Alex Van Halen calls ex-bandmate Sammy Hagar a ‘complete idiot,’ Hagar reacts

Alex Van Halen calls ex-bandmate Sammy Hagar a 'complete idiot, ' Hagar reacts.

Key points

• In Hagar's 2011 autobiography, he opened up regarding Alex and Eddie Van Halen's drinking contributing to his fallout with the brothers during their 2004 reunion.
• Sammy Hagar is calling for "peace" against the backdrop of his longtime spat with former Van Halen bandmate Alex Van Halen.
• In the book, Hagar, 78, discussed Eddie Van Halen, Alex's brother, and the star guitarist's alcoholism.
• Hager has additionally toured and performed with former bandmembers David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony.

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Van Halen, 73, whose feud with the former frontman and guitarist reignited upon the release of Hagar's 2011 autobiography, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock, " remarked during a recent interview with Brazilian music magazine Roadie Crew: "I don't know what he wrote, and I don't want to know. In my opinion, Sammy Hagar is a complete idiot."

Reacting to Van Halen's comment in a post shared by Rock Celebrities, Hagar wrote: "this comment and post is so unnecessary at this time in our lives, but I guess the truth hurts sometimes. Peace already."

Sammy Hagar would work on new Van Halen tracks 'if I obtained the call'.

Hagar was with Van Halen for over a decade, from 1985 until tensions with the Van Halen brothers erupted in 1996, before briefly reuniting with the band for a worldwide tour in 2004. Hager has additionally toured and performed with former bandmembers David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony. Sammy Hagar invites David Lee Roth to Vegas after canceled demonstrates.

In Hagar's 2011 autobiography, he opened up regarding Alex and Eddie Van Halen's drinking contributing to his fallout with the brothers during their 2004 reunion. As Eddie Van Halen was in rehab, and though Van Halen was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, only Hagar and Anthony appeared at the induction ceremony. Eddie Van Halen died in October 2020 at 65 from throat cancer.

In 2021, he reflected on the book and remarked he regretted the level of "angst" with which he wrote concerning his falling out with the Van Halen brothers.

"I kind of wish I would have been a little more conservative regarding the Van Halen years. But I was angry when I wrote the book. They threw me out of the band, and they did it ruthlessly, " he said on the "Rock This With Allison Hagendorf" podcast. "God rest Eddie's soul, I love him to death. But him and his brother are pretty tough guys to accord with if they go against you. They really created it harder on me at a weird time in my life."

In early 2026, Hagar informed USA TODAY that in light of Alex Van Halen working on unreleased music created by Eddie, he would work on the new tracks if he "got the call."

" has the right to do anything he wants with his brother's stuff, but it's really a shame, " he remarked at the time. "I would love to write a song with Eddie again."

He continued: "I understand he's obtained some difficulties with me. But if I obtained the call, I would drop just concerning everything, except for my live demonstrates, to do the right thing for that. It would just be so exciting to work with Eddie again in any way." SMS Facebook Twitter Email. Share your feedback to support improve our site! Share your feedback to support improve our site!

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