So Van Halen are (finally!) back with a new album 'A Different Kind Of Truth' due in early February (7th in the US) and this song, 'Tattoo' is the lead single. It is very much a family affair with Wolfgang Van Halen on bass with the master showman David Lee Roth back on the mic stand.

It has a classic Van Halen riff and those trademark harmonies on the chorus, with David Lee Roth speaking through a lot of the song but then that has always been one of his trademarks. Not as good as 'Me Wise Magic', one of the last new David Lee Roth fronted Van Halen songs from 'Greatest Hits Volume 1' but good enough to whet fans appetites for the new album and we have been waiting rather a long time for this...

Jason Ritchie