I’ve been looking forward to this book being released for some time.

Brothers by Alex Van Halen, the drummer of the band Van Halen and brother of guitarist Edward Van Halen (RIP).

I also bought the Audio CDs of the book because I knew that Alex himself read it for this and wanted to hear him read it as I read along too.

It was worth the extra money because you can hear it in his voice than he means what he says and that you can hear that he’s gone back in time while reading the book.

The book Brothers covers a lot of ground.  Alex and Edward’s upbringing, coming to America from Holland, starting to play music as kids, swapping instruments, playing in earlier bands, forming what became Van Halen, their relationship with singer David Lee Roth, playing backyard parties, clubs, making a demo with Gene Simmons of KISS, getting signed to Warner Brothers Records, making their first 6 albums, and more.

I loved this book and especially hearing Alex tell these stories.

I only wish the book went beyond the Dave years and focused on the other years of VH also.  There are a few mentions of some of those times, but not much.

But either way, if you are a VH fan, this is a MUST READ.

And if possible, please get the audio too.  You won’t regret it.