Perhaps a little known fact about the brothers Van Halen is discussed in an interview posted on their website:
Mom was from rural Indonesia.
Eddie and Alex's father was a Dutch musician who visited the archipelago to play saxophone on a six-week radio contract and found himself staying for six years. He fell in love and married. Eddie and Alex were encouraged by their Indonesian mother to learn classical piano, and their love of music flowered from there.
Eddie and Alex confess during the interview that they have never visited Indonesia and know no Indonesian language.
The current tour supports Van Halen's first album in 14 years entitled A Different Kind of Truth. No Indonesian dates have, as yet, been posted on the 2012 tour. Perhaps these rockers will reconsider reconnecting with their roots...?
