{"id":31295,"date":"2012-02-08T15:17:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=31295"},"modified":"2012-02-13T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:34:23","slug":"new-old-van-halen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/31295","title":{"rendered":"New, old Van Halen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The original Van Halen broke up when I was a senior in high school. And yes, I am an old fan of David Lee Roth, read about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And the reunion no one thought would happen happened and the album<\/a> no one thought would happen was released yesterday. 28 year wait. The sound harkens back (harkens is the word) to Van Halen I<\/a> and II<\/a> \u2013\u00a0apparently<\/a> the tracks are based on notes written back around 1975\u201377ish. <\/p>\n

The sound is old \u2013\u00a0with parts feeling like an odd 1990s solo album<\/a> Dave put out. Album cover design by SMOG,<\/a> art directed by Jeri Heiden.<\/p>\n