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【How Do You Reply to "He’s a Complete Idiot"? The Love-Hate Blues Played by Sammy Hagar and Alex Van Halen】 Swirling a glass of cheap whiskey late at night, I let out a sigh. These 70-something legends, who really ought to know the bitter and sweet of life by now, are still bickering like kids behind the schoolyard. This is rock 'n' roll—or rather, a 12-bar blues trapped in an inescapable loop of karma. Opening the news, I almost burst out laughing. Alex Van Halen, the legendary drummer who once set the world on fire with Van Halen, publicly called his former comrade and band frontman Sammy Hagar a "Complete Idiot." And none other than the "Red Rocker" himself, Sammy Hagar, fired back with a reaction that was remarkably mature (or just predictably Sammy). …