Alex Van Halen names famous singer he has in mind to perform unreleased Van Halen music
Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 in 2020
Alex Van Halen has revealed the singer he hopes might sing on unreleased and unfinished Van Halen music, saying: āIdeally, itād be Robert Plant.ā
Drummer Alex Van Halen, 71, formed the band with his guitarist brother Eddie Van Halen in 1972. Two years later they added bassist Michael Anthony and singer David Lee Roth to the group and went on to become one of the most successful rock bands of the late 1970s and 1980s.
Their self-titled debut album was a hit in 1978, and they followed it with the blockbuster record 1984 (named after the year of its release), which included classics such as āJump,ā āPanama,ā and āHot for Teacher.ā
Eddie Van Halen drew particular praise and became widely recognized as one of the most skilled and celebrated guitarists of all time. He died in 2020 at the age of 65 after being diagnosed with throat cancer.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen revealed that there is a large amount of unreleased music in the Van Halen vaults, but very little of it is finished.
āTheyāre all little pieces,ā said the drummer. āA bunch of licks donāt make a song.ā

Van Halen went on to say that heās approached OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, to see if they could analyze āthe patterns of how Edward would have played somethingā in order to generate new guitar solos.
Elsewhere in the interview, Van Halen outlined how a proposed 2022 tour, which would have featured guitarist Joe Satriani, fell apart over David Lee Rothās refusal to dedicate part of the show to a tribute to Eddie.
As a result of the rift with Roth, Van Halen said he hopes to recruit former Led Zeppelin frontman Plant to sing on any new music, despite the fact the pair havenāt spoken since 1993. āIdeally, itād be Robert Plant,ā he said. āYouāre gonna think Iām out of my f***ing mind, but when conditions are right, things will manifest.ā
Van Halen also said he wants to produce a biopic about his bandās rise to fame, although fans shouldnāt expect to see it in cinemas too soon. āItās just a long-term plan,ā he said. āI mean, to put things in perspective, the Queen movie took 30 years to make.ā

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