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- monkeychow
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Re: Van Halen to record new album with Roth
With alterbride and alice cooper...may just have conned me into another festival purchase!
- metallex78
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Re: Van Halen to record new album with Roth
Yep, hanging to see Alter Bridge, Alice Cooper, Machine Head and a bunch of others as well!
I wondered how they could top Iron Maiden as headliners earlier this year, and with Van Halen, they've done it!
Re: Van Halen to record new album with Roth
Austria's Mulatschag TV recently conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti. You can now watch the chat below.
When asked about his band friendship with VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, Tremonti said, "We played with VAN HALEN years and years ago at Madison Square Garden and Palace in Detroit. The first time I saw Wolfgang, he was just a little… probably five-year-old kid or six-year-old kid. Eddie [Wolfgang's father and VAN HALEN guitarist] that day gave me one of his guitars, so I got to know Eddie. Then years went by and Wolfgang ended up being a fan of ALTER BRIDGE, so we got to know him through ALTER BRIDGE. And Wolfgang invited us to go see soundcheck when VAN HALEN did a tour a couple of years ago, and we were the only in there, so it was quite a treat. And then recently I was in Los Angeles and Wolfgang invited me to his Dad's house and I got to go to 5150 studios and watch Eddie and Alex [Van Halen] and Wolfgang play their new record from front to back. So I was one of the only people who have heard the new VAN HALEN. It was incredible."
VAN HALEN's long-awaited new studio album in tentatively due in the fall, which is when the band is also expected to hit the road in support of the effort.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe … mID=159528
Sounds like this album is leaving pipe dream territory and crossing over into reality.
I'm on the fence with this as VH has sucked for years and EVH is less productive than Axl. Roth hasn't created anything decent in years either.
This will either kick ass or be a complete fiasco. No middle ground.
When they reunited I said if they did a new album they should call it 1985. Doubt they do it but would be cool.
Re: Van Halen to record new album with Roth
Good to see that this looks like it's finally going to see the light of day. It was sort going into Chinese Democracy territory with all the rumors and all.
Regarding the album, depends what type of playing style EVH is doing on this one. If it's the 5150 and OU812 style where it shifts toward the slower stuff then I probably wouldn't like it. If it's closer to the older stuff or even 3 (vocals were the problem on that album) I think I might be pleasantly surprised.
