It looks like Van Halen really are getting back into the swing things after a prolonged absence from the public eye. Not only have they just released a live album earlier this week titled Tokyo Dome Live. To sweeten the pot, they are also embarking on a wide scale North American tour this summer. From there though, the band may be doing some more awesome stuff according to a recent The Washington Times interview with Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen says, “After this touring cycle, we will probably hunker down and do a studio record. We certainly have enough material. It is a matter of timing and getting everybody together. That’s the only way it can be done.”
Van Halen also wanted to release a 25 song demo from their club days, but unfortunately that was not able to work out. According to Eddie, “What I originally wanted to do was remix the original 25 song demos. That would have been really cool. But the tapes are lost. They are gone. So that was out the window."
It's unfortunate that the demo was not able to be released, but it's great that the live album was released and that they may be doing a new record soon. As much as I liked A Different Kind of Truth being half old shelved songs and half new songs, I hope that this time around that they do all new songs. I'm sure Eddie and Alex Van Halen have enough material from their jams that they could whip up something really cool.
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