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. 'A remarkable memoir' Classic Rock 'A
highly emotional read' Guardian 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 mum 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 behaviour. 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 America 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 famous 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.
