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Valerie Bertinelli has opened up about her relationship with Eddie Van Halen, admitting the Van Halen guitar god was “not a soulmate.” In a video shared via her Instagram account (which you can see below), the actress explained that she recently watched her son Wolfgang Van Halen’s episode of Behind the Music. “It was not easy,” Bertinelli revealed. “I’d stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons. One, seeing Wolfie’s pain. Two, seeing what a better job I could have done as a parent even though he turned out magnificently. I made a lot of mistakes. And three...
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Eddie Van Halen‘s friendship with rock journalist Steve Rosen dated to 1977, before the release of Van Halen‘s self-titled debut album, and continued into the 2000s. They’d often spend time talking and jamming in a Hollywood Hills guesthouse and at Van Halen’s 5150 studio. Rosen chronicles those days in Tonechaser – Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen, which is returning for its third edition. “I chose that title, Tonechaser, because Edward once described himself in that way,” Rosen says. “I thought it was such a beautiful, fragile and poignant word for him to use in...
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Van Halen 3 producer Mike Post has revealed that Eddie Van Halen had to take over on drums in place of his brother Alex during the recording of the record. The 1998 album was the only Van Halen record to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals, and was the band’s first commercial failure. Post, who is best known for writing the theme songs to famous TV shows such as Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, agreed to work on the record to help his friend Eddie maintain his sobriety. “I knew the record wasn’t really good,” he admits. “I knew the record was kind of crappy. But it’s the way Ed...
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It was October 2020, and Eddie Van Halen had just died. His family decided to celebrate his life with pizza. “I didn’t want to believe it was happening,” his ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli tells People magazine. “Even while it was happening, I wasn’t believing it was happening.” Van Halen had been battling throat cancer when he passed at age 65, surrounded by loved ones in the hospital including his brother Alex Van Halen, Bertinelli, their son Wolfgang Van Halen and others. They found comfort in Eddie Van Halen’s favorite food. READ MORE: Ranking Every Van Halen Album “I forget who suggested it, ...
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After every performance, Wolfgang Van Halen can be found pointing to the sky. He says that’s a salute to his late father, Eddie Van Halen – and he has an emotional reason for continuing this tradition. The younger Van Halen now fronts his own solo project, dubbed Mammoth WVH, after a stint in Van Halen with his dad from 2006-2020. Eddie Van Halen died that year after a battle with cancer. Regularly paying tribute to him, even if it’s only through a simple gesture, remains vitally important to Wolfgang. READ MORE: Top 10 Van Halen Keyboard Songs “The reason I do what I do is because of my dad,”...
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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has detailed the emotional moment when Eddie Van Halen paid special tribute to “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott following the Pantera guitarist’s death. It was December 2004, just days after Dimebag had been tragically killed onstage during a performance in Columbus, Ohio. Benante was one of the many rockers to attend Dimebag’s funeral, and he was sitting with the members of Pantera when Van Halen approached. “We were in the family room. It was me, Vinnie was sitting with me, and Rex (Brown) had just gotten there, too. So Rex was sitting next to me,” Benante recalled du...
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The upcoming memoir of Alex Van Halen is a “love letter” to late brother Eddie, according to the first details to appear. Due on October 22, the book – simply titled Brothers – runs to 384 pages in hardcover format. Van Halen News Desk reported it had uncovered the product description, which is yet to appear on publisher HarperCollins’ website. The story will follow the Van Halens from their birthplace in the Netherlands to Pasadena, Calif., and their young lives with a strict but fair mother. After that, it will also include the kind of rock ’n’ roll stories one might expect from Van Halen’s ...
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Alex Van Halen will release a memoir titled Brothers in the fall, its publishers announced. Scheduled for Oct. 22, it’s to be available as a 384-page hardcover, a 720-minute audiobook and an ebook. No further details were revealed by HarperCollins, although the preview displayed the alternative titled The Brothers Van Halen. It’s likely the book will focus on drummer Alex’s relationship with younger brother and bandmate Eddie Van Halen. As kids they’d started out playing each other’s instrument before swapping permanently, and put their first band together in fourth grade. READ MORE: All 75 Da...
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