VAN HALEN’s final studio album, “A Different Kind Of Truth,” has returned to streaming platforms.
The 2012 LP was removed from streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, in October 2022 without any explanation.
Last October, VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen told SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that VAN HALEN’s 2012 LP—the band’s only studio record Wolfgang played on—was no longer on streaming platforms due to “some people involved” who “do not like that record.”
“The contract ran out on putting it up on streaming services,” Wolfgang said. “So we’ve been working on getting it back, but there are some people involved who do not like that record and are not making it easy to get it back up.”
When asked if these “people” making things difficult were involved in the record, Wolfgang confirmed: “Yeah.” When host Eddie Trunk prompted, “Might that person commonly be known by three initials?” apparently referring to singer David Lee Roth, Wolfgang replied, “Probably. I mean, yeah, you can put it together.”
“I hate to say it, because people will think I’m making stuff up, but it’s like, man, I’d love to have the record back up there, but [Roth] doesn’t like it and he’s not working with us to get it back up there,” Wolfgang explained. “So I hope people who like it have a physical version of it. [Laughs]”
