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Van Halenare known for classic songs like \"Runnin' with the Devil, \" \"Panama, \" and \"Jump, \" but also for the drama surrounding the exits of its former members. While many have attempted to discover the secrets of Van Halen through an analysis of their musical role models, John Scanlan looks at deeper aesthetic and philosophical influences in Van Halen, a groundbreaking account of this extraordinary band.
Following the band's pursuit of the art of artlessness, Scanlan describes how they characterize what historian Kevin Starr terms \"Zen California\"—a state of mind and way of being that above all celebrates the now, and in rock and roll terms refers to the unregulated expenditure of energy and youthful exuberance destined to extinguish itself. Scanlan sheds light on key events and influences—the decaying of Hollywood in the 1970s; Ted Templeman's work as a producer at Sunset Sound Studios; Top Jimmy, a blues rock singer who performed at the Zero Zero club; and the building of Eddie Van Halen's Hollywood Hills studio in 1983—that show how 1970s California was the only time and place that Van Halen could have emerged. Along the way, Scanlan also explores the relationship between David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen, the climate of Southern California and its relation to a sense of cultural exuberance, the echoes of Beat aesthetics in David Lee Roth's attitude to time, Eddie Van Halen's bebop sensibility, and the real roots of the so-called \"Brown\" sound. An illuminating look at a classic rock group and the cultural moment in which they came of age, Van Halen is a book for fans of the band and the history of rock and roll.
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Brothers
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. Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy, Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen's love letter to his younger brother, Edward, (Maybe \"Ed,\" but never \"Eddie\"), written while still mourning his untimely death. 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 mom 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 behavior. 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 this country 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. Brothers includes never-before-seen photos from the author's private archives. -- Provided by publisher.
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Van Halen: Here, now
Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen, of the rock group Van Halen, have spent much of their time since their last tour ended in Jun 1992 putting together their new album, \"Right Here, Right Now.\" Their efforts are discussed.
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At an album release party last month, Alec Baldwin, the famous actor who now plays Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” said it best – Neal Barnard is Eddie Van Halen with a medical degree. By day, Barnard is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, runs a nonprofit organization and writes books about nutrition, including his latest, “The Cheese Trap.” A professor in GW’s medical school, a book about...
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