Original Van Halen vocalist recalls his late pal, explaining that working with the iconic guitarist was “better than any romance.” [he] ever had.’

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David Lee Roth found a job with Eddie Van Halen “better than any love affair.” Roth has revealed how much he misses his late bandmate, who died in 2020, although the pair often clashed while working together in Van Halen.

“My dear late Ed. Boy, I miss him. I was at the ball with Ed. Walt Disney once said, “You know what? My romance with Mickey Mouse was better than any romance I’ve ever had with a woman.” he said to “Show Roth“.

“I gotta tell you, playing with Ed, writing songs with Ed, presenting these songs with Ed was better than any of my novels. And I think that some of these songs can go on forever – or until the last syllable. time, as Shakespeare said. They have become hymns. Where are Jump playing now?

Roth, who last played with Van Halen in 2015, also spoke about the creation of Jump. He said “I remember when he played [‘Jump’] on the keyboard below. I said “No.’ Well, we reflect the times, and the times at that time were guitars, guitars, guitars; and ‘Jump’ was one of those hybrids.”

Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Eddie had recorded the guitar parts for a scheduled gig. Chris Cornell cooperation. One of the later garden sound former frontman collaborators Pete Thorn – who toured with Cornell and played guitar on some of the songs on his 2009 album “Scream” – claimed the two rockers were close to working on the track together.

Appearance on “The Mitch Lafon and Jeremy White ShowHe said on the podcast, “They were buddies… Eddie always wanted to do something with Chris musically. He liked his voice and said, “Dude, I love him.” We’ve always talked about doing something together.” ”

During the “Scream” sessions, Thorne helped create versions of “Long Gone” and the title track, and it was at this point that Cornell thought about bringing Van Halen on board. He added, “[Cornell and I were] I remember in the parking lot listening to them in my car and he looked at me and said, “Hey, what do you think if we get Eddie to work on this?” ”

Cornell tragically took his own life at the age of 52 in May 2017.