Episode 296 – Wolfgang Busts Out of the Office from Eddie and Roth

Seanorama and FastFret discuss Wolfgang Van Halen’s first single Distance. (Special thanks to Eric Senich from the Van Halen News Desk for keeping the SeanGeekPodcast in the loop.) (2:38) Here is the article where we saw it as well as the article on the Howard Stern interview with Wolfie. https://www.vhnd.com/2020/11/16/hear-new-wolfgang-van-halen-single-distance/ https://www.vhnd.com/2020/11/16/wolfgang-van-halens-howard-stern-interview-video-complete-audio/ The explosion of Van Halen’s 1984 album and its crossover success essentially changed what was happening on radio at the time, previously dominated by Disco, Pop and a wave of synthesizers. What did that album and Eddie do to the musical landscape? (6:15) We dive into David Lee Roth’s discography (12:22) and our introductions and… um, DISCovery of a certain guitar player by the name of Steve Vai (13:48). What impact did Vai have on Roth’s career and ourselves? And just how genius is Passion and Warfare album? FastFret has now seen Office Space and the boys discuss the greatness of the film, our personal experience with our own office spaces (25:22) and we go ahead and recast a new modern version of the film. (32:00) Ghostbusters is next on the docket, with a long talk about where the franchise came from, the backlash against the great 2016 film and what is in store for the franchise. (41:54) Do we love Melissa McCarthy? Oh yes, we do. (56:30) #music #wolfgangvanhalen #vanhalen #1984 #davidleeroth #stevevai #crossroads #officespace #ghostbusters #melissamccarthy Website: www.seanmcginity.ca Meet The Geeks: http://mtgcomic.thecomicseries.com/ @seangeekpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @fastfretfingers on Instagram @ToddGeeks Tech Talk on Facebook @the_real_meet_the_geeks on Instagram