Do you know that rockers Alex and Eddie Van Halen are part Asian? I recently learned that 1) the brothers were born in the Netherlands and 2) their mom is Indonesian. It seems Eugenia Van Halen had a Tiger Mom edge to her, too. Eddie recalls, "The whole time I was growing up, my mom used to calling me a 'nothing nut- just like your father.' When you grow up that way, it's not conducive to self-esteem." Eddie also notes with music, "My mom was the one pushing us. You know the father in the movie Shine. That's what my mom was like." (Dodds, Kevin. Edward Van Halen: A Definitive Biography. iUniverse Publishing. 2011.)
