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When guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer in 2020, his older brother Alex was overwhelmed by grief. In the new memoir, Brothers, Alex looks back on his relationship with Eddie and the decades ...
Alex Van Halen's book, "Brothers," is a love letter to his guitar hero sibling, Ed. The legendary drummer talks to us about his ongoing grief.
Sammy Hagar believes that a big reason for the bad blood between him and Alex Van Halen is the drummer not being able to perform as he once did.
Alex Van Halen's book, "Brothers," is a love letter to his guitar hero sibling, Ed. The legendary drummer talks to us about his ongoing grief.
However, Van Halen was something different. The powerhouse hard rock band co-founded by Alex and his brother, Eddie, sold over 70 million albums during their nearly four-decade run.
Alex Van Halen recalled the time he set his arm on fire during a Van Halen show – and his roadie, who had an extinguisher, didn’t help him. It’s one reason why the drummer and late brother ...
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." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.
We continue our series featuring some of our favorite interviews from 2024, this time with Alex Van Halen and Selena Gomez. Alex Van Halen talks about his life and the career he built with his ...
Alex was a commanding presence onstage, especially in Van Halen’s early years (recall him bare chested, furiously bashing away behind a massive drum kit in the 1981 video for “Unchained ...
“It’s not about the dirt,” Van Halen, older brother and bandmate of the late Eddie Van Halen, tells Billboard. “If I start throwing dirt, it’ll never end.
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.