David Lee Roth interviews the Van Halen brothers part 2

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012VIDEO: David Lee Roth interviews the Van Halen brothers part 2

Van Halen have kicked off their 2012 tour in support of “A Different Kind Of Truth.”

http://www.hennemusic.com/2012/02/video ... an_21.html


The band’s North American tour runs through the end of June.

VH have offered up the second in a series of “interviews,” as David Lee Roth sits down with Alex and Eddie to discuss the band’s early years.

(Watch part 1 of the session here.)

The guys discuss the details of their first recording contract – very interesting stuff for musicians to take note of, even if VH experienced these things more than 30 years ago.

“They called it a Motown deal,” explains Eddie, “which was an 11-point deal; a point is 1% – not of a 100%, but 1% of 90%. And the basis for that came from the old days when 78s were delivered; upon delivery, approximately 10% of the product broke. So they paid you on 90% of the delivery. We had an 11 point deal and 3 points went to [producer] Ted [Templeman].”

“Ted still makes more money than I do on those first two records,” adds Roth.

“Oh ya,” says Eddie, “he makes more than all of us.”

[JTRock]

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