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Post by coddiwomple on Jul 10, 2022 12:29:42 GMT
Clapton's trending on Twitter! Oh, it's just because he released a song called "Pompous Fool". About himself, Van, Boris? I like this tweet better. Glancing at this on my phone, for a second there I thought Clapton did a duet with Pomplamoose.
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Post by beamish13 on Jul 17, 2022 15:39:54 GMT
Sure but how many of them are also more racist? Eddie Van Halen was a racist asshole. Disappointing how an Indo-Dutch guy (many of whom face racial discrimination in the Nederlands) apparently told n-word “jokes” when he met Kurt Cobain in 1991
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Post by daved on Jul 17, 2022 16:00:34 GMT
Sure but how many of them are also more racist? Eddie Van Halen was a racist asshole. Disappointing how an Indo-Dutch guy (many of whom face racial discrimination in the Nederlands) apparently told n-word “jokes” when he met Kurt Cobain in 1991 Citation? I mean, there’s enough stupid shit like this posted at SHTV. Not letting this one go without evidence.
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Post by shinyshiny on Jul 17, 2022 16:42:26 GMT
Eddie Van Halen was a racist asshole. Disappointing how an Indo-Dutch guy (many of whom face racial discrimination in the Nederlands) apparently told n-word “jokes” when he met Kurt Cobain in 1991 Citation? I mean, there’s enough stupid shit like this posted at SHTV. Not letting this one go without evidence.
Not sure about the N-word, but here's some info about a drunken Eddie showing up backstage at a Nirvana show from an interview with Pat Smear. Eddie supposedly apologized to Pat at the MTV Awards in 96. web.archive.org/web/20030203074811/http://home.earthlink.net/~teenspirit34/article08.htmlPat: Can I tell you my Eddie Van Halen story? I actually met him. He was backstage at the final Nirvana concert at the Forum, which for me, was like,"Oh my God, I'm playing on the SAME stage as [Queen's] Brian May!" I was dying. Anyway, Eddie Van Halen comes backstage drunk out of his fucking mind, and he started begging Kurt to let him play with us. It was so disgusting. He was like, "I'm all washed up; you are what's happening now." It was horrible! He was a horrible racist pig! Jeff: I heard he was running Mennen Speed Stick deodorant all over his face. Is that true? Pat: Yeah [laughs]. Kurt had this deodorant, and he sniffed it or something like that, and it got on his face. It looked like he had cocaine under his nose. Jennifer: I heard he was asking Kurt to let him come on stage and play "Eruption," but Kurt said, "no," and Eddie said, "C'mon, let me play the Mexican's guitar," referring to you. Pat: I told Krist [Novoselic], I thought we should let him play with us. But he said no because we'd never get him off the stage. When I walked up to Eddie, he was talking to Krist. I just saw the back of his head so I didn't know who he was. And Krist goes, "Oh Eddie, you haven't met Pat. He's our new guitar player." Eddie turns around and sees me, but he doesn't say hello or anything. He just say's, "Oh no, not a dark one." At first I thought he was kidding. But he kept asking me, "What are you? Are you like a Raji or something? Are you Mexican?" Then he kept saying to Kurt," C'mon let me play the Mexican's guitar." I was horrified! Jeff: Is he the El Duce of Metal? >Pat: [Laughs] Eddie Van Halen is the perfect example for me of not wanting to meet your heroes 'cause you'll be disappointed. I hear he's sober now. I blame that incident totally on the alcohol. I've done a lot of bad things when I was drunk, too. Jeff: I don't think you're coming from a judgmental place at all. Pat: I was just shocked. I was thinking, "God, Eddie Van Halen hates me.
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Post by beamish13 on Jul 17, 2022 16:44:21 GMT
Eddie Van Halen was a racist asshole. Disappointing how an Indo-Dutch guy (many of whom face racial discrimination in the Nederlands) apparently told n-word “jokes” when he met Kurt Cobain in 1991 Citation? I mean, there’s enough stupid shit like this posted at SHTV. Not letting this one go without evidence. Discussed in-depth in the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven
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Post by daved on Jul 17, 2022 16:45:43 GMT
A far cry from Eddie making N word jokes.
Do better.
whatever, there’s enough horse shit going on here in the COLA thread. I’m out. Carry on.
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Post by beamish13 on Jul 17, 2022 16:51:57 GMT
A far cry from Eddie making N word jokes. Do better. whatever, there’s enough horse shit going on here in the COLA thread. I’m out. Carry on. If you read the book, it describes Van Halen making n-word jokes. Why not just read it? The story is corroborated by many people.
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Post by shinyshiny on Jul 17, 2022 17:04:50 GMT
books.google.com/books?id=HROZAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT378&ots=oXQsxhq8kO&dq=%22Heavier%20Than%20Heaven%22%20AND%20%22Van%20halen%22&pg=PT378#v=onepage&q=%22Heavier%20Than%20Heaven%22%20AND%20%22Van%20halen%22&f=falseThe difference between sobriety and intoxication was never more clearly illustrated than on December 30, when Nirvana played a show at the Great Western Forum near Los Angeles. Filmmaker Dave Markey was videotaping that night and observed a display of inebriation so extreme, he turned his camera off in pity. And it wasn’t Kurt who was a mess—it was Eddie Van Halen. The famed guitar player was backstage on his knees drunk, begging Krist to let him jam. Kurt arrived only to see his one-time hero collapsing toward him with his lips puckered, like a toasted Dean Martin in a bad Rat-Pack skit. “No, you can’t play with us,” Kurt flatly announced. “We don’t have any extra guitars.” Van Halen didn’t grasp this obvious lie and pointed to Pat Smear, shouting, “Well, then let me play the Mexican’s guitar. What is he, is he Mexican? Is he black?” Kurt couldn’t believe his ears. “Eddie went into this racist, homophobic banter, typical redneck,” observed Dave Markey. “It was surreal.” Kurt was furious, but finally came up with a worthy verbal response: “Actually, you can jam,” he promised. “You can go onstage after our encore. Just go up there and solo by yourself!” Kurt stormed off.
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Post by Potsie Hoofman on Jul 17, 2022 20:43:14 GMT
Ahhhhh...I may regret this, but...
As a VH fan, I will make mention of Alex Van Halen asking Vernon Reid of Living Colour why a "black man would want to play guitar". Apparently, Vernon responded with "Why don't you ask your brother? He's a REAL musician".
I remember this from the Roth fan boy book "Everybody Wants Some" by Ian Christe. It was around the same place in the book with the Pat Smear story.
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Post by Potsie Hoofman on Jul 17, 2022 21:06:13 GMT
Also, I'm not 100% on Charles H. Cross. Dude would suck a fart out of Cobain's ass today.
His order: 1. Cobain 2. God 3. Jesus 4. His mom
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Post by bradman on Jul 17, 2022 21:45:00 GMT
What did SAMMY HAGAR think of Bad Brains?
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Post by Potsie Hoofman on Jul 17, 2022 22:27:39 GMT
I feel a review coming on...
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Post by bad gateway on Jul 17, 2022 23:15:09 GMT
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Post by GeddyLeePierce on Jul 18, 2022 3:06:37 GMT
daved has a giant purple boner for VH. Quelle surprise.
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