Alex Van Halen has shared that he is currently collaborating on a new album with Steve Lukather.
The iconic drummer, who formed Van Halen with his younger brother Eddie Van Halen in 1972, spoke about his latest musical plans during an appearance on the Metal Sticks podcast.
“I’m getting ready to do this record with Lukather and a couple of other people,” Van Halen told host Nicko McBrain. “It should be exciting.”
Van Halen have not put out a studio album since 2012’s A Different Kind Of Truth, and the band have remained inactive following Eddie’s death in 2020 from complications related to throat cancer. He was 65 years old.
Last year, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that Alex was working with Lukather on a selection of unfinished Van Halen material. At the time, the drummer explained that Eddie and Steve Lukather “were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can.”
Alex has previously suggested that there is still a substantial amount of unreleased music stored away, estimating that “three or four” additional Van Halen albums could be created from recordings kept in the band’s vaults.
Speaking on the Talk Is Jericho, he said: “There was some good stuff in there. And you have to remember, when in the thick of it, sometimes the really great stuff kind of passes you by. And it's not until you revisit it going, ‘Whoa, I forgot about that. This kicks ass.’
“But that takes time. And you wanna do it right. I wanna do it right.”
