Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker and former Van Halen frontman, is no stranger to controversy. But his recent Instagram post featuring Eddie Van Halen has sparked a firestorm among fans.
It all started when Sammy Hagar shared a video on the Van Hagar Other Half Instagram account. The post featured a voice-over from a Van Halen concert with Eddie, paired with a caption that read, ‘This goes to show the power of music. It can make grown men do crazy like this!’”
While some fans found the post humorous, others were quick to criticize it as disrespectful to Eddie Van Halen’s legacy.
One fan wrote, ‘It’s so weird to hear such awful guitar with this. Ed’s playing on this is probably the best-sounding guitar playing I have ever heard in my life.’
Hagar replied, “Oh my friend I agree 100% on Ed’s Guitar tone. But this I couldn’t refuse reposting it whoever made this had a good sense of humor and of course, everyone knows how great Ed tone and playing was.”
Another fan said, “I’m sorry, I can’t in good faith laugh at this. I’ve watched it 47 times. And it still isn’t funny to me. I need to see more like this to get a better idea.”
Sammy then responded, “It’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’ type humor. That’s why it’s so funny to me, but there was definitely nothing funny about this band or Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing the greatest of all time.”
