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A community portal about Van Halen with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Van Halen is an American hard rock band. The band's first studio album, Van Halen, released in 1978 is commonly regarded as a milestone in rock music. With this first release, the band established itself as a leader in the emerging and commercially successful U.S. hard rock and heavy metal genres of the 1980s. In particular, the band's guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, quickly gained widespread fame for his technical prowess and musical sensibility. Almost overnight, he was touted as one of the most innovative and influential American rock and roll guitarists .

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Guitar Hero: WTF

Written by RevMortis on

From: therimofhell.com

KNAC.com - According to Philthy Phil on KNAC, Activision has confirmed that the upcoming Guitar Hero: Van Halen will not include Michael Anthony or Sammy Hagar. WHAT!?! Look, I’m not a huge fan of the Van Hagar days, but many people are and they were an incredible commercial success. To say otherwise would be asinine denial, pure & simple.

But worse, no Michael Anthony?? THEE bassist behind both incarnations of Van Halen throughout their storied career, not represented on the new game?? Preposterous!! I know Michael and Eddie have had their differences & the finger-pointing continues as to why Anthony is no longer a part of the band (cough, cough, nepotism, cough) but to ignore his contributions is like releasing Guitar Hero: Beatles minus George Harrison. It’d be like Donkey Kong with no Mario (ok, just dated myself, didn’t I?).

Once again, we are shown how greed and hubris outweigh integrity & quality in today’s marketplace. Boycott this game, I say. Let it decay on the shelves until a REAL edition can be released, with EVERY version of VH included. What an insult to Van Halen fans, and music fans in general.

Should just call this release Guitar Hero: Why The Fuck Bother.

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