# Alex Van Halen Releases "Brothers"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512 "2024-10-31T19:18:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512/1 "2024-10-31T19:18:46Z")

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I have the e-book, but after finding out he narrates it, I listened to it with a free monthly Audible trial. It’s good, but if you’ve read a lot of interviews (or heard/seen), there is a lot of quotations. I would have liked to have heard more about song development, but I did discover some new things. This only goes up until 1984, which isn’t an issue for me since I only listen to the original line-up.

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512/2 "2024-11-01T00:14:05Z")

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I heard a bit of his Fresh Air interview the other night. I’m not super familiar with their music beyond the radio hits but he struck me as a decent guy.

> **[Fresh Air for Oct. 29, 2024: Alex Van Halen remembers his brother Eddie](https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2024/10/29/fresh-air-for-october-29-2024)**
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> Hear the Fresh Air program for Oct 29, 2024

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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512/3 "2024-11-02T11:11:42Z")

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I liked this one even better, in part because its a video, and longer

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jWpAKwQ9Jc4/maxresdefault.jpg "Alex Van Halen Exclusive Interview W/ Ariel Levy | October 2024") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWpAKwQ9Jc4)