The deeper metaphysical lyrics to "Mine All Mine" were rewritten seven times, with Hagar saying "it was the first time in my life I ever beat myself up, hurt myself, punished myself, practically threw things through windows, trying to write the lyrics. Given the musical parts were finished quicker than the lyrics, Hagar took some weeks off and travelled to his Mexican house at Cabo San Lucas to work on more songs. [6], A retrospective review from AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was fairly positive. The cover is also similar to that of Blue Cheer's Vincebus Eruptum (1968) and King Crimson's Red (1974). In a music magazine interview published a few years after the release of the album, Eddie Van Halen expressed his opinion that the record was not mixed as well as he would have liked: "Sonically it was shit. However, he stated: "Eddie's obsessed with technique, Roth's contemptuous of technique, rhythm section's got enough technique and no klutz genius. It was dubbed the "Ambulance" Tour by Eddie Van Halen due to his hip injury caused by avascular necrosis, and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen wearing a neck brace for most of the tour, due to rupturing three vertebrae in his neck. Robert Christgau rated the album a C in The Village Voice, which signifies "a record of clear professionalism or barely discernible inspiration, but not both." Whoo!" However, he concluded that "if it isn't as good as Fair Warning (even if it's nearly not as much fun), it's nevertheless the best showcase of the instrumental abilities of Van Hagar. Whoo!" In fact, all the 5150-model Van Halen did was replace one mighty mouth with another and trot out some hip, new songwriting tricks." In a music magazine interview published a few years after the release of the album, Eddie Van Halen expressed his opinion that the record was not mixed as well as he would have liked: "Sonically it was shit. Robert Christgau rated the album a C in The Village Voice, which signifies "a record of clear professionalism or barely discernible inspiration, but not both." Erlewine stated that "when David Lee Roth fronted the band, almost everything that Van Halen did seemed easy – as big, boisterous, and raucous as an actual party – but Van Hagar makes good times seem like tough work here." He said of "Source of Infection": "While Eddie Van Halen sprays you with a machine-gun succession of speed-metal-guitar arpeggios, Sammy Hagar sends out the party invitations with his usual savoir-faire — "Hey! Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony, of course, take him at his word, shooting into hyper-beat space before you can say, 'Jump'." was more enthusiastic and called OU812 "loud, rude, dirty and very much a Van Halen album". It was released in 1988 and is the second to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar. 1986 Van Halen Tour Dates 5150 Tour (1986) Date: Location: Venue: Opening Act: 3/27/86: Shreveport, LA: Hirsch Memorial Coliseum: BTO: 3/28/86: Little Rock, AR: Barton Coliseum: BTO: 3/29/86: Memphis, TN: Mid-South … In later years Anthony would be forced out of the band and his songwriting credits removed or altered. Van Halen concert chronology; OU812 Tour (1988–1989) For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour (1991–1992) Right Here Right Now Tour (1993) Sammy Hagar chose Alice in Chains to be the opening act after seeing the music video for their hit single "Man In The Box" on MTV. The deeper metaphysical lyrics to "Mine All Mine" were rewritten seven times, with Hagar saying "it was the first time in my life I ever beat myself up, hurt myself, punished myself, practically threw things through windows, trying to write the lyrics. However, he stated: "Eddie's obsessed with technique, Roth's contemptuous of technique, rhythm section's got enough technique and no klutz genius. "[citation needed] Some criticism of the album noted the bass guitar parts are of a low level in the mix compared to the vocals and other instruments. "[citation needed] Some criticism of the album noted the bass guitar parts are of a low level in the mix compared to the vocals and other instruments. . The album's front cover is an homage to the classic cover of With the Beatles. A historic Van Halen event occurred during this month in 1988 which we never featured on the Van Halen News Desk until now… After a break following Van Halen’s Monsters of Rock tour, Edward Van Halen paid tribute to the great guitarist, performer and inventor Les Paul, along with some other musical big wigs. Collective Soul, Skid Row, Our Lady Peace, and Brother Cane opened for Van Halen on the North American legs of the tour. Album artwork for the back cover is Hugo Rheinhold's statuette Affe mit Schädel.[2]. Consequently, Eddie was a lot more static on stage. But "Mine All Mine" is a good teaser for the future, the slow stuff is classy radio fare, and at its best, OU812 is a veritable feast of great white rock & roll wow. But Sammy . It followed the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988, which had formed the first part of the promotion for the OU812 album. The Balance Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen promoting their album Balance.It was dubbed the "Ambulance" Tour by Eddie Van Halen due to his hip injury caused by avascular necrosis, and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen wearing a neck brace for most of the tour, due to rupturing three vertebrae in his neck. "[8] Rolling Stone's David Fricke rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars. He noted that "Van Halen, contrary to purist grumbling, did not wimp out when Diamond Dave hit the bricks. VH Archives: See a mistake, have an addition? But "Mine All Mine" is a good teaser for the future, the slow stuff is classy radio fare, and at its best, OU812 is a veritable feast of great white rock & roll wow. [1] OU812 is seen in "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie" (1980) on the license plate of the car given to Cheech at the "Comedy House" when he was leaving. All right! There he found the inspiration for the song "Cabo Wabo", which borrowed the melody of "Make It Last", a song Hagar composed for his previous band Montrose, and whose title later named Hagar's nightclub in the city. The album is dedicated to Eddie and Alex's father, Jan, who died on December 9, 1986, at the age of 66. [6], A retrospective review from AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was fairly positive. OU812 (pronounced "Oh You Ate One Too") is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen. Despite this, he concluded that "maybe Eddie and company haven't been pushing the envelope, so to speak, far enough in terms of songwriting. However, the last track to which Hagar recorded his vocals was the eventual album opener "Mine All Mine", as he felt unsure about the lyrics. "[1] Although it was considered a joke song, "Source of Infection" was written about Eddie's hospitalization with dengue fever during his vacation in Australia in April 1988, celebrating his seventh wedding anniversary with Valerie Bertinelli. "Finish What Ya Started" is an unexpected turn into wheat-field-rock country." However, the last track to which Hagar recorded his vocals was the eventual album opener "Mine All Mine", as he felt unsure about the lyrics. Typical European Setlist (Opening For Bon Jovi), Learn how and when to remove this template message, Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre, http://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=2bd68066&page=14&query=tour:%28Balance+Tour%29, http://www.songkick.com/venues/44282-factory, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balance_Tour&oldid=982248386, Articles lacking reliable references from December 2007, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 00:41. The album is dedicated to Eddie and Alex's father, Jan, who died on December 9, 1986, at the age of 66. Van Halen Archives is the most complete source for Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Chickenfoot tour information. Jan had previously appeared playing clarinet on one track, "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)", on Van Halen's 1982 album, Diver Down. He noted that "Van Halen, contrary to purist grumbling, did not wimp out when Diamond Dave hit the bricks. "[4] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff defined OU812 music as "cynical corporate rock" and found the album "over-produced and actually more commonplace" than its predecessor 5150, implying that "the philosophical soul and warmth" of Van Halen "evaporated when David Lee Roth packed it in."[5]. Hagar then decided on OU812 after seeing this on the side of a delivery truck on the freeway and finding it funny (rumors persist, though, that the title was a disguised response to the title of David Lee Roth's 1986 solo album, Eat 'Em and Smile). The working title was Bone, which Alex hated. There he found the inspiration for the song "Cabo Wabo", which borrowed the melody of "Make It Last", a song Hagar composed for his previous band Montrose, and whose title later named Hagar's nightclub in the city. Jan had previously appeared playing clarinet on one track, "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)", on Van Halen's 1982 album, Diver Down. He noted that "trading Dave for Sammy sure wrecked their shot at Led Zep of the '80s--master guitarist, signature vocalist, underrated rhythm section." The inner linings of the album include the words, "This one's for you, Pa". The last song to be developed was "Finish What Ya Started", which Eddie and Hagar composed one night late into the production. There has been speculation that the thin presence of bass guitar in the mix may be related to the Van Halen brothers' rumored growing animosity towards bassist Michael Anthony. The OU812 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen.It was the second tour to include dates in Japan, and was the second with Sammy Hagar as vocalist. He noted that "trading Dave for Sammy sure wrecked their shot at Led Zep of the '80s--master guitarist, signature vocalist, underrated rhythm section." "[4] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff defined OU812 music as "cynical corporate rock" and found the album "over-produced and actually more commonplace" than its predecessor 5150, implying that "the philosophical soul and warmth" of Van Halen "evaporated when David Lee Roth packed it in."[5]. In later years Anthony would be forced out of the band and his songwriting credits removed or altered. Still, he stated that "the riffs are complicated, not catchy, the rhythms plod, they don't rock, and Sammy strains to inject some good times by singing too hard." When Hagar was brought to the studio, Eddie showed a piano and drums demo he recorded with Alex Van Halen, which the band soon developed into the song "When It's Love". — pop: the 5150 ladies' choice "Why Can't This Be Love" wasn't really a ballad; it was more like Big Rock Melancholia. Once the tour for 5150 concluded, Eddie Van Halen had some riffs he had been working on and Sammy Hagar "had a bunch of lyrics in notebooks that I had been thinking about and writing", so they decided to work on another album soon. Balance Tour (1995) Dubbed the Ambulance Tour by Eddie. 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