Alex Van Halen

It's difficult to find people your own age and your own musical history and background that you can communicate with. So I was talking with Steve. I'm laughing because the punchline was at the very end, I leave and I'm maybe 15 minutes out from his house, and he calls me, and he says, Hey, Al, I just realized I never dealt with any of it.

which I found profound indirectly because of Ed and my problem. He finally would admit that it's not done yet, and that's really what it is. You're never going to be rid of it. There's going to be memories. There's going to be people. There's going to be instances, whether it's smells or food or places where you've been together before.

which I found profound indirectly because of Ed and my problem. He finally would admit that it's not done yet, and that's really what it is. You're never going to be rid of it. There's going to be memories. There's going to be people. There's going to be instances, whether it's smells or food or places where you've been together before.

which I found profound indirectly because of Ed and my problem. He finally would admit that it's not done yet, and that's really what it is. You're never going to be rid of it. There's going to be memories. There's going to be people. There's going to be instances, whether it's smells or food or places where you've been together before.

Obviously, every time I hear some of our music, that puts me right back there. Yeah.

Obviously, every time I hear some of our music, that puts me right back there. Yeah.

Obviously, every time I hear some of our music, that puts me right back there. Yeah.

That's true. I'm trying to, you know, coming to America... was such an overload, a sensual overload of colors and smells, and the weather was different, and the people were different, and the cars were huge compared to what we had in Holland. It was a lot to take in. But I kind of rolled the wave, so to speak. Ed was very sensitive in that way. if not always.

That's true. I'm trying to, you know, coming to America... was such an overload, a sensual overload of colors and smells, and the weather was different, and the people were different, and the cars were huge compared to what we had in Holland. It was a lot to take in. But I kind of rolled the wave, so to speak. Ed was very sensitive in that way. if not always.

That's true. I'm trying to, you know, coming to America... was such an overload, a sensual overload of colors and smells, and the weather was different, and the people were different, and the cars were huge compared to what we had in Holland. It was a lot to take in. But I kind of rolled the wave, so to speak. Ed was very sensitive in that way. if not always.

So it was a good mix between the two of us. I kind of plowed ahead, and then Ed would analyze or be overwhelmed by things. But, you know, it was a different time. It was 1962, I think it was.

So it was a good mix between the two of us. I kind of plowed ahead, and then Ed would analyze or be overwhelmed by things. But, you know, it was a different time. It was 1962, I think it was.

So it was a good mix between the two of us. I kind of plowed ahead, and then Ed would analyze or be overwhelmed by things. But, you know, it was a different time. It was 1962, I think it was.

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There was a lot of political turmoil in Indonesia. And to put it simply, they wanted to be free of the colonial power structure. And they saw my dad as part of that because he was Caucasian.