"Well, we're not gonna release it in its embryonic form because it wouldn't make any sense. But I've been fortunate enough to have Steve Lukather, who was a good friend of Ed's, and we're working on putting a record together, but it has to be of the quality and the level of where we left it. Not just to say, 'Hey, here's some music that we made. If you like it, that's great.' No. It has to be the quality that we expect."
"Well, these are recordings that were going to be the next [Van Halen] record, and that were stopped because [Ed] didn't live that long... The drums are already recorded," he said. "The drums, the guitar and the bass are already in there. What we didn't have is a vocalist, and obviously the subtleties and the glue - we call it the glue or the spackle."
Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather are collaborating to complete unreleased and unfinished Van Halen recordings that were intended as the next album before Eddie Van Halen's death. The project will use existing recorded drums, guitar and bass parts, with Wolfgang Van Halen originally providing the bass performances. Lukather is contributing multi-instrumental parts and connective arrangements to finalize the tracks. Alex insists on delivering work that meets the band's established quality standards rather than releasing embryonic material. The team is now recruiting a singer to complete the recordings and provide necessary subtleties and sonic glue.
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