Have any of the members of Van Halen ever said/done anything political ?

Bombtrack

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Fri Feb-23-07 02:07 AM
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Have any of the members of Van Halen ever said/done anything political ?

I'm not really a fan of them I'm just curious for the folks who were around when they were popular if these kajillionaires always kept quiet or never had any thoughts about the issues.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Feb-23-07 02:11 AM
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1. Hagar did that flag-waving, militaristic song when he was solo

Can't recall the name of it, which is probably a good thing. :puke:

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njdemocrat106

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Fri Feb-23-07 04:48 AM
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3. Probably "VOA"

Definitely a Reaganite anthem, if you ask me:

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/sammy-hagar/voa.html

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Arugula Latte

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Fri Feb-23-07 02:11 AM
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2. I never heard anything.

I wouldn't be surprised if David Lee Roth was a Repub, though. He doesn't seem like he's the sharpest tool in the shed ... I'm just speculating, though.

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hellbound-liberal

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Fri Feb-23-07 06:58 AM
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5. One of David Lee Roth's brilliant quotes concerning their reunion:

"I see it absolutely as an inevitability," Roth told Billboard.com last May of a potential reunion with his ex-bandmates. "To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very simple to put together.

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hellbound-liberal

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Fri Feb-23-07 07:01 AM
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6. Eddie's Ex-Valerie Bertinelli donated $500 to the DNC in 2004

I couldn't find anything about Eddie: http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Valerie_Bertinelli.php

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Arugula Latte

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Fri Feb-23-07 10:51 AM
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7. "rocket surgery"

:rofl:

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Little Wing

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Fri Feb-23-07 10:53 AM
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8. DLR was 'dare I say it' very articulate on his radio show, I'm going to give

him the benefit of the doubt on 'rocket surgery' and assume it was foot in cheek :-)

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Connonym

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Fri Feb-23-07 05:25 AM
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4. Ugh, Hagar is a repuglican

A bit of research shows that he contributed to the W campaign in 2004 and other repug politicians -- even wearing an "hasta la vista Davis" T shirt at a concert. Odd considering that he and his first wife were on welfare before he joined Montrose. You'd think he'd be a little more compassionate, eh? But I guess he got his money so fuck anyone else who needs a hand. His current wife is a fundy. I feel sort of queasy, :puke: like I ought to throw out all my VH CDs. Damn and I was a big VH-head :cry:

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NewJeffCT

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Fri Feb-23-07 11:33 AM
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9. Background on welfare

but, currently a Republic. That makes him perfect material for a RW talk show in the future.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-23-07 11:36 AM
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10. I have never owned any Van Hagar albums.

Edited on Fri Feb-23-07 11:36 AM by Left Is Write

I have the first six albums. :)

I have no idea about David Lee Roth's politics, but I do agree that he's fried a few too many brain cells in the last 30 years.

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Bombtrack

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Fri Feb-23-07 05:28 PM
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11. Hagar also goes on MTV Cribs and rides around on his ATVs at his Cabo mansion

A repub who actually goes the extra ironic step of setting up his castle in Mexico.

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Strawman

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Fri Feb-23-07 05:47 PM
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12. If DLR ever did, it was probably lost amidst the annoying "bosey bops"

And Sammy...he just sucks.

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