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WARNER/CHAPPELL Extends Agreement With VAN HALEN - Aug. 5, 2010
Warner/Chappell Music has extended its administration agreements with two original members of the legendary rock band VAN HALEN, Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Under the agreement, Warner/Chappell will continue to administer their catalog of works.

The Grammy Award-winning VAN HALEN was formed in 1972 in Pasadena, California and released its first album in 1978, quickly becoming one of the most influential rock bands in history. In 2007, after more than three decades dazzling audiences with their energetic performances and establishing their catalog of songs as one of the most enduring in the history of popular music, VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

With 11 studio albums, VAN HALEN is the 19th best-selling group of all time in the U.S., according to the RIAA, with more than 56 million albums sold in the U.S., 10 of them certified platinum or multi-platinum, six albums that reached No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and two of them, "Van Halen" and "1984", achieving diamond certification. VAN HALEN has been nominated multiple times by the American Music Awards and, in 1992, won "Favorite Heavy Metal/Rock Album" for the album "For Unlawful Carnage Knowledge".

"It's fantastic to continue our relationship with VAN HALEN, which is one of the most enduring and successful partnerships within our roster of songwriters," said Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music, and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S. "Since its inception, VAN HALEN has written driving melodic rock songs performed in groundbreaking style."

During its more than three decades as a band, VAN HALEN has featured a number of different lineups and three different lead singers, and throughout has produced a string of multiplatinum albums that contained numerous No. 1 singles, including "Jump", "(Oh) Pretty Woman", "Why Can't This Be Love?", "Humans Being", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Me Wise Magic".

Most recently, the band toured with founding brothers, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, its original lead singer, David Lee Roth, and Eddie's son, Wolfgang, playing bass. The group is currently in the studio recording an album with Roth that is due for release in 2011.




This makes me very happy!

WHOOOOOAH YEAH!

Frethead wrote:

WHOOOOOAH YEAH!

Makes Fret happy too!

Word is it's very good so far....

Chrissy wrote:

Word is it's very good so far....

How do you know? Please enlighten me.....Aside from Kiss VH (with DLR) are one of my fave bands ever....

Pete wrote:

Chrissy wrote:

Word is it's very good so far....

How do you know? Please enlighten me.....Aside from Kiss VH (with DLR) are one of my fave bands ever....

I listen to Sirius radio and (the boneyard) plays a lot of vintage Van Halen..They had a big talk last Friday or so about the fact that a new album was being recorded and a few of the radio press was invited into the studio to hear one of the new tracks and talk to the band..They siad it was good...very good....
Going back to its roots...I was excited I love Van Halen with Roth...Not thrilled about Wolfie but hey what can you do?

Chrissy wrote:

Pete wrote:

Chrissy wrote:

Word is it's very good so far....

How do you know? Please enlighten me.....Aside from Kiss VH (with DLR) are one of my fave bands ever....

I listen to Sirius radio and (the boneyard) plays a lot of vintage Van Halen..They had a big talk last Friday or so about the fact that a new album was being recorded and a few of the radio press was invited into the studio to hear one of the new tracks and talk to the band..They siad it was good...very good....
Going back to its roots...I was excited I love Van Halen with Roth...Not thrilled about Wolfie but hey what can you do?

Oooh!! Now I'm excited! yeah shame they've fallen out with Mikey, Hope this rocks tho!

I forgot what a huge VH fan you are..I will pay better attention when they update on the album and pass it along...Give you a little Van Halen report!

Chrissy wrote:

I forgot what a huge VH fan you are..I will pay better attention when they update on the album and pass it along...Give you a little Van Halen report!

As Pete said I think, after KISS, the DLR era VH is prob my fav band.

Really looking forward to this new album...

RFFB wrote:

As Pete said I think, after KISS, the DLR era VH is prob my fav band.

Really looking forward to this new album...

Aye, the first six VH records are as good as the first six Kiss records.

Pete wrote:

RFFB wrote:

As Pete said I think, after KISS, the DLR era VH is prob my fav band.

Really looking forward to this new album...

Aye, the first six VH records are as good as the first six Kiss records.

That's a very fair of you, Pete, but, I wouldn't want to be facing the wrong way on that one way street.

Frethead wrote:

Pete wrote:

RFFB wrote:

As Pete said I think, after KISS, the DLR era VH is prob my fav band.

Really looking forward to this new album...

Aye, the first six VH records are as good as the first six Kiss records.

That's a very fair of you, Pete, but, I wouldn't want to be facing the wrong way on that one way street.

Neither would I!

I know you've been preoccupied Chrissy but...anymore news on this?

Pete wrote:

I know you've been preoccupied Chrissy but...anymore news on this?

You know its weird its been very quiet...Wondering if that means something will come out soon...If I hear something I'll post for sure..

Taken from a post on Classicvanhalen.com

I just met David Lee Roth!!!!!
So I've been a long time fan of David Lee and Van Halen. Today while at the Scottish Games in Pleasanton (in California) I walked by where they had sheep dogs herding sheep. As I walk by these four guys sitting in chairs I hear a familiar voice. Now we all know that nobody else sounds like Dave. I turn and look and sure enough it looks like Dave too. He's wearing a hat, cargo pants, and a San Francisco Caledonian Club tee shirt. He's clearly in great shape as I can see the veins in his neck and arms. He must have like zero body fat. As I walk away I tell my wife that I think I just saw Diamond Dave. She saw him too but says there's no way he would be here at the Scottish games. We walk away and move on to other events at the games but it's killing me cause I know it's him.

A couple of hours go by and it hits me.....they had a board that had all the names of all the dogs and their owners. I decided to run back and look. There it was on the whiteboard down towards the bottom...Dave Roth. I walk back over and he's still in the same chair. I can't not say anything so I say "excuse me is your name Dave?" The man replies "Yes it is." I then ask him "Is it David Lee Roth?" and he says "well, yes it is." I couldn't believe it! How was he not being mobbed by a thousand people? I asked him a couple more questions. I also tell him I knew it was him from his voice and he says "ah yes, the rusty pipes." I tell him how I grew up listening to him and Van Halen and that it killed me living so many years with false rumors of him getting back with VH. I then asked him if they were doing anything more and he said in the next 7-8 months we'd be hearing from them. I asked for a picture and then shook his hand. He was very nice to me. He asked me where I was from etc. I couldn't believe it! I just met THE David Lee Roth. I wanted to scream and tell everybody. How could all these peaople not know he was there???? I left with a huge smile on my face.



Oh and Dave's the one with the beard...

Nice!!! Dave looks great!

Chrissy wrote:

Nice!!! Dave looks great!

He reminds me of Krusty the Klown when he killed himself off (for tax reasons) and became Rory B Bellows!

That is funny!!!!!!

He does have a million dollar smile!

That would be worthwhile! Much more so than the day I looked over at the patio area of my favorite beachside bar in Flagler Beach, and recognized Ed "Eddie Money" Mahoney.

Heard an interview with DLL last night and he said to exspect the new album in about 7-8 months with a huge tour to follow...

Chrissy wrote:

Heard an interview with DLL last night and he said to exspect the new album in about 7-8 months with a huge tour to follow...

DLL? Surely DLR. Good news though. Just hope they come over here!!!

Looks more like Michael Anthony with that beard!!!!

RFFB wrote:

Looks more like Michael Anthony with that beard!!!!

Get him in the band too!

Pete wrote:

RFFB wrote:

Looks more like Michael Anthony with that beard!!!!

Get him in the band too!

HELL YEAH!!!

Mr Anthony was actually a really big part of the VH sound...that bass growled