Completely Conspicuous 369: Light Up the Sky

Part 2 of my conversation with author Greg Renoff about his upcoming book on the early days of Van Halen. Show notes: - Check out Greg's Van Halen Rising page - Book is out Oct. 1 - Getting blurbs, reviews, photo permissions - Publisher ECW Press released Neil Peart's books - Book will feature previously unpublished photos - Backyard parties were how the band grew - New VH tour on the way - Greg: Had an inkling it would happen - Roth's solo career - Greg: Became a VH fan because of "Jump" - Roth stopped focusing on vocals after first few years - New live album's shaky vocals - Modern production techniques - Is there a new studio album on the way? - Next up for Greg: Possible work on unnamed artist's autobiography - VH has a passionate fan base - Afterword talks of the band's legacy   Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!   The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling by Text-Enhance" href="http://compcon.libsyn.com/"> at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.