Van Halen Producer Confirms New Album?

Van Halen’s much rumoured new producer has seemingly confirmed that he is working on a brand new studio album from Dave Lee Roth & co.

John Shanks posted a mysterious Tweet on his Twitter page that simply said "Here we go kids... vh” followed by a photo of what looks like an Eddie Van Halen signature model amp head.

Shanks was "outed” as the new album’s producer last November when a Van Halen fansite got hold of some information about the record, including the fact that they were recording it at Shanks’ Henson studios and at their own 5150 studio.

Unofficial fansite Van Halen News Desk reported in December the members of Van Halen were "very eager to tour, and that they want to tour behind new material. Eddie Van Halen has been very busy during most of 2010 writing music," reads a posting on the site. "Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen often join Eddie in the 5150 studio and the three of them have been hard at work jamming and recording demos. The three Van Halens have been sending the music to David Lee Roth, who's adding the lyrics." Two of the site's "sources" have "heard some of the early versions of the tracks (without vocals) and were very pleased. The music is said to sound like straight ahead rock 'n' roll and 'very Van Halen.'" In addition, "the band is re-exploring Eddie's extensive library of unreleased songs and riffs, even reaching back to their early unreleased demos for added inspiration. The band is retooling and tweaking some of this mostly-unheard, incredible music, which have completely new lyrics from Roth. Eddie is even considering developing a song or two from the material that he wrote for 'The Wild Life' movie score in the mid-1980s."

(Blabbermouth)