VAN HALEN's LOST ALBUM

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The lost Van Halen album with Extreme frontman Gary Cherone

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While I’ve talked about a lot of songs and records on my channel, it’s not very often I talk about “what if” stories: In this case were talking about Van Halen’s second unreleased album with Gary Cherone. This album, has been shrouded in mystery and speculation, and it represents a fascinating chapter in the band’s storied history. Despite the commercial and critical disappointment of Van Halen III, their first album with Cherone, the band intended on working on a follow-up album with the frontman. the only problem was that the wheels eventually came off the whole thing. Today, we’ll explore the background, the music, and the legacy of this record.

Gary Cherone joined Van Halen during a turbulent time. The band parted ways with frontman Sammy Hagar by 1996., Sammy claimed he was fired, while the Van Halen brothers claim he left on his own. Eddie claimed the split was due to Hagar not wanting to tour and disputes over appearing on the soundtrack for the 1996 film Twister. Sammy was about to have a baby with his wife, while the Van Halen brothers were dealing with medical issues, Eddie needed hip surgery while his brother was dealing with neck problems. Sammy thought the band should take some time off, The Van Halen brothers should address their medical issues and regroup to work on their next album.

But Van Halen soon got a lucrative offer to record music for the soundtrack of the upcoming 1996 summer movie Twister. The offer esulted in the number 1 hit song Humans Being but it proved to be the final song to feature Hagar for this era of the band.. By June of 96 Hagar left the group. Apparently another source of contention a The compilation record The Best of Both Worlds, which featured tracks from the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar era of the band. Here’s what Sammy told Loudwire.

According to Eddie in 1998, Sammy didn’t want to be compared to David Lee Roth with Eddie telling the knight rider news service that some of the band’s fans thought their 1995 record balance was there first record adding “We have 12 and 14 year old fans who don’t know the history of the band. We actually did it for the fans as opposed to what he says for the money. He himself has two greatest hits out adding in the same interview that Hagar was asked to be a team player and refused.

The group recorded two new songs with David Lee Roth for their Best Of-Volume 1 compilation – Can’t Get This Stuff No More and Me Wise Magic. Excitement grew about a possible reunion with Roth with the band making an appearance with the frontman at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV even started running welcome back spots, but Eddie later remarked the band was never planning on reuniting with David Lee Roth for a tour or new album and the press blew it out of proportion.

Behind the scenes, things were ugly between Dave and Eddie. The band talked in the press about the band focusing on eddie van halen’s hip surgery, while David th reportedly said “Tonight is expletive about me, not Eddie’s hip. All while this was happening Gary Cherone claimed he was already in the band. indicating that Roth may have been used to drum up interest in the band’s Best of -Volume 1 release. Cherone told Rolling Stone in 2012 s. I remember one morning getting up to go to the studio and no one told me all this press was interviewing the Van Halen guys because of the VMAs and all this stuff. They told me, “Gary, no one knows you’re in the band.” I remember bumping into a photographer from Japan and he knew me from Extreme. He goes, “What are you doing here?” I go, “Nothing.”

So how did Cherone end up in Van Halen to begin with. His band Extreme, who were best known for the song More Than Words had disbanded earlier in the year. In the summer of 1996 Cherone received a surprising call from his manager Ray Daniels to audition for Van Halen. It turned out he shared the same manager as Van Halen.

Cherone was shocked by the offer, but thought nothing would come of it, except for a good story to tell to people. He recalled to rolling stone landing in LA remembering “I got off the plane in the afternoon and I remember Mike Anthony came out,” he recalled. “I’d

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34 thoughts on “VAN HALEN's LOST ALBUM”

  6. This literally has made my morning , after a few months of me leaving you comments you really followed thru, lost media is a huge fanbase so thank you for covering this for Lost Media fans like myself and also a huge Van Halen fan all three versions of VH too

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  10. I actually believe that all iterations of Van Halen was & is important. Although VHlll was by far from the best the band did, it was a part of their history and legacy that, I feel, must be embraced if you're a TRUE fan. Thanks for sharing! 💙👊🏼

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  12. That's funny, Mitch Malloy also said he was technically in the band until he saw the MTV awards with Dave and decided to not pursue it anymore. So, they had Gary in the band at the same time already? Something doesn't add up.

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  22. I couldn't stand VHIII. I also thought the Without You video (with Eddie wearing the jester hat) was ALMOST as embarrassing as Billy Squire's "Rock Me Tonight" video. Just a TON of bad decisions lined up like dominoes.

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