Alex Van-Halen: Last News

Sammy Hagar has hit out at Alex Van Halen skipping the “Van Hagar” era of Van Halen in the latter’s recent memoir, Brothers.Released in October, Brothers chronicles the famed Californian band’s first 12 years, ending before the departure of vocalist David Lee Roth. The memoir also omits Hagar’s time with the band, the temporary line-up with Gary Cherone and their eventual reunion with Roth.Hagar, who fronted Van Halen twice – between 1985 and 1996 and again from 2003 to 2005, took to social media to share his thoughts on Brothers, and why he thinks his omission from the memoir is “blasphemy”.A post shared by Sammy Hagar (@sammyhagar)Earlier this week, Hagar took to Instagram to post a photo from 1991 of himself with Eddie Van Halen.

Eddie Van Halen.In September, it was reported that the last song the siblings ever wrote together would be included in the audiobook version of Alex’s new memoir, Brothers, with Alex sharing a brief clip of the track with fans on Instagram alongside a series of family photos.While the drummer has previously been absent from the public eye following Eddie’s death in 2020, he made a rare statement and shared his motivations for writing the book.“This is my tribute to my brother; my way of saying goodbye,” he said. “Ed, I love you and miss you.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Following the death of his brother Eddie Van Halen in 2020, drummer Alex Van Halen had plans with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth to stage a tour. But, according to an interview with Rolling Stone, Alex claims that it came crashing down after Roth refused to incorporate a tribute to Eddie in their set.

Ozzy Osbourne, when he almost became the lead singer of the band.After stints by David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Extreme’s Gary Cherone, the group was between frontmen circa 2001 when its namesake brothers, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, were in talks for Osbourne to bring his signature wail to VH. “When you get a dog, you don’t expect it to be a cat,” Alex told Rolling Stone in his first interview since guitar god Eddie’s death in 2020.

Van Halen could have had new additions to their line-up over the years in Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, and Joe Satriani, Alex Van Halen reveals.The former drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band is set to release Brothers, a memoir of his life with brother Eddie – who passed away in October 2020 due to complications from throat cancer – from childhood to 1984, when the band’s first line-up with David Lee Roth ended.In an interview with Rolling Stone published today (October 15) promoting the book, Alex reveals more moments from the band’s storied career over the decades – for one, how Osbourne was originally tipped to front the band in 2001.Alex and Eddie had met Ozzy with wife and manager Sharon Osbourne to lay out plans for him to record an album with the band. “When you get a dog, you don’t expect it to be a cat,” Alex tells Rolling Stone, noting that the brothers were open to the implications of the former Black Sabbath frontman joining their band.

Eddie Van Halen.It was recently reported that the last song that Alex and Eddie Van Halen ever wrote together would be included in the audiobook version of Alex’s new memoir, Brothers.While the drummer has previously been absent from the public eye following Eddie’s death in 2020, he made a rare statement sharing his motivations for writing the book.“This is my tribute to my brother; my way of saying goodbye,” he said. “Ed, I love you and miss you.

Eddie Van Halen ever wrote together will be included in the audiobook version of Alex’s new memoir Brothers.Alex was the drummer and co-founder of Californian hard rock legends Van Halen, who he formed in 1972 with his younger brother, lead guitarist Eddie.The drummer has been largely absent from the public eye since the death of Eddie in 2020 at the age of 65, but is preparing to release his memoir on October 22 via HarperCollins – pre-order your copy here.And now it has been revealed that the audiobook version of the book will feature a special treat for Van Halen fans: as Alex narrates his story, it will be soundtracked by ‘Unfinished’, the final track he and Eddie wrote together.Speaking about the motivation behind writing Brothers, Alex has said: “This is my tribute to my brother; my way of saying goodbye. Ed, I love you and miss you.

Led Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham once tried to punch Van Halen’s Alex Van Halen, Jason Bohnam, John’s son, has revealed.John died in 1980 and now his son, who is also a musician, has shared memories of a frosty first meeting he had with Alex Van Halen 40 years ago – and revealed he only found out why it was tense years later after hearing about an incident between his dad and the Van Halen drummer.“My wife and I went to Donington – Monsters of Rock – AC/DC, Van Halen. And I got to meet Alex that day,” Jason recently told KSHE 95 (via Far Out Magazine).

Sammy Hagar reflected on the key to Van Halen's massive success during his years with the rock band. The 75-year-old singer joined guitarist Eddie Van Halen, Eddie's brother and drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist/vocalist Michael Anthony in 1985. At the time, Van Halen, co-founded by the Van Halen brothers in 1974, was already one of the biggest rock bands in the world.

Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar wishes he could get the band back together. The rocker spoke about the memories he has with the group, telling USA Today, "I cherish them more than ever." Hagar joined Van Halen, founded by the late Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony after the departure of lead singer David Lee Roth.  After a successful run with the band from 1985-1996, Hagar and the other members of Van Halen parted ways on not-so-great terms. "What happened with us at the end is just such a shame," Hagar said of the breakup.

Wolfgang Van Halen – the son of the late Eddie Van Halen – has elaborated on why a tribute to his father ultimately fell through.In an interview with Rolling Stone, journalist Brian Hiatt inquired as to a prospective tribute concert – which was slated to feature Joe Satriani and drummer Alex Van Halen, Eddie’s brother and co-founder of Van Halen. The tribute was leaked to the public via former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, who mentioned it in an interview back in April.Wolfgang, who was the bassist in the last formation of Van Halen, confirmed that there were plans in place – although, according to him, the tribute was “in such an early stage that it never even got off the ground.”“What I can say is that there was an attempt at doing something,” he said.

David Lee Roth alluded to coming out of "retirement" and plans to return to the stage with a "Van Halen" tribute band after performing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the weekend. The 67-year-old "Van Halen" lead singer was spotted leaving the Los Angeles International Airport where he admitted he was "only in the middle of my first retirement" months after canceling a Las Vegas residency due to the coronavirus. Roth was the original vocalist of the hard rock band which formed in the early ‘70s with late guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Mark Stone.

Fall Out Boy, High On Fire and Russian Circles have covered Van Halen – listen to it below.It’s part of Jordan Old’s video series Two Minutes To Late Night, which sees musicians gather remotely to cover classic songs.Jordan Olds brings together Matt Pike, frontman of Sleep and High On Fire, alongside Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley and Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan.You can listen to the cover of Van Halen’s 1981 ‘Unchained’ here:Back in October, Wolfgang Van Halen paid tribute to his father Eddie to mark the first anniversary of his death.The Van Halen guitarist died from throat cancer on October 6, 2020. He was 65 years old.He said he was “trying to my best here without [Eddie], but it’s really fucking hard”.“You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away,” Wolfgang added, “It’s just so unfair.”A memorial plaque to Eddie Van Halen was unveiled in his hometown of Pasadena, California later that month.

It’s time to stop running with the devil. Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth announced his retirement will begin after his final concerts.

David Lee Roth is retiring.

David Lee Roth is ready to call it a night.

Wolfgang Van Halen has responded angrily to rumours that he is set to take over his recently deceased father’s lead guitarist role in Van Halen in a new incarnation of the band. “This is just a shitty lie attempting to capitalise on these awful times”, he said on Twitter.Originating in a Facebook fan group, the rumour was then shared by the website Metal Sludge on Twitter.

died on Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 65.Eddie's son and bandmate, Wolfgang — whom he shared with ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli -- announced the news on social media.«I can't believe I'm having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,» he shared.

David Lee Roth, 65, is the latest star to share a touching tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died at the age of 65 on Oct. 6 after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. The on-again, off-again lead singer of Van Halen shared a black and white photo of himself standing backstage next to the late star as they held hands and smiled at the camera. “What a Long Great Trip It’s Been..” his simple yet powerful caption for the post read.

Eddie Van Halen died at just 65 years of age on Tuesday following a long battle with throat cancer.

Eamonn Holmes takes HMRC to court over £250,000 bill after losing case“I’ll love my son no matter what but as a parent you want your children to have lives that are free of pain,” he added.“I was afraid being a bassist would add difficulties at every step and he would flee from music and become a jock or worse.”Wolf replaced Michael Anthony in Van Halen in 2006.From 1974 until 1985, Van Halen consisted of Eddie; Eddie's brother and drummer Alex Van Halen; vocalist David Lee Roth; and bassist Michael.Tonight, Wolf took to Twitter to announce the news of his dad’s death.He wrote: “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning."He was the best