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On today's Rock it Out! Blog episode, I review the new album from Van Halen, A Different Kind Of Truth . The best way to describe this album is to compare it to an American muscle car. It's strong, fast, nice to look at and rides like a demon. It's a great comeback album from a band we haven't heard from in 14 years. What are your thoughts on the album?

I know a lot of people are bummed that Van Halen's long awaited reunion with David Lee Roth, A Different Kind of Truth, consists largely, or maybe even primarily, of old demos that the band re-worked; what I don't understand is why these fans are bummed. But my guess is that they're mistaking the reunion for [...]

A Different Kind Of Truth is de heeft-iedereen-een-mening-over -plaat van het jaar. Ja, de heren hebben flink gegrasduind in hun demo's van nog vóór het debuut. Ja, de manier waarop met oud-bandleden - en vooral oerbandlid Michael Anthony - is omgegaan...

David Lee Roth interviews the Van Halen brothers in new clip Van Halen have just released a clip featuring David Lee Roth interviewing the Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex . They describe in detail the stories behind their musical upbringing in Holland and journey to Southern California. Van Halen Interview: Earlier in the week the band released A Different Kind of Truth , which is their first original [...]

You probably heard that Van Halen's doing the whole reunion thing this year with a new album and <a href=" http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ van-halen-announce-new-album-f or-february-release-/60266/" ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ kool-the-gang-surprised-theyre -opening-for-van-hal/61663/

I can't tell you how many articles I've already read in the first few weeks of 2012 promoting this year's most anticipated tours. And truth be told, they've all pretty much been the same: lists of 10-12 big-name acts with lengthy legacies who are looking to pad their retirement funds through sickeningly high ticket prices (think Madonna and The Rolling Stones). Van Halen is on a great many of these lists. The band fits the above criteria to a T, but the potential for a train wreck at any point in time may be worth the price of [...]

Hell has frozen over. Here are the 11 Best Songs By Van Halen: Panama (1984) Unchained (Fair Warning) Hot For Teacher (1984) Dance the Night Away (Van Halen II) You Really Got Me (Van Halen) Jump (1984) Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love (Van Halen) Women In Love (Van Halen II) I'll Wait (1984) Little Guitars (Diver Down) Jamie's Cryin' (Van Halen) Buy the new Van Halen album, A Different Kind of

The last time a new Van Halen record featured David Lee Roth as the lead singer Ronald Reagan was in the White House, The A-Team was on TV and I spent my nights worrying about acne and solving the Rubiks Cube. Much has changed since "1984,"but in many ways, for the reunited Van Halen, everything is much the same. To mark the release of their first new album together in 28 years, the band invited a select handful of friends, family and music journalists to an intimate party at the legendary Henson Studios in [...]

The new album from the recently reformed Van Halen is out today - A Different Kind of Truth kicks ass, if you're into that kind of thing. David Lee Roth looks like he partied way too much back in the 1980s, but he still sings great and Eddie Van Halen hasn't lost a step on guitar. Here are the boys doing an acoustic version of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me." Purchase Van Halen tour tickets

Los Angeles Times (MCT) -- VAN HALEN "A Different Kind of Truth" (Interscope) 2 1/2 stars --- On "A Different Kind of Truth," the first studio album from Van Halen to feature original lead singer David Lee Roth since "1984," the charismatic front man sings about trying to land that "stone cold sister soccer mom" he's chasing in "Honeybabysweetiedoll." But hooking up is the least of the challenges facing Diamond Dave and his bandmates in this year of their comeback....

First off, Van Halen's first album in 14 years, A Different Kind Of Truth is - in the words of my friend Lisa - "better than it should be." And I agree. The guys could have slacked off on this ... Continue reading "Van Halen's A Different Kind Of Truth: A Track-By-Track Breakdown" >

"Cool" gets thrown around a lot, but most critics and fans alike wouldn't ascribe the word to Van Halen - not even frontman David Lee Roth. In a recent interview with The Toronto Sun , Diamond Dave admitted, "We were never cool. Even when we were happening, even when we were the flavour of the week the first time, we weren't cool. John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever were cool. And across the street, The Sex Pistols and The Clash were cool. We were just kind of an island." That's some pretty [...]

in the continuing story of the latest Van Halen comeback, here is another VH video! this is the band performing a "new" song called "she's a woman" at their club gig at Cafe Wha? in New York City on January 5th. this "new" song sounds a lot like an old song from a 70's-era demo that lots of VH fans have heard. still, there is something that the old version didn't have: Wolfgang! his bass is really upfront in this fan-shot clip.... [...]

Turn your speakers up and hide the kids, things are about to get wild. That's right, Van Halen is back for the first time in fourteen years with an album of all new music. A Different Kind of Truth is the band's first since 1998's Van Halen III , which had exactly zero awesome songs on it. Perhaps the most important thing to note about this new album is the return of David Lee Roth, the most successful front man for the band in its infamous carousel of singers. The album is a [...]

speaking of comebacks.... it appears that the mighty Van Halen is making a comeback. again. i can't help but be sucked into it all because i really love that band. always have. i like the Dave-era and the Sam-era. i go both ways. but no true VH fan ever really liked the Gary-era. then in 2007, VH entered the Wolfgang-era when Michael Anthony was permanently replaced with Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. old-school VH fans would rather ol' Mikey were playing bass but they are thrilled that the ultimate showman David Lee Roth is back. [...]

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MetalSucks has been given a pair of Van Halen tickets to give away to one lucky reader! The winner of this contest will get to choose which show they'd like to attend (dates here), and we'll hook it up. Entering is easy. Simply leave a comment below answering the following question: Which Eddie Van Halen [...]

So. For the first time in 14 years as a band and 27 years as a band with David Lee Roth in it, Van Halen is releasing an album of all new material. When I first heard this news, I shrugged it off and went about my life confident I'd not think about Van Halen again until one of them does another stint in rehab. Then a funny thing happened. My twitter and facebook feeds started blowing up with folks talking about how good this new Van Halen album was. In the end, I couldn't resist giving it a listen [...]

What's that tapping sound, is it…no..yes…it's my foot! Well there you have it, review by extremity. 28 years ago it was 1984, and the world was covered in spandex. With their album, the coincidentally titled 1984 , selling roughly 12,000,000 units per second, Van Halen lorded it over the hairwaves. It was the '80s, everything was big. Hair was big, crotch bulges were big, bands travelled the world in liveried jumbo jets and Alex Van Halen's bass drum sounded like a bomb going off. Van Halen ruled the world (Eddie even contributing his trademark axe shredding sound [...]

The VAN HALEN 's first new album in 14 years has just taken a leak. A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH D.O.B : February 6, 2012 Label : UMC Tracklist : 1. Tattoo 2. She's The Woman 3. You And Your Blues 4. China Town 5. Blood And Fire 6. Bullethead 7. As Is 8. Honeybabysweetiedoll 9. The Trouble With Never 10. Outta Space 11. Stay Frosty 12. Big River 13. Beats Workin' via : Rapidshare, Torrents