More isolated Van Halen tracks
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
“Feel Your Love Tonight” & “Loss Of Control” guitar tracks, and “Panama” backing track for guitar, which means all you hear is Drums, Bass, Vocals (and unfortunately the audience singing along from the Guitar Hero game).
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:57 am
This is sad. The only news on the VHND site are some track posts on youtube. Quite maddening really.
I can’t believe DLR has been mute since the end of the tour.
Ed’s hand has healed. He’s married. Wolfie’s graduated. So the decks are clean, right? Didn’t Ed mention that there will be news after these events? What. Guitar Hero posts?
Forgive me, I’m not known as an impatient guy – but if I had access to the 5150 studio, a great drummer, a promising young bass player and musician, and a great vocalist and frontman, I reckon I could have at least told my fans I had something brewing.
Maybe he has writer’s block. It can happen. In that case all I can say is Ed go back and listen to some of the stuff from the vault – talk to Alex and Dave. Get inspired again. The world is a shittier place without VH.
Or at least let us know you’re up to something.
p.s. Get Ted Templeman and Donn Landee involved…despite yourself!”
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:27 am
Damn, these are fun to listen too : D
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:06 am
Well folks, it’s been one year since Ed once again, promised new music. Yes it was 2/3/09 that those reports came out. Still waiting big Ed.
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:25 am
Do you guys save the “where’s the new music” rants then paste them in to the comment field. or do you re-write them everytime?
Notice the flub early in Feel Your Love Tonight?
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
No shit. Will you people please stop complaining about the fact that there isn’t a new album in every single story that VHND writes? Jesus.
These are guitar only tracks are INCREDIBLE. Give me more rare stuff from Van Halen 1978-1984! These isolated guitar tracks are as close to a new album as we’re going to get. Plus, they are from Van Halen’s PRIME.
Some of you people sound like broken records who think that Van Halen coming out with a new album will solve all your problems. Would you rather have a new album over the band releasing old stuff that you haven’t heard before?? I’d much rather hear the old stuff from when they were HUNGRY.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Anybody know how these tracks come about? Are they from guitar-hero? Or is it some clever software that can somehow extract tracks? Because there are so many different tracks out there on the tube. It would be cool to have like an entire VH1 album without Eddie (seriously!), so that guitar-players could play along with the band; not the guitar-hero thing, but *real* guitar-playin’
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Love the Eddie-less Panama track. Hearing Al and Mike do their thing puts a differant spin to a track that you always hear on the radio. If only they could give us some OU812 tracks, then we would possibly hear Mikey’s bass in the mix. Oh, wait, I forgot, that’s Van Hagar, and that doesn’t exist in the current Van Halen universe. Better luck next time.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:49 pm
To all Impatient VH fans, I would like to hear a new album just like the rest of you. Usaully when a band is silent for a while they are usaully having sessions and are in pre-production state. Wolf has been probably beefing up in the gym to better his stage presence and Ed was recovering from hand surgery, who know’s right! Anyway, they are probably working hard just not letting anyone know about it, Have faith in them. they will be back.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
This just in!!! Van Halen IS hard at work!!!!
They’re hard at work STILL counting the millions of dollars they raked in from all of the fans they teased with the 9-month reunion tour in 2007-2008 with nothing else on the horizon.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
To teach VH a lesson, let’s all boycott any new music that comes out! Yeah!
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
andym=douchbag
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Douchebags…please save your complaints. Adam and FAMAC nice job attempting to dispel this unfortunate recurrence of idiotic dribble, but it’s not gonna work. These tracks ARE extremely cool…btw. And yeah, iwannaberr that sounds like a fantastic idea…boycott. Intelligent suggestion, I think it might make an impact. (fuckin’ bullshit)
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Hey, folks who insist on whining about new vh material.Just ignore everything anyone says to you.Matter of fact ignore posting anything cause your just gonna look like a douche.Better yet skip the urge all together to even come to this site cause your just gonna get beat up.Just tryin’ to help out.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Hey, I’m digging the isolated tracks too, don’t get me wrong… but there are some amazing unreleased demo tracks and songs they played at highschool concerts that never made on on any albums. Like those songs they recorded on Gene Simmons demo tape: “Babe Don’t Leave me Alone” and “Let’s Get Rockin”… then there’s this jam, “Voodoo Queen” that they later took the guitar riff from to make “Mean Streets”, also the demo song “Bring on the Girls” which later became “Beautiful Girls”. Then there’s a bunch of stuff floating out there from the early 70′s – “Brown Sugar”, “Glitter”, “We Die Bold”, “Down in Flames” but IMO, the crown jewel is this song that David Lee Roth wrote himself, composed and even played the guitar!… and get this, it’s a ballad (!) It’s called “Angel Eyes”. Really groovy track. There’s a shit load more too — all you VHND gurus gotta let me know what your favs are as well.
If you haven’t heard these before, most if not all can be found on youtube.
All those that are crying for new music (myself included) can look back at all the stuff we might have missed the past three decades. Would be awesome if they digitally mastered these on an album but yeah… Shit ain’t happenin.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Iwannaberr, Are you apart of the PMRC? Boycott?!
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Phillster: damn, let it die already man.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
No news is good news when it comes to VAN HALEN! Remember back in 1999 we heard reports that dave was recording new songs with the group and then nothing happend! Let’s hope they are being silent so they can give us the fans the best album possible! I mean,why wouldnt eddie want to make a album with wolfie?
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
If u listen closely u can hear the vocal track on Eruption…………………
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Tbop: “Didn’t Ed mention that there will be news after these events? What. Guitar Hero posts?”
You do realize that Van Halen has nothing to do with this site, right? You people seem to think that it’s VH that’s pumping out all the stuff on here, but they’re not involved.
If you’ve been reading this site as long as I have, you may remember the mid to late 90′s, when updates were few and far between. (Incidentally, Holy Crap. I’ve been reading this site for going on 15 years o_O) Basically only when the band actually did something that was newsworthy.
At least now, there’s something new to read every few days, even if it isn’t about new music (or even about VH sometimes). It’s a heck of a lot more than you get from the glossy brochure that’s sitting at van-halen.com
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I just plugged in my 2007 reissue Gibson Melody Maker, the one with 2 pickups and the fat 1959 shaped neck. I routed it out and installed 2 Seymour Duncan ’59 humbuckers with zebra coils.
Not into my big Marshall, but my little Fender Vibro Champ XD. Ran thru all the licks and riffs I knew. It sounds like the early albums, 99%. Now if only I could learn all the rest.
It also nails sounds of Zeppelin, AC/DC, Sabbath, Skynard, Leppard and basically the 1970′s & early ’80′s. You don’t have to buy Eddie Van Halen’s products to get “Brown Sound”…
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Glad you’re showing some confidence .omeara….best of luck.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:24 pm
ikethebird….fuckin hilarious
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:37 pm
New music, are you kidding me??
Van Halen just made $90 MILLION for one years work touring. Even if they only split half of that, that’s at least $10 million each before taxes.
Ed and Al just bought $100,000 plus Audi R8′s, each. Dave is probably off flying helicopters or travelling.
It’s called living.
Ed is just placating the fans telling them new music is on the horizon.
What is Ed supposed to say? Hey everyone, we just made a small fortune and I will be having fun doing whatever I want, when I want. Pass the ahi sashimi.
Whats the point of making it, if you cant have fun spending all that stinking cash.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I’m not usually a conspiracy theorist but this is too obvious. How can Diamond Dave be so silent before, during and after the reunion? I’m the biggest VH fan out there but I’ll bet Crazy Eddie’s lawyers made Dave sign some lucrative agreement to keep hush. Of course there’s no news because NOTHING is happening except time passing Van Halen by. The interest level is getting smaller day by day, sad to say!
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
VHIII_1998, I’m not sure if your post was tongue-in-cheek. If it wasn’t, I don’t understand why you would think that about VH. None of the other breaks produced much of anything more than frustrated fans.
As much as I’d like to hear new music from VH, I can say all the griping about the lack thereof, is pointless and old.
More to the point, this backing stuff is pretty dang cool! Keep it coming.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:49 pm
OMFG!! Loss Of Control. Awesome!!!
Everyone should stop whining and just enjoy.
Better grab these vids quick before Warner Bros shuts
homeboy down.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
STOP THE DRAMA!!! Why continue with the same old whinny bullshit???? What’s the point???? Shit, just kick back and enjoy the existing kick ass catalog of songs VH has given us fans!!!! Some of you need to take a chill pill, smoke some weed, get drunk or get laid, do what ever it takes so you can mellow out and quit all the repetitive fucking crying and complaining!!! In other words some of you uptight cats need to pull the stick out of your asses!!!
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Coolness.
I miss the 70′s.
Where did U buy those clogs Edward?
PS. U guys played some killer shows. In front of all those people. I remember too when i was that young.
I now prefer flour tortillas Over corn. I like soft Tacos too. I don’t want to try and persuade your opinion though.
Let’s just say I HAVE THE PICK OF DESTINY
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I’d love to hear the bass, drums and vocals tracks only from “Girl Gone Bad”
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
FYI: Dave Mustaine cites “Feel your Love Tonite” as his fav halen jam…he thought the riff was genius and Eddie’s prowess with song structure was amazing.
February 4th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Just hope the rumor of Alice in Chains touring with them this year pans out. Patience…..grasshoppers.
February 4th, 2010 at 1:16 am
RON: Yeah I hear you man, I know this has nothing to do with the band – I mean christ if we’re talking updates I remember the official VH site being stale for like….YEARS! It was just a LOGO!! Thats one reason why these unofficial sites started, like classicvh.com etc.
I suppose I put that comment out there just to see gauge what people are thinking, and perhaps, y’know Wolfie or Ed may pass by these sites and read the posts. I dunno!!
By the way to the people who think this is all whinging and moaning – as a guitarist I’m very happy to listen to these solo tracks. Saves me sticking my head in the left speaker trying to work out what he’s doing!!
I just wouldn’t mind hearing some of the vault stuff/noodles properly recorded. Proper versions of Bullethead etc. Jeeze man its a guess but there must be a triple album in there!! That would be the ultimate!
with AVH solo – evil!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZosgcifUILE
February 4th, 2010 at 5:37 am
Sheesh, I didn’t mean to upset everybody. That’s the first time I mentioned new music, and that’s only because it’s been a year to the day that Ed promised….again. Yes, it’s odd that it’s so quiet, but maybe the media doesn’t think anyone cares anymore. Wolfie in the gym? Doubt it. Ed recovering from one thing or another? Probably. Dave doing whatever the hell he wants? Of course. Mostly it was winter and holidays that kept them quiet. I’m as disgusted and tired as anyone waiting for new music. I’ve been waiting since January 1984. No it won’t be the same. If they had anything good, they would have put it out already. Just a pipe dream.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:03 am
it’s funny how some dude’s on this site say “mike is gone let it go ” or “move on already” but cream their jeans when something over 30 yrs old comes out and then reads into it that the new music and tour is on the way. just a thougt i had. it is early in the morning.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:51 am
All the people crying for new music is just proof that VH is the best band out there.
What other band does that happen to? Nobody gives a crap if other rock bands make a new album.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Ron, I remember coming to this site and seeing an update every 6 months or so. Unfortunately, that was when Ed was in really bad shape and most of the posts were about him ignoring fans at events and such. The person who ran the site finally stopped because nothing happened. We have come a long way since then. Granted, many of the posts now are youtube and whatnot, but at least it’s something.
The BEST part is Ed is sober, married and happy. Mike and Sam are happy together too because they are in a functioning band. Good for all of them. I sound like a broken record when I tell people it’s just music and people need to chill. I’d rather Ed be putting out no music and being sober than killing himself and making porn music.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Jeff, you are correct. there was alot of nothing going on between the last break, however look at the circumstances, they didn’t have much success keeping Hagar around and the sad thing is that on the new songs they released it sounded like they had good chemistry, what I posted was an optimistic view of what may be going at the VH camp, personally I could give to shits what they do. They may not release an album due to the fact all the napster fags down loading music rather than buying an album.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:31 am
It’s OK DAVE,… I, and many, many, fans are with you. But, some people who post on here think they’re judge and jury. They are not. We all have the right to complain or compliment as we wish. We’re all just fustrated by the lies and being misled by the words and actions of the band. Why cant’ VH simply state the truth and answer the questions?? We can handle the truth.There’s no need for the drama.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:46 am
FAMAC – I can’t hear any flubs in FYLT. Where is it? Just wondering! Thanks.
February 4th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Tony – I know, those unreleased songs are cool. Some parts of those songs have been used to make other VH songs. They’ve been floating around in bootlegs for years and you can find them on other websites. Sometimes I forget about ‘em. Cool stuff. I can’t remember “Angel Eyes” I’ll have to look those up again. Thanks.
Loss of Control is such a kick ass song. I’ve always loved Eddie’s guitar playing in that song. I guess that’s not saying much.
Man, I can’t get enough of these isolated tracks. I wish I had the ability to isolate the vocals, bass, lead and rhythm guitar parts to ALL of the VH songs. If only I could live in 5150 for a while. I would need a giant cauldron of coffee because I would never want to sleep. I would be at the control panel noodling around, messing with stuff for days. And secretly releasing Eddie’s stashes of music for everyone to hear. No, I wouldn’t dis the Kings work like that but it is frustrating knowing that King Edward has tons of music just sitting there. Hopefully it will all come out someday. Maybe Wolfgang really is a blessing to the band in a way. I bet he would like the world to hear ALL of his Dad’s Awesomeness. C’mon Wolfie help your Dad get that stuff out to the masses.
February 4th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Ron – AMEN!!! At least someone else gets it that VH doesn’t read this site!! And I assure you, Tbop, the band members do NOT read a fan site like this.
DiamondDave and D Alexander – kudos for you guys understanding reality. Nice work!
Phillster – I’m glad you got your hands off your junk long enough to type a not-so-intelligent reply to my post.
Note to all – Maybe they should rename this site the “Van Halen History Desk” since there really is no “news”…ever.
February 4th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
What’s with all the vintage/classic VH news?
Is there anything new going on with them?
Did ya’ll run out of VH stuff to talk about?
February 4th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Panama Red: Hell yes! I’m sure there’s some fantastic treasures in the basement of 5150.
Ah yes, real honest-to-goodness “news”… wouldn’t that be great. Sometimes I fear the next real news story will be “EDDIE VAN HALEN DIES at age…” Then all we’ll be left with is his long legacy of hit songs and a SHIT LOAD of unreleased stuff. I can see Wolfie going through and finishing all the stuff for years.
Ed’s said a couple times in interviews how much he despises other people making money performing his music and downloading these tracks for free on the internet.
There’s a good way to remedy this – (release them on an album).
Hope it’s while you’re still alive.
February 4th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Chris.Omera
Welcome to my world in 1985 dude.
February 4th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Interesting- please elaborate- co
February 4th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I like the isolated tracks as I play by ear and it helps me learn the songs faster than the studio albums.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Hmmmm. No one from the band reads this site? Sure about that? I’m willing to bet someones relatively recent bride is posting some “hey knock it off haters” type posts undercover. Maybe yes…maybe yes.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Who cares if they read it? No offense, but it would be good for them to know the fans are restless and they shouldn’t wait forever to apease them, and tyhat we don’t want wussie singers or porno music…
February 4th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Being outspoken doesn’t mean someone is a “hater” either…
February 4th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Thanks Keith. Here’s an idea…..let Wolfie run this site or even VH’s own site. He is young and up to date with My Space, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Maybe he could feed us relevant info. I’m happy so many people are at least following on here to see if anything ever does happen. One thing is for sure, free downloading/file sharing has helped (along with Mtv, and other crap) ruin and nearly end music all together. Watching the Grammy’s was just painful. Like Alice Cooper says…”I get it, you’re angry/whatever, but where’s the song? The songs are joyless, uninspired, garbage. THAT’S why I care so much when VH is going to release new stuff. If there was good music out there, I would have stopped caring what Ed does a long time ago!
February 4th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Ok, so these guitar only tracks are pretty sweet..not gonna lie..and since its bringing up the whole new album stuff…if i read it right, Ed said he was hesitant on writing new stuff because it is coming out of his pocket..or something like that. It was in the Guitar World issue with he and Iommi on the cover. just thought i’d throw my two cents into the mix.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
i think its a little earlier to predict his death
10 years ago i would have put him dead in 5 years
but his wife and son saved his life!
cool.
February 5th, 2010 at 8:21 am
I’m one outspoken s.o.b. and I’m oretty darn proud of it!
February 5th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Not to belabor the point, but any guitar with a Duncan ’59 will nail the sound if played thru a tube amp. Eddie’s original humbucker on his white/red/black guitar came off a 1961 Gibson ES-335. It was a P.A.F. (patent applied for).
Ed’s idol Allan Holdsworth played a Gibson SG with PAF’s then sunk them into a Strat. Upon selling the Gibson he used Dimarzio PAF’s which he said were close, but when he tried the Duncan ’59s he couldn’t tell the difference between them and the Gibson pickups.
I know Ed modified his pickup, but I don’t think it changed the basic bandwidth from the sound of it. I can get VH sounds all day long with my ’59′s (I’m not getting paid to say it). Billy Duffy from The Cult said “I don’t like those Hot-Rails-To-Hell pickups. They’re all raunch and no tone”.
Pickups are for tone, tone-chasers. Amps give you more tone AND some raunch if you push them. Thanks for listening…
February 5th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
“Remember when music made you smile?”
-David Lee Roth
February 5th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
no problem chris, you are obviously a great student of the EVH school. I enjoyed the history lesson…again. All of this information was well publicized by Guitar Player magazine over 20 years ago. I do not think the Peavy Wolfgangs replicate that old tone as well. I have two of them. I wonder if the Fender Wolfgangs or the Frankenstrat replicas do?
I personally wrecked quite a few duncans dipping them in surfboard wax in my day. I got the burn scars on my stomach to prove it!
February 5th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Hey these tracks are unbeleivable. Makes Eddie 10 x a better guitarist than even thought he was. So tasteful its unreal. And for all you people who are criticizing Ed for not getting something new out there for you at your apparent timetable? here is a news flash – he doesnt give a crap. neither does dave. they dont do this stuff for you. so get a life, or better yet, acheive 1/1000000th the success they have and then you may bitch. Unbeleivazble
February 5th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
My guitar buddies used to call me “George Washburn Carver” because I was always chiseling out Strat bodies and trying to mod my amps in my quest for the Brown/Plexi tone.
It’s actually way easier than what I was trying to make it…
I forgot one last thing, that Seymour Duncan basically duplicated the humbucker from Jeff Beck’s 1959 Les Paul in designing the ’59. I don’t know if it was the one he recorded “Truth” with, or if it was his oxblood ’53 with humbuckers installed, but I’ve always received a consistant classic blues/rock/jazz tone every time I’ve bought one over the years, and any VH fan will appreciate the tone…
February 5th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Before logging off, I’d sure like to hear the Guitar Only track for “Hear About It Later”… amazing guitar on that one…
February 5th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Wait! It’s already out on YouTube with Ice Cream Man! Yeah, baby! Thanks, MasterTracks!
February 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
They blocked Ice Cream Man… WMG…
February 5th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
“Remember when music made you smile?”
-David Lee Roth
Great quote Dirty Duck. Makes my earlier point exactly.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Right on dave!
February 6th, 2010 at 8:28 am
I think these tracks prove that we are “very lucky” to have been exposed to such stellar music growing up. Makes you realize how sad it is knowing that kids today have no rock star idol’s and nothing to really “get into”.
I’m a big fan of all music. Sure my love is rock but I’ve always had an ear for good tunes. People say the 80′s sucked musically but I beg to differ. I remember turning on MTV as a kid and there would always be something intresting on. ALWAYS! I’d see a video for michael jackson one min…the next Van Halen….the next The Beastie Boys…the next Duran Duran…the next Pat Benatar. This was also before MTV became a joke and a shadow of itself. Music was fun. It meant something. It was riding around on your bmx bike holding your radio blasting the latest cool song. Making mix tapes….shit, “taping” songs off the radio! I would stay up all night and listen to EVERYTHING on the radio. From rock stations to “rap attack” on WBLS and KISSFM. You became a part of the music and groups were a mystery. YOU DIDNT KNOW EVERY F’IN THING ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE ROCK BANDS AND IT DIDNT MATTER! Where’s the mystery today? Everything is so in your face you dont have a chance to absorb it. Get into it. It’s whatever’s popular and who “looks good” doing it.
This is why I’m very grateful for VH and many other rock groups I’ve grown up with. They had style, attitude, musicianship, and above all, a LOVE for the music.
February 6th, 2010 at 8:42 am
That is what VH music is all about baby…having a good time wherever you may roam!!!
February 7th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Being a massive Alex Van Halen fan, it constantly blows my mind how great Alex is. His playing on some of the isolated tracks in others posts are a fresh reminder of Alex’s status as one of the greatest rock n roll drummers. But listening to EVH’s guitar work on Loss Of Control and Feel Your Love Tonight is amazing. Eddie’s rhythmic and phrasing are just out of this world. Someone said on this site the difference between Joe Satriani and EVH. Joe might (presently) have a profound technique and came probably play things more consistence, but he cannot write or come up with what Eddie does. He is true pioneer and innovator, Joe is like the rest of them, behind the 8 ball!! Eddie’s is so far ahead of the rest it will take 100 years from now for the world to really appreciate the musical master of the genius of King Edward Van Halen.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Hear About It Later – the very best VH tune of all time. And since you mentioned Jeff Beck… I will be 2nd row on 2/19 at MSG with Clapton!
February 7th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
It was cool watching Beck from far away with Santana at Sandstone Ampitheatre, but the close up in the new DVD was almost like being there… I built up a Strat just for playing Beck/Gilmour on… We need one like that of the VH Reunion tour…