Rare Eddie Van Halen Interview To Be Featured In Esquire Magazine

[SunisinuS]

I do see he verifies that he had to get sober again in '08....

Blows the "hand problems" excuse out of the water....

And Dave never said a word.

Class.

[sadaist]

I don't like the news about the finding of cancer cells though at all.

Me either. Once it starts metastasizing in other spots, well........

[FORD]

Yeah.... I've known a half dozen or so people with cancer over the last decade or so. Only one of them is still alive. I haven't researched the official numbers, but from where I'm sitting it just seems like the shit is killing more people all the time

[Momshell]

Fuckin' Wolfie man......god bless that dude.

[Matt White]

Heartbreaking to hear the GREATEST musician of our generation is struggling with FUCKING cancer!!!

FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!

Go see 'em when you can people.....life is short

[Mr Walker]

I wonder if Janie put Ed on some antidepressants when they got him off the booze and the klonopin... that would explain the weight gain.

[nitroDave23]

Fucking excellent read.....loved it,and Eddie handles all the questions rather nicely,

So happy the might =VH= have returned!

[Yount]

Amazing to be reading these responses. Such love and devotion to this band and music. Still, after all these years (as if nothing better of interest has come along.)

[Diamondjimi]

ESQ: What are you going to do with all the material that you wrote with Sammy Hagar?

EVH: Oh, I hadn't thought about that. That's some great music. They're just on vacation, maybe. They're off to college and they're going their own way. Who knows?

I don't know about that answer......

[78/84 guy]

Heartbreaking to hear the GREATEST musician of our generation is struggling with FUCKING cancer!!!

FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!

Go see 'em when you can people.....life is short

Yeah that sucked reading that shit. You would hope it was behind him. But I got the impression he is somewhat fine with living with it. If that's possible. He seemed more concerned about putting the drinking in the past. I gave up on reading Ed's interviews years ago because he would say one thing then do another !! I wish him well as we all do of course. Its amazing what we speculate about with whats going on when the band is not active, and to here the truth like that of what he was going through the last few years and more. Great read. I hope we get one more great album from them.

[chi-town324]

both shows i have been to on this tour Ed did not stop smiling all night...he looked pretty damn happy, I'm sure it was real....you can tell he just loves playing with his son ...

[vandeleur]

Maybe after what he has been thru health wise maybe he just appreciates what he has now

[atomicpnk47]

EVH may finally be at peace.

[TJMKID]

And he was cancer-free until last year, when he got hit twice. I haven't talked about this, because I don't talk about this. Last spring, doctors found cancer cells in his throat and took a scalpel to them. Last fall, the cancer came back and they took another chunk of his tongue. Every few months, he opens his mouth and doctors poke at him.

That's either kind of bad news ---- or REALLY bad news.

If they keep cutting out chunks of his tongue or throat ---- Ed is eventually going to lose the ability to speak or sing. If the cancer spreads to the rest of his body --- that's a death sentence.

We'd better appreciate this 2012 tour more than ever ---- looks like the days of the Mighty Halen are numbered.

[Vinnie Velvet]

And Dave never said a word.

Class.

No kidding.

Compared to the ASS that is Sam and Mike when they went on tour with a dysfunctional, destructive Eddie on tour in 2004 for a quick buck - and not concerned with his well-being.