Van Halen's Michael Anthony has recalled the time ... noting how “[Ward] didn't even flinch. He just kept drinking his beer.” Not fussed by games of arson himself, Anthony took to playing ...

He said, for those reasons, she viewed Van Halen’s music as a "disgrace" her entire life. In 2021, Alex told Modern Drummer he quit drinking in 1986 after his father, who was also an alcoholic ...

The Van Halen drummer's new memoir 'Brothers' is a love letter to late brother Eddie Van Halen Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Van Halen fans have debated the merits of David ... down a dirt road after what appeared to be a night of heavy drinking. "It occurs to me — this guy is doing the Cabo Wabo," Hagar wrote in ...

drinking heavily and smoking cigarettes incessantly — overwhelmed, Alex writes, by the burden of being called the greatest guitarist on the planet. Van Halen was diagnosed with neuropathy in his ...

Sammy Hagar plans to revitalize some Van Halen vibes on his upcoming summer tour. For The Best of All Worlds Tour, Hagar and his bandmates in The Circle – bassist Michael Anthony, a founding ...

His father gave it to him. Alex first quit drinking right after the 1986 death of his dad, Jan Van Halen, who, like his sons, was a gifted musician and an alcoholic. Eddie also made his first ...

Mr. Van Halen sounds familiar themes. At the height of his powers, he was “drinking from the moment I got up to the moment I went to sleep.” His brother didn’t stint either on booze or drugs ...

Alex Van Halen’s new book, “Brothers,” recounts the story of his personal and musical life with his brother, Eddie.Credit...Magdalena Wosinska for The New York Times The guitarist and ...