UKnowMetal Podcast #002: Van Halen

On the show tonight, we bask in the mighty return of Van Halen! Listen in along with special guest "K.D." as we sample the first new full-length Van Halen record with David Lee Roth since 1984 as well as select songs spanning their entire career.

Download: 2012-02-17-UKnowMetal-Podcast (87min)

Van Halen's "A Different Kind of Truth" arrives in the No. 2 position on Billboard's Top 200 with 187,000 units sold the first week. Van Halen's set is the band's 14th consecutive top 10 album -- stretching back to 1979's "Van Halen II," which topped out at No. 6. The only release in the veteran act's catalog that missed the top 10 was its self-titled 1978 debut, which peaked at No. 19. The group's last studio record, 1998's "Van Halen 3" (with Gary Cherone on lead vocals), debuted and peaked at No. 4 with 191,000 in its first week.

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van-halen.com
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