Sorry I don't have a link, but a friend emailed this to me. It's an excerpt from a Howard Stern interview. From what I understand, Alex is trying to keep Eddie away from the media because of his "problems" but he must have slipped away long enough to call Howard... FROM GUITARIST TO HEALER Eddie Van Halen called in as promised, and announced he was "cancer free" after being diagnosed with the disease last year. Eddie went on to say he and another man started a lab in Long Island to help people with cancer, and that they came up with a drug that got rid of the cancer he had on his tongue. Although Howard wondered what exactly was in the drug he created, Eddie responded he couldn't give that information out. Eddie then said he didn't quit smoking even when he had cancer, adding he thought he got the disease from the metal guitar pick he used to use.
Eddie Van Halen Cures Cancer? By Newsferatu, Writer Monday, September 11, 2006 @ 1:28 PM VH Reunion "not out of the question" From Launch Radio Networks: Eddie Van Halen called in to Howard Stern's program on the Sirius satellite radio service on Friday (September 8th), and he dropped a couple of major bombshells. After saying he was free of the cancer that led to tongue surgery a few years ago, the guitarist said that he and a partner had developed a treatment that cured his cancer, though he wouldn't reveal what it contains. As for how he got cancer in the first place, Van Halen denied it was from smoking, which he has never stopped, and he claimed the disease might have come from the metal guitar pick he used. On a different topic, Van Halen made the slightly less amazing announcement that a reunion with original lead singer David Lee Roth isn't out of the question, though he didn't give any kind of timetable. Van Halen also talked about bassist Michael Anthony, and he seemed to go back and forth on whether they might work together again. Finally, Van Halen said his next project would be an album with him, his brother Alex, and his son Wolfgang, who he said had "dangerous" talent. Coming out Wednesday (September 13th) on DVD is an adult movie called Sacred Sin for which Van Halen wrote and recorded music. He claimed that instead of calling it p*rn, people should think of it as a legitimate film about "good and evil" that also has sex in it. Director Michael Ninn said it was shot at Van Halen's house in Los Angeles. http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4946 The COMPLETE transcript of the Howard Stern interview with EVH: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...-bananas-on-howard-stern-the-full-highlights/
Speaking of Eddie... check out this YouTube video of him playing his version of the theme from Michael Ninn's "Catherine". Three cigs in the head of his guitar!
Wow Eddie Van Halen cures cancer before Yao Ming did it!!! I m a big Van Halen fan, sad to see Eddie acts like a maniac these days!!
Brian May's been playing with a metal pick for over 40 years now, the dude should be a walking tumor.
