John 5 Says That He Has Made An 'Incredible' New Album With Dave

Former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 (real name: John William Lowery) has recorded an "incredible" new album with VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth which the axeman hopes will see the light of day in the not-too-distant future.

John 5, whose first "big break" came when he was selected by Roth to play lead guitar on the critically well-received 1998 release "DLR Band", tells Canadian rock journalist Mitch Lafon in a new interview (hear audio below): "[Dave and I] just made another record, and it's, like, the 'California Sessions', [Dave] was calling it. And it's 11 of the greatest songs you'll ever hear, and it's just me and Dave, and we had Gregg Bissonette play drums on it. And it's unbelievable. There's a song called 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar & Grill'. And you know, just great, great songs. And hopefully sometime it'll see the light of day. But he's, of course, busy with VAN HALEN and all that stuff. But it's an incredible record."

He added: "[The new album with Dave] was made not too long ago — like, probably, maybe, a year and a half ago or something like that. 'Cause I always go over to his house and we write music and things like that. It's a lot of fun. They're all original songs. I would just go over to his house during the day and write this music and then he would book the studio at night. So we would go into A&M Studios — Henson Studios, it's called now — and we'd record. And it's so great. I mean, it sounds like just Dave from that 'Van Halen I' or 'II' or 'Women And Children First' era, [in terms of his] singing [style], and it's incredible, man. It's really incredible. He loves it too, so maybe it'll see the light of day sometime."

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Blabbermouth is just now picking up on this? We've been ripping the VHs for a solid year about not allowing Dave to release this.

Blabbermouth is to rock journalism as the National Enquirer is to real newspapers.

The inside word is John5 is grabbing the Van Halens and Dave's coat-tails to generate buzz for his solo release from their big "secret" project that Dave was dispatched from Tokyo to work on...

Oh yeah, the Big Project! Much like the Big Announcement they were gonna make. You know what? Fuck those guys. If they turned me loose in that smelly old studio of Ed's, I'd walk in, cart out all the good stuff, head over to Ed's wife's buddy's Porno Production studio and have them crank out all the "unreleased footage" DVDs you could ever want. All in under 4 weeks' time. And on a budget of next to nothing.

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Oh yeah, the Big Project! Much like the Big Announcement they were gonna make. You know what? Fuck those guys. If they turned me loose in that smelly old studio of Ed's, I'd walk in, cart out all the good stuff, head over to Ed's wife's buddy's Porno Production studio and have them crank out all the "unreleased footage" DVDs you could ever want. All in under 4 weeks' time. And on a budget of next to nothing.

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Mate if you got there and there are a couple of how many say I outtakes and an extended up for breakfast with Sammy rap middle 8 and that's it i wouldn't be surprised .

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The inside word is John 5 is grabbing the Van Halens and Dave's coat-tails to generate buzz for his solo release from their big "secret" project that Dave was dispatched from Tokyo to work on...

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Whatever. In this day and age, do you really think John 5 mentioning Dave or VH, is going to propel his album to platinum? I'd like to know where that "inside word" is coming from.

I spoke to John 5 myself about this album with Dave, awhile back. It is documented on these forums. The dude literally lit up like a light bulb when I asked him about it. The conversation quickly went from a short introduction, to quite a lengthy chat. I even asked him if what he was telling me was "off the record", and he told me no. He gave me permission to print it here.

Ray has heard the songs himself, and he told me it will blow me away when I hear it. He said it is truly great stuff. When I was with Ray the other night, he even asked me if he had already told me about it. I told him he had, and he reiterated just how good it is. He even went so far as to say he wished he had played the drums on it.

John 5 told me it is totally a contractual issue that is keeping this album from being released.

Zombie is playing Saginaw, MI on September 27th. If the plan goes accordingly, I'll hopefully be hearing the album myself.

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Originally Posted by Von Halen

John 5 told me it is totally a contractual issue that is keeping this album from being released.

Zombie is playing Saginaw, MI on September 27th. If the plan goes accordingly, I'll hopefully be hearing the album myself.

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Exactly. Ed don't want Dave doing jack outside of VH, aside from those almost unwatchable Roth Shows.

Von - if you get to hear it, record it with your phone and send it to me! I won't share it with anybody!

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Mate if you got there and there are a couple of how many say I outtakes and an extended up for breakfast with Sammy rap middle 8 and that's it i wouldn't be surprised .

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Oh there's definitely stuff there. VH actually had a dude start cataloging it a while back for a "project". Of course, that "project" went about as far as the VH European tour Dave mentioned...

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Originally Posted by DONNIEP

Exactly. Ed don't want Dave doing jack outside of VH, aside from those almost unwatchable Roth Shows.

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Well, you can't really blame Ed. I mean, look what happened last time Dave did a solo project when he was in VH. It sold like hot cakes, he got all big headed, and quit the band to make a movie that never got made.

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Well, you can't really blame Ed. I mean, look what happened last time Dave did a solo project when he was in VH. It sold like hot cakes, he got all big headed, and quit the band to make a movie that never got made.

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True, but at this point the chances of that happening again are about as good as Dave's hair growing back.

Mate if you don't hear or see it it might as well not exist , bit like kristy's pussy :)

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Mate if you don't hear or see it it might as well not exist , bit like kristy's pussy :)

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You're gonna upset Von if you keep talking like that about his womarn...

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You're gonna upset Von if you keep talking like that about his womarn...

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Well, you can't really blame Ed. I mean, look what happened last time Dave did a solo project when he was in VH. It sold like hot cakes, he got all big headed, and quit the band to make a movie that never got made.

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Yeah but at that time they were releasing an album every year not every 8 years.

There is no way, nooooo way Dave is sounding like he did on the first few albums at his age, unless a lot of studio magic is involved. Methinks John 5 is exaggerating in order to sell albums in the future if it ever sees the light of day.

LOL No, I don't think John5 needs anyone's coat-tails to generate buzz over any of his work. The guy stands on his own merit.

I was just throwin shit out there for the fun of it... But it did get the thread restarted...

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I was just throwin shit out there for the fun of it... But it did get the thread restarted...

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EOT - eyeballs on thread

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EOT - eyeballs on thread

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adminazi :meinsmiley:

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It's all in the Admin Guidebook, Mein Ka - I mean A Dummy's Guide To Building A Kick Ass Messageboard.

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Mate if you don't hear or see it it might as well not exist , bit like kristy's pussy :)

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Vandelvis

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There is no way, nooooo way Dave is sounding like he did on the first few albums at his age, unless a lot of studio magic is involved. Methinks John 5 is exaggerating in order to sell albums in the future if it ever sees the light of day.

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Who said anything about Dave sounding like he did on the first few albums?

The stuff was described to me as being in the style of "Could This Be Magic?" Dave could totally pull that off today, and I was told Dave sounds phenomenal on these recordings.

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Vandelvis

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Dost thou know what thou is saying :)

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The stuff was described to me as being in the style of "Could This Be Magic?" Dave could totally pull that off today, and I was told Dave sounds phenomenal on these recordings.

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bluegrass?

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bluegrass?

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If that's what you consider "Could This Be Magic?", then I guess so.

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Blabbermouth is to rock journalism as the National Enquirer is to real newspapers.

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Coincidentally, Melodicrock is to reputable websites as an Easy Bake Oven is to napalm.

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bluegrass?

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I liked the bluegrass stuff. At least he was releasing something.

I'm thinking he'll always be able to pull off the ultra-cool vocal tone of "Stay While The Night Is Young" from the Diamond Dave cd. If this music is more acoustic and less hi-octane, he just may have held off on the straining and reaching out of his register.

I definitely think a recording of Dave in his middle range would be fantastic and have no doubt the album is killer. Dave has never not-delivered on albums. His game is strong.. What I find annoying is why the bros would mind letting this thing come out. I think it would attract people to CVH for sure. The fat kid on bass could be the generational bridge!

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The fat kid on bass could be the generational bridge!

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They're saving that for when Ed and Al retire and Wolfie carries on the Mighty Van Halen name!! Oh man, it's gonna be glorious! It'll be just like when Van Halen first hit the scene!

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They're saving that for when Ed and Al retire and Wolfie carries on the Mighty Van Halen name!! Oh man, it's gonna be glorious! It'll be just like when Van Halen first hit the scene!

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Oh no doubt! Today he's backing up the guy from creed - tomorrow the world!

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We're all old and it still feels like a ridiculous amount of time between albums so for Ed's son it must surely seem like a lifetime.

Does anyone else remember all the discussion back in the day about Def Leppard and the unprecedented ludicrous amount of time it took them to follow up Pyromania?

It was 4 years and someones arm got ripped off.

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It was 4 years and someones arm got ripped off.

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Speaking of, whatever happened to Rick Allen's Left Arm? That arm was quite a prominent poster at one time.

Here Is my take:

Dave is working on a secret project - whatever the F that is - and I bet Eddie does not like how it is coming out.

They are also working on a new album - and that, according to Ed-in-the-head, is not going the way Ed wants. Ed's got the 10-year itch -where he can"t work with a lead singer for more than 10 years.

So, what does Dave do? Exactly what he did when there was problems with putting out ADKOT - he starts talking about the album he made with John Lowrey.

So now, one of two things will happen. VH and Dave will split and we get the California sessions album or Ed get back on his meds and talks to his shrink and the new VH album comes out next year.

F-ing drama queens.

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Who said anything about Dave sounding like he did on the first few albums?

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It said he sang in the same style as I, II and WACF in the first post. I don't know who wrote the article because I didn't follow the link. It doesn't sound like the general public will hear this album any time soon if at all.

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'Cause I always go over to his house and we write music and things like that. It's a lot of fun.

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See Edwad ??

It's OK...

You can go on over to Dave's house...

He won't bite...

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They're saving that for when Ed and Al retire and Wolfie carries on the Mighty Van Halen name!! Oh man, it's gonna be glorious! It'll be just like when Van Halen first hit the scene!

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No way. Wolfie has been slated to take Gene's place in Kiss. Remember...there would be no Van Halen if it weren't for Gene so Ed had to promise him his first son.

Why the hell would Dave have contractual restrictions for releasing solo material outside of VH at this phase..?

Nothing stopping Ed from doing solo work with minorities... The Bass Player Jr™ is in two bands...

Makes no sense...

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Why the hell would Dave have contractual restrictions for releasing solo material outside of VH at this phase..?

Nothing stopping Ed from doing solo work with minorities... The Bass Player Jr™ is in two bands...

Makes no sense...

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Because Ed said so. Duh.