Sammy Hagar Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
14th March 2017
Fact: Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is in talks with Darryl 'DMC' MCDaniel to re-record RUN-DMC's version of Aerosmith's Walk This Way with him.
8th April 2015
Quote: "They've got some pretty rough vocals. I try to stay away from criticism, but here I am, already starting this interview with it. It’s impossible to stay away from. Standing back, I’m just going, 'What the f**k are these guys thinking?'" Sammy Hagar is not a fan of his former Van Halen bandmates' new album Toyko Dome Live in Concert.
14th August 2014
Fact: Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar has signed on to host Classic Rock magazine's annual awards show, the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour. The 2014 prizegiving will be held in the U.S. for the first time and will take place at the Avalon theatre in Hollywood.
2nd January 2014
Fact: Rockers Alice Cooper, Richie Sambora, Steven Tyler and Sammy Hagar rang in 2014 in style in Maui, by performing together with The Doobie Brothers at a charity gig. The supergroup was joined by Weird Al Yankovic at the Wailea Beach Marriott hotel for the Maui Food Bank benefit.
21st May 2012
Quote: "They're hard people to get along with, those brothers, otherwise I'd still be in the band. I'm surprised it took this long... I predicted this was going to happen a lot sooner. I lost money on that bet!" Rocker Sammy Hagar isn't surprised his former band Van Halen have scrapped 30 dates on their U.S. summer tour amid reports of band fights.
10th November 2011
Quote: "If Van Halen play, it will be Dave (David Lee Roth), Eddie (Van Halen), Alex (Van Halen), and Wolfie (Wolfgang Van Halen), his (Eddie's) kid. It wouldn't be Mike (Anthony) and I. First of all, we wouldn't be invited and second of all, if we were invited, we probably wouldn't do it. If Eddie is in the same condition he was the last time I saw him, I don't want to step onstage with him." Rocker Sammy Hagar insists he's not interested in rejoining Van Halen for a rumoured reunion performance at next year's (12) Grammy Awards.
20th April 2011
Quote: "There's only two singers for that band and if they really wanna play music for the rest of their lives, they're basically gonna have to come back and say, 'Sammy, do you want to do it again?' And, if it's cool, I would do it in a second. I love that band." Rocker Sammy Hagar is keen to reteam with Van Halen.
4th March 2011
Quote: "Dave apparently didn't have good rhythm and wasn't a great singer, didn't have any range. I was singing Eddie's guitar licks with him. After five hours, they were freaking out." Rocker Sammy Hagar recalls his audition with Van Halen in 1985 after David Lee Roth quit the group. Hagar's memories of his time with the rock group are detailed in his upcoming memoirs Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock.
8th January 2009
Fact: Former Van Halen rocker Sammy Hagar is taking his Cabo Wabo Radio off air temporarily. The station, which was launched in December 2007, will be "on hiatus" for an unknown period of time from 10 January (09).
16th July 2008
Fact: Members of Van Halen and The Cult have teamed up to record a new rock anthem for Sammy Hagar's upcoming album. Former Van Halen rockers Hagar and bass player MICHAEL ANTHONY have recruited onetime THE CULT bandmates BILLY DUFFY and Matt Sorum for the studio session.
18th May 2007
Quote: "I was in over my head. I just want the tequila to be available everywhere. I'm really a Campari and soda kind of guy anyway." Rocker Sammy Hagar on his recent decision to sell off 80 per cent of his Cabo Wabo tequila brand to Italian spirits company Gruppo Campari.
14th January 2007
Quote: "I got nothing against GARY, but I would've voted against him getting in. I think he was really just a moment in Van Halen. DAVE and I were in the band for so long, and we sold so many records and I don't think you can deny that." Rocker Sammy Hagar can understand why the man who replaced him in Van Halen, GARY CHERONE, wasn't included in the band's upcoming Hall of Fame induction honour. Instead, he and his predecessor, David Lee Roth, will be credited as the group's frontmen at the 12 March (07) ceremony.
29th July 2006
Quote: "He's hard to get along with. He's not 'user-friendly.' Listen, I'm crazy too, but I'm user-friendly!" Rocker Sammy Hagar isn't anxious to get back together with high-maintenance bandmate EDDIE VAN HALEN any time soon.
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