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【The Day Drumsticks Were Swapped for a Sword—Alex Van Halen Knighted in His Native Netherlands on a Night for Raising a Glass】 Tonight might be the night to splurge and pop open a bottle of Scotch instead of the cheap bourbon. Alex Van Halen, the powerhouse drummer who kept the foundations of Van Halen shaking with thunderous force, has somehow been named a "knight" in his birthplace of the Netherlands. I did a double-take at the news screen and almost wiped my reading glasses with whiskey. A drummer. A knight. You shouldn't picture him in medieval armor astride a white horse. The only things he ever straddled were a massive double-bass drum set and the lightning-like guitar riffs unleashed by his brother, Eddie Van Halen. …