Gary Cherone Has His Own Plans For The Coming Months (And No, They Don’t Involve Stalking Michael Anthony)

noah | August 14, 2007 12:03 pm
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The easiest go-to joke after yesterday’s long-delayed Van Halen reunion announcement involved the fate of Gary Cherone, who the brothers VH contracted for lead-singer duty on the floptastic Van Halen III. But according to Collider.com, Cherone has, in fact, been writing songs with none other than his ex-bandmate Nuno Bettencourt, who recently escaped the clutches of Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party:

I had an opportunity to chat with Gary and Pat from Extreme for a few minutes, and not only has Extreme written a special song to contribute to the Brad Delp tribute concert this coming weekend in Boston (Extreme is performing), but apparently Gary and Nuno Bettencourt have been writing together all year (perhaps preparing for a new Extreme album?) This would be fantastic news for longtime fans of the band. Stay tuned!

Sure, this could just be a case of both guys just trying to save face after years that didn’t go so well, but for that reason alone, I’d give an Extreme reunion a better chance of surviving into the holiday season than the Van Halen tour. (And yeah, OK, I’m probably looking forward to it more, overarching evangelical messages of some of the band’s songs–“Hole Hearted,” cough cough–aside.) Let’s just hope that Cherone forgot everything he learned in 1998 before the writing process started.

Collider attends the Hard Rock Café Boston Grand Opening [Collider, via Blabbermouth]