Alex Van Halen on how David Lee Roth tanked a Van Halen reunion by refusing to honor Eddie Van Halen and A-list singers who almost took over the mic.
, the band’s retired drummer, Alex Van Halen, revealed that after Eddie’s death in 2020 at 65 due to complications from throat cancer, he approached Roth about a reunion tour that would pay tribute to his younger brother.Following some rehearsals in 2022, Alex said the project fell apart over what he described as Roth’s refusal to include a segment paying homage to the rocker some consider the greatest guitarist of all time.
Alex, in his first interview since Eddie’s death, said Roth adamantly refused the idea, finding it “offensive,” for reasons he still cannot understand and which raised his ire. “I’m from the street,” he told the magazine. “‘You talk to me like that, motherf–ker, I’m gonna beat your f–king brains out. You got it?’ And I mean that. And that’s how it ended… It’s just, my God. It’s like I didn’t know him anymore. I have nothing but the utmost respect for his work ethic and all that.
But, right before they were slated to get to in the studio, the Osbourne’s began working on their MTV reality show, which scotched the plan; Ozzy confirmed the talks and said if it had come to pass it would have been “phenomenal.”
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