Alex Van Halen on his 'Brothers' memoir: Rocker talks honoring Eddie Van Halen, avoiding 'dirt.'
“It’s not about the dirt,” Van Halen, older brother and bandmate of the late Eddie Van Halen, tells. “If I start throwing dirt, it’ll never end. I think some people would like that; that’s how projects are sold nowadays. I think it divides the audience, and we’re not here to divide. I think the tone of theand how I want the book to be perceived is more on a spiritual and creative level. That’s why there’s very little, or any, dirt in there.
Despite the acknowledged rancor with Roth over the years – and blaming Roth for the failure of a planned Eddie Van Halen tribute tour — Van Halen maintains that “I’m not angry at all with Dave. He was one of the three main components of the band. At the time we didn’t recognize it because we were constantly battling things out.
“I’m not interested,” he says. “They’re not doing the band justice. They can do what they want to do. That’s not my business.”Van Halen does add, however, that his auction of drum equipment and other items in June “was misinterpreted” and simply clearing out a warehouse of gear that wasn’t being used.
Fans are certainly excited about the presence of a new instrumental track, “Unfinished,” that’s part of the audio version ofIt hails from a trove of ideas the brothers recorded at Eddie’s 5150 studio and stashed away, and Alex anticipates releasing more of that material “when it feels right.” “People can ask whatever they like — that’s their prerogative,” Van Halen says. “It’s my prerogative to answer. Or not answer.”
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