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Why David Lee Roth Told Eddie Van Halen to Play Fewer Solos
Alex Van Halen said David Lee Roth used to tell Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos. The drummer asserted that Roth’s ...
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Eddie Van Halen took 1,000 steroid pills before death, ‘If two’s good, 20's better’: brother
Eddie Van Halen struggled with addiction his entire life. After doctors gave him steroid pills to combat swelling after surgery to remove a brain tumor near the end of his life, the legendary ...
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Alex Van Halen Explains the Lore Behind Van Halen's Legendary 'No Brown M&M's' Rider: It Was No 'Power Trip'
The drummer's new book 'Brothers,' dedicated to his brother and bandmate Eddie Van Halen, is out now Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...
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Alex Van Halen gets candid about brother's health struggles, tension with David Lee Roth
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 fi ...
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Alex Van Halen Shares ‘Final Song’ He Wrote With Eddie: Listen
Alex Van Halen is sharing the last piece of work he made with his late brother, Eddie. On Monday, the musician shared a downloadable version of the instrumental track “Unfinished,” which is ...
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Eddie Van Halen recorded his Beat It solo in secret and his brother is still mad about it 42 years later
Alex Van Halen has revealed he's still angry over Eddie Van Halen's legendary guest spot on Michael Jackson's Beat It, which the late electric guitar legend recorded without telling his bandmates.
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My Brother, Eddie Van Halen: Alex Van Halen Tells All
Alex first quit drinking right after the 1986 death of his dad, Jan Van Halen, who, like his sons, was a gifted musician and an alcoholic. Eddie also made his first, instantly unsuccessful attempt ...
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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 ...
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Eddie Van Halen's brother wants AI to complete the band's unreleased music
Alex Van Halen is hoping his late brother Eddie Van Halen’s work with the band they co-founded, Van Halen, can continue on through artificial intelligence. In a recent interview with Rolling ...
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Eddie Van Halen Changed Rock History. Now His Brother Is Telling Their Story.
After Eddie died of cancer in 2020, Alex stayed quiet, but he’s breaking his silence in a new book. Alex Van Halen’s new book, “Brothers,” recounts the story of his personal and musical ...
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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 ...