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| | Alex Van Halen - Biography - AOL Music |
 | | Both Alex and Eddie (who is less than a year younger than Alex) were given strict classical piano lessons at an early age, which resulted in an early appreciation of music -- also inherited from their father, a clarinet player. |
 | | When Alex was nine, he and his family relocated to California, and soon after, was given a guitar, while Eddie received a drum kit. |
 | | While it was Alex's brother who gained the majority of the accolades after the quartet's classic debut, Van Halen, was issued a year later, Alex's drum solo soon became a highlight of ensuing tours (especially when they became an arena headliner, and he'd use one of the largest drum kits in all of rock). |
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