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Eddie Van Halen says his son, Wolfgang Van Halen, suggested they re-record old demos for the new Van Halen album, A Different Kind of Truth.

Eddie Van Halen says his son, Wolfgang Van Halen, suggested they re-record old demos for the new Van Halen album, A Different Kind of Truth. Eddie explains, "We ended up recording demos for 35 songs. All of those songs were ready to go, and we were able to play them all." But he adds that this approach was nothing new. "Whenever we make a record, the first thing we do is go over what we already have in the bag that we can pick from, and then we focus on writing new material."

Eddie says recording again with David Lee Roth was like riding a bike. "It was like we had never left each other. It was that comfortable. We’ve known each other since high school. When you have old friends, five or six years can go by when you don’t see each other, but you just pick up where you left off." A Different Kind of Truth was Van Halen's first album with Roth in 28 years.

Source: Guitar World