During a recent appearance on Eddie Trunk's Podcast, former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar - who is currently fronting The Circle alongside ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Vic Johnson, and drummer Jason Bonham -  claims that the other half of his previous band, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen, are attempting to prohibit him from performing songs that he co-wrote and sang on originally; specifically the hits from the albums: 5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, and Balance. The complete interview with Sammy Hagar can be heard via the audio player below; a portion has been transcribed.

"We sold 47 million records, whatever it was, together, we had all those number ones. Those are great songs: 'Right Now', 'When It's Love', freakin' 'Finish What You Started'. Just keep going down the line, man. It's, like, these are great songs that need to be played for the people that supported it during the era."

"If you wanna know the truth, I'm gonna tell you something that's gonna stir everything and everybody up so bad, you're not gonna believe it. Eddie and Alex Van Halen are trying to stop me from being able to even play those songs. They have had attorneys and people say, 'No, he can't play 'em.' Like, sometimes you need permission to play something, like on TV and stuff, and they say, 'No.' And they will actually fight legally to try to stop me. And I'm going crazy. I'm going, 'I'm gonna break these guys' neck.' It's like they're so jealous that they can't do 'em, and they don't want 'em to be heard, because they wanna pretend it never happened because of what they're doing now. And it's, like, when I just got wind of this, I'm going nuts. And so I've hired an attorney, and I'm gonna fight these guys to the end. Those are my songs. I wrote every lyric and every freakin' melody on every one of those songs. And for them guys to say that I can't sing my own songs, oh my God — I'm going crazy."

"But for The Circle, we will play them songs all day and all night, because nobody's gonna walk out on stage and tell me, 'Sorry, sir, you can't sing this song.' 'Cause I'd beat their ass!"