Alex Van Halen was one of the most interesting and enlightening interview subjects I've come across in nearly 40 years of rock writing.
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That time I asked Alex Van Halen how much longer he expected Van Halen to keep on rocking
By Steve Newton Back in August of 1995 I interviewed Alex Van Halen, legendary skin-basher for Van Halen, while the band was touring behind its Bruce Fairbairn-produced Balance album. That tour had been dubbed "The Ambulance Tour" by Eddie, due to his hip problems and Alex rupturing three vertebrae in his neck. So as the … Continue reading That time I asked Alex Van Halen how much longer he expected Van Halen to keep on rocking