Alex Van Halen writes a memoir about his time in Van Halen. He spends a good amount of time on the early days, the formation of the band, and share his anecdotes about his brother, Eddie, and David Lee Roth. He does not spend much time after the band releases 1984 or the later years.

Learning more about Van Halen and their early years. It's really insightful as to how the personalities of Eddie and Alex were formed and reveals insights into those unique traits that formed their pysche.

Alex has a nice conversational voice and writes with a lot of emotion, making for a good read. It was hard to put the book down.

I think some of the unpleasant things the band did was kind of glossed over and I wanted more about the band after 1984 and the later years.

watch Van Halen videos.

It was a nice reaffirmation as to why I enjoyed Van Halen's music.

is Alex Van Halen. He was the band's drummer and his insights were, for the most, raw and poignant.

It really gives a nice historical perspective of the early days of rocks in the late 70's and early 80's.

Alex is honest, sincere, raw, brutal, and glossy in his telling of the band in this book. It's a solid memoir with wonderful insights and the pictures he included in the book are spot on for the material he covers.

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