AVH Autobiography 'Brothers' Due In October

[Terry]

Seemed like including 'Ed and Al's last song' or whatever would be a semi-clever marketing hook to induce people to buy the book.

But people in general are savvy enough to realize the music will be put up online for free by somebody in short order, thus those who weren't going to buy the book still won't, and those who were going to buy the book anyway are going to buy the book anyway.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Sounds like more of the same self-indulgent sustainer nonsense Ed has been dicking around with since the 90’s. Yawn.

Very doubtful thats the last thing they worked on together. Sounds like mid 90s Ed and Al.

[MasonL]

Sounds like more of the same self-indulgent sustainer nonsense Ed has been dicking around with since the 90’s. Yawn.

[twonabomber]

Snippet of song in article

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-alex-van-halen-unfinished-snippet/

[silverfish]

Eddie and Alex Van Halen's Last Song to Debut in Alex's Audiobook

Alex Van Halen will release the last-ever song he worked on with Eddie Van Halen in the
audiobook version of his upcoming memoir.

Brothers is set to arrive on Oct. 22, with the spoken-word edition voiced by the drummer
himself. The track, titled simply “Unfinished,” will feature within his narrative.

Publishers HarperCollins confirmed that “Unfinished” is “the last piece of music they wrote
together” before Eddie’s death at age 65 in 2020.

Full story at:
ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-alex-van-halen-unfinished-song/

[DLR Bridge]

Part II

[DLR Bridge]

Almost feel like this could get taken down, as it comes off like a total spoiler for the book, but needless to say, pretty fascinating to hear a pretty crisp interview from 39 years ago. It’s too bad Rosen never got to speak with the parents. Ed had shut down the book he was working on before it ever happened.

[Seshmeister]

Stern has been such a Hagar shill the last two months, if there's anything in the book that goes after Sammy I can see this interview not happening.

Has he changed that much I haven't heard him in years? Old Howard would have gone straight to the dirt and conflict.

[Nitro Express]

Most likely. Check out that interview I posted if you haven’t. The one guy, Chris Gill said of Harper Collins that they usually like the dirt. I’m inclined to believe there will be at least a few chunks of mud.

Of course. Dirt sells. If Alex is going to throttle anyone it will be Sammy Hagar for talking shit about Eddie when he was down.

[Nitro Express]

How about a sexy female voice?

[Terry]

There will also be an 11 hour audio book

Depends on what his voice sounds like.

[Terry]

Well, under traditional circumstances, I'd sift through a copy at my local Borders or Barnes & Noble first and then see if I wanted to actually buy a copy. I've done that more and more over the last couple decades with a bunch of different rock bio books. Mostly because the market has been flooded with rock bio books, especially in the last decade as these various aging 80's rockers get older and wheezier. It's actually saved me more than a few bucks because I can usually tell with a quick perusing if the book is gonna be worth my time and money.

I get the felling the Alex book is gonna have some previously unseen photos, but I'm more interested in the text. I mean, for all the lackluster stuff in Hagar's book at least he had a warts-and-all chapter on the 2003-2004 reunion. Should all have a few good chapters along those lines...I mean, Dave's autobio was all over the place but he had some good tales to tell. If Al has some good tales to tell, I'll pony up. If he's just fluffing Eddie's legacy and has nothing to offer other than rare pix, I don't need to spend $40 for that.

[twonabomber]

Howard Stern mentioned the AVH book the other day and said "hey Alex, if you happen to be listening, I'd like to interview you." Bababooey says they're working on it.

Stern has been such a Hagar shill the last two months, if there's anything in the book that goes after Sammy I can see this interview not happening.

[Seshmeister]

Also from the DLR Podcast they speculate the timing of Dave suddenly bringing out videos attacking AVH and Wolfgang coincides with the time that the book would have been completed and sent to the publisher. Did Dave read it?

After all these years is that coincidental?

[Seshmeister]

There will also be an 11 hour audio book