Sammy Hagar responded to the omission of “From Hagarera in memoirs Alexa Van Halenacalling it “blasphemy” towards Eddie’s legacy.
Hagar mentioned this in a seemingly innocuous Instagram post, where he recalled his time at Van Halen. In the original post, which includes a photo from 1991, Hagar and Eddie take the stage. Somewhat jokingly commenting on the fashion choice of the time, Hagar responded in a more serious tone to the comments of fans who compare the age with David Lee Roth and the Van Hagar era.
One commenter wrote, “No disrespect to Alex, but it’s okay to love VH with Samy, even if he doesn’t anymore,” prompting another to respond, “Most purists believe VH is done with DLR.”
This is where Hagar entered the conversation.
“It could have been, my friend, but instead we sold over 50 million albums, and every stadium in the world was sold out for a decade,” commented Hagar. “Something like that has never happened again.”
Hagar then pointed out the absence of post-DLR era Van Halen in Alex’s memoir Brothers.
“Alex does his brother’s musical legacy no favors by not acknowledging all the No. 1 album and great music that Eddie and I wrote together,” Hagar said. “To ignore those 10 years of music is blasphemy to my brother’s musicianship, poetry and legacy.”
Alex’s book does not mention the Hagar years, but ends before DLR’s departure from the band in 1985. Alex later explained this decision in an interview with Billboard.
“What happened after Dave left was not the same band… The magic was in the early years,” he said. “That’s why the book ends in 1984; it was real rock and roll.”
In a recent interview on the Bringing It Back to The Beatles podcast, Alex added: “The original band was the driving force.”
“Everything became different from there,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good.”
Source: balkanrock.com
