{"id":2207381,"date":"2025-12-21T08:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2207381"},"modified":"2025-12-21T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:55:57","slug":"finally-no-sam-versus-dave-debates-a-new-van-halen-album-features-eddie-alex-and-wolfgang-van-halen-playing-classic-tracks-without-a-vocalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/finally-no-sam-versus-dave-debates-a-new-van-halen-album-features-eddie-alex-and-wolfgang-van-halen-playing-classic-tracks-without-a-vocalist\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFinally, no Sam versus Dave debates.\u201d A new Van Halen album features Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen playing classic tracks without a vocalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"66f14288-8fe6-40ec-9a31-8744e2fccd31\">Ever wondered what Van Halen would have sounded like with no Sam or Dave?<\/p>\n<p>Well, wonder no more. Writer and filmmaker Andrew Bennett is selling rare recordings from the band\u2019s rehearsals at Eddie Van Halen\u2019s 5150 studio. Titled <em>The 5150 Sessions,<\/em> it contains tracks cut between November 2006 and January 2007 featuring Ed and his brother, Alex, joined by Ed\u2019s son, Wolfgang.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"66f14288-8fe6-40ec-9a31-8744e2fccd31-2\">The tracks date from the period after longtime <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-bass-guitars\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-bass-guitars\">bass<\/a> guitarist Michael Anthony had been dismissed, but before David Lee Roth rejoined the band for their 2007 reunion tour.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFrom the collection of writer and filmmaker Andrew Bennett during his time documenting Van Halen as Wolf joined the band in 2006 and into 2007 leading up to the reunion tour,\u201d the description reads. \u201cThese recordings are from rehearsals at 5150 from November 2006 to January 2007, recorded straight to the 5150 soundboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEddie, Alex, and Wolfgang Van Halen were rehearsing full set lists twice a week, and since this was prior to the return of Dave these recordings are performed with no singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, no Sam versus Dave debates.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"87c0dcc7-3cbb-47c9-a154-d2421dd81925\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1626px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:79.09%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/L3WvknCBmuYaFSninCptJA-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Courtesy Facebook)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"a784ead2-1e7a-414f-befd-a9ae93484e99\">The 10-track LP includes the songs \u201cUnchained,\u201d \u201cAtomic Punk,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/guitarists\/michael-anthony-on-aint-talkin-bout-love-and-punk\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/guitarists\/michael-anthony-on-aint-talkin-bout-love-and-punk\">Ain\u2019t Talkin\u2019 Bout Love<\/a>,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m the One,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/news\/someone-tried-to-use-quantization-to-fix-van-halens-runnin-with-the-devil-and-completely-ruined-it\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/news\/someone-tried-to-use-quantization-to-fix-van-halens-runnin-with-the-devil-and-completely-ruined-it\">Runnin\u2019 With the Devil<\/a>,\u201d \u201cPanama,\u201d \u201cRomeo Delight,\u201d \u201cHot for Teacher,\u201d \u201cOn Fire,\u201d and \u201cSomebody Get Me a Doctor.\u201d Samples of each song can be heard at the site.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-uzCpCERvfqpJUpPCRUEnt8\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-uzCpCERvfqpJUpPCRUEnt8 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Bennett posted about the release on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrew.bennett.58958343\/posts\/pfbid022hD6HLuVKrf2rFPdqyXn7cjDD3cMR2N4KvpkNTDjubErfewm7xugYHPnX67iGxeNl\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrew.bennett.58958343\/posts\/pfbid022hD6HLuVKrf2rFPdqyXn7cjDD3cMR2N4KvpkNTDjubErfewm7xugYHPnX67iGxeNl\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">his Facebook account<\/a>, fans responded, with several saying they\u2019ve received their copies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2e101d0f-2f91-4b7c-89d5-9cc432c08ccf\">Bennett is the author of the photo book <em>Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days &amp; Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen<\/em>. The book is a self-published chronicle of the two weeks he spent filming Van Halen in 2004 and living with him from 2006 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The author and filmmaker previously posted about about the <em>5150 Sessions<\/em> album on Facebook <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrew.bennett.58958343\/videos\/1301495644843111\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrew.bennett.58958343\/videos\/1301495644843111\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">in July<\/a>. In addition, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vanhalen\/comments\/1nr6mn2\/5150_sessions_vinyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vanhalen\/comments\/1nr6mn2\/5150_sessions_vinyl\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">a now three-month-old Reddit thread<\/a> reveals that the record has been in some buyer&#8217;s hands for several months.<\/p>\n<p>There is no word from the Van Halen camp at this time about the album or claims of copyright.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bennett previously ran afoul of Van Halen in 2018 after he shared footage of his time with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-electric-guitars\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-electric-guitars\">electric guitar<\/a> virtuoso online. At that time Van Halen successfully filed an injunction to halt its release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nwindow.vanilla.addJs(\n{\"id\":\"main-js\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\\\/guitarplayer\\\/1504212\\\/media\\\/shared\\\/js\\\/main.CDyskNFN.bundle.js\",\"async\":\"\"},\nnull,\n)\nwindow.vanilla.addCss({\"href\":\"\\\/\\\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\\\/guitarplayer\\\/1504212\\\/media\\\/css\\\/guitarplayer.min.css\"})\nwindow.vanilla.addJs(\n{\"src\":\"\\\/\\\/connect.facebook.net\\\/en_GB\\\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\",\"defer\":\"\"},\n1000,\n1\n)\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.guitarplayer.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what Van Halen would have sounded like with no Sam or Dave? Well, wonder no more. 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