Happy Birthday, Alex Van Halen!
Friday, 8 May 2009
Alexander Arthur Van Halen was born on May 8th, 1953, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was raised in Nijmegan, a town just otside Amsterdam. Luckily for millions of rock fans, the Van Halens moved to the U.S. when Alex was about 9.
While not much is known about the man himself, fans can deduce all they really need to know by listening to his music.
We wish Alex all the best, and we thank him for all the music and memories that he and his band has given us over the years!
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May 8th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
GREATEST DRUMMER EVER!!!!!!
and I mean EVER!!!!!!!!!
May 8th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Happy birthday to the best rock drummer on the face of the earth!
May 8th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
We wish Alex all the best, and we thank him for all the music and memories that he and his band has given us over the years!AND ALEX Happy birthday Happy birthday toyou
May 8th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
LONG LIVE BIG AL !
May 8th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
go get em big al!
May 8th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Greatest for EVER!
Wish you all the best!
Tks.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Happy b-day, and you don’t look like a Fish.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Happy Birthday Alex! I for one am hoping that for your birthday this year your balls will drop and you’ll finally grab your little brother by the scruff of the neck and kick his ass into the studio and get us fans something new to get excited about. You guys are just too damn good not to.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Happy Birthday Reverend, big Al… You are the best!
May 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Happy Bithday “Reverend” Al!!!
Long live to Alexander, The Great!!!
Wish you all the best!!
May 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Hai Alex I will say this in dutch cause you will understand !
Hartelijke gefeliciteerd en bedankt voor de muziek !
Greets / Groeten uit ,
Amsterdam ,
Holland.
May 8th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
hey al,since you are one of 2 people on this planet (wolfie) that eddie will listen too can you talk him into recording some of that music he always talks about?
May 8th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Happy Birthday AVH!!!! I wish you all the best - now bless this bottle and lets all get ripped!!!!
May 8th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Happy birthday to Alexander “The Great” Van Halen!!!! A toast to the greatest Rock drummer to rule the world of ROCK!!!!
Happy birthday Big Al!!
May 8th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Happy Birthday, Alex!
Looking forward to whatever happens next.
May 8th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Happy Birthday Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Whole Family Loves You!!!!!
May 8th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Happ Birthday Big AL! Get your brother Ed married then please give us another dose of the best music on the planet: the Mighty Van Halen!!!
May 8th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Sorry, but I have to mention this: It’s Nijmegen and not nijmegan. And Nijmegen is in Dutch terms not really ‘a town just outside of Amsterdam’. Nijmegen is close to the border with Germany.
And we should most certainly be glad that the Van Halens moved to California to team up year later with Dave and Mike!
Van harte gefeliciteerd! Wat een foto, trouwens, wow!
May 8th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Big Al!!! Still kickin it!! Happy 56th.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Happy Birthday Alex - you’re a legend!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Prachtfoto, Alexander “de Grote” in zijn topdagen en zoals we hem het liefst zien! Van harte gefeliciteerd!
Now, “reverend” Al, after you get Ed married, bring a holy foot to his ass and tell him to go to work!!;-)
Frank, NL
May 9th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Happy Birthday Al!!
“Bocephus knows and rules all!!”
-1986..Sam joins the band.
May 9th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Happy Birthday to the best rock drummer on the planet for the best band on the planet! Drink one for me
James, US Army Infantry
May 9th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Happy Birthday Big Al, many happy returns, here’s looking forward to what the future holds!
May 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Happy B-day Alex. And my you enjoy many more years of playing and making awesome music. Keep on rockin Bocephus………See ya at the show.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Happy B-day AL!! You can have the day off today. We as the fans need more music you better be working after that!
May 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Happy Birthday Alex………….
May 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hey man that suit is you hope you get some leg tonight for sure,tell us how you do. Happy birthday. Looking forward to yet another great show with lil bro,Dave and the nephew. God bless.
May 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Happy birthday to ” THE MIGHTY ALEX VAN HALEN ”
You rule brother!!!!! Keep on rockin!!!!!
May 9th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Happy Birthday to the most INTENSE drummer ever and the reason I play drums today ALEX VAN HALEN!
May 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Alex,
Hey dude, I hope your b-day is a ‘great’ one.. Go an jam with Eddie n Wolfie..
A US Army Logistician…
May 9th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
i find interesting that he is a dutch-american
i assume both him and edward can still speak Dutch
does anyone know?
his mom was indonesian too very interesting
his dad played on diver down and 0u812 is dedicated to him.
as for his citizenship i wonder if he has both or just
american
was he naturalized?
most likely eddie is the most famous Dutch person alive.
kind like arrrrnold from austria.
i always liked the fact that alex was really really smart like dave he has a huge brain.
get that brain to talk ed into making some tunes!
put those hands to work big al.
May 10th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Happy B-Day Al!! You da man!! Get your lil bro, Roth & Wolfie in the studio and get Bocephus for us and lay it down man!!
May 10th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Van harte gefelicteerd paardelul! Kom snel naar Nederland(met Dave)
May 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Happy Burthday Day, Big Al!!!!
May 10th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Happy B-Day Big Al, why not take 10 more years off………
May 11th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Happy belated birthday to one of the best drummers in the WORLD! Hope it was a blast!
May 11th, 2009 at 11:24 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!!! YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD ROCKIN’ MUSIC!!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Happy B day Al the BEST DRUMMER bar-none 56 years young
keep rockin’ can’t wait to hear you guys again with Dave,Wolfie
on a new cd some time in the year
May 11th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
You know Al loves the internet, and all his fans. These messages mean so much to him and his brother. Wake up y’all Al would’nt give the average fan the time of day.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:19 am
I think Hitler might be the most famous Austrian ever. Not Arnold.
Just sayin’.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:05 am
@surfsno:
Both Al and Ed can still speak Dutch. In fact, back in ‘95 they co hosted a radioshow at Veronica radio in the Netherlands where they did promotion for Balance. They spoke Dutch well, but with an American accent (sounds funny by the way). As for their citizenship, I’m not sure. I think they’ve been naturalized American when they arrived in the States, givin’ up their Dutch passports.
Their dad also changed their last name from van Halen to Van Halen.
Frank, NL
May 13th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Happy birthday!
May 15th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Big Al Rocks!!!
Happy Birthday