audiobookingwithleah 's review for:

Brothers by Alex Van Halen

4.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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•non-fiction memoir•Van Halen Brothers and their rise to fame•heartfelt•the death of Eddie Van Halen•a lot about David Lee Roth 

• An interesting look at the rise of Van Halen through the eyes of Alex Van Halen (the drummer). This wasn’t too much of a deep dive, more like a skimming of the surface up until the release of Jump, which was the song that catapulted them to fame. Mostly though, this was a homage to his brother and his talent, I felt the immense love he has for his brother, Eddie. Weirdly, he mentions David Lee Roth continuously but rarely mentions the other guy in the band, Michael Anthony.

• It's been my experience that when the author narrates their own story, the result tends to be better than if someone else does it. However, when Alex Van Halen narrated his memoir, "Brothers", it sounded like he was reading the book to us instead of actually telling his story. Actors have a slight edge over musicians when it comes to something like narration, but I think it was still important for Alex to narrate his own memoir.