David Lee Roth Releases New Version Of Van Halen's Song, Atomic Punk

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JAKARTA - David Lee Roth released a new solo version of Van Halen's old song, Atomic Punk.

The new footage, as previously released; Everybody Wants Some!!, You Really Got Me, Dance The Night Away, Panama, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, and, Unchained was recorded on May 3 last year during a session at Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood, California.

Joining David in the studio was Al Estrada on guitar, Ryan Wheeler on bass and Francis Valentino on drums. A total of 14 songs were recorded in two hours. Music and vocals are tracked directly "without samples" and without Auto-Tune tone correction technology.

This new version of Atomic Punk comes 11 months after David shared a solo recording that he had never heard before from 2007, Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway, where he reminisced about his days in Van Halen.

The last song was recorded in 2007 with guitarist John 5 and drummer Gregg Bissonette for the never-released album.

Back to 2020, David put five previously unreleased songs into The Roth Project, an online comic narrated by legendary singer Van Halen, with John 5's music on guitar and bass, Bissonette on drums, Brett Tuggle on keyboards, and Luis Conte on percussion.

The songs Giddy-Up!, somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar And Grill, Alligator Pants, Lo-Rez Sunset, and Manda Bala were recorded at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, California.