Sammy Hagar VS. Van Halen (again)

[That 70s Guy]

blabbermouth.net

In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar was asked if he thinks people are losing interesting in seeing the current lineup of the band, featuring David Lee Roth on vocals and Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. He responded: "I can only speculate on what I've seen on YouTube, things people send me now and then. My buddies are always saying, 'Hey, check this out.' And you turn it on and say, 'Oh, ****, not this again.' I don't go looking for none of that stuff. You know, of course, I heard some of the live album."

He continued: "There's just no chemistry up there. They don't like each other. I mean, it's obvious. It's like a backup band with a guy out there in front. I bet they don't say five words to each other offstage.'

Hagar added: "What I saw was just so chemistry-less. VAN HALEN was always about chemistry in the early days. Early, that band was all about ****ing chemistry, man. They were on fire. When I joined the band, they had great musical chemistry. We were friends, and we were on fire. We had so much fun, it should have been illegal. Now all that's gone."

Asked if he thinks he will ever speak to VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen again, Sammy said: "I would hope so. Because that would be really sad if any one of us — I'll put myself in the same category — took this to our graves. That is not where you take things. I would rather go to my grave with no enemies left. I just don't think that would feel right. But who knows. Whatever. It's not my decision because I was the one they pushed out and tried to **** over. To me, it's up to them to come back and say they're sorry."

He continued: "I'm not sorry for anything. I didn't do anything. Matter of fact, I did everything for that band. It was 100 percent my heart and soul and the best I had to give. All I did was make Number One albums and a lot of money. That's all I ever did for the band. Anything that's been done has all been in anger towards myself and now Mikey [former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony] too. To me, they need to come and say, 'We're sorry.' And then our job would be to say, 'Great, you're forgiven.' Boom. Not for a reunion or anything like that. That's over, to me. That's completely ****ing over. I wouldn't want to be in a band like that right now. I'd feel like a hypocrite for joining that band. How about that? There's a good quote for you. If I joined VAN HALEN right now, I'd feel like the biggest hypocrite in the world. And I'm not a hypocrite. "

Hagar recorded four studio albums with VAN HALEN between 1985 and 1995, rejoining briefly in 2004 for a disastrous reunion trek.

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[That 70s Guy]

ultimateclassicrock.com

Sammy Hagar has once again called out his former Van Halen bandmates, this time for their alleged attempts to block him from including songs from his time with the group on an upcoming live DVD by his new band the Circle.

“On the new Circle DVD we’re making from the live album, Led Zeppelin agreed to let us use their music,” Hagar tells Rolling Stone. “And Van Halen said, “No.” And then I said, “F— you.” I don’t need to do this to survive, and thank God, because otherwise, they would starve me out like I think they’re trying to do. It’s the lowest, cheesiest thing ever. I wrote every lyric and every melody and I sang them in that band. … When you’re singing ‘Right Now’ or ‘Why Can’t This Be Love,’ that’s my music. I wrote all the lyrics.”

Surprisingly, Hagar – who says Van Halen also blocked him from including the lyrics to “Cabo Wabo” in his new cooking and lifestyle book, Are We Having Any Fun Yet?, and has tussled with the band over similar issues in recent months – still hopes to find peace with the Van Halen brothers someday.

When asked if he thinks he’ll ever speak to guitarist Eddie Van Halen again, Hagar said, “I would hope so. Because that would be really sad if any one of us — I’ll put myself in the same category — took this to our graves. That is not where you take things. I would rather go to my grave with no enemies left.”


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