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.

Roth previously insulted Wolfgang with a video that alleged his success is only due to nepotism Alex Van Halen took no issue with David Lee Roth’s unsolicited digs at former bandmate Wolfgang Van Halen earlier this year.

“If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage,’” Alex said of that band’s hat-tipping to late singer Freddie Mercury on their recent tours with replacement singer Adam Lambert. “And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave f–kin’ popped a fuse.… The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.”

Alex Van Halen, who co-founded Van Halen with Eddie Van Halen, spoke candidly with Rolling Stone about how the proposed reunion tour fell through

Alex Van Halen will release his memoir, Brothers, on Oct. 22. Described as a “love letter” to the late Eddie Van Halen, the book will detail Alex’s one-of-a-kind personal and musical relationship with his brother, and the audio version will include previously unreleased music from the duo.

"Dave f---in' popped a fuse!" Van Halen rockers David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had a fraught relationship for decades, and that's what torpedoed a planned reunion tour following Eddie's death, the band's drummer Alex Van Halen,

Van Halen's Alex Van Halen claimed that an argument between himself and David Lee Roth almost turned violent and led to the cancelation of a planned reunion tour after Eddie Van Halen's death.

Rock fans now know why the Van Halen reunion tour never happened. In a very candid interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen revealed that it's because David Lee Roth-the band's lead singer-refused to pay tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen.