Eddie Van Halen Biography Coming

[Seshmeister]

Eddie Van Halen Biography Coming



Faber & Faber have announced today that they have acquired a biography of Eddie Van Halen, Eruption, by Paul Brannigan.




Paul Brannigan previously wrote the Sunday Times bestselling biography of Dave Grohl, This is a Call, and is the co-author of the forthcoming two-volume biography of Metallica, Birth School Metallica Death. He is also the current editor of Kerrang!

Scheduled for publication in 2015, the book promises to explore how it was the incendiary playing of the young guitarist which launched the band Van Halen into the consciousness of America in early 1978, and transformed the musical landscape. Offering the first real examination of a true musical icon, it will also turn up the volume on a life lived in popular music's fast lane.

There was previously a biography of Eddie released in 2011 by Kevin Dodds.

Faber and Faber will publish in the UK + Commonwealth rights, plus Canada. Eruption will be published by Da Capo in the U.S.

[ELVIS]

There ya go...

Put that on the mantle next to Dave's four hits and call it a day...

[fraroc]

Why the hell can't Eddie write his own book? I personally believe that it could be a good idea for him to tell his own side of the story in the Van Halen saga and finally clear up some discrepancies.

[78/84 guy]

Oh boy!

[ThrillsNSpills]

I think Eddie would tell you his biography is told by his music.
In his old interviews he would say all he has to really say is in notes.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Wait a minute..

do you think Paul Branigan is related to Laura?

[Seshmeister]

No he's British.

[vandeleur]

Why the hell can't Eddie write his own book? I personally believe that it could be a good idea for him to tell his own side of the story in the Van Halen saga and finally clear up some discrepancies.

Probably can't remember most of it and probably wants to forget the other bits ....
Waking up after the Hagar years must have been like the hangover from hell :D

[DLR Bridge]

The rock journalist who often interviewed Ed, Steven Rosen, was working with him in the late 80's, early 90's on his auto biography. I even remember reading that it was to be called Edward Van Halen - The First Ten Years. Not sure if those two had a falling out or why the project was scrapped, but I do believe Mr. Rosen was involved in the production of the documentary, Van Halen The Early Years.

The Kevin Dodds book is just pieces of magazine articles and Val's book taped together with his own personal story (lord knows why) woven throughout. This Branigan guy will hopefully not produce something equally as lame.

[VAiN]

I don't think there will be anything in there that we don't already know.. Unless Ed sits with someone it's going to be the same shit. Hell, even Ed's interviews are the same shit - do you know Ed started on drums?

[Terry]

The rock journalist who often interviewed Ed, Steven Rosen, was working with him in the late 80's, early 90's on his auto biography. I even remember reading that it was to be called Edward Van Halen - The First Ten Years. Not sure if those two had a falling out or why the project was scrapped, but I do believe Mr. Rosen was involved in the production of the documentary, Van Halen The Early Years.

The Kevin Dodds book is just pieces of magazine articles and Val's book taped together with his own personal story (lord knows why) woven throughout. This Branigan guy will hopefully not produce something equally as lame.

It wouldn't be surprising to see the Branigan book following a similar source format as the Dodds book. Even if this turns out to be the case, hopefully it won't be so goddamned awful as the Everybody Wants Some Van Halen book that came out in 2007, which was a mish-mash of old print article and interview excerpts that weren't even chronological in terms of the original interview/article dates and the time period in the book they were misapplied to.

Yeah, without any new interviews from Ed given specifically to the author, I dunno how much value this book will be in terms of new information. Plus, what does a Brit in what appears to be his twenties have to say about Eddie Van Halen that I don't know already?

[DLR Bridge]

The Van Halen Rising book is going to be the one for us. That guy is doing his homework alright.

[Seshmeister]

The author is in his late 30s and I don't know if he has any agreement with Eddie or not.

I'm not sure how reliable he would be anyway...

[sadaist]

The membership here could write the definitive, and most accurate, autobiography about Eddie Van Halen.

[vandeleur]

Could we tho ... We spent the last 20 odd years slagging him for his bromance with spammy .
I am not sure any of us want to know much about ed post 85 til about 06.
The early years are the juice it's when the magic happened am Not sure i want to know how they made balance or the wino meth years .

Whoever helped Keith Richards with his should gave ed a shout , that balanced the music with the fun stuff in a pretty good even way .