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About the Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halenis an American retired musician who was the drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, which was formed in 1972 by Van Halen and his younger brother Eddie under the name “Mammoth” before adding Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen.
Warner Bros. signed the band in 1977, and the band’s debut album was released a year later. Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following Eddie’s death, Van Halen released 12 studio albums, and the brothers were the only two constant members of the band.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Nobody sets out to make a bad record.
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There’s nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.
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We’re very needy people, you know.
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Van Halen is a work in progress.
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It’s part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we’d be at each other’s throats.
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Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn’t missed a beat.
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Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we’re done.
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You don’t leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.
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We’re having a blast. Just four friends getting together.
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You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you’d better do some good while you are here.
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Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we’re making music. It’s great.
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On a personal level, we all get along fine.
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There is a volatile mix, and that’s because we’re all intense. And there’s no denying that.
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Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band.
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Music is a dialogue.
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It’s unfortunate nine years were in between – you can’t take that time back; you can’t undo it.
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The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen.
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When the tour is done, that’s the end of the U.S. tour. We’ll regroup and see what we’re going to do.
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Some things are impossible.
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At our age, you don’t want to stop.
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Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.
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When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.
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