Eruption

The Eddie Van Halen Story

Paul Brannigan

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Faber & Faber
02 November 2021

Music; Rock & Pop music; Heavy Metal music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Arriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons of a Dutch, saxophone-playing father, the brothers discovered the Beatles, Cream and others, and once Eddie switched from drums to guitar it started to become apparent where the future of both brothers lay.

From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock becoming the quintessential Californian band of the 1980s. But there was also an undercurrent of tragedy to their story, as Eddie's struggles played out in public, from his difficult relationship with the band's original singer, Dave Lee Roth, to the band's substance abuse problems, and from the break-up of his marriage to Valerie Bertinelli to his long-running battle with cancer.

With unique insights, Paul Brannigan's Eruption reaches beyond the boundaries of a conventional rock biography to explore the cultural, political, and social contexts that shaped an icon while turning up the volume on a life lived in the fast lane.

By: Paul Brannigan
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780571311460
ISBN 10: 0571311466
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 02 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Brannigan debuted on the Sunday Times bestseller list with his first book, 2011's This Is A Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl. Co-author, alongside Ian Winwood, of the two volume Metallica biography Birth School Metallica Death (2013) / Into The Black (2014), Brannigan is a former editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock, and a contributor to MOJO and Classic Rock. He lives in London.