Here is the latest on the rumored Van Halen reunion with Roth.
Several months ago there was contact between the camps. First Dave called Alex before his firing from his radio gig and they talked about possibly working together as Van Halen again. Alex told Dave that he wasn't sure exactly what Ed wanted to do right now and that he (Ed)was working on a few little things on his own.
After Dave was let go, Alex and Eddie called Dave to shoot the shit and see what was going on. Alex and Eddie were upset about Mike's involvement with Sammy on the summer tour and that they didn't really want Mike a part of the project if they did go ahead with it with Dave. Dave told them that he would do it without Mike but would prefer that he was involved.
Dave told the brothers that he was going to do some shows as well during the summer and wouldn't be freed up until the later part of fall.
This was fine with Eddie due to his things he had going on, (which we have since found out was the adult film work).
About a month ago the sides met face to face and had a sit down (no Mike). Eddie told Dave that his son Wolfgang was ripping on some serious bass now and he wanted to use him during the sessions later when they finally go into the studio. Dave was cool to that but he has some serious concerns over vocal arrangements, but they will cross those paths when they come it seems. Maybe do some songs without much of a chorus or bring in a female background vocalist on some songs.
They want to do a full length album, something that WB is pushing very hard for. They also though want to hit the road next summer and know that it would take some quick work to get an album done first. Eddie really does have alot of material and alot of it is not raw. So maybe that could happen fast.
It was left that they would stay in touch over the next several weeks and that Eddie and Alex would continue what they are doing in the studio and during tour breaks Dave would come in and they would colaborate on some lyrics and see what they have.
Things are looking real good for all those long suffering Van Halen fans who have been waiting for over twenty years for this news.
