Sammy Hagar recently took to Instagram to criticize Alex Van Halen for leaving the “Van Hagar” era out of his memoir, “Brothers.”

Hagar accused Alex of “blasphemy” for ignoring the highly successful run he had with Van Halen.

The memoir focuses on Alex’s life and times with Eddie Van Halen, but ends with the original departure of David Lee Roth in 1985.

“What happened after Dave left is not the same band. … The magic was in the first years, when we didn’t know what we were doing; when we were willing to try anything,” explained Alex.

After Hagar posted a picture from 1991 on Instagram that showed himself and Eddie Van Halen heading for the stage before a show, a fan wrote, “Most purists believe VH ended with DLR,” prompting a terse response from Hagar.

“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,” commented Hagar. “That never happened again.”

“Alex 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,” wrote Hagar. “To not acknowledge [those] 10 years of music is blasphemy to his brother’s musicianship, songwriting and legacy.”

Alex maintained that “the original band was the driving force,” in a more recent interview with the “Bringing It Back to The Beatles” podcast.

“That’s why the book ends in 1984, because that was true rock and roll,” he said. “After that, it became much more — I don’t know; I can’t explain it. But it’s not to say that it was not any good. We always did our best at whatever we were doing, but it wasn’t the same.”

Source: RTT Music News