Sam Just Won't Stop

[Terry]

Eddie had said prior to Hagar he had talked with Smyth and had broached the idea of her singing with the band which she declined to do.

There was also an idea prior to Hagar being approached of having an album with a bunch of guest singers...like a different singer for each tune.

[Silexxx]

Apparently this was an old article from Classic Rock magazine, July 2011 Issue 159. That is why it seemed like the same old bs because that what it was.

[Seshmeister]

Right - I thought so.

This bozo Niall Docherty needs some cash and regurgitates an old story, doesn't cite a source and picks up the hits he needs.

[Terry]

Yeah, but regardless Hagar has been making inflated claims re: record sales and concert attendances going back to the 1990s before he left Van Halen in 1996.

Hagar said more than once in the 1990s that the band sold 60 million records while he was in it, with the inference being that the version of Van Halen he was in sold 60 million records.

Sort of along the lines of when Hagar was boasting around the time of the Balance album how Van Halen was performing to sold out audiences all over Europe in 1995: he made that claim several times, always neglecting to mention that Van Halen were opening for Bon Jovi on all those dates.

It was when the internet became widely available in the mid-1990s - and the data about these things (concert attendances/albums sales) became more easily accessible - that others started debunking Hagar's claims online.

[twonabomber]

Be ready for more Hagar nonsense. The Van Hagar studio albums have been remastered and the box set is coming out soon. I'm sure Hagarelli will be making the rounds and yappin'.

[ZahZoo]

More details...

[Silexxx]

Hmmm. No any new stuff in that box set. That "rarities" disc is a joke. Up For Breakfast remastered, yay... Didn't Sam said that there was supposed to be some unreleased stuff? Between the Two Us or something like that.

[Nickdfresh]

Be ready for more Hagar nonsense. The Van Hagar studio albums have been remastered and the box set is coming out soon. I'm sure Hagarelli will be making the rounds and yappin'.

Remasterbated actually...

[Terry]

As if anybody listening via ear buds can tell the difference re: 'remastered' anyway.

[twonabomber]

Remasterbated actually...

regurgitated

[Vinnie Velvet]

Interesting how everything that was on van-halen.com has now been removed to make way for the announcement of the Van Hagar remasters.

This includes the recent personal messages from Alex on milestones regarding Ed be it the anniversary of his death or his birthday.

This will no doubt make Sam think Al is ready to reconcile. Lol

[ZahZoo]

Well if it helps... you can get the full 6-pack on vinyl for $138.97 at Walmart.com...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Van-Halen-CUstom-Vinyl-Box-Set-Walmart-Exclusive-Exclusive/842878069

[Vinnie Velvet]

Well if it helps... you can get the full 6-pack on vinyl for $138.97 at Walmart.com...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Van-Halen...sive/842878069

Are those just the 2015 remasters just repackaged in a box with replica backstage passes from each tour?

[Kristy]

Well if it helps... you can get the full 6-pack on vinyl for $138.97 at Walmart.com...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Van-Halen...sive/842878069

BANDCAMP GOD DAMN IT!

Buy all of your musical shit on Bandcamp. Why? Because there is no middleman like a fucktard Bezos to steal the money that would otherwise being going directly to the artist themselves.

[ZahZoo]

Are those just the 2015 remasters just repackaged in a box with replica backstage passes from each tour?

I believe so... it follows the Van Halen business model, less work and the fans get nothin new...

This is the way™...