According to the unofficial VAN HALEN site Van Halen News Desk, VAN HALEN has tapped producer/songwriter/musician John Shanks (whom Clive Davis calls "the father of that guitar-driven kind of pop sound") to helm the band's upcoming studio album, which the group plans to begin recording in January. "Sources" tell the Van Halen News Desk that the members of VAN HALEN are "v Forum: Noticeboard
Great interview, 3 cheers to Kevin Shirley for making them do a real rock album with minimal overdubs. Too many records in the genre sound like ass because of too much the overdubbing and effects. Forum: Noticeboard
Really enjoying it, Ronni's tone is HUGE, great return to the classic sound, my only disappointment is Ronni seems to have forgotten how to solo Forum: Noticeboard
yeah, agreed, when I read the title of the album, I thought it would be a return to the Resurrection vibe, and I agree it's not very \m/METAL\m/ at all! Forum: Noticeboard
Awesome DVD, pity they left out quite a few songs like Hip Today, He Man Woman Hater, Stop The World, Politicalamity, too many off their latest album, but I guess you need to do that! Forum: Noticeboard
Both Burning Rain albums are great, I prefer the self-titled. It's also the best work Aldrich has done to date. But yeah you will dig em if you dig the first Lynch Mob album. The second one was horrible IMO Forum: Noticeboard