Alex Van Halen's book, "Brothers," is a love letter to his guitar hero sibling, Ed. The legendary drummer talks to us about his ongoing grief.

"Dave f---in' popped a fuse!" Van Halen rockers David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had a fraught relationship for decades, and that's what torpedoed a planned reunion tour following Eddie's death, the band's drummer Alex Van Halen,

Alex Van Halen claimed that David Lee Roth axed a Van Halen reunion tour over a memorial for his late brother Eddie.

Rock fans now know why the Van Halen reunion tour never happened. In a very candid interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen revealed that it's because David Lee Roth—the band's lead singer—refused to pay tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen.

Alex Van Halen gave an emotional interview to Rolling Stone recently, remembering his late brother Eddie Van Halen and discussing his plans to keep Van Halen’s legacy alive. One of those ideas was a Van Halen reunion tour with Alex on drums and original singer David Lee Roth as the frontman.

The planned Van Halen reunion made it to rehearsals before David Lee Roth shot down Alex Van Halen’s suggestion of a tribute to his late brother

The drummer also states that Sammy Hagar was "not doing the band justice" on his recent tour. Alex Van Halen Says Van Halen “Not the Same” After David Lee Roth Left: “Magic Was in the First Years”