get together I am going to have to blow off. :( I don't think I will ever get to meet becky. Tell her I said hi. It is just to close to Vegas and to close to my business trip and I have a party for my best friends bday so I guess I am stuck. Can't wait for Vegas when I can meet you guys and don't have to drive after a bunch of Jack and Cokes. :) Later, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:56:06 -0500 From: Casey Stanley Subject: Back to Back Shows What's people's opinion about the quality of a show which follows a show the night before? I'm going to the Deercreek show in Indy tomorrow and the band plays tonight in Cincy. I'm curious as to peoples opinions about what a back-to-back (especially in the kind of heat we have right now) does to the band. Is the show worse? better? the same? Tomorrow in Indy, will the band suffer from playing last night? Or, will they be careful tonight (knowing they have to turn around and do it again tomorrow) and really let it all hang out in Indy (since they get a night off after that)? Just wondered. acs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:59:10 -0400 From: "Jorie" Subject: Re: Michigan List Members - Re:Tickets Mike, I was out of town and paid a guy to stand in line and get tickets. Naturally, even thought there were only 12 people there, they did a lottery, he lost his front of the line position, and ended up 10th in line. :( He ended up getting 4 15th row seats, Ed's side, and isn't sure he'll be using the two he got for himself. So that's a possibility...I'll know more in a week, I hope. :) If you haven't found anything else, e me and I'll be happy to let you have them if they're available. :) Jorie >I KNEW I should have taken the summer off! Anyways, I'm stuck here >at work when the Michigan tickets go on sale, and although I have >someone getting tickets for me, I don't have too much faith in >Ticketmaster. >If anyone can buy or ends up with good seats (2) for the Van Andel >show, please let know cause i will be happy to buy them. > >Mike Austin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Johnson Subject: Re: St Louis Review-ANGIE EVERHART On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Ron Higgins wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 06:06:32AM -0400, DVomvas@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 98-07-21 06:00:16 EDT, you write: > > > > << >Angie Everhart was standing in front of me during the concert. I heard > > that she > > >is dating Gary. (He definitely could not keep his eyes off her). > > > > I thought she was married to that Ashley Hamilton guy... > > Jim V > > http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Everhart,+Angie ohh that Internet Movie Database, is there nothing it can't do! ;) Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:23:20 EDT From: Bkr51de50@aol.com Subject: Re: Meet and Greet/Brent She's probably scared some rag will get a pic and print some bullshit like they have in the past,...I can see the headlines now if a reporter took a pic of Val+Gary..."Gary Cherone makes III"...Val leaves Eddie for younger rock idol.... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:28:16 EDT From: Bkr51de50@aol.com Subject: Who picks the singles? I have always wondered how singles are decided upon from cds....anyone know? Bikerdude ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:33:11 -0400 From: "Bowen, Christopher" Subject: RE: No More Night Surfing - -Yeah man, that must suck, catching swell off speed boats and all! ;-) - -chris - --------------------------------------------- "Still we try, win or lose, Take the highs with the blues." -VH- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dennis Austin [SMTP:mdaustin@engin.umich.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 10:14 AM > To: vanhalen@sonic.net > Subject: Re: No More Night Surfing > > Argh! You all frustrate me! I really really want to go surf, but it > doesn't happen much here in Michigan....i need to get a job on a coast > when i graduate. The closest thing I get is snowboarding, but again i > usually have to go outside of Michigan for anything good. > > Mike Austin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:38:56 -0500 From: Diane Mappes Subject: Re: ATTN: Diane Mappes At 05:22 PM 7/19/98 -0700, you wrote: >I am going to send my $5.00 for the contest soon. I will email you when I >send. I just wanted to let you know i'm going to enter. > >Thanks. > >Jeremy Hulburt > >"Heeeeellooo Washington!!!!!!!" >-Gary Cherone (Gorge 1998) I can't believe that I *almost* over looked this DOH!! ;) Thanks for letting me know Jeremy...you'll be receiving a confirmation as soon as I get your $$s. Can't wait to meet you and EVERYONE else in Vegas....ONLY 10 more days!!!! YEEEEE-FOOKIN'-HAAAAA!!! :D Diane CON'98 Fundraiser Coordinator ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:46:50 -0500 From: Craig_Rowe@lacek.com Subject: Sommerset On Sale Date Info. Just got off the phone with the local Ticket Master office and the official on-sale date for the Minneapolis/Sommerset, WI. show is Thursday @ 10am. They will be putting all of the on sale information (i.e. ticket costs - seating/reserved vs. general) into their computer later today. Unfortunately their had been some confusion regarding the on sale date because their radio spots during the weekend had been quoting Saturday the 25th as the on sale date and Brad had Thursday the 23rd as the official date. What a surprise, the radio station was wrong and Brad was right ;) Also, it sounds like in addition to Creed and The Kenny Wayne Shepard band, their will be more bands added as 93X is selling this event as an end of summer party. Sounds like a full day of tunes! Craig Rowe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:47:21 EDT From: Bkr51de50@aol.com Subject: Re: The Jumbotron .....are you sure weight + lack of use is the real reason it isnt going to be used?...maybe "Lucky" is a little shell shocked after Germany };>) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:49:27 -0400 From: Renee Warden Subject: VHND?? Is anyone else having trouble connecting to Grant's vhnd?. I've been trying for almost 2 days now. I once got through to "current news" but can not get in to the mpeg tour section. Renee ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:49:47 EDT From: Bkr51de50@aol.com Subject: Re: PETITION VAN HALEN You're right Mully, BotB would sound great live..... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:50:24 EDT From: MikeDig@aol.com Subject: Re: DLR Band Guitarist Slot In a message dated 98-07-20 11:35:48 EDT, you write: << Hello everyone... If it is indeed true that DLR's guitarist slot is open, who would we like to see fill it...a realistic choice of course. >> Nuno Bettencourt. Now there would be irony. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:50:37 -0400 From: "Jorie" Subject: Re: VHND?? I got through fine last night around midnight EST...sounds like ruh-roh, Renee... :p~ Jorie >Is anyone else having trouble connecting to Grant's vhnd?. I've been >trying for almost 2 days now. I once got through to "current news" but >can not get in to the mpeg tour section. > >Renee > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:09:53 -0500 From: dan walton Subject: good news about my taxes (for once) I called the Indiana Tax office today cuz my refund was only $36 when it should have been $171. I found out that the $36 was for 1996 when they made a mistake on my return, but I was unaware that I was to receive any money from it. It turns out that I was entitled to more exemptions than I realized, so they INCREASED my exemptions and now I am getting back $400!!!!! It's not often that you get news like that from the tax office, so I just had to share my good luck. Gee, and I just got a new flyer from the Inside, too. Hmmmmmmm..... Happy Trails... Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:53:05 EDT From: Bkr51de50@aol.com Subject: Re: PETITION VAN HALEN Oooops lost my head ..that should of read You're riight MULLY,not Mully..but Hell...we have a kinder more gentle MULLY now anyway since his break down...maybe I should of just said Jim...};>) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:55:01 EDT From: Dwzl99@aol.com Subject: Re: DLR Band Guitarist Slot In a message dated 7/21/98 11:51:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, MikeDig@aol.com writes: > << Hello everyone... > If it is indeed true that DLR's guitarist slot is open, who would we > like to see fill it...a realistic choice of course. >> > > Nuno Bettencourt. Now there would be irony. > That would be irony. Dave's sight is acknowledging the rumor and the keepers are saying that it is not true. Take that with a grain of salt. I do wish they would release some damn tour dates though. Dave "Everybody wants some! I want some too!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:54:42 -0500 From: Diane Mappes Subject: Re: Devore Meet and Greet pix At 09:09 AM 7/21/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Nah, I meant like in pic http://www.van-halen.com/devoremng3.jpg the guy >next to Al has a trinagular pass and then a square one .. 2 of them. Is >triangular a VIP? > >Bill That triangular one looks just like the one that our TX ticket coordinator was wearing. I recall it saying, "VIP" on it.... Diane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:02:02 EDT From: Dwzl99@aol.com Subject: Who's going to the Charlotte show??? I was just wondering who was going to this show on 7/30? I am going to be driving down from Northern Virginia and want to know if there are any get together's planned? The only one's that I know of are myself and Dave Wann. Dave "Everybody wants some! I want some too!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:06:22 EDT From: MikeDig@aol.com Subject: Re: Saxon (no VH) In a message dated 98-07-20 18:45:03 EDT, you write: << And recently, I checked out a Saxon site and just killed myself laughing as I read the lyrics. Every song is about rockin', or partyin', or standin' tall, or wearin' rocker clothes. I guess what I find funniest is imagining the difficulty of trying to sell this sort of music to today's audience, which only wants perky popsters or whiny wailers. Saxon seems like such a delightful slice of early 1980's metal kitsch that I'm thinking about getting one of their records, if the music happens to be suitably triumphant and air-punching and sing-along. >> I proudly own the Denim and Leather and Power And The Glory albums. 80's kitsch? Absolutely. More like holdovers from the late 70s still trying to make a go of it in the 80s. But if you can let yourself have fun with it, you'll enjoy 'em. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 07:54:09 -0700 From: "Dennis Stanley" Subject: Brian/Kierstan Kierstan, glad to see you come out of lurk mode, and I'm sorry if I spelled your name wrong ;-)... Brian, sorry to hear about your tire-changing adventures....I'm going to go back to CB Potts and find the "permanent VH logo." Glad to meet you guys, and hope to see you again at another Van Halen show! Dennis sends... - --- "Michael Fucking Anthony! Now it's an official rock and roll show!"--EVH, Melbourne, AUS, 1998 Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:00:50 -0700 From: "Dennis Stanley" Subject: Here's a weird question A couple nights ago, I was at Cub Foods looking through the $1.99 stack of tapes, and bought an old Rainbow tape with "Since You've Been Gone" on it. My question: does that count toward total album sales? And will Ritchie Blackmore, et. al. get royalties? Do bands or artists get credit/royalties on sales of "cutout" albums? Dennis sends... - --- "Michael Fucking Anthony! Now it's an official rock and roll show!"--EVH, Melbourne, AUS, 1998 Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:44:57 -0400 From: Tracy Doyle Subject: Wall of Sound News: Sass Jordan Explains Her Van Halen 'Audition' This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------1EF078B25950917130190D57 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.wallofsound.com/news/stories/3258.html - --------------1EF078B25950917130190D57 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="3258.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="3258.html" Content-Base: "http://www.wallofsound.com/news/storie s/3258.html" Wall of Sound News: Sass Jordan Explains Her Van Halen 'Audition'
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Sass Jordan Explains Her Van Halen 'Audition'
 Sass Jordan
By Lucas Aykroyd

As everyone knows by now, following Van Halen's split with Sammy Hagar and public spurning of David Lee Roth, former Extreme singer Gary Cherone was eventually tapped to step behind the mic. The result was Van Halen III, which met with lukewarm reviews from critics and garnered a downright hostile reaction from many longtime fans. But shortly after the release of the album, reports surfaced that before Cherone came aboard, Edward and Alex Van Halen had considered taking a serious left turn to fill their vacant singer slot by approaching a female singer. Although Edward has since denied the claims, the woman who believes Van Halen considered her for the job is Canadian rocker Sass Jordan, who spent a month jamming at 5150, Eddie Van Halen's home studio, in the summer of 1996.

While on the road, promoting her album Present, Jordan spoke with Wall of Sound regarding her courtship with the kings of "testosterone-driven rock," as she puts it.

How did you end up jamming with Van Halen?
Sass Jordan: A friend of mine knew somebody in Van Halen's management office in Toronto. I was living in L.A. at the time, and one day my friend came home and said, 'Somebody in the Van Halen camp wants to get a couple of your CDs.' I just said, 'Tell them to call the record company.' Then a couple of months later, Alex Van Halen called me up and said, 'What are you doing? You wanna come over and hang out, maybe sing something for us?' I lived exactly one and a half minutes away from Ed. So I went over, and the two of them were playing me new stuff that they were working on. We hung out for about a month.

Were you much of a Van Halen fan before this?
Van Halen I liked Van Halen with David Lee Roth. No offense to Sammy Hagar, but I didn't like his voice. I was not a major fan, but I respected the band.

What was the process you guys used?
Ed would leave me in the studio and say, "Can you just sing something over this particular piece of music? I'm going to listen to you. You sing whatever you want, and I'll be back." And I'd say, "I can't sing by myself!" I can't say if any of it ended up on the record because I don't remember well enough. Anyway, I didn't come up with anything brilliant, because I have to be sitting there writing with the person to do it well.

When did you get the sense that the Van Halen brothers were considering asking you to join the band?
One day it just suddenly dawned on me. I don't know how stupid I could have been to not figure it out before. I looked at them and I said, "You guys couldn't possibly be thinking of having a female singer in this band, could you?" And they went, "Why?" I said, "I think that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard in my life!"

Did Ed or Al ever ask you flat out, "Will you be the new lead singer for Van Halen?"
Those guys never said anything of the sort to me. A couple of weeks later I was talking to their manager Ray Danniels and I said, "I swear to God, I think they were thinking of having a female singer in the band." And he said, "Of course they were! Why the hell else do you think you were up there?"

How do you think the public would have reacted if you had gotten the job with Van Halen?
I think Van Halen would have pissed off a huge amount of their fans. The press would have had a field day. Just look at poor Gary Cherone. I've known him longer than anyone in Van Halen because we toured together in 1992. He's a very decent human being. He's never said a bad word about anyone. But I've seen all this crap written about him. To blame him for everything is really pretty rude.

Do you think Gary was a good choice for the lead vocalist of Van Halen?
Gary Cherone [pauses] No. I don't think it made it any better. That's just my personal opinion. I think he's terrific as a person. But I don't think it brought anything new to the band.

So two years afterwards, what do you think of this whole experience?
You know what? Now, I think Van Halen should definitely use a female singer at some point, but not one of those airy-fairy types—more somebody like me. I'd be up for it. But not if it was called Van Halen! If Ed and Al did a side project for fun, I'd love to do something like that.


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Contributor Lucas Aykroyd is the author of 1984: The Ultimate Van Halen Trivia Book
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