Alex Van Halen claimed that an argument between himself and David Lee Roth almost devolved into violence and ended plans for a Van Halen reunion tour after Eddie Van Halen's death. During a recent ...
Alex Van Halen said the moment David Lee Roth left Van Halen for the first time was the most disappointing experience of his life – until the death of his brother Eddie. The drummer’s upcoming ...
"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 ...
In Brothers – Alex Van Halen's eulogy to Eddie Van Halen – the Van Halen drummer captures the push-and-pull dynamic between lead singer David Lee Roth and the two brothers. Among other revelations, he ...
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 ...
Sharing his thoughts about the conflict within the band, Alex admitted that jealousy played an important part in Roth leaving Van Halen. In his book Brothers, the drummer wrote, “He couldn’t ...
In a new interview with Billboard, Alex reflected on the Roth era of Van Halen and explained why he values the work the band did during its initial run with the singer. “He was one of the three ...
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 is also unvarnished when discussing frontman David Lee Roth, whom he thinks was “angry at Ed for being too talented” and ...