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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
That is kind of interesting. I also seem to recall that DLR wanted more artistic control over videos and to eventually use it as a platform to launch a film career. He definitely had big ambitions back then. If I remember correctly, he actually had a deal with a studio to make a film and they gave him a fairly a large budget, but then pulled the plug at some point, probably after finding out how difficult he was to work with.
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Yeah, it is in there:
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By 1985, Roth had even bigger plans to grow his public profile. After he shocked the rock world by announcing that he’d left Van Halen, he looked to add “movie star” to his resume via his ill-fated film project Crazy from the Heat.
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I think this old quote from Eddie sums it up:
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As Eddie conceded to Rolling Stone in early 1984, “I’m a musician, Dave’s a rock star.”
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And as for Van Hagar - here is Sammy's version of how he saw what went down: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-unboxed/
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