Ear of Newt and the Tapes Archive present the Alex Van Halen 1995 interview

By Steve Newton

Here’s a special treat for all you Van Halen freaks out there–even the ones who liked the Sammy years.

For the first time ever the entire audio of my 1995 interview with Alex Van Halen is being offered to the public for free, thanks to a partnership between Ear of Newt and The Tapes Archive, a podcast created by American documentary filmmaker Alan Berry,

So grab a Pilsner, sit back, and enjoy what I consider one of the most enlightening interviews I’ve done since first pushing the RECORD button back in The Year of Our Lord, 1982.

(Please just ignore the part in the intro where it mistakenly says that Bruce Fairbairn produced For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. As most hardcore Van Halen fans know, Fairbairn actually produced 1995’s Balance, the band’s final album with Sammy Hagar.

Our bad.)

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