Alex Van Halen has defined why he refused to affix his former bandmates Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on this summer season’s Best of All Worlds tour, which was designed as a celebration of Hagar’s time in Van Halen.

“I’m not interested,” Van Halen informed Billboard in a brand new interview selling his upcoming e-book Brothers. “They’re not doing the band justice. They can do what they want to do. That’s not my business.”

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Brothers focuses virtually completely on David Lee Roth’s first period in Van Halen, largely ignoring Hagar’s decade-long run as the group’s lead singer in addition to their temporary collaboration with Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone. “What happened after Dave left is not the same band,” Van Halen defined. “I’m not saying it was better or worse of any of that. …But the magic was in the first years, when we didn’t know what we were doing, when we were willing to try anything.”

Van Halen additionally cautions followers to not anticipate very a lot mudslinging in his new e-book. “It’s not about the dirt. If I start throwing dirt, it’ll never end. I think some people would like that; that’s how projects are sold nowadays. I think it divides the audience, and we’re not here to divide.”

He will promote the e-book with a pair of East Coast e-book signings on Oct. 21 and twenty second, after which participate in a stay dialog on Oct. 24 at the Frost Auditorium in Culver City, Calif. “People can ask whatever they like – that’s their prerogative,” Van Halen says of the occasion. “It’s my prerogative to answer. Or not answer.”