We brought out the old catalog and the majority of the Van Halen fans did appreciate it, but in the end, they wanted their Dave.
Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff.
It is not as easy as one would think finding the right people. Coming out of Van Halen, I knew I didn't want to put a three-piece together.