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Sammy Hagar recalled a song he’d written that Alex Van Halen dismissed – only for the drummer to regret it soon enough when he heard the final version.The singer had offered the track to Van Halen as they worked on the record that would become 1988’s OU812; but the drummer wasn’t interested, dismissing it out of hand. That was until he heard the finished version of “Eagles Fly” on Hagar’s […]
Alex Van Halen has opened up about the final moments of Eddie Van Halen’s life.During an appearance on the All There Is With Anderson Cooper podcast, the Van Halen drummer admitted his brother’s death felt shocking despite a long battle with cancer.“None of us really thought he was gonna die,” Alex explained (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “He'd always bounced back. He had the most incredible DNA that I've ever seen in […]
According to his brother Alex Van Halen, there's a nickname that Eddie Van Halen hated, and that was actually what those outside their inner circle often called him - "Eddie."Talk Is Jericho host Chris Jericho referred to Van Halen as "Ed" as that's how he was often addressed by his bandmates, though to the world he was often known as Eddie."He hated it," admitted Alex Van Halen to Jericho. "He's lucky […]
Michael Jackson once paid Steve Stevens a huge compliment. The guitarist only discovered later it was the same one Jackson had previously given Eddie Van Halen.Stevens had never worked with anyone but Billy Idol when he got the call from producer Quincy Jones to work on Jackson's Bad album, which arrived five years after 1982's Thriller. Stevens admits to being apprehensive about the gig, but he soon discovered there was […]
Mitch Malloy has previously discussed his brief stint with Van Halen in 1996 – but in a new series of comments he said he was still upset that anyone had ever found out about it, and was also upset that he’d been left on his own to deal with the public fallout.The singer has released a new version of “It’s the Right Time,” which he demoed with the band while […]
Eddie Van Halen considered hanging up when producer Quincy Jones called to ask if he'd perform the now-famous solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It."Assuming that it was all a prank, Van Halen unknowingly unloaded on the music legend. "What do you want you f---ing so-and-so!," he recalled yelling into the phone during a 2012 CNN interview. "What the hell do you want?" When Jones explained who he was, Van Halen […]
Which was the better post Van Halen split album - David Lee Roth's Eat 'Em and Smile or Van Halen's 5150? That's our Chuck's Fight Club battle on Loudwire Nights this week.It was the breakup heard round the world as there was no bigger drama in the mid-'80s than the divide between guitar rock powerhouse Van Halen and their charismatic vocalist David Lee Roth. After Roth's Crazy From the Heat […]
Alex Van Halen stopped by the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City, California, on Thursday to promote his newly released memoir Brothers and discuss his tenure in Van Halen and growing up with his brother Eddie Van Halen.You can see a few of UCR's exclusive photos and watch snippets of the conversation below.Talking to writer Ariel Levy, who collaborated on Brothers, Van Halen reflected on David Lee Roth's inauspicious first audition for the band, which took place circa […]
Alex Van Halen said David Lee Roth used to tell Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos.The drummer asserted that Roth’s increasing jealousy over Eddie’s popularity led to the singer quitting the band in 1985.“He couldn’t handle the fact that Eddie was getting more attention than he was,” Alex wrote in his memoir, Brothers. “He kept asking Eddie to play fewer guitar solos. Dave was convinced he was going […]
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