When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

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In the early 1990s, rock music was very popular and successful. However, after the rise of popular bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the mid-1990s, the music industry changed, and the type of rock music that was popular also changed.

About Gary Cherone

Gary Cherone is an American rock singer and songwriter known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme and Van Halen. He was born on July 26, 1961, and has had a successful career in the music industry.

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You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.

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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don’t have the history that I have.

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They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.

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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.

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In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.

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When I was singing Jamie’s Cryin’, people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

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We weren’t One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

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I sing in a higher register, and you haven’t heard that on the radio in years.

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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.

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When people don’t get enough information, they make it up.

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I don’t know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.

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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

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I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

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Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that’s rock n roll.

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We didn’t gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.

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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.

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My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can’t listen to the first one.

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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.

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Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

Gary Cherone

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It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.

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There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

Gary Cherone

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When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

Gary Cherone

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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.

Gary Cherone

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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.

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I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.

Gary Cherone

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