Alex Van Halen on his brother Eddie: ‘I’m not done dealing with this yet’

‘Ed was an angel in human form,’ Alex Van Halen said. Photograph: Scott Sherratt

For the last few years, Alex Van Halen has been busy writing a book about his beloved brother, Eddie, with the sincere goal of capturing his sibling’s spirit, purging his own sorrow and moving on.

It hasn’t quite worked out that way. “I’m not done dealing with this yet,” he said. “In fact, I’ll probably be dealing with it until my dying day.”