Alex Van Halen interview

[WestMichRad]

Interview broadcast on NPR’s Fresh Air program today is very much worth your time, if you’re a Van Halen fan. It has not yet been posted on NPR.org or the Fresh Air page (or as a podcast), but I’ll add link(s) when it/they become available in a few days.

You might be able to catch it airing yet today, depending of course on when your local NPR affiliate airs Fresh Air. Or, Michigan Public (radio) airs a repeat of today’s Fresh Air at 8:00 pm eastern time and you can stream that tonight. I listen with the TuneIn app, but you can download an app for Michigan Public for free and listen that way, too.

[Basso8vb]

1. Possibly the most underrated rock drummer.

He can lay down a groove.

[highplainsdem]

2. Did he say anything about his plans to have AI-created fake guitar work mimicking his brother's

playing on future records? I was really disappointed when I read a print interview where he talked about that recently.

[WestMichRad]

3. No, nothing about that.

Family history, origins of the band and a little on the dynamics of relationships with fellow band members, mostly.
Did you know Eddie started as a sax player, taking after his pa?

[highplainsdem]

4. No. I thought Eddie started with piano lessons, then drums until he decided Alex was a better

drummer, and he picked up Alex's guitar.