Wolfgang Says Van Hagar Doesn’t Get Enough Respect

Wolfgang Van Halen is pointing out a lack of respect for the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen.
The topic came up during a new interview when Wolfgang was asked about his level of involvement with Van Halen band reissues, including the upcoming vinyl release of the “Live: Right Here, Right Now” for Record Store Day.
He explained, “[Alex Van Halen] is, obviously, he’s the head honcho when it comes to making the decisions. I am that sort of what would have been my dad’s vote for stuff there with Al. So Al and I are kind of that team.”
“Live: Right Here, Right Now” is the first Van Halen reissue focusing on the band’s Van Hagar era, which Wolfgang also discussed.
He said, “That era [of Van Halen] doesn’t get any respect, I don’t think. And there’s a lot of amazing songs and just obviously brilliant guitar playing on a lot of that – on all of that stuff – and I think people don’t give it a chance ’cause they fall into that just exhausting ‘this singer is better, this singer is better’ crap, when it’s, like, just give it a chance. There’s some really good stuff in there.”