Former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar is convinced drummer Alex Van Halen doesn’t want to take part in any tribute show, honoring his late brother Eddie Van Halen.
During the appearance on “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, Hagar was asked if he thinks Alex Van Halen will take part in “The Best Of All Worlds” prior to getting Jason Bonham involved:
“A hundred percent. Jason insisted upon, ‘I will not say yes to do this thing until at least you get… Alex says yes or no.’ Alex hasn’t returned my call for five years. I’ve called, I’ve left messages, I’ve left texts, I’ve left e-mails.
“I don’t think Al really wants to go out and play; otherwise they would have done it with Joe when they were thinking about it. And Irving Azoff (Van Halen’s manager) called me and said, ‘Hey, would you do it? Somebody’s out of their mind. You and Alex, I’ve gotta get you guys together.’ I said, ‘Fine.’ He said, ‘Reach out one more time.’ I reached out one more time. No response.
“Alex never played with anybody ever except his brother. He never jammed with anybody. The whole time we were in Van Halen, Mike and I would be out playing clubs with Eddie (Van Halen), jumping on stage on nights off. And Alex (would be) standing on the side of the stage [and looking on].”