Van Halen entered the studio twelve months ago with producer John Shanks and engineer Ross Hogarth to work on the first VH album with David Lee Roth in almost three decades.
“A Different Kind Of Truth” is now due out in a few weeks, while the disc’s first single, “Tattoo,” is available Tuesday.
There wasn’t a lot of public chatter by the production team during the making of the album, although Hogarth spoke with Ultimate Guitar last July about a bunch of his past work, and did rave about the VH work-in-progress.
“The whole Van Halen record has been recorded and we’re all excited,” said Ross. “We have just started mixing the record. I’m really stoked about it, as it is the original band, Eddie and Alex with Wolf playing bass, and David Lee Roth singing, it’s the killing side of Van Halen at the top of their game again with Diamond Dave, and the band on fire.”
Now that fans are only a few weeks away from having the new record in their (digital) hands, Hogarth is sharing his post-production thoughts.
In a new post on his website, entitled “Here they come 2012,” Ross says:
“I can finally say that for the last 18 months on and off I have been working on the new record coming out for Van Halen. A Different Kind of Truth is being released Feb 7 and it ROCKS !!!!. You will not be disappointed. We made a rock record and it kicks ass. Trust me.”
Hogarth has worked with many other artists, including Gov’t Mule, Roger Waters, The Black Crowes, R.E.M. and John Mellencamp.
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