S3. Episode 6. Dirty Water Dog

Episode 6. Dirty Water Dog featuring the founding editor of ⁠UltimateClassicRock.com⁠, Matthew Wilkening. Join Scotzo, Wolfie and Chaz as they take in all of Matthew's stories of Van Helen interviews and insider status during the time the album was being made.

Having spoken directly with the band on several occasions, he has a lot to share. Matthew is also a fan and his appreciation of Van Halen shows he's a fan of all iterations of the band, and someone who can appreciate an artists more challenging works. We talk at length about the article and interview he wrote and published at the time, which you can read here. We also get some insider stories of being at the record label for the "preview parties", and how you tell a label exec that something "isn't quite" what you'd expected to hear from Van Halen?

So we listen to the studio version of Dirty Water Dog, then Scotzo has us endure the live version to make a Monrovian point...you can see that video here.

Ultimately, Matthew's wide-ranging musical background with UltimateClassicRock.com lead us on some pretty cool digressions. And we also get a taste of some of Greg "Wolfie" Wolfe's live shows in addition to his "never-heard-this-before" impression of the track, and the Van Halen III Redux version.

Remember, Van Halen III Redux is the work of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seaside Pod Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Petty Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ultimate Catalog Clash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast host Kevin Brown and producer Scott D. Monroe, our own Scotzo. Listen to their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redux version of VHIII⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠that's lighter, leaner, and in some circles a means to salvaging the disc a producer in a different circumstance might have produced. Ahem.

Season 3 of the Regarding...Series - Welcome to the ultimate rediscovery of Van Halen’s most controversial album. 

At the outset, we represent a good spectrum of views: Wolfie is 100% no opinion on the album; Scott leans more positive but is in the middle and has some dislikes; and Chaz is … appreciative as a student of Edward Van Halen, and empathetic to his artistic cause, but not a big fan of the final output overall. To put it mildly. How Many Say Why is all they could be heard muttering to themselves, in a sea-shanty sort of sway. How Many Say Why? How Many Say Why?

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