Comments on: Microtonal Train Wreck of the Super Cheese Wiz’s

By: Matt Searles

Matt Searles — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:16:27 +0000

God, what happened to them? I remember when I used to like them! It’s like whatever artistic merit, and I know folks around here are skeptical that there ever was too much of that, but whatever there was of it.. its like.. all they got is some kind of nostalgia going on.. Like I’m sorry, if there show used to be about this whole high energy thing that they now can’t do cause they’re too old and out of shape.. why can’t they like.. reinvent them selves or something? I mean.. as it is, it’s just kinda disturbing, ya know?

By: Samuel Vriezen

Samuel Vriezen — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:49:24 +0000

Indeed, Daniel. They’re like Bush, they stay the course.

By: Daniel G.

Daniel G. — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:40:04 +0000

You’ve got to give Van Halen and the trumpet chick credit for sticking to it. Those of us with a more acute sense of pitch would have put a halt to the whole thing.

By: Samuel Vriezen

Samuel Vriezen — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:47:47 +0000

The fact that the fans don’t seem to mind very much is particularly shocking. Let no-one ever say that the problem with atonal music is that “you can’t hear when they play wrong notes”. “The Audience” in general can’t even tell a flute from an airplane.

By: bill

bill — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:26:50 +0000

Headline: Van Halen almost plays something interesting!!

By: David

David — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:08:15 +0000

The problem seems actually to have been the guitar – the YouTube clip of their 10/1 performance is also in C# (the key of the synth, but not the guitar, in the Greensboro performance above).

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:20:56 +0000

And for more ‘differently’ toned Youtube performances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8

By: Ben.H

Ben.H — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:55:41 +0000

Looks like someone left the brown M&Ms in the bowl.

By: Jay Batzner

Jay Batzner — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:42:44 +0000

Wait, isn’t the title of this article also a piece by Terry Riley?

By: David Laganella

David Laganella — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:29:51 +0000

I bet Eddie wished he still had his Steinberger “headless” guitar with the transposing tremolo at that moment.