Eddie Van Halen’s younger brother Alex Van Halen is opening up about his late sibling’s addiction to pills in a rare interview, his first since the rocker’s 2020 death.
“If two’s good, 20's better. That was our mantra,” the Van Halen drummer told 'Rolling Stone' of Eddie’s drug usedrummer, 71, spoke about how the loss is still “more than fresh” four years after Eddie’s 2020 death. , after a years-long battle with cancer, his son Wolf, now 33, confirmed on Twitter at the time. Eddie was 65.
Alex Van Halen Says David Lee Roth 'Popped a Fuse' at Idea of Eddie Van Halen Tribute, Ending Future Tour Plans"You know, he fought until the end," Alex told the outlet. "Anybody who thought he was anything less than that can suck my you-know-what. … If you knew what he had to go through to beat the cancer — he wouldn’t do traditional treatment. Some of the off-the-wall s--- caused such a toxic mix in his body.
“I was yelling and screaming. I was beside myself,” he said. “I just miss him. I miss the arguments. I live with it every day. And I can’t bring him back. I can’t make things right.”to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.. The book recounts “his life with Eddie from their childhood to the end of the original Van Halen lineup in 1984,” according to the outlet.
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