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Brothers

Auteur(s): Alex van Halen
Narrateur(s): Alex van Halen
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Featuring an exclusive, never-before-heard piece of music, the last written together by the legendary Van Halen brothers!

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.

Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen’s love letter to his younger brother, Edward, (Maybe “Ed,” but never “Eddie”), written while still mourning his untimely death.

In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers’ childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother—the kind of mom who admonished her boys to “always wear a suit” no matter how famous they became—a woman who was both proud and practical, nonchalant about taking a doggie bag from a star-studded dinner. He also shares tales of musical politics, infighting, and plenty of bad-boy behavior. But mostly his is a story of brotherhood, music, and enduring love.

"I was with him from day one,” Alex writes. “We shared the experience of coming to this country and figuring out how to fit in. We shared a record player, an 800 square foot house, a mom and dad, and a work ethic. Later, we shared the back of a tour bus, alcoholism, the experience of becoming successful, of becoming fathers and uncles, and of spending more hours in the studio than I’ve spent doing anything else in this life. We shared a depth of understanding that most people can only hope to achieve in a lifetime."

There has never been an accurate account of them or the band, and Alex wants to set the record straight on Edward’s life and death.

©2024 Alex van Halen (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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A story of brothers so close with the one missing the other and looking back with great insight and feeling. It was a great listen!

The emotion in looking back is palpable.

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A good read. Nice and tight. A touching tribute to Eddie and lots of good behind the scenes info.

Many of the stories have been previously told though unfortunately and although I think the Dave era is/was the true version of Van Halen, it would have been nice to talk about Sammy, etc. especially given how many Eddie/Sammy songs were very successful.

Definitely recommended either way.

Insightful and touching

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As the title says, Brothers is the theme throughout this story telling of their bond, brothers as thick and tight as twins. Alex guides us, starting in their beginnings in Netherlands and onto California where they share their passion for music and alcoholism with their dad joining him onto professional gigs which would turn into eventually their own band. The hard work and genuine intention of high quality music and lyrics they’d share with the world. The bond through their personal and professional lives never wavered. Both sharing with each other marriage kids and even addictions. The story telling of Van Halen ends after David Lee Roth departure and doesn’t talk about VH second act with Sammy Hagar. It ends summarizing their bond their brotherhood in the Ed’s death. He is loved and missed especially by his big brother Alex

As tight as twins

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It took me about a year to get around to reading this book. Sometimes life just gets in the way, but it’s an incredible story about a band I loved growing up. I like Eddie Van Halen was born on January 26, and when people used to say to me, did you know you were born on Wayne Gretzky’s birthday? I would say I don’t know who that is, but I know I was born on Eddie Van Halen’s birthday. It’s funny how getting through the chapters of this book I picked out. Weird little serendipitous characteristics that the two of us shared even though we never met like being night, people and drinking blue nun wine amongst a few other things. Bravo to you, Alex on a job well done and written from the heart.
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Beautiful well written story about two of the most beloved Brothers and rock music

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I feel like these guys were high school buddies of mine. Never met them, glad I didn’t. I wouldn’t have had the hindsight I have now. They made me laugh, but it was their music that truly moved me.
Al’s stories are revealing, educational, so personal. He is very brave. Both for writing this book, and for putting one foot in front of the other every day since Ed left.

I hoped I wouldn’t cry, but, of course, I did.

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