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Alex Van Halen gets candid about brother's health struggles, tension with David Lee Roth
As a band, Van Halen pioneered musical techniques (just listen to Eddie’s then-unheard-of finger tapping on “Eruption” or Alex’s engine-purring double bass drum opening on “Hot for Teacher”) while blitzing rock fans with “Jamie’s Cryin ...
Alex Van Halen says reunion tour axed because David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to Eddie
A proposed Van Halen reunion tour was scrapped after singer David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to the band’s late guitarist Eddie Van Halen, his brother says. The group’s 71-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen made the revelation in a new interview with Rolling Stone.
Hear the Full Version of Eddie and Alex Van Halen’s ‘Unfinished’
Alex Van Halen has released the full version of “Unfinished,” the last song he wrote with Eddie Van Halen before the guitarist’s death. The six-minute piece – subtitled “Between Us Two” – had been teased ahead of its inclusion in the audiobook version of Alex’s memoir Brothers, which is published today (Oct. 22).
Alex Van Halen Shares ‘Final Song’ He Wrote With Eddie: Listen
Alex previously told Rolling Stone he had a ton of unreleased music in the vault, but “a bunch of licks don’t make a song"
Van Halen's reunion tour was canceled because David Lee Roth refused to pay tribute to Eddie, Alex Van Halen says
"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,
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Alex Van Halen doesn’t ‘sugar coat’ complex relationship he had with Eddie in new book ‘Brothers’
However, Van Halen was something different. The powerhouse hard rock band co-founded by Alex and his brother, Eddie, ...
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“The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. A dicey title”: A deep dive into the Van Halen catalogue
In a much-discussed excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Brothers, Alex Van Halen writes to his late brother: “The world’s ...
Eddie Van Halen Changed Rock History. Now His Brother Is Telling Their Story.
The guitarist and drummer formed the core of the powerhouse band. After Eddie died of cancer in 2020, Alex stayed quiet, but ...
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How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists'
One exception comes on Eruption, from Van Halen's debut album, which is simply 102 seconds of molten-hot finger work, as Eddie dive-bombs over the fretboard, incorporating both classical ...
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Watch this dude paint his Toyota pickup like Eddie Van Halen's guitar
Eddie van Halen is one of the greatest rock musicians around, and his Eruption guitar solo alone puts him in the pantheon with the best of the best. Artist Ryan Humphrey was looking for a ...
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Eddie Van Halen's son is 'hurt' by the Grammy's brief tribute to his father
During the tribute on Sunday, a small portion of Eddie's iconic "Eruption" solo played. A post shared by Wolf Van Halen (@wolfvanhalen) "The Grammys asked me to play 'Eruption' for the 'In ...
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When Van Halen released their self-titled debut album in 1978, fans hadn’t heard a guitar hero with such singular style since Jimi Hendrix shuffled off onto his final experience. Eddie Van Halen ...
Van Halen wanted to make an album with Ozzy Osbourne
Alex Van Halen reveals that Ozzy Osbourne was in the frame to front a new look Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and ...