The drummer says Van Halen's frontman balked at the idea of paying tribute to his late brother and bandmate John Medina/WireImage Van Halen was all set for a reunion tour following the death of guitarist Eddie Van Halen — but singer David Lee Roth ...

The planned Van Halen reunion made it to rehearsals before David Lee Roth shot down Alex Van Halen’s suggestion of a tribute to his late brother

“If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage,’” Alex said of that band’s hat-tipping to late singer Freddie Mercury on their recent tours with replacement singer Adam Lambert. “And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave f–kin’ popped a fuse.… The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.”