Van Halen made their first demo in 1976. In 2011, they finally finished the songs

Van Halen’s 1976 demo sessions with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons captured early versions of ideas that would later feed into the band’s music, but the tapes went unused for decades. In 2011, with David Lee Roth back in the group, the band revisited several of those songs for *A Different Kind of Truth*, turning old material into a new album.

The article says Simmons’s manager, Bill Aucoin, did not see enough appeal in the band and sent them away before they signed with Warner Bros. After the unsuccessful *Van Halen III* with singer Gary Cherone, the group began by recording three old demos: “She’s the Woman”, “Outta Space” and “Bullethead”. Eddie Van Halen said that project grew into a full record; the article presents the album as a way to reconnect with fans, though some songs were not substantially reinvented and the result was imperfect.