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"Even though it took a couple calls to convince you it was actually me on the phone, you killed it." Quincy Jones, who died Sunday, never forgot his infamous phone call …
It was Jones who had the honor of calling Van Halen to request ... creation of the Frankenstein Superstrat and his line of ...
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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 ... “He also said that he wrote Eruption and came up with (Eddie’s custom guitar) the Frankenstein Strat,” Wolfgang said.
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‘5150’: the album that turned Van Halen into dad-rock
Never for a second did Van Halen try to mellow themselves out during their prime. No matter whether Eddie picked up an acoustic guitar ... But once Hagar entered the fold, he had some gigantic shoes ...
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Eddie Van Halen Almost Hung Up on Quincy Jones’ ‘Beat It’ Call
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 ...
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Van Halen's Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth nearly came to blows before canceling reunion tour
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 ...
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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
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 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 ...
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Valerie Bertinelli Hasn't Read Alex Van Halen's Book About Late Brother Eddie: 'Shaking Just Thinking About It'
Van Halen rocker Eddie Van Halen. “I am so excited to read it,” the actress said as host Barrymore, 49, held up a copy of the book. “It’s been sitting in my house now and I look at it ...
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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, sold over 70 million albums during their nearly four-decade run. It was Alex ...
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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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Alex Van Halen memoir
When guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer in 2020, his older brother Alex was overwhelmed by grief. In the new memoir, Brothers, Alex looks back on his relationship with Eddie and the decades ...
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Alex Van Halen Says 'I Owe My Life' to Wife Stine, Who Helped Him Kick Drug Addiction in the 1990s
Alex, the legendary rock band's drummer, unpacks his relationship with Stine in his new memoir Brothers (out now), written in honor of his late brother and bandmate Eddie Van Halen. In Brothers ...