Alex Van Halen has launched an audio excerpt from his upcoming memoir Brothers.

The e-book is described as a “love letter” to the drummer’s brother and Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen, who died in October 2020 after an extended battle with most cancers.

Entitled “Overture” and skim by Alex himself, the four-and-a-half minute clip – which might be heard on Spotify – serves as a eulogy for Eddie. “Music was our heart and soul,” he begins. “That’s what we did, that’s what we loved, that’s what we enjoyed and that’s what we were good at. It’s also the thing that made us as close as two brothers can be. We were connected in every way – genetically, artistically, financially, emotionally and though neither of us stuck with Catholicism, I’m going to go ahead and say spiritually. It’s very difficult to unwind that. It’s been almost four years since you passed, Ed, and sometimes it feels like it just happened this morning.”

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After praising his brother’s musical expertise and lamenting that Eddie might generally be overly delicate to criticism from the surface world Alex notes that he has watched, “sometimes with anger, sometimes with grief and other times with pride as the world has mourned your passing and other people have claimed to tell your story,” earlier than promising to set the file straight in Brothers.

“I still have trouble believing you’re gone, and probably for me you never will be,” Van Halen declares close to the tip of the clip. “Outliving my little brother? This just wasn’t the plan. As the older brother, I was supposed to die first. Same as always, Ed… butting in line.”

‘Brothers’ Will Include Eddie and Alex Van Halen’s Last Piece of Music

Brothers will embrace “Unfinished,” the ultimate piece of music the Van Halen brothers recorded collectively. Last month Alex shared snippets of the observe on his social media accounts, which you’ll hear under. The e-book arrives in shops on Oct. 22. Alex will host two e-book signings and a stay dialog occasion that very same week.