Interesting. Just saw some videos talking about Alex Van Halen...

[RockmartDawg]

... auctioning off all of his equipment. This auction apparently happened last week. He listed some 350 items, all of them having a corresponding certificate of authenticity. People are saying that with the death of his brother he has no desire to play with anyone else... he's done. That's very sad.

Alex Van Halen is Done With Music and Auctioning Off Everything He Has

[Toasty B]

Dude's got it bad

[Milldawg]

damn

[Toasty B]

Dude's got it bad
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I'll say it again, he's got it bad.  So bad.

[gulfportdawg]

I read that he was missing some of their tour dates back when Eddie was still playing.

[Toasty B]

I read that he was missing some of their tour dates back when Eddie was still playing.
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Roth was missing tour dates without missing tour dates.

[RockmartDawg]

I read that he was missing some of their tour dates back when Eddie was still playing.
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Had not heard that. I could believe that about Roth (per Toasty). He and EVH were not getting along, at all. So I understand, they were never able to reconcile. I guess with super-charged personalities like they had, they were two bright lights where a room could only accommodate one at a time. 

I was just now looking at some videos, seeing what was said after EVH passed. I was mildly shocked to hear David Lee Roth say, "You know, my guitar player passed away." I may be reading too much into that, but it sounds to me like he is taking a bad dig at EVH, referring to him as his guitar player. Sounds very demeaning in one sense. In case there were any questions, he goes on to say, "He's either in heaven or he's in hell. Or he's in hell, consequently in heaven. Read into that as you wish".

I dunno. Regardless of how badly their relationship may have been, that's pretty darn low-class to say that in a media interview, IMHO.