Slash has a bit of insider knowledge about the new Van Halen. The guitarist spilled the beans to U.K.’s Rock Radio, according to Blabbermouth.net.
“They’re finishing [up their new album right now], actually,” he said. “I don’t wanna speak on their behalf, but one of the guys that works for us works for Van Halen in the studio and he told me that they’re in the mixing stages.”
Of course, Slash has got an album of his own in the works. The former Guns N’ Roses axeman said he’s in the writing stages for the follow-up to his 2010 solo debut.
“The band is so great and Myles [Kennedy] is one of the most fantastic singers I’ve ever worked with or even seen or heard; he is amazing. So we are actually knee-deep in writing for the next record. We’re all going to perform on it. It’s gonna be really, really good; the material we have is awesome.”
Slash said the album will be released in 2012, although fans might get a preview of some songs at one of his live shows.
“The thought [of debuting some of the new tracks on tour this summer] has crossed my mind, so if there’s something that’s developed enough to the point where we can pull that off, then we will, ’cause I think that’d be a cool thing to do,” he said.
He also discussed what happened with Corey Taylor when the Slipknot/Stone Sour singer tried out to be Velvet Revolver’s new frontman.
“There is a lot of controversy over this one. Corey came down and we had kept it pretty quiet and then word got out that we had worked with him,” he said. “And we did write some songs with him and made demos and all that kind of stuff, but it just didn’t end up working out. But then word got out about him coming down way after the fact. So then it became this new rumor that was six months behind schedule. But it didn’t end up working out.”
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