“Alex is not doing his brother’s musical legacy justice”: Sammy Hagar blasts Alex Van Halen for ignoring his era of Van Halen in his book
Sammy Hagar has criticised Alex Van Halen for leaving out his era of Van Halen in his memoir Brothers, even accusing the singer of “blasphemy”.
Contention is nothing new in the Van Halen world, but the latest spat comes after Hagar posted a photo of himself and Eddie Van Halen heading to the stage before a show in 1991, with discussion mainly centering around the clothes they were wearing in the era.
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But the comments section took a turn when several commenters began discussing the different Van Halen eras, with one writing: “My dad always said the [David Lee] Roth days were about the party; the Sammy days were about the music.” [via Ultimate Classic Rock]
Another wrote: “No disrespect to Alex but it’s okay to like Van Halen with Sammy, even if he doesn’t anymore,” while another wrote: “Most purists believe Van Halen ended with David Lee Roth.”
Unfortunately, the latter comment provoked a response from Hagar, who wrote: “It could have [ended], my friend, but instead we went on to sell over 50 million records for [a] No. 1 album [then] sold out every building and stadium in the world for a whole decade. That never happened again.
Hagar goes on to say that Alex Van Halen is “not doing his brother’s musical legacy justice by not acknowledging all the No. 1 albums and some great music Eddie and I wrote together – not Alex – but Eddie and I wrote together”.
He adds: “To not acknowledge [those] 10 years of music is blasphemy to his brother’s musicianship, songwriting and legacy.”
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Following the departure of frontman David Lee Roth in 1985, Sammy Hagar became Van Halen’s second singer, and fronted the band for 11 years until 1996. He also fronted the band again for a brief period between 2003 and 2005.
Sammy Hagar recently expressed an interest in settling his differences with David Lee Roth. After rumours swirled that DLR had mocked Hagar for claiming Eddie Van Halen visited him in a dream, Hagar asserted that this wasn’t the case, saying: “This is the first real olive-branch moment Dave and I have had in 100 years.”
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