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Yeah, of course I'd agree with that. The thing with Hagar is that he keeps using these bogus 'facts' he invents (inflated record sales, inflated crowd sizes) to perpetuate his "I'm better than David Lee Roth" arguments in interviews.
Even back in 2003 when VH1 was airing that Sam And Dave special about the 2002 tour, Sam was saying things like "David Lee Roth came out of the gutter to do this tour" and "if anything, [Roth] owed me more shows because I got him back in the game" and "wait until next year, because [Dave] will be back where he was last summer" meaning "in the gutter" prior to hooking up with Hagar for that co-headlining tour. Even back then 20 years ago watching that on tv, I was puzzled at the remarks because as far as I knew Hagar hadn't been doing any headlining gigs after leaving Van Halen to sizable crowds on the strength of his own name...so who the fuck was he to criticize the size of the crowds Roth had been playing to prior to that 2002 tour? If anything, that co-headlining tour was mutually beneficial to both Hagar AND Roth.
Another case in point is Hagar trying to contrast his solo endeavors post-1996 to what Roth has been doing since 1996. Hagar says things along the lines of Roth's highest profile stint post-1996 being a Van Halen reunion. Well, what has been Hagar's career highlight since HE left Van Halen? Touring With Roth in 2002, reuniting with Van Halen in 2004 and the book he wrote about it in 2008.
It's just these continuous attempts by Hagar to gaslight the history of Van Halen and his own success as a solo artist which still never fail to irk the fuck out of me. Has nothing to do with the musical content I prefer, but Hagar just can't stop lying about the facts. Even allowing for the probability that Hagar is always being asked about the Van Halen/Roth stuff in every interview (because, really, what else of interest would there even be to ask Hagar about?), after hearing Hagar's bullshit about all of it for literally going on 4 decades...I dunno. I guess it says more about me at this point that any of it continues to bug me.
Even back in 2003 when VH1 was airing that Sam And Dave special about the 2002 tour, Sam was saying things like "David Lee Roth came out of the gutter to do this tour" and "if anything, [Roth] owed me more shows because I got him back in the game" and "wait until next year, because [Dave] will be back where he was last summer" meaning "in the gutter" prior to hooking up with Hagar for that co-headlining tour. Even back then 20 years ago watching that on tv, I was puzzled at the remarks because as far as I knew Hagar hadn't been doing any headlining gigs after leaving Van Halen to sizable crowds on the strength of his own name...so who the fuck was he to criticize the size of the crowds Roth had been playing to prior to that 2002 tour? If anything, that co-headlining tour was mutually beneficial to both Hagar AND Roth.
Another case in point is Hagar trying to contrast his solo endeavors post-1996 to what Roth has been doing since 1996. Hagar says things along the lines of Roth's highest profile stint post-1996 being a Van Halen reunion. Well, what has been Hagar's career highlight since HE left Van Halen? Touring With Roth in 2002, reuniting with Van Halen in 2004 and the book he wrote about it in 2008.
It's just these continuous attempts by Hagar to gaslight the history of Van Halen and his own success as a solo artist which still never fail to irk the fuck out of me. Has nothing to do with the musical content I prefer, but Hagar just can't stop lying about the facts. Even allowing for the probability that Hagar is always being asked about the Van Halen/Roth stuff in every interview (because, really, what else of interest would there even be to ask Hagar about?), after hearing Hagar's bullshit about all of it for literally going on 4 decades...I dunno. I guess it says more about me at this point that any of it continues to bug me.
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