Sammy Hagar says there’s some unfinished Eddie Van Halen jams in the vault from his time in Van Halen, and, with a little work, they could be turned into something.
He says they need to be fleshed out with background vocals or new lyrics, but he adds that he’s “leery about doing that.
“The legacy of Van Halen is so great, and – prior to me joining the band – the legacy is pure greatness: Eddie’s guitar work, the band’s playing, the songs.
“Anything left over wasn’t good enough to be on those records. I don’t care what anyone says; putting out [unreleased music] wouldn’t do anything, other than make someone a little money. But I know Eddie had a ton of [unreleased] jamming stuff he made on cassette tapes, because that’s how we wrote songs.
“So, maybe,” Hagar teased. “Who knows what they could put together?”
Van Halen’s last studio album, A Different Kind of Truth, with David Lee Roth on vocals, was released 10 years ago today — February 7th, 2012.
REUTERS PHOTO
