Coming to America: Eddie and Alex Van Halen 1962

February 1962: Alex Arthur Van Halen (left, 8) and Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (right, 7) with their parents Jan and Eugenia on a boat heading to New York City from Amsterdam, Holland. Five years later in a Pasadena, California living room, Eddie Van Halen picked up a guitar and Alex took up the drums. The rest is rock history.