January 2, 2012

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The first public reveal of Van Halen's highly anticipated new album took place in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Artwork for the forthcoming release was projected on a giant LED billboard above the McDonald's at 46th St. and 7th Ave. and could clearly be seen at various points throughout the night, as several networks, including CNN, ABC and NBC, were broadcasting live.

The cover image is a photo-illustration of a train from the New York Central System, one of the largest railroads in U.S. history which operated in the northeast during the 1800s.

The album, Van Halen's first since 1984 to feature original singer David Lee Roth, is due out on February 7, 2012 with a single and video slated to premiere on Jan. 10, the same day tickets go on sale for the band's world tour.

In November, Van Halen signed with Interscope Records after four decades at Warner Bros.

Now we just gotta hope that Interscope didnt try to "modernize" whatever they made.

not the best cover... but hey it will do. Let's hope this album doesn't sound forced

One of those head scratcher covers. That usually means a bangin album. Dave does change Ed's sound, we shall see.,

I won't sneak peek, I will just buy it. And probably not like it much. But who knows....who knows.

I like the cover btw. Any word on a title???

breese said:

Any word on a title???

Maybe the date is the title. They've used numbers before.

There's a rumor that they're doing "Love Train". by The O'Jays!

As long as Iovine doen't "persuade" them 2 put the Black Eyed Peas ANYWHERE NEAR this project, I'm WITH IT!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woogiebear said:

As long as Iovine doen't "persuade" them 2 put the Black Eyed Peas ANYWHERE NEAR this project, I'm WITH IT!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully Woog their on hiatus, but I could see Iovine trying to convince them to bring Fergie in their mix. No thanks! Maybe a single remix by Dr. Dre!!!

sunlite said:

woogiebear said:

As long as Iovine doen't "persuade" them 2 put the Black Eyed Peas ANYWHERE NEAR this project, I'm WITH IT!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully Woog their on hiatus, but I could see Iovine trying to convince them to bring Fergie in their mix. No thanks! Maybe a single remix by Dr. Dre!!!

LOL

sunlite said:

woogiebear said:

As long as Iovine doen't "persuade" them 2 put the Black Eyed Peas ANYWHERE NEAR this project, I'm WITH IT!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully Woog their on hiatus, but I could see Iovine trying to convince them to bring Fergie in their mix. No thanks! Maybe a single remix by Dr. Dre!!!

VH meets euro pop

I like the album art, although it does remind me of the artistic rendering of a locomotive used as the cover for the Commodores' Movin' On album.

even if it's only decent, this IS the first VH album that should belong in our collection since 1984, for obvious reasons...

EXCITED

I'm not asking for hits, just a kick-ass hard-rock album from start to finish, something like VH1 or WACF

Identity said:

I like the album art, although it does remind me of the artistic rendering of a locomotive used as the cover for the Commodores' Movin' On album.

WOW nearly identical!

...though they are not the first musicians to borrow...

JoeTyler said:

even if it's only decent, this IS the first VH album that should belong in our collection since 1984, for obvious reasons...

EXCITED

I'm not asking for hits, just a kick-ass hard-rock album from start to finish, something like VH1 or WACF

or Fair Warning

sunlite said:

There's a rumor that they're doing "Love Train". by The O'Jays!

I hope so with all my heart. David Lee Roth, I love you.

Great news - here's hoping for a great rock & roll CD with nothing but old time VH shining through

And Identity - great catch...I knew I'd seen that album cover before

Rock on 2012

breese said:

sunlite said:

There's a rumor that they're doing "Love Train". by The O'Jays!

I hope so with all my heart. David Lee Roth, I love you.

Thats because there's a DLR video of him rehearsing with the song playing to warm up his voice.

Reports are that next week Van Halen will release a song titled “Tattoo” as the project’s lead single.

Hope they tour europe.

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saw them then at the Forum LA

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n here.

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Cant wait for this years thingamajig

Preview VH's New Song "Blood and Fire"

January 25, 2012

Van Halen's new album A Different Kind of Truth will be released in less than two weeks. In the meantime, here's an exclusive 90-second preview of the "Blood and Fire" from the album.

The disc's first single "Tattoo" was based off the group's 1977 unreleased track "Down In Flames"; another track on the album, "She's The Woman," which the group played live at their recent secret show in New York City, was originally recorded as a demo in 1976.

So we offer a challenge to Van Halen's hardcore fans: Does this sound like a completely new song, or do you hear anything that sounds like an old riff or melody? To be very clear, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a band using old material on a new album.

Groups do it all the time and you can't plagiarize from yourself. In fact, many of Van Halen's most famous songs (including "Right Now") took elements out of older material. We're just curious to know how much of this Van Halen album was created with that process.

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Here ya go CVH fans...

Go here to listen to 3 full tracks from the new album!

http://www.vanhalenradio....-of-truth/

The Trouble With Never

Blood And Fire

Tattoo

Enjoy. I have been.

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All I got to say is true CVH fans are gonna be very happy.

The Trouble With Never is just fire! I mean really.Wow.

Blood And Fire has that 1984ish quality/magic to it. And yes it's based on an older song Eddie had called "Ripley" which he wrote for the movie The Wild Life in the 80's. But it was just an instrumental then.

Everyone sounds great and very inspired. I really can't wait for the album now!