Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony says he's looking forward to hearing his old bandmates new album. The rockers will release their new album A Different Kind of Truth on February 7 and it includes songs that Anthony helped write dating as far back as the 1970's.
While speaking with Planet Rock, Anthony said he has no intention of trying to score a writing credit on the album:
"I don't want to do anything. I just let it be," Anthony said. "And, hey, it'll be nice to hear some of those old songs again that I haven't played in a long time."
Newly returned vocalist David Lee Roth also recently spoke on the band's use of old demos telling the Los Angeles Times:
"It's material that Eddie and I generated, literally, in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Usually fellas in our weight division will kind of gamely - or ironically, wink, wink - try to hail back to it [but] keep a safe, mature distance from it."
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