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David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?

Alecs	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 3:35 PM They both kick major ass, but I think David Lee Roth has more control and a larger range then Sammy.
MindSculpture	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 8:05 PM DLR for sure.
sinai	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 9:31 PM oh my god...let the memory of both be erased from my mental rolodex
chrismacmanus	Date: July 23, 2005 @ 9:35 AM ^^^ well said ^^^ Strange choice of singers to be worrying yourself about
zedsalt	Date: July 23, 2005 @ 12:33 PM Dave for attitude alone.
MillZ	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 4:35 PM David Lee Roth wins.....hands down...Hagar can ...
Engine11RDenny	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 4:46 PM David all the way even though he was a drunken ego maniac [please stop me if you think I've said something false] even though he wanted top billing for some insain reason [and now is paying for it] But with out a doubt Diamond Dave Sammy was doin fine on his own but VH couldn't have gotten anyone better for the job so to Sammy BUT you gotta have Dave in there driving that thing [just pry that jug outta his hands first]
kingo	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 5:16 PM I pretty much hate DLR. I'm not a fan of the band either way, really, but I definitely dig the Hagar stuff more.
mattbanx	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 5:50 PM Sammy Hagar is good on his own terms. But I remember just Van Halen. After David Lee left it was Van Hagar. Eddie suggested naming them that even, Hagar declined. Although they had a couple of good albums after. I liked 5150 and F.U.C.K. Oddly, it was David Lee Roth that suggested the name Van Halen. Too unique of af a voice and personality. Love him or hate him.
furiousBall	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 6:17 PM are you kidding me? the diamond dave era of VH was the only listenable era of VH.
tsand19151	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 6:31 PM furious is right, the first two VH albums were totally unreal. Hagar had only one song with the group that I cared for, "how do i know when it's love" or something like that. plus David was by far the better showman, to me...
BOWILLIE	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 7:21 PM i can understand why they would want to continue after the ousting of roth.. but like other bands that forged ahead with new vocalists.. journey.. nxs.. doors.. the original fire no longer burns. sammy was on a good roll before joining vh...he should have stayed solo..the heavy metal tours kicked ass...
mattbanx	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 7:38 PM I hear that. Even though my only exception might be Bad Company. Paul Rogers was bitching. But the band did not try to imitate the original vocalist. The replacement sounded more like Bryan Adams. I just can't help it about that band. I listen to dark, psychedalic rock and they are a rocking, fun loving pick me up. But, D Roth did rule Van Halen. As great of a guitarist as Eddie is.
tsand19151	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 8:02 PM ....no doubt...eddie was the master behind the music, but it was david that gave the band its "look" or "image".
BOWILLIE	Date: September 2, 2005 @ 8:06 PM yea..i forgot bad co..man..paul rodgers is the bomb.. and another example.. lynard skynard.. no ronnie van zant replacement..but at least its his brother..
kingo	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 9:31 AM Faith No More had 2 major albums before Mike Patton joined. The first singer (or 2nd or 3rd) is not always the best.
furiousBall	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 9:37 AM 100% agree with the unknown potato, Patton was insanely better than Chuck Mosely Did you know that Courtney Love was a FNM singer for a short period?
BOWILLIE	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 10:48 AM i would have to say the most sucessfull replacement story would have to be ac-dc-.
shadowself	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 12:23 PM I was just gonna mention AC/DC. Unfortunately, it's a rare case that a replaced singer is as loved (or even more so) than the original. Singers are pretty distictive and are harder to replace than other band members because the sound of the band changes automatically. If Michael Anthony had been replaced in VH instead of Roth, you would barely hear a difference. (Seriously, folks... can you name one VH song where you were floored by the bass part?) But singers... yeah, hard to replace. If you try to replace the band with a singer who tries to sound exactly like the previous one (in Journey's case, that Steve Perry mimic they used), it sounds silly. And with radically different voices - well, AC/DC is the success story in a mountain of failures. What I never understood was Brian Johnson's huge acceptance as Bon's replacement. He has the third most ridiculous voice in rock music, behind only the Linkin Park guy and the singer from The Darkness.
evansorchid	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 12:52 PM I must be getting old. I asked an 18 year old co-worker this same question. His response: "Who's Van Halen?"
BOWILLIE	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 12:56 PM thats a good point about players in general.. red hot chile peppers went thru that with lead guitarist.. thank goodness he kicked the horse and made it back in..
mattbanx	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 8:32 PM When I heard AC/DC's Back In Black, that was what they were and what I always thought a rock band should sound like at the time. Until I was introduced to their albums with Bon Scott. If I had grown up to VH listenig to them with Hagar, I would have probably thought the same. Hagar is a bitchin' vocalist. And he can hold his own on guitar. It's very rare when the original singer can be replaced. No matter how great they sing.
deerok	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 7:00 AM this shouldn't even be debated - david lee roth (in his time) was by far the better of the two front men
kingo	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 9:57 AM except that David Lee Roth sucks. That's why I debate it.
snotjello	Date: October 3, 2005 @ 2:15 PM Neither one has a great voice, but Roth is a better singer.
MillZ	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 8:07 PM Who really cares Alex and Eddie where all that mattered.
southwing	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 1:36 AM Roth seems like an ass, Sammy was casual,but i liked Dave better.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 8:54 PM i thought sammy had a nice voice, daves i liked too. but i'll give my reasons for thinking they both were annoying: sammy:the hair! the hair! it is uncalled for! the huge fro of a perm! shave it off! the gotee, it should go too. dave:the attitude is his biggest issue, but really i think all of van halen and van hagar had some major additude issues.
snotjello	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 8:56 PM I agree. Namely Eddie. It's sort of like Liz Taylor and her 50 failed marriages... and every time it's been the other person's fault.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 9:39 PM ya eddie always seems to be the one dictating who goes or stays, and is always the first to get annoyed with someone.
Intergalacti...	Date: October 16, 2005 @ 7:11 PM hagar is fat i liked lee roth
EtherEclectic	Date: October 21, 2005 @ 4:04 AM ya saw a picture of sammy in a crate amp ad, he's really getting chubby. not axle rose fat but close.