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Alexander Arthur "Alex" Van Halen (born May 8, 1953) is a Dutch-born American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Originally, his brother Eddie had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar. After spending time playing Eddie's drum kit, Alex became more skillful at the drums than Eddie. In 1974, the Van Halen brothers, David Lee Roth, and Michael Anthony formed a band, simply called Van Halen. They were signed to Warner Brothers in 1977 and released their first album in 1978. The two brothers are the only members of Van Halen who have been in the band for its entire duration. == Early life == Alexander Arthur Van Halen was born in Nijmegen. His Dutch father Jan (1920–1986) was an accomplished jazz saxophonist and clarinet player. His mother Eugenia (1914–2005) was an Indo (Eurasian) from Rangkasbitung, Indonesia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alexander Van Halen )〕 He spent his childhood in Nijmegen in the east of the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drummerworld: Alex van halen )〕 The family moved to Pasadena, California in 1962.〔 Both Alex and Eddie Van Halen were trained as classical pianists in their childhood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alex Van Halen at DrumSoloArtist )〕 Although Alex is known as a professional drummer, he began his musical aspirations as a guitarist, with his brother Eddie taking up drums.〔 While Eddie was delivering newspapers to pay for his drum kit, Alex would practice playing on them. When Eddie heard Alex's mastery of The Surfaris drum solo in the song "Wipe Out", he decided to learn to play the electric guitar.〔 Alex was influenced by Budgie drummer Ray Phillips. Alex, Eddie and three other boys formed their first band when they were in the fourth grade, calling themselves ''The Broken Combs''; they performed at lunchtime at Hamilton Elementary School in Pasadena. In 1971, Alex graduated from Pasadena High School in California.〔 He then took classes in music theory, scoring, composition and arranging at Pasadena City College for a short while.〔 While attending Pasadena City College, Alex met Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth. They formed the band Mammoth, and Alex, along with the others, left Pasadena City College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Van Halen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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