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VAN HALEN: 'Everybody Wants Some' Book Released Today; Chapter Excerpt Available

August 24, 2007

August 24 marks the official release date for "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga" by Ian Christe. Published in hardcover by John Wiley & Sons and years in the making, this is the first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock band.

Download an excerpt containing chapter one of the book at this location (PDF file).

With over 75 million albums sold to date and a reunion tour making headlines, VAN HALEN remains among the most wild success stories in rock music, full of larger-than-life characters and musical milestones. For the first time, Ian Christe presents VAN HALEN's complete uncensored story, detailing the misfit childhoods, sibling rivalries, tour exploits, tabloid snoops, divorces, bitter band breakups, long-term substance abuse, and harrowing brushes with cancer. This book brings the saga of VAN HALEN from young lions to troubled monarchs in all of its exuberant, decadent, vulnerable, and awesome dimensions.

Ian Christe (Brooklyn, NY) is the author of "Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal", the definitive "bible" of heavy metal music and culture. He has written for many publications and appears frequently on VH1, VH1 Classic, and MTV2. Since 2004, his "Bloody Roots" show has appeared weekly on Sirius Satellite Radio.

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