Eddie Van Halen on Rocking Sober, Avoiding Beef and the Future of Van Halen

[Raoul Duke]

Guitarist speaks out about new album, departure of Michael Anthony and his fresh start Backstage in the celebrity green room of Spike's Guys Choice Awards in a booth next to his fellow honoree Clint Eastwood sits Eddie Van Halen — rock's ultimate guitar slinger — with his fiancé Janie Liszewski as he prepares to make an exceedingly rare public speaking engagement. In a star-studded night that will find Mel Gibson getting called "sugar tits" by Brad Pitt and Halle Berry making out with Jamie Foxx, Van Halen provides the clear emotional highlight when he receives...

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