"The Ched Chunkhead Opens His Insufferable Piehole And Inserts Both Feet" Thread

[Yount]

Sammy Hagar is a poor man's David Coverdale is a poor man's Robert Plant.

Is Sammy singin' the blues? (Cover those ears kiddies)

[BenJammin]

Sammy Hagar is a poor man's David Coverdale is a poor man's Robert Plant.

Is Sammy singin' the blues? (Cover those ears kiddies)

I actually tried to give that an honest listen, but Sam has officially fucked up me listening to any blues songs now.
Maybe I can pull up some Buddy Guy to rinse that out of my ears.

[Yount]

I actually tried to give that an honest listen, but Sam has officially fucked up me listening to any blues songs now.
Maybe I can pull up some Buddy Guy to rinse that out of my ears.

I'm tellin' ya get a feel for the audience response during the ending. This band sucks. Hagar really sucks (and his voice ain't that technically correct either.) There is no atmosphere and I don't need no fucking scientist to prove to me what a vibe is. Roth would never pull something as dull as this on the audience. WTF fuck is Hagar singing about anyway?

[Yount]

Butthead!

[NIN1211]

Holy shit. This has to be one of the dumbest videos ever. It's about as appealing as Cheese Wiz on a tuna sandwich.

Another case of hoping the bad guys win!!!!

[twonabomber]

One of the many musical gods Spammy's music has generated.

wow, Mike's put on a lot of weight during Chickenshit's downtime. or is that Mona?

[NIN1211]

Butthead!

1985-1996.............The BLUNDER Years

[Yount]

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Hagar: "I'd love to be abducted. I'd sit on my deck at home waiting all night long to be abducted."
Sounds like someone's itching for an anal probing.
* 04/05/2011 08:49 PM

AVC: You joined Van Halen in 1985, and the first song you wrote together was “Summer Nights,” which you describe as coming together quickly during your first jam session. Was your musical connection with Van Halen instantaneous?

SH: That’s exactly what it was. I think the previous incarnation—if I may go there, I don’t even like to go there, but Ed and Al would write the music, Mikey would play along, and Ted Templeman would go and get with Dave and coach him through melodies and phrasings. When I came in, we didn’t need Ted Templeman or anybody. I had my scat together, and my melodic sense was good, because I could pick up a guitar and I’d work it out. We went on a rocketship then. The four of us were in the studio with Donn Landee, and we wrote songs like they were just pouring out of us. We got very prolific, and it wasn’t that way before, I guess.

AVC: You claim that a psychic predicted the date of your first concert with Van Halen—March 27, 1986—months before you even joined the band.

SH: Yeah. His name is Marshall Lever. I’ve got goosebumps on my arms now. Now you have fucked up, Steve. Last night, Marshall Lever called my house and left a message saying, “I woke up this morning and it was you in the newspaper, saying, ‘Sammy Abducted By Aliens.’ How are those aliens treating you, my friend?” And I haven’t heard from this guy for years. Now you are talking about Marshall. Yeah, he said that I was going to start a whole new thing that was going to be—well, not exactly, he used a different word—but it was going to be what I have done all along, but that it was going to be more intense. He was in his trance mode, and he would say, “You need to just go about your business and don’t try to make any changes. Everything has to happen in its own time. But on this date, you will start a new cycle of what you have been doing on a more intense level.” And, by God, he was dead on the fucking money.

AVC: Van Halen started doing more love songs once you joined. Were you trying to broaden the band’s audience?

SH: What happened was, when Eddie heard my vocal range, he got inspired and started busting out keyboards. Because he would try to do it before and it wouldn’t work, because you have to sing a certain way to be a little more melodic. Dave was great with screaming over the top of a good hard riff—that’s his forte, and where his limitations were. Whereas I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like “Love Walks In,” I can do it. And Eddie got all inspired, and started pulling ideas that he probably had sitting around for the last few years that he still dug that he never could present, or if he did present, went nowhere. You know, everybody’s like that. 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.” Like if I were playing with Sting and Neil Peart, this song would be great, you know what I mean?

I’ve always been into writing love songs. I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day. I’ve had my fill of “One Way To Rock” or “I Can’t Drive 55.” Those are guy songs to me, and I’m cool with that. But when you write a great love song and you start seeing that 50 percent of your audience is beautiful women, that’s much more rewarding, my friend, than having a bunch of guys out there. Trust me. So, I always liked a good love song and, you know, I dig being in love. Love is the shit, man. When you fall in love, everything’s great. You can have all the money in the world, all the cars, and the houses—but with no love life, man, you are sitting there, you’re bummed, you’re pissed off. You go, “Man, this sucks.” You could be in the gutter and fall in love with someone, and you feel great. That’s my honest opinion. I’ve witnessed both sides of that fence and being in love is where it’s at.

AVC: The Van Halen brothers were upset when John McCain used “Right Now” during a campaign stop in 2008. But in your view, the song was being used to “inspire” people, so you were for it.

SH: That’s what it was written for. And they were so wrong about that, to say that they didn’t want someone to use it for their campaign. Bullshit. This is pop music. You’ve got a candidate for president of the United States using it, that’s hitting the biggest audience you’re ever going to hit in your entire friggin’ life. And you don’t want that? Bullshit. That’s what you want. It’s not even for success or fortune, it’s because that’s the power of the song. I was honored by it. You know, those guys just went against it because I was for it, because I’m a co-writer, publisher of that song, so for it to get accepted, we had to sign off on it. I signed off in a second. “You bet that anyone can use this. I don’t care. You can use it for anything.” If it is to inspire people in the positive sense, I will okay it. They just didn’t like the fact that I okayed it. Believe me, man, once they turned on me, they turned on me in every respect.

AVC: “Don’t Tell Me” actually sounds a bit like Nirvana. Did Van Halen make a mistake by trying to sound grungy instead of like Van Halen?

SH: I loved that song, but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen. The record was big—we always sold 4 or 5 million records no matter what we did. But that song didn’t take us anywhere, and I know why now. It wasn’t what Van Halen fans wanted. It showed the darkness of Van Halen, and basically the end of the band.

AVC: You’ve said that you’d like to re-join Van Halen at some point. But after writing this book, is that realistic?

SH: I’ve really thought this over, because I know this book is going to crush any possibility real soon, but that’s okay. I don’t want to try to force anything, because I’m really happy with Chickenfoot; my new record with them is phenomenal. I think it’s better than the first one, and I think our first record was killing. When they read this book, they are going to be pissed because this happened and they don’t want me telling everybody, but I had to. I’m writing my biography. It’s my business. This is what happened in my life, and I’m writing about it. For me to leave that out wouldn’t have been fair to the fans, you know? So I put the dirt in. I talked about the good times. Even the good times are going to piss some of these guys off, because their old ladies are going to say, “You dirty punk. You were hanging around with them. I know you did it.” And that’s unfair, but, you know, I’m going to get under the bus right with you boys.

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. But they have two choices: Sam or Dave. If they tried to go out and get some young kid to sing my songs, it would be a disaster. The fans are not going to buy into that. Van Halen is too big to do that. As soon as this Dave thing blows over, you know, they obviously can’t make a record with him. He is dried up or not very prolific; something’s wrong there, obviously. So I’m the only choice to make a record. And that’s the only way I would do it. We’d have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen’s got some of the best fans on the planet.

You just love cashing the cheques, Scammy.

[Jack68]

"As soon as this Dave thing blows over, you know, they obviously can’t make a record with him. He is dried up or not very prolific; something’s wrong there, obviously. So I’m the only choice to make a record. And that’s the only way I would do it. We’d have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen’s got some of the best fans on the planet."

Back and to the left....

[ThatArtGuy]

Man! I can't wait until Sammy finally dies from obscurity. He's almost there now.

[BumBahDeeDah]

Too bad Sammy is only prolific with delusional statements and bland music.

[GreenEyedMurder]

1985-1996.............The BLUNDER Years

I wonder how it felt for Sammy to have to sing Dave songs on stage throughout his time keeping Dave's seat warm. No wonder he's such a bitter little man.

[GreenEyedMurder]

"As soon as this Dave thing blows over, you know, they obviously can’t make a record with him. He is dried up or not very prolific; something’s wrong there, obviously. So I’m the only choice to make a record. And that’s the only way I would do it. We’d have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen’s got some of the best fans on the planet."

Back and to the left....

I can imagine Sammy just sitting at home, next to the phone waiting for it to ring, and for Eddie to come crawling back and beg him to do one last album. Keep waiting, Sam. Keep waiting.
*cobwebs grow from Sam's head to the phone*

[chi-town324]

Spam would never come back without Mike...it aint happening

[stringfelowhawk]

SH: What happened was, when Eddie heard my vocal range, he got inspired and started busting out keyboards. Because he would try to do it before and it wouldn’t work, because you have to sing a certain way to be a little more melodic. Dave was great with screaming over the top of a good hard riff—that’s his forte, and where his limitations were. Whereas I had more of a vocal range.

I'm so tired of hearing this bullshit! And that IS what it is!

David Lee Roth: G1-G♯5

Sammy Hagar: E2-F♯5

Add that shit up.... Singing higher doesn't mean more. He's a lying piece of shit and I'm tired of him getting away with it every fucking time he opens his peter beaters. Why doesn't the interviewer ever call him on his bullshit?

And that bit about keyboards is priceless. "You have to sing a certain way to be more melodic"? PUHLEASE! "Just Like Paradise" is more melodic than anything that ass has ever written and its NOT A LOVE SONG!

Now, I know it doesn't matter who has more range. Hell, I wouldn't care about it if it were true. I would still prefer CVH over Van Hagar. I just have a pet peeve where I can't stand it when people make provably false claims and don't get called on it. I don't care what the avenue whether its this delusional eunic and vocal range or some P.O.S. politician. It just bugs me.

Sorry for venting!!!!