Brothers (book) by Alex van Halen

Whoa……very cool

#1 Best Seller in Rock Music on Amazon

PT5150: Is the book available for preorder any else besides Amazon ?

Harper Collins has store links on their site.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/brothers-alex-van-halen?variant=41488375742498
or just punch the ISBN into Google.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vanhalen/comments/1b2qufg/comment/ksnaroh/

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music, and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and bandmate.

Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy, Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen’s love letter to his younger brother, Edward (Maybe “Ed,” but never “Eddie”), written while still mourning his untimely death.

In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers’ childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working-class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother—the kind of mom who admonished her boys to “always wear a suit” no matter how famous they became—a woman who was both proud and practical, nonchalant about taking a doggie bag from a star-studded dinner. He also shares tales of musical politics, infighting, and plenty of bad-boy behavior. But mostly, his is a story of brotherhood, music, and enduring love.

“I was with him from day one,” Alex writes. “We shared the experience of coming to this country and figuring out how to fit in. We shared a record player, an 800-square-foot house, a mom and dad, and a work ethic. Later, we shared the back of a tour bus, alcoholism, the experience of becoming famous, of becoming fathers and uncles, and of spending more hours in the studio than I’ve spent doing anything else in this life. We shared a depth of understanding that most people can only hope to achieve in a lifetime.”

The deal for world English rights was negotiated by Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher, Harper, and Luke Janklow of Janklow & Nesbit Associates. S.v.p. and executive editor Sara Nelson is editing the book and HarperNonFiction publishing director Joel Simons is overseeing publication in the UK, publishing simultaneously. Publication in the US and Canada will be on 22nd October 2024; Harper UK, Australia and New Zealand will follow on 24th October and 30th October respectively.

Simons said: “I’m so excited to be publishing Alex’s incredible book in the UK. Van Halen left an indelible imprint on British music, and I can’t wait to publish this extraordinary story about these utterly unique musicians in October.”

^^ Awesome news Ron…

Thanks Darren.

Booktopia has it as well, which is my preferred website.