Sammy Hagar probably won’t list Alex Van Halen’s new memoir brothers at the top of his favorite books of 2024.

Hagar, who fronted Van Halen from 1985 to 1996 and again from 2003 to 2005, took to social media to share his thoughts on his former bandmate’s latest book, calling the omission of his time in the band “blasphemy.”

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Published in October, brothers focuses largely on the California veteran group’s first 12 years, effectively stopping the Van Halen story after singer David Lee Roth’s departure and overlooking not only Hagar’s time as singer but also the temporary lineup with Gary Cherone and her eventual reunion with Roth .

“What happened after Dave left is not the same band,” Alex Van Halen said billboard in October. “I’m not saying it was better or worse or anything like that. The fact is that Ed and I gave our best every game. We always did our best. But the magic was in the first few years, when we didn’t know what we were doing, when we were willing to try anything.”

When Hagar posted a 1991 photo of himself and guitarist Eddie Van Halen on Instagram earlier this week, he began responding to comments on the post, including one who said that “most purists believe that VH is with DLR has ended”.

“It could have (ended), my friend, but instead we sold over 50 million records for (a) No. 1 album that sold out every building and stadium in the world for an entire decade,” Hagar replied. “That never happened again.”

IVan Halen experienced some of their greatest successes with their album 1984which featured the single “Jump”, which topped the Hot 100, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and became her highest-charting release of the Roth era. Their next album, 1986 5150“, was her first release with Hagar as vocalist and the first of four consecutive No. 1 albums released with Hagar at the helm.

Hagar continued his response, claiming that Alex Van Halen had done both the band and his late brother a disservice by leaving the era out of the memoir.

“Alex doesn’t do his brother’s musical legacy justice by not acknowledging all the No. 1 albums and some great music that Eddie and I wrote together – not Alex – but Eddie and I wrote together,” Hagar continued continued. “To not recognize these 10 years of music is a blasphemy to his brother’s musicianship, songwriting and legacy.”

Despite his harsh words about Alex Van Halen’s book, Hagar recently said Rolling Stone It’s “on his wish list” that he and his former bandmate can make peace at some point.

“I understand that he probably couldn’t have covered the whole era in one book. It would have been the Bible, the dictionary, so maybe he has plans for Volume 2. Who knows?” said Hagar.

“But I want to be friends. I don’t want to play in a band with Al. I’m not asking for that. I realize that he is incapable of doing this. If so, I’d like to play with him, but that’s not what I’m looking for. I just want to have friends again.”

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