Wolfgang Van Halen thinks it’s a “miracle” Van Halen’s final album was even made
In recent years, Van Halen’s final record, A Different Kind of Truth, has faced its fair share of controversy. Most points of contention come from former frontman David Lee Roth, who has publicly slammed the 2012 release and allegedly even got the album pulled from streaming services between 2022 and 2024.
However, the slew of controversies hasn’t soured how the record feels to Wolfgang Van Halen. In a new interview with Noise11, the musician notes that A Different Kind of Truth was a “miracle” record that came together despite the odds.
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A mishmash of new tunes and “earlier demos recorded in 2009”, A Different Kind of Truth certainly wasn’t an easy record to piece together. “It took a long time…” Wolfgang admits. “A lot of [the tracks] were rooted in original demo ideas that were never completed. We thought it was a great way of getting the band back into that mindset of how they used to write music.”
“The fact that that record happened at all, I think, is kind of a miracle,” he notes. “But we pulled it off.”
Despite the difficulties, Wolfgang notes that the experience of using the old demos in the studio was like planting a “little seed” to then grow the record from. And it was one of the only chances Wolfgang would have to make a record with his father, Eddie Van Halen.
“I’m glad I got to at least do that once with Dad, have that making-an-album [experience],” he explains. “It was fun. It was a lot of work and it took a lot of time, but I’m very happy with how we got it done.”
Of course, David Lee Roth will probably never see the “fun” in the record. Last February, Roth posted a now infamous YouTube video entitled ‘Family Therapy..’ sharing his views on the 2012 release. In it, the singer labels the release as ‘dead on arrival’, ‘a complete faceplant’ and a sign of Van Halen being ‘kicked to the curb’.
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