Patty Smyth was offered the chance to be the new singer of Van Halen when David Lee Roth left in 1985, and she turned it down, a decision she regrets.

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 ...

When guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer in 2020, his older brother Alex was overwhelmed by grief. Only 20 months apart in age, they had grown up together as "a ...

While Van Halen had a reputation as the ultimate party band, this album changed their course towards dad-approved rock and roll.

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers.

Alex Van Halen stopped by the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City, California, on Thursday for a Live Talks Los Angeles event to promote his newly released memoir Brothers and discuss his ...

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What led you to do the book? Van Halen: There’s a lot of things that were left on the table, so to speak. I got the feeling Ed and I never got to complete what we came to the planet for -- that ...

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I’m a self-proclaimed shoe snob. I own well over 20 pairs of sneakers, and while I know nobody needs that many, they’re my go-to footwear for every outfit, even dresses. My collection is ...

Alex Van Halen is reckoning with his past in his new memoir "Brothers" about his relationship with Eddie Van Halen. Among the many revelations in the book that delves into his life with his ...