Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar, also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He afterwards launched a successful solo career, scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55". He enjoyed huge commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left the band in 1996. He returned to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 October 1947
CitySalinas, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't seem to do much
I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great idea, it's just the wrong guys."
I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff.
I think love could have saved Kurt Cobain.
I can be singing about cat food and I'll make you think that I mean it.
I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later
I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
It was a horrible way to end the whole thing, ... So, I just say, 'Man, that's it for me. I'm not playing with people like this.'
Seeing what kind of person Dave is, now I know why they have never been able to do the reunion with him because he is unreasonable, ... He's a complete nut. He is not an average bear. He's on the moon. He's unreasonable and he's shot.
Valerie is a pretty strong woman. She's not intimidated.
If they called me up, I would puke.
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
When Eddie and Alex got wind of what was going down with my greatest hits record, they called my attorney. They thought something was up.
It's kind of a groovy record, ... It's almost a little retro. It's not '80s-type fist-in-the-air Sammy Hagar -- well, a couple of songs are always like that because that's where I came from -- but it's almost more '70s rock.