We all know that Dave or Sammy are most likely gonna re-join and it will be good for the band. But I was thinking about about Darren Wharton (Dare) the other day as a good technical fit for the band. His voice would suit both eras. He is a great musician. He seems to get on well with other muso's (cf his work with Thin Lizzy). He writes great stuff. cheers Ghttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7484#msg-7484Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:21 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7557#msg-7557 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7557#msg-7557 Captain Chaos NoticeboardTue, 24 Oct 2000 06:31:34 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7528#msg-7528 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7528#msg-7528"Darren who??

If you're serious, you owe it to yourself to track down a copy of any one of Dare's three albums and check 'em out. All three are absolutely top-notch AOR. Darren Wharton has this powerful, yet whispery voice and incredible ability to write haunting melodies and sew them together with sinewy guitar lines and keyboard melodies. Classy stuff.
Don]]> Don NoticeboardMon, 23 Oct 2000 17:35:50 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7527#msg-7527 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7527#msg-7527

Getting Gary Cherone from Extreme to sing for Van Halen. Can you imagine what a disaster that would be?

Oh yeah.... sorry, I keep thinking that was all just a bad dream.

Van HALEN will be back, but only as themselves. Darren who??]]> F.O.R.D. NoticeboardMon, 23 Oct 2000 17:05:30 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7523#msg-7523 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7523#msg-7523Don]]> Don NoticeboardMon, 23 Oct 2000 13:30:58 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7519#msg-7519 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7519#msg-7519
brent wrote:
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No offence Geoff,but I couldn't think of anyone worse. He doesn't have the range and power of Sammy and I really can't imagine him singing any Dave era song too well.(ie getting the mood/humour right) Can you imagine Darren Wharton singing Jamie's Cryin? If Darren gets back to singing stuff like Abandon I'll be happy to let him stay with Dare.

Yea, I agree here. He really doesn't have the range to hit the high notes of the Sammy-era, nor the attitude of the DLR-era. In addition, he feels that the Blood From Stone cd (which is the "closest"--and I say that in a VERY loose context--Dare got to VH) is not the kind of music he is interested in now...and I guarantee you that if VH released Dare's "Calm Before the Storm", they would lose the majority of their fanbase because it's everything VH does NOT stand for (and I love CBTS for what it is, but a hard rock cd, it is not). On the other side of the coin though, Sammy or DLR on vox would kill the Dare cds. Darren Wharton definitely has his talents...fronting a band like Van Halen would be a serious misuse of them though--something akin to letting/making DLR sing some of the Journey songs. It just wouldn't work...

Kevin]]> Kevin NoticeboardMon, 23 Oct 2000 09:23:44 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7518#msg-7518 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7518#msg-7518 brent NoticeboardMon, 23 Oct 2000 09:05:17 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7500#msg-7500 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7500#msg-7500 Brian NoticeboardSun, 22 Oct 2000 11:04:07 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7484#msg-7484 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7484,7484#msg-7484
cheers
G]]> Geoff NoticeboardSat, 21 Oct 2000 11:56:54 +1100