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Van Halen may sign to Interscope for first Roth-fronted album since 1984
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 14 November 2011
Van Halen are back with their (almost) original line-up and set to release their first album together for decades. David Lee Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, and Eddie’s son Wolfgang (he being the non-original member, taking Michael Anthony’s place) have been working on a new record, the first Van Halen album with Roth on vocals since 1984, and the latest word is that it will now be released by Universal’s Interscope division.
Warner Music has released Van Halen’s output for over three decades, but it’s been known the band have been shopping around for a new label for the new record for several months now. It was thought they were doing a deal with Sony’s Columbia, but the Hollywood Reporter said last week Universal had gazumped their rival, mainly because Roth – who has separate management and legal representation to the rest of the band – wasn’t happy with the Sony deal.
All that said, Interscope is yet to comment on the rumours.
