This big, dark and dangerous intro to “(Oh) Pretty Woman” was only created to fill empty space left on the song’s music video which ran longer than planned. I’ll put it to you another way – Alex keeps those pistons popping. You’d get the feeling only without the power steering if ya catch my drift. It’s hard to imagine what it would be like hearing this iconic riff from Edward Van Halen without Alex’s big thumping drum beats chugging alongside it. There must have been some serious smoke comin’ off his hi-hat in the studio the day this was recorded. Who needs a Red Bull when you have this high-powered Van Halen track cranking through the speakers? This one will have you feeling naturally wired right from the start thanks in big part to Alex’s high octane intro. As a result, Alex, Edward and Michael Anthony had some space to fill and they filled it to the brim especially with this Alex-led drum solo which transitions seamlessly into a killer instrumental from Alex, Edward and Michael.ħ.
Internal battles were coming to a head at the time Van Halen was recording their 1995 album ‘Balance’ which resulted in aborted lyrical contributions from Sammy Hagar. His blend of muscle with finesse is just another reason why this song was great then, why it’s great right now and why it’ll be just as great tomorrow.Ĩ. “Right Now” Īlex not only delivers an enormous beat on this classic Van Halen track but also adds some really nice work on the cymbals. On this classic deep cut from Van Halen’s second album Alex lays down a fierce beat for Edward to riff aggressively over but it’s Al’s drum solo interlude at the 2:20 mark where he really “lights” it up big time.ĩ. These are the ten best Van Halen songs featuring the big and bad Alex Van Halen :ġ0. Here’s hoping the cows don’t come home anytime soon.
I’ll probably do this until the cows come home.” “What I’m trying to convey to you is that you live by the sword, you die by the sword. “When I was first starting to play my dad, who was a musician, told me that I should play each night like it was my last knowing that you were going to play forever,” he said. In Alex’s interview for Van Halen’s live video “Live: Right Here Right Now” he talked about the influence his father had on him as a musician. “I approached the drums not as an instrument per se but more an attitude … viciously attacking something!”
“When I first started playing drums I admired Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Keith Moon,” Alex told MTV back in 1986. It was quickly becoming obvious that he was born to be a drummer, while Edward’s musical destiny would be mastering the guitar. When Edward was out delivering newspapers to pay for his drum kit, Alex would practice playing on them. “Little Alex” and his little brother Edward spent their childhood days in Nijmegen – a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland – before moving to Pasadena, California in 1962.Īlex initially aspired to be a guitarist while his little brother wanted to become a drummer. We’re talking about the man who has led many-a-Van Halen classic song with some of the most mammoth-like beats in rock history.Īlexander Arthur Van Halen was born May 8th, 1953 in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a Dutch musician father Jan and Indonesian mother Eugenia.
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