VAN HALEN Members Talk About Band's Early Days; Another Video Posted Online

May 10, 2012

The fourth in a series of video clips in which VAN HALEN members Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth talk about the band's early days can be seen below.

VAN HALEN's new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth", has sold 373,000 copies in the United States since its February 7 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The CD is the band's first full-length offering with original singer David Lee Roth since "1984" was released in January 1984.

Roth exited the group in 1985, a year after its "1984" album was released. According to Billboard.com, "1984" spent five weeks at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 — VAN HALEN's highest charting set with Roth. (1996's "Best Of Volume 1" hits album, which included two new songs with Roth, debuted at No. 1 with 233,000 sold in its first week.)

VAN HALEN's other four other No. 1s were their four studio albums with Roth's replacement, Sammy Hagar: "5150" (1986),"OU812" (1988),"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" (1991) and "Balance" (1995).

VAN HALEN's previous all-new album, 1998's "Van Halen III", debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart and was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies, a disappointment compared to their previous platinum efforts.

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