Other replacements besides Billy or Rick

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Exactly. Bruce was bigger than the Mac at that time. You are exactly right. Bruce is a brand and sound. It would make no sense. Sammy Hagar was an excellent replacement for Roth. He played guitar, could sing better than Dave, wrote songs, etc. He was a C list rock performer before Van Halen. That rating is not by talent but by commercial success prior to Van Halen.

I think Bruce has been bigger than The Mac since Born In the USA.
Bruce's sound to me is mostly Roy Bittan (I love Clarence and Max but they have had substitutes who did great) and Roy shared that sound with Stevie.
I still think FM could have made great music. As you know, Bruce offered one of his songs to Stevie but Stevie wanted to change the chorus.