In the new book Brothers, the drummer writes candidly about life in the spotlight alongside his late sibling and their many highs and lows

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.”