Sammy Hagar Wants to Bury the Hatchet With Alex Van Halen: "I Would Love to Be Friends Again"

Sammy Hagar is ready to move on, and he’s saying it out loud. In a new interview with Billboard, the former Van Halen frontman said he would love to bury the hatchet with drummer Alex Van Halen, even after Alex recently called him a“complete idiot.”According to Hagar, the door is wide open: he wants to be friends again, and if music happens too, even better.

The tension goes back to Hagar’s 2011 memoir, which included details about Eddie Van Halen’s“dark side.”Hagar has since expressed regret over that section, particularly after Eddie’s death in 2020. In the new interview, Hagar also called Van Halen the pinnacle of his five-decade career, a pretty huge statement from someone with a resume as long as his.

For fans, this is bigger than a personal feud. Van Halen’s two eras, the Roth years and the Hagar years, have been debated for decades, and a Hagar-Alex reconciliation could finally bring both camps together. So what do you think: should Alex accept the olive branch, or is this one grudge that’s here to stay? Sound off in the comments.