VIDEO: David Lee Roth interviews Eddie and Alex Van Halen

Getting to know you: Eddie and Alex Van Halen talk to journalist David Lee Roth
Getting to know you: Eddie and Alex Van Halen talk to journalist David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth has held a variety of jobs: singer, actor, emergency medical technician. He can now add video journalist to his resume. In a new video just posted, Diamond Dave sits down to interview two musicians he already knows pretty well - none other than Eddie and Alex Van Halen.

It's a relaxed conversation, and one the three bandmates have had many times, no doubt. Roth asks the Van Halen brothers how they got involved with music, which leads to a discussion about their childhoods.

The video is titled Part 1, and at the end of the clip it says, "To be continued," so we'll be expecting more.

In the meantime, Van Halen's new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, the band's first full-length with Roth in 28 years, is out today. You can read our track-by-track review right here.

Joe Bosso

Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar WorldGuitar PlayerMusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He’s an enthusiastic guitarist, but he’s nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.