Sammy Hagar has suggested Alex Van Halen resents him for still being able to perform.
Sammy Hagar has offered a potential reason as to why Alex Van Halen has shut him out of his life
The ‘Jump’ band’s former frontman – who was the singer from 1985 to 1996, before returning in 2003 until 2005 – revealed in 2022 that he had been ghosted by drummer and late guitarist Eddie Van Halen‘s younger brother, Alex, when he tried to contact him via email and phone.
And now he has opened up on one potential reason for their rift.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sammy was asked if the fact Alex prefers to keep out of the spotlight was to blame for him keeping his distance, to which he replied: “I don’t think that’s it.
“And I’ve had this conversation with a few people, including [former Van Halen manager] Irving Azoff. I’ve asked him, ‘What’s the problem?'”
And when asked if it was anything to do with the Cabo Wabo nightclub company the band founded in 1980 and him going on to buyout his bandmates and turn it into a lucrative business, he denied that to be the case.
He said: “To that I said, ‘How the f*** could they be angry about that?’ They gave me the damn thing, they walked out on me, left me with it. And they made me indemnify them in case I got sued and lost everything. They made me sign off big time. And I’m going, ‘I hope it’s not that.'”
Sammy believes it “really bothers him” that he’s still out there playing shows and doing music.
He said: “He’s not a singer. He’s not a guitar player. He is not really a band leader. And he seems like he doesn’t want to play drums or can’t play drums anymore, and he can’t go write a new record.
“And I think that…
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