Road Games (album): Difference between revisions

[[File:Roadgames.jpeg|right|200px]]In 1982, Allan moved permanently to California. Gary Husband and Paul Carmichael went back to England. Chad Wackerman was recruited via Frank Zappa, and Jeff Berlin had played with Allan in the Bruford band. At some point in the spring, Eddie Van Halen brought producer Ted Templeman along to a Holdsworth gig. Eddie insisted Warner should sign Allan, and Templeman relented. However, Allan, Eddie and Ted had very different ideas on making the album. Allan wanted to record his tunes with his regular band, and did not want any guest artists at all on the album, including Eddie. Eddie wanted to play on the record and push the music in a more popular direction, he was a big fan of the U.K. album. Ted only signed Allan as a solo artist, and wanted a different band, with all star singers and musicians, including Eddie, and probably more commercial material too. This led to a very poor working relationship.