“Dave f—in' popped a fuse!”
If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage.'
And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave f—in' popped a fuse….
Rockers David Lee Roth and the late Eddie Van Halen were members of Van Halen.Theo Wargo/Getty; Daniel Knighton/Getty
The vitriol that came out was unbelievable."
Eddie Van Halendied of cancerin October 2020.
“I’m from the street,” Van Halen said.
You got it?'
And I mean that.
And that’s how it ended."
Roth declined to comment for the magazine.
EW has reached out to a representative for him.
“It’s just, my God.
It’s like I didn’t know him anymore,” Van Halen said.
“I have nothing but the utmost respect for his work ethic and all that.
But, Dave, you gotta work as a community, motherf—er.
It’s not you alone anymore.”
“It’s too bad on one hand, but it’s fine on the other.
“That’s just like a jukebox, in my opinion.
… To find a replacement for Ed?
It’s just not the same.”
Still, Van Halen told the magazine that he and his former bandmate keep in touch.
He writes about his time with Eddie in his new memoir,Brothers, which comes out Oct. 22.
