Description: In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen’s love letter to his younger brother, Edward, (Maybe “Ed,” but never “Eddie”), written while still mourning his untimely death.In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers’ childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother—the kind of mom who admonished her boys to “always wear a suit” no matter how famous they became—a woman who was both proud and practical, nonchalant about taking a doggie bag from a star-studded dinner. He also shares tales of musical politics, infighting, and plenty of bad-boy behavior. But mostly his is a story of brotherhood, music, and enduring love."I was with him from day one,” Alex writes. “We shared the experience of coming to this country and figuring out how to fit in. We shared a record player, an 800 square foot house, a mom and dad, and a work ethic. Later, we shared the back of a tour bus, alcoholism, the experience of becoming successful, of becoming fathers and uncles, and of spending more hours in the studio than I’ve spent doing anything else in this life. We shared a depth of understanding that most people can only hope to achieve in a lifetime." There has never been an accurate account of them or the band, and Alex wants to set the record straight on Edward’s life and death. Brothers includes never-before-seen photos from the author’s private archives.
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Publication Name: Brothers
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Title: Brothers
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
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Vintage: No
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EAN: 9780063265707
ISBN: 9780063265707
Release Year: 2024
Era: 2020s
ISBN-10: 0063265702
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Release Date: 10/22/2024
Book Title: Brothers
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Rock
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Alex Van Halen
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
