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In one of the great “what ifs” of movie soundtrack history, Eddie Van Halen almost appeared on the soundtrack for a movie in ...
Van Halen's last tour took place in 2015, with the band comprising Alex, Eddie, Roth along with Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced Anthony on bass in 2006 after the latter's departure in ...
Alex Van Halen will release the last-ever song he worked on with Eddie Van Halen in the audiobook version of his upcoming memoir. Brothers is set to arrive on Oct. 22, with the spoken-word edition ...
Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 in October 2020, leaving the world without its greatest post-Sixties guitar hero, and Alex without his brilliant, maddening, agonizingly sensitive baby brother, his ...
Alex is about to publish a book, the frank, funny memoir Brothers, tracing his life with Eddie from their childhood to the end of the original Van Halen lineup in 1984. He took on the project in ...
Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers.
Eddie Van Halen, left, and brother Alex perform as Van Halen rocks at Staples Center on June 1, 2012. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) By Marc Weingarten. Oct. 21, 2024 3:38 PM PT .
Alex Van Halen is shedding light on his brother Eddie Van Halen’s addiction to prescription pills. In his first interview since Eddie’s death, Alex, 71, explained that his late brother, the ...
The world knew him as Eddie Van Halen, guitarist extraordinaire. But to Alex Van Halen, he was Edward, maybe Ed, but never Eddie. He was also a best friend, the sensitive soul who “couldn’t ...
Alex and Eddie founded Van Halen in 1972 alongside David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony.As tensions grew between Alex and Eddie, Roth left the rock band in 1985 to pursue a solo career.
Eddie Van Halen, left, and brother Alex perform as Van Halen rocks at Staples Center on June 1, 2012. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) If rock music history has taught musicians anything, it is ...
Alex Van Halen will release the last-ever song he worked on with Eddie Van Halen in the audiobook version of his upcoming memoir. Brothers is set to arrive on Oct. 22, with the spoken-word edition ...