Shanks is known for his work with a number of top-40 artists, and fans wondered if those influences would affect the new music. When word leaked that award-winning producer/hitmaker John Shanks was on board, there was an instant fear that he would pour a thick layer of pop syrup on the finished product. We are 100% in favor of the band milking every last drop of creativity from that era – and there’s more where that came from.
When the band began recording, these unreleased classics were the perfect way to connect the past and present and shake the rust off with original singer David Lee Roth. Furthermore, Eddie continued to dip into his endless surprise box of riffs and ideas on every studio album through 1995’s Balance. Over time, their earliest material was overshadowed by what was happening in the moment, because Eddie was still at his creative peak.
And while plenty of that music ended up on the first six albums, the band’s release schedule couldn’t keep pace with EVH’s creative output. Eddie Van Halen was a riff-making machine during the late 1970’s, single handedly changing the way subsequent generations would approach the instrument. All of the material belongs to Van Halen and was written at a time when the band was absolutely fearless. In fact, it’s well documented that rock bands regularly employ this strategy. A great song is a great song no matter when it was first conceived. Recently, several critics and cheap-shot artists have decided that Van Halen took the easy way out by drawing from this catalogue of unreleased music (failing to mention that nearly half the album is completely new material). Longtime fans responded with a unanimous cheer, because while the songs were never officially released, they had been in circulation among collectors for at least 15 years. Before it’s release, the Van Halen News Desk reported (exclusively) that the band was working on unreleased demos from 19. Which brings us to the seed material for roughly half the album. Every unique aspect of the band’s recorded history is represented in some form or another, with more bravado and excitement than any reasonable historian of the band could have expected in his or her wildest dreams! 7th), Van Halen dropped the hammer on 13 songs and melted our ears off with the result. And whether it’s true or not, ADKOT seems like the ultimate “thank you” to the world’s most dedicated Van Halen fans. By VHND contributing writer Geoffrey BellĪ Different Kind of Truth is an incredible album by any measure.
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