This is probably your last chance to be early in this rocket that will take off any day now. And not just because of the memecoin hype. So don't miss your chance on this gem! 💎
Why you ask? Well the Raini devs kept their promise once again - Staking has just launched! But it’s not like any staking approach you know.
You’ll earn different types of points depending on whether you stake LP (ETH/RAINI) or bare RAINI tokens. These points can then be used to buy exclusive NFTs by established and upcoming artists. Plus - the longer you stake the more you earn, with up to a 30% earning rate bonus by day 60 (it increases linearly to that point). AND, no unbending period.
You’ll be able to spend these points on NFTs including:
• Music
• Art
• Multimedia
• And even trading cards for Raini‘s very own Trading Card Game set in the Rainiverse!
Their first artist collab has been announced too, and it’s a big one - Kaneda99 -
https://www.instagram.com/kaneda99/?hl=en - a globally recognised artist who has worked with media giants like the New York Times, Washington Post, Universal, Sony & Disney. He’ll be one of the first artists to drop works on the Raini platform that you’ll get to claim with points.
But that wouldn’t be enough on its own would it?
One of the most important aspects of the project and focus of its devs is the carbon offsetting of platform energy usage. This addresses a major controversy currently impacting the NFT space, and Raini is tackling this head on. And - this leaked on the Telegram - there’s an official partnership announcement coming on this within the next 2 days for world earth day! 🌎
The second twist is that at some point in the project NFT buyers have the potential to obtain physical versions of their NFT - wether that be a Vinyl or CD if you buy a Music NFT, a real print of your acquired trading card, a canvas print, and so on.
And there is so much more to come this month e.g. BSC bridge, Listings, NFT artists announcement and the first NFT drop, Influencer Marketing and Partnerships all planned for April.
And on top of that the revival of the hypecoin and lowcap trend - there is no way Raini won’t take off. 🚀
I might add - yes, Raini is a legit project, but it also has memecoin elements like incredible memes and an highly involved and supportive community! 🌈 🦄
A little word about the devs too. Although they’re technically anon, they have completed an audit through Solidity who also KYC’d the founders. They’ve locked liquidity and locked team tokens. A second KYC will soon follow via Assure Defi which is co-founded by El Crypto Chapo, and you can listen to the lead devs
u/Mindspheres’ great Aussie accent in one of the many AMAs he held, latest one with the guys from Crypto Dojo right here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1tabgqTsp4 If you’re still not convinced I’ll let you in on a little secret! (which isn’t a secret since it’s on the new website but whatever) The devs are the real deal - they run a successful real-world fintech and are long-time crypto investors and they won’t shy away from investing a pretty penny into marketing unlike other coins that use community funds to support them.
And as you can tell once again - they have always been on time - and they will continue to do so. You really shouldn’t walk past this project.
I also urge you to read the three Mediums to inform yourself on the future of the project - and the latest one is a real doozy. They’re introducing an NFT toolkit to the space, to allow artists to mint innovative “Evolving” NFTs, with features like you might see on experimental NFT pieces on Async - except anyone will be able to mint these. It’s a really interesting point of difference, and sets them apart from other platforms.
Their website is here 🔥:
https://raini.io See their Medium on Evolving NFTs here 📄:
https://rainicoin.medium.com/introducing-the-raini-nft-toolkit-evolving-nfts-ed0afdfce74a Also, I recommend joining their Telegram if you have any questions, the community is one of the friendliest I've had the pleasure to be a part of 🌈🦄-
https://t.me/rainicornchat Just to summarise the key factors of the project that have been announced thus far again:
- WWF Partner in Conservation ✅ and continued adoptions that are community decided
- Trading Card Game set in the Rainiverse (Development started, award-winning game developer leading this)
- Staking / NFT Farming (just launched!)
- First NFT drops
- Partnerships and Influencer Marketing (legit ones of course!)
- BSC Bridge and Listings
- Raini NFT Toolkit for Evolving NFTs!
- 100% carbon offset platform
- and much more on the long-term roadmap
If you want more details on those you’ll have to check out the Mediums, Website or AMAs in the Telegram ;)
🌈 Tokenomics:
• Total supply: 1,000,000,000
• Initial burnt: 500,000,000
• Circulating: 500,000,000
• More to be burned regularly in the future from platform revenue
• Current mcap: $7m
• Ticker symbol: RAINI
🦄 Buying and more info:
• You can buy via Uniswap:
https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?outputCurrency=0xeb953eda0dc65e3246f43dc8fa13f35623bdd5ed • Price chart:
https://www.dextools.io/app/uniswap/pair-explore0x895324433d8026fad0531428ccfbac7a6b32fbf8 • Coingecko:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/rainicorn • Telegram:
https://t.me/rainicornchat • Discord:
https://discord.gg/Hfrjjd3SV6 As always - DYOR & this is not financial advice - but really a few 10x from here is not out of the question especially with what’s to come both in terms of marketing and project development as well as the upcoming bull-run and NFT hype. But I want to clarify that Raini is certainly not a PnD coin. There has been organic growth up to this point and the devs want their marketing efforts to be coupled with the delivery of fundamentals so that coin price growth is sustainable.
PS: Whitepaper coming out soon as well for all you who really like to read that kind of thing 💜
It is time for you to take a stand. You are going to have to decide. And the decision will not be an easy one.
Was that dress
white, or was it blue? Were Ross and Rachel together, or were they on a break? Is it pronounced
gif or gif? Is the proper name for them
anti-vaxxers or pro-disease? These controversies might be tough, but they all pale in comparison to the big one.
Yup. It is time to open the great debate:
David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? I know, I know, there are purists who might want to include
Gary Cherone in that discussion, but let’s face it: he will always come in fourth place in a race of three.
That’s right, kids. Today we are going to tackle the band that defined the party scene, brought glam rock to the mainstream, re-invented what it meant to play guitar, went through more internal strife than a third world nation with a
CIA sponsored coup, and still managed to make it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is time to take a look at
VAN HALEN. About them So it turns out that the name
Van Halen is Dutch. For some of you, that will be
enough to skip this entire write up. But if you hang in there you may learn something.
Turns out that
Alex and Eddie Van Halen were born in and grew up in Amsterdam in the 1950’s. They did not move to California until 1962. Which is somewhat ironic, since Americans have been going
to Amsterdam to get high for decades. But I guess America in the 60’s was pretty drug heavy. And if you think I’m just riffing on drugs for no reason, it is well known that Eddie Van Halen actually started drinking and smoking when he was 12.
And Eddie tragically died of cancer last year. A lifetime of smoking and drug use will do that to you.
Eddie Van Halen started out as a drummer, and Alex was a guitarist. No shit. To anyone who is a fan, this seems completely
at odds with the universe. Alex Van Halen famously has no ability to dance and no sense of rhythm, unless you put drumsticks in his hands. So for that dude to play an instrument as intricate as a guitar seems next to impossible.
And Eddie on drums? That’s like
Jimi Hendrix on accordion. It is almost painful to think of a world without Eddie’s incredible guitar work. The dude would revolutionize what it meant to be a lead guitarist in the post-Hendrix post-Page era. Really, the only people that legit hate Eddie Van Halen are music store owners who have to put up with kids
trying to play Eruption in the store to impress their friends. Fortunately, this is not the darkest timeline, and Alex and Eddie switched instruments to restore
balance to the universe. Eddie was also classically trained on the piano and was amazingly accomplished on the instrument. But the guitar called to him, and we’re all better for it.
In an act of family solidarity (and because whoever owns the drum kit has to
host the band rehearsals) Alex and Eddie were in bands together in High School in Pasadena, California. Eddie was the original vocalist, and they had a guy who regrets his life choices on bass named
Mark Stone to round out their three piece. They went through a few names, including
The Trojan Rubber Co., Genesis, and
Mammoth. They were good, and they got a number of local gigs, but they were still missing something.
They were missing a true front man.
California boy
David Lee Roth was, like most Californians, born in the midwest. Yep. The dude who was synonymous with West Coast excess is actually a Jewish son of an Opthamologist from Bloomington,
Indiana. His family moved to Pasadena when he was a kid. Roth was hyperactive as a child - so much so that his parents had him see a psychiatrist.
Not sure if that actually helped.
But that hyperactive personality and his natural
presence on stage made him perfect as a front man. The ADHD kid grew up into a
long-haired, magnetic, strutting vocalist. After a few auditions, he joined Mammoth. He convinced the brothers and Stone to change the band’s name to Van Halen - and it stuck.
With Roth on vocals, Eddie could focus even more on his songwriting and performance. With high leg kicks and tight outfits, Roth kept the audience engaged. He would inject
innuendo and
random grunts and bouts of what sounded like strange monologues or
weird pillow talk into the songs.
He was simply unlike anyone else out there, and he made the band unique. Women wanted him, and guys wanted to be him, and
fish feared him. And, in fairness to all the genders (and any
ichthyoids) out there, it is possible to reverse those two as well, or to put whatever
permutation on there that you want. Bottom line was Roth took the band to a new level.
And it was because of that increase in popularity that they lost their
bass player. Turns out, Stone was not really ready to commit to the life of a musician. This lack of enthusiasm got him ousted just as the band was on the cusp of their big break.
The name
Mark Stone sounds like the name of a musician from a B-Movie. You know what name does not sound like a made up one?
Mike Sobolewski. That sounds like a blue collar guy who is your loyal best friend and lab partner.
Sobolewski grew up in Chicago and moved to Pasadena as a kid. So if you are keeping track, none of the guys in this California band are from California. Just sayin’. He was given a guitar by a buddy as a kid, but straight up removed the top two strings to turn it into a bass. Now that is dedication. So when Stone got the boot, Sobolewski was ready to step in and fully commit. He even chose a stage name -
Michael Anthony, because Anthony is his middle name - to complete the transformation.
So the lineup was set. The band got all kinds of local notice and local gigs, and even got the attention of
Gene Simmons from Kiss. It was clear to everyone who saw them that they had the stuff to make it big.
After one show in Hollywood, they were signed to the Warner label. Their first agreement was written on a napkin after the concert. They went into the studio and released their self-titled
debut album in 1977. This was an uncorking of all kinds of amazing music. The record was raw, rough, and dirty - but the talent of the band came forward. Tracks like
Ice Cream Man and
Running With The Devil and
Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love and
Jamie’s Cryin’ were essentially instant classics in their catalogue.
But it was the track
Eruption - which led directly into a cover of The Kinks’ tune
You Really Got Me - that set the band apart. Eddie Van Halen tortured his guitar into making previously unheard sounds. When you listen to the track, you can hear how classical music influenced Eddie - but also how he was different from other guitar greats.
Hendrix was a master of melody and distortion.
Page could write hooks and pick strings with incredible speed. But Eddie was now the undisputed king of the two-handed tapping on the frets. Add to that his ability with speed and precision and you have a
legit guitar god. Not only did
Van Halen become a popular album - it hit #19 on the charts - Eddie’s
‘Frankenstrat’ guitar became immediately recognizable in its own right. The record was one of the strongest debut albums in Rock and Roll. Some consider it mainstream Heavy Metal. Whatever. It kicks ass, and you should own a copy.
What followed this debut was an incredible string of literally YEARS of non-stop touring and recording. The band would tour with and open for other big acts, like
Journey or
Black Sabbath. They would find a couple of weeks after a tour, record an album, and then hit the road once more.
Through this pattern the band would release four more incredible albums:
Van Halen II in 1979,
Women and Children First in 1980,
Fair Warning in 1981, and
Diver Down in 1982. These records spawned the singles
Dance the Night Away,
And the Cradle Will Rock,
Unchained and the cover of Roy Orbison’s
(Oh) Pretty Woman, among others.
Each album led to even more incremental success and built up a devoted fan base. Powered by Roth’s showmanship and Eddie’s screaming guitar licks, Van Halen had more than just arrived - they were a
bonafide hit. But none of these records compared to what was to come.
Songs For The Deaf was the record that put QotSA on the world stage. It took them three albums to get there. Van Halen, by comparison,
announced their presence with authority right from the get go. But even with legions of dedicated fans, no one was prepared for the insane popularity of their next record.
Van Halen were absolutely in the right place at the right time. MTV was
hungry for music stars who were charismatic and energetic. Roth ticked all the boxes. And as the boys made clever and interesting videos, they went into heavy rotation on the
new medium. MCMLXXXIV - 1984 - was just over 33 minutes of musical perfection that dropped in January of the title year. And if you were alive then and anywhere near a radio or TV, you could not help but hear the massive singles from this album. The synthy
I’ll Wait. The tongue-in-cheek juvenile horniness of
Hot For Teacher (with the video that teenagers everywhere watched again and again). The misheard lyrics about a ‘
hot shoe burning down the avenue’ in the hard rocking
Panama. And the incredibly popular song about suicide,
Jump. MCMLXXXIV was the record that made them household names. That, and
the brown M&M story. They were at their absolute peak. They had never been so popular.
So of course, Roth upped and quit.
Sometimes people overestimate how popular they are. Roth believed that he was
King Shit of Turd Mountain, and that Van Halen would collapse without him. At the heart of his reason for leaving the band was control. He believed they should go further down the showmanship and party route. Eddie wanted to do harder Rock and collaborations. He had
played the guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s Beat It and was a household name even bigger than Roth. So the clash of egos led to the band blowing apart.
Roth released a solo EP,
Crazy From The Heat. He even formed a new band with Steve Vai, Gregg Bissonette, and Billy Sheehan and released the records
Eat ‘Em and Smile and
Skyscraper. He had found solo success.
Meanwhile, Van Halen was adrift without a singer. There were really just two choices: dissolve the band, or find a new front man.
So of course, Eddie, Alex, and Michael immediately tried to recruit
Darryl Hall from Hall & Oates.
Not kidding. Thank fucking god that didn’t happen.
Patty Smyth of Scandal
was also invited to be the lead singer, but declined. At least she would have been better than the singer of
Maneater, FFS.
But it was an
auto mechanic who saved Van Halen. See, Eddie drove a Ferrari in the 80’s. So did the guy who sang
I Can’t Drive 55 - the Red Rocker himself, Sammy Hagar. Side note: of course you can’t drive 55, you are in a mother-fucking-Ferrari.
They go 55 when they are parked. Eddie met Sammy through his mechanic. The meeting was fortuitous. Hagar not only agreed to join Van Halen, he could do something that Roth could not do:
play guitar. In losing Roth, Van Halen lost a singing showman. But in getting Hagar, they got a singing
musician. Hagar was an accomplished guitarist in his own right, a bonafide performer, and an absolutely amazing singer. Objectively speaking, Roth does have
an impressive vocal range. But Hagar
could hit notes that would crack the tequila glass he was holding. And he made his own tequila. The dude was legit.
Not only legit, but finally Californian. Hagar was born there in 1947. He taught himself to play guitar in High School and after graduation, went off to start a career in music. This was not always successful - for instance, he once spent time as a
dump truck driver - but he persisted. Hagar fronted the band Montrose in the 70’s and then had a modestly successful solo career. He even had the
title track in the animated movie
Heavy Metal. And Eddie was a fan of the band Montrose. The fit was a good one.
Van Halen hit the studio with Hagar. Expectations were high, since
MCMLXXXIV was such a massive hit, and Roth had his solo career.
But as good as Roth was,
5150 proved that Van Halen did not miss him. Not even a little bit.
The name
5150 was taken from the section of the Institutional Code in California that allowed
someone mentally unstable to be committed for 72 hours. Van Halen chose the name because people thought they were crazy to try to continue without Roth.
Boy were those critics proven wrong.
5150 was the first Van Halen album to ever hit #1. One critic wrote, “Eddie can still split the atom with his axe, and he knows it. It's a Van Halen world with or without David Lee Roth, and
5150 shoots off all the
bombastic fireworks of a band at the peak of its powers.” The record spawned the singles
Why Can’t This Be Love,
Dreams,
Summer Nights,
Best of Both Worlds, and
Love Walks In. It was a massive hit that earned the band the moniker “Van Hagar.''
Proving that this was not
a fluke, this incarnation of the band went on to release three more albums:
OU812 in 1988,
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (lol acronyms) in 1991, and
Balance in 1995. Songs from these records included
When It’s Love,
Finish What Ya Started,
Black and Blue, the
power-tool inspired Poundcake,
Right Now,
Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, and
Not Enough. All of the albums were huge, and the tours behind them were even bigger.
The band had completely rebounded from Roth - whose solo career had floundered and ground to a halt. By 1996, they were on top of the world and were even given the opportunity to record the main single for the soundtrack of the movie
Twister. It seemed nothing could stop them.
So it was of course right then that they
fucking imploded. Again.
Once again, Eddie clashed with his front man on the direction of the band. Hagar would claim that he was fired. Eddie would say that Hagar quit. But the bottom line was that Van Halen had climbed to the top of the music mountain twice and
then fucking fallen apart right at the summit. How would they recover this time?
And then, a shining light reached down to Eddie.
David Lee Roth called him up to ask about what songs would be on an upcoming compilation. And wouldn’t you know it, they actually got along great. Eddie even invited Roth into his home studio. Soon, the whole band was back together with their original front man.
Things seemed to be fine. But unbeknownst to Roth, the other members were actually auditioning other vocalists, including one
Mitch Malloy. Hell, Malloy even recorded several songs with the band during his audition.
So yeah, they were kind of double timing both Malloy and Roth. Roth appeared with the band
to present an award at the 1996 MTV VMA’s. Upon seeing this, Malloy promptly turned down any offer of joining the band,
feeling pretty damn well betrayed. Yeah, he had no idea that the rest of Van Halen was still in contact with Roth. Definitely a kick to the emotional groin, if you get me.
Meanwhile, Roth also had a shitty experience with these VMA’s. As it turns out, this was just a big publicity statement for the band, and not a promise of a reunion. Roth had no idea. So, he too felt totally betrayed. Any hopes of Roth returning to Van Halen were
completely squandered. Shit had gone down. Van Halen needed a new frontman. Hagar was
not answering the phone either, so they had to pursue an entirely new person. The replacement came in the form of
Gary Cherone, and on the rebound no less.
Yup. Cherone, born in 1961, had been living a life completely separate from Van
Halen Hagar the band I’m currently writing about. Inspired by the likes of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and the iconic Freddie Mercury, Cherone became a vocalist. He was moderately successful, too, becoming the frontman of a small-time band called
The Dream. While that band didn’t go anywhere, it did lead him to form
the band Extreme (a pun on Ex-Dream), which certainly was successful.
Cherone’s work in Extreme eventually led to them securing a manager by the name of Ray Daniels. And as it happens, Daniels was
also the manager for VH.
So when Extreme went
on hiatus, Cherone was recommended. Eddie liked his vocals, and after an audition, Van Halen officially welcomed Cherone as their third frontman.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a
bad move. Ok, fine. Cherone has vocal chops - that’s not the point here. The issue was that the band’s style changed drastically. Like, if Queens decided to release a Disco album levels of drastic.
Ahem FOO FIGHTERS Ahem.
In 1998, the band released
Van Halen III. It was a bold name, harkening back to some seriously powerful albums. Any Van Halen fan would have been excited, envisioning an album filled with songs the caliber of
Eruption or
Runnin’ with the Devil or
Dance the Night Away. This was not a powerful album.
VH III is widely regarded as their weakest album by FAR. Despite debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200, it dropped off the charts faster than
a fat kid on a poorly-built chair. It didn’t sound like VH. It was experimental, sometimes acoustic, and (gasp) socially conscientious.
Seriously. I mean, the chorus on the most popular track
Without You sounds like it could be the end credits music to a
direct-to-TV youth movie, and it's downhill from there. It’s completely and utterly unlike anything else they made, and not in a good way. For the record, I’ve got nothing wrong with the musical style if that’s your jam. But let me put it into context.
The popular show, Pokemon, has had a kid-friendly rock intro song for the entirety of its 24 seasons. Imagine, if for season 23, they decided that
instead of this, they went with
a death metal style. Sure, some people would have loved it, but in general, it would not have been received well.
After the dismal response to
Van Halen III, the band was unsettled. They toured behind it, but when they returned to the studio, the band had trouble. After the demo for their next album was straight up sent back to them from Warner Brothers with a lot of
proverbial red ink on it,
Cherone decided it was time to call it quits. Hey, credit to him for realizing things were not working out.
But the band was yet again without a frontman. And after the disaster that was the last album, the remaining members needed some time. The band took a
break. Let’s be honest here, after Cherone,
we all needed a break. The band proceeded to release jack shit for the next 14 years. Fear not however, there was still some quality VH activity in that near decade and a half.
Gary Cherone decided to record and tour with a new band called
Tribe of Judah. So don’t worry all 12 of you die hard Cherone fans, there’s still so much for you to discover. Van Halen itself would try to woodshed some songs for their next album early in the hiatus, but nothing really came of it.
Meanwhile, DLR and Sammy Hagar decided to tour together. Yep. We got a fucking
“Sans-Halen” tour. Just two front men without their iconic backing band. Hagar and Roth simply traded back and forth on stage. These shows drew a shit load of attention even though they weren’t Van Halen simply because of how improbable the concept is.
After this, Hagar went and recorded like 6 albums worth of not-Van-Halen stuff. It was honestly pretty good. Clearly, it got the attention of the rest of the band, ‘cause in 2004 it was announced that Hagar would reunite with Van Halen for a compilation and a tour.
The compilation, called
The Best of Both Worlds, released later in ‘04 and featured three new songs. The funny thing here is that none of these credited Micheal Anthony. Hmm. Something seems fishy here. Let’s see if that
comes back later. Anyway, the tour grossed a cool $55 million. Things may seem fine from just that number alone, but apparently Eddie Van Halen had hit the bottle again. His drinking had caused some serious stress within the band and even some shitty performances.
And so, Hagar quit Van Halen. Again. Man, this is starting to look less like a band and more like a
drawn out abusive relationship. Well, Van Halen resumed their previous activity of absolutely nothing, and did a real great job of it. This continued until 2006, when whispers of a David Lee Roth + Van Halen reunion began to surface. In response, Sammy Hagar toured with Micheal Anthony, and the Van Halen brothers headlined a fucking
Home Depot. Then things boiled over with Anthony. He revealed that neither of the Van Halen brothers particularly wanted him on that Sammy Hagar reunion tour. He agreed to end all association with the band.
So they had no bassist and maybe half of a vocalist. Eddie Van Halen had one trick up his sleeve:
Wolfgang. Yes, that’s right. Eddie Van Halen performed black magic and summoned the soul of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, just to play bass in Van Halen. Now that’s some dedication.
Okay, I’m totally talking out of my ass. Eddie actually just enlisted his son,
Wolfgang William Van Halen, to be the bassist of the band. Man, what a family business to be born into.
So yeah, with Wolfgang, at least the band had a full rhythm section. They then returned to their time-honed craft of doing precisely fuck all. They managed to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during this time though, so clearly it was working for them.
And then we got some REAL news. Van Halen was going to reunite with David Lee Roth, and go on a world tour. Oh yeah, everything’s coming (back) together.
Kind of. Actually, there was a lot of mulling around before they finally managed to get DLR back in the band and get out on the road. They threw out a quick compilation album for good measure, and things seemed to be okay, until Eddie fell off the wagon again. Due to complications with Eddie's health, the band didn’t quite get the massive tour they hoped.
They once again proceeded to mull around for a few years. Go figure. It would take until 2011 for them to hit the studio once more, but when they did, things finally picked up.
Yep. With
Diamond Dave firmly back behind the wheel, Van Halen decided to do something unprecedented. They went back to the studio after 14 years and put out a whole new album of material. 2012’s
A Different Kind of Truth was surprisingly okay, especially in comparison to the mess that was
Van Halen III. Hell, it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Not bad for an 80’s band in 2012.
The tour was sold out,
long, and arduous. After 18 months of non-stop touring, they needed a break. The band would later put out several live albums and collections. They had even hoped to some day put out a thirteenth album.
But it was never released. We all know the dangers of the
“six drugs and Rock and Roll” lifestyle. Eddie Van Halen, virtuosic guitarist and master song writer, struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse. As we know, he began smoking and drinking before he was even a teenager.
And in 2012, his health became a concern once again. First it had been a hip replacement in 1999, then tongue cancer in 2002, and then emergency surgery for severe diverticulitis in 2012. By 2014, he began another battle with cancer, this time within his throat. In 2020, at 65 years of age, Eddie Van Halen died of a stroke. He was with his wife and family when he passed.
The world still feels the loss of Eddie Van Halen. Landmarks in Pasadena California quickly became
memorial sites for Van Halen fans from every stroke of life. We knew it then, and we know it now: there’s never going to be another guitarist quite like Eddie.
And so, the band itself came to an end. Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie’s own son, said it best: "You can't have Van Halen without Eddie Van Halen."
So do yourself a favor. Go kick back, relax, and spin a VH album. Hell, if you’re interested in guitar, maybe even try playing along to
Eruption. Just make sure to do it with no one around so they don’t hear all
your swearing and mistakes. Eddie’s guitar playing was always one of the foundations of Van Halen, and will always have your jaw on the floor.
So maybe the choice of vocalist doesn't really matter. Perhaps the real answer to DLR vs. Sammy Hagar is just “Fuck it, it’s all Van Halen”. They both gave their own flair to an already amazing band. Listening today, we can look back and enjoy the different eras of Van Halen equally. So you could say we truly get
“The Best of Both Worlds”. You bet your ass I just finished this write up with a pun.
Links to QotSA Seems I’m not the only one who has looked for links between Van Halen and QotSA. There is a
whole article of comparisons that one author did back in 2007.
Aside from having different front men at different times, there is another subtle connection between the bands. This one comes by way of
The Kinks. Both QotSA and Van Halen have covered tunes by the iconic British band. Of course, Van Halen famously covered
You Really Got Me, and Josh and the boys covered
Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy and
Who’ll Be The Next In Line?. Their Music Ice Cream Man And The Cradle Will Rock Jamie’s Cryin’ Unchained Dance The Night Away Runnin’ With The Devil Jump Panama Hot For Teacher Best Of Both Worlds Finish What You Started Not Enough Why Can’t This Be Love Right Now Can’t Stop Lovin’ You Summer Nights When It’s Love Poundcake Without You Eruption/You Really Got Me - Live in 2015 Show Them Some Love /vanhalen - 5,640 members.
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Why you ask? Well the Raini devs kept their promise once again - Staking has just launched! But it’s not like any staking approach you know.
You’ll earn different types of points depending on whether you stake LP (ETH/RAINI) or bare RAINI tokens. These points can then be used to buy exclusive NFTs by established and upcoming artists. Plus - the longer you stake the more you earn, with up to a 30% earning rate bonus by day 60 (it increases linearly to that point). AND, no unbending period.
You’ll be able to spend these points on NFTs including:
• Music
• Art
• Multimedia
• And even trading cards for Raini‘s very own Trading Card Game set in the Rainiverse!
Their first artist collab has been announced too, and it’s a big one - Kaneda99 -
https://www.instagram.com/kaneda99/?hl=en - a globally recognised artist who has worked with media giants like the New York Times, Washington Post, Universal, Sony & Disney. He’ll be one of the first artists to drop works on the Raini platform that you’ll get to claim with points.
But that wouldn’t be enough on its own would it?
One of the most important aspects of the project and focus of its devs is the carbon offsetting of platform energy usage. This addresses a major controversy currently impacting the NFT space, and Raini is tackling this head on. And - this leaked on the Telegram - there’s an official partnership announcement coming on this within the next 2 days for world earth day! 🌎
The second twist is that at some point in the project NFT buyers have the potential to obtain physical versions of their NFT - wether that be a Vinyl or CD if you buy a Music NFT, a real print of your acquired trading card, a canvas print, and so on.
And there is so much more to come this month e.g. BSC bridge, Listings, NFT artists announcement and the first NFT drop, Influencer Marketing and Partnerships all planned for April.
And on top of that the revival of the hypecoin and lowcap trend - there is no way Raini won’t take off. 🚀
I might add - yes, Raini is a legit project, but it also has memecoin elements like incredible memes and an highly involved and supportive community! 🌈 🦄
A little word about the devs too. Although they’re technically anon, they have completed an audit through Solidity who also KYC’d the founders. They’ve locked liquidity and locked team tokens. A second KYC will soon follow via Assure Defi which is co-founded by El Crypto Chapo, and you can listen to the lead devs
u/Mindspheres’ great Aussie accent in one of the many AMAs he held, latest one with the guys from Crypto Dojo right here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1tabgqTsp4 If you’re still not convinced I’ll let you in on a little secret! (which isn’t a secret since it’s on the new website but whatever) The devs are the real deal - they run a successful real-world fintech and are long-time crypto investors and they won’t shy away from investing a pretty penny into marketing unlike other coins that use community funds to support them.
And as you can tell once again - they have always been on time - and they will continue to do so. You really shouldn’t walk past this project.
I also urge you to read the three Mediums to inform yourself on the future of the project - and the latest one is a real doozy. They’re introducing an NFT toolkit to the space, to allow artists to mint innovative “Evolving” NFTs, with features like you might see on experimental NFT pieces on Async - except anyone will be able to mint these. It’s a really interesting point of difference, and sets them apart from other platforms.
Their website is here 🔥:
https://raini.io See their Medium on Evolving NFTs here 📄:
https://rainicoin.medium.com/introducing-the-raini-nft-toolkit-evolving-nfts-ed0afdfce74a Also, I recommend joining their Telegram if you have any questions, the community is one of the friendliest I've had the pleasure to be a part of 🌈🦄-
https://t.me/rainicornchat Just to summarise the key factors of the project that have been announced thus far again:
- WWF Partner in Conservation ✅ and continued adoptions that are community decided
- Trading Card Game set in the Rainiverse (Development started, award-winning game developer leading this)
- Staking / NFT Farming (just launched!)
- First NFT drops
- Partnerships and Influencer Marketing (legit ones of course!)
- BSC Bridge and Listings
- Raini NFT Toolkit for Evolving NFTs!
- 100% carbon offset platform
- and much more on the long-term roadmap
If you want more details on those you’ll have to check out the Mediums, Website or AMAs in the Telegram ;)
🌈 Tokenomics:
• Total supply: 1,000,000,000
• Initial burnt: 500,000,000
• Circulating: 500,000,000
• More to be burned regularly in the future from platform revenue
• Current mcap: $7m
• Ticker symbol: RAINI
🦄 Buying and more info:
• You can buy via Uniswap:
https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?outputCurrency=0xeb953eda0dc65e3246f43dc8fa13f35623bdd5ed • Price chart:
https://www.dextools.io/app/uniswap/pair-explore0x895324433d8026fad0531428ccfbac7a6b32fbf8 • Coingecko:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/rainicorn • Telegram:
https://t.me/rainicornchat • Discord:
https://discord.gg/Hfrjjd3SV6 As always - DYOR & this is not financial advice - but really a few 10x from here is not out of the question especially with what’s to come both in terms of marketing and project development as well as the upcoming bull-run and NFT hype. But I want to clarify that Raini is certainly not a PnD coin. There has been organic growth up to this point and the devs want their marketing efforts to be coupled with the delivery of fundamentals so that coin price growth is sustainable.
PS: Whitepaper coming out soon as well for all you who really like to read that kind of thing 💜
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