Sam Just Won't Stop

[nick500]

Sammy Hagar to Alex Van Halen: ‘Just Leave Me Alone. I’ll Leave You Alone’

“I think Al’s angry because I’m out doing it, and Mike [Anthony] and I are out doing it, and he can’t,”
Hagar explained. “He’s not a singer. He’s not a guitar player. He is not really a band leader. And he
seems like he doesn’t want to play drums or can’t play drums anymore, and he can’t go write a new
record. Alex wasn’t the songwriter in the band. He was the drummer. Eddie and I wrote the songs. Dave
[Lee Roth] and Eddie wrote the songs, and so we can go out and do them. And I think that really bothers
him that Mike and I are still out there doing it. I would feel bad. If I put myself in his shoes, I would feel
terrible if I couldn’t do it anymore.”

Full story at:
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sammy-hagar-retirement-alex-van-halen-feud-1235325430/

Wow. What an asshole. Way to shit on one of the great rock drummers of all time.

[silverfish]

Sammy Hagar to Alex Van Halen: ‘Just Leave Me Alone. I’ll Leave You Alone’

“I think Al’s angry because I’m out doing it, and Mike [Anthony] and I are out doing it, and he can’t,”
Hagar explained. “He’s not a singer. He’s not a guitar player. He is not really a band leader. And he
seems like he doesn’t want to play drums or can’t play drums anymore, and he can’t go write a new
record. Alex wasn’t the songwriter in the band. He was the drummer. Eddie and I wrote the songs. Dave
[Lee Roth] and Eddie wrote the songs, and so we can go out and do them. And I think that really bothers
him that Mike and I are still out there doing it. I would feel bad. If I put myself in his shoes, I would feel
terrible if I couldn’t do it anymore.”

Full story at:
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sammy-hagar-retirement-alex-van-halen-feud-1235325430/

[Nitro Express]

Fuck. Dave Grohl even tried to spin knocking up his mistress as a I’m so wonderful PR opp. No Dave. You committed adultry and made a bastard.

[Nitro Express]

He want’s to die on stage I guess. He won’t go away until the reaper takes him. He’s really shown what a narcissistic asshole he really is. He’s a bigger attention whore than Roth ever was. Sam has wasted no time using the LA fires as a PR opportunity for himself. Dave Grohl too. It’s not charity. It’s self promotion. Two pathetic assholes I can’t stand.

[Silexxx]

https://blabbermouth.net/news/sammy-hagar-i-dont-think-i-want-to-go-on-tour-anymore

About his Vegas residency:

"I don't think I want to go on tour anymore," he said. "I hate to say that, because I don't want to piss my fans off. I'll go out and do a one-off show and do things like that, but the residency is going to give me a good extension of my career. That's what I'm hoping for."

"With this, I don't have to travel, I don't have to unpack and pack and get on an airplane every day. You know, at my age, it hurts my shoulders to do all this. And I have to perform. I'm a performer, at the end of the day."
"I keep telling my manager, 'Don't take any tours, let me do this residency,'" Hagar added. "If I like it enough, I'll do another one. And if that's successful I'll do another one, and I can squeeze a few more years out of my career."

I guess he's too "rickety" too.

[Nitro Express]

Spam: "HEY EVERYBODYS LOOKIT ME!!!! HEY! LOOK! LOOOOOOK!!!!!"

*Frantically waves arms as Spambot Ship is sinking.

After the Spamuel thing dies, he will just be a footnote in VH history.

In 50 years, nobody will know he ever existed.

I think it won’t take as long as 50 years for Sambo to be forgotten. Here we are in 2025 and there’s still a lot of interest in the music made in the 1970’s and 80’s. The VH six pack will be but anything after that not so much.

[silverfish]

Sammy Hagar Faces Backlash Over Mocking Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar Playing

In the Van Hagar/Other Half Instagram account, the Red Rocker shared a voice-over from one of his Van Halen
concerts with Eddie, and the caption read, “This goes to show the power of music. It can make grown men do
crazy sh*t like this!”

Full story at:
rockcelebrities.net/sammy-hagar-faces-backlash-over-mocking-eddie-van-halens-guitar-playing/

Diclaimer - I have not watched the clip.

[Hardrock69]

Spam: "HEY EVERYBODYS LOOKIT ME!!!! HEY! LOOK! LOOOOOOK!!!!!"

*Frantically waves arms as Spambot Ship is sinking.

After the Spamuel thing dies, he will just be a footnote in VH history.

In 50 years, nobody will know he ever existed.

[Nitro Express]

Sam is really driven but he’s also delusional. He comes off as a nice happy guy but he’s out to be top dog. He has to be the Big Guy. When he said I’m Van Halen now because I’m the only one left who can perform. Excuse me Sam but what about Mike? He’s been in the band longer than you and he’s still performing. Sam is a shark. He’s going to use you when he needs you and when he’s gotten what he wants he kicks you to the curb. I’m Van Halen now. Yeah right.

[Silexxx]

https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/2cnMpRsOVqtPMfq7YiFE6K_songs.html

And if you look at the most played Van Halen song on Spotify, it's mostly CVH. Only 2 Hagar era songs on Top 10 and only about 15 songs in Top 50! Also apparently that 2023 Hagar box set didn't do anything to gain new interest because only songs in Top 100 that have "2023 Remaster" in the title on that list are Humans Being (#27) and Respect The Wind (#91). So even people who do listen Van Hagar listens those old versions of those albums.

[Terry]

Yup. On top of that Al said he was able to build a happy home life and he said Ed wasn't able to do that. Music was everything to Ed and he was trying to get to somewhere he never could.
Al said he was never consumed by the music to that level because he had other things in his life. Other than losing his brother Al seems happy. He's got his family. He's got property that he can kick back on and enjoy with his wife. He has nothing to prove. Sam on the other hand should be content but he's not. He self promotes like a motherfucker. He's hungry for attention. It's like dude. You are almost 80. Disappear and enjoy your money. Nope. Sam not only is addicted to attention, he wants to have the big legacy. He wants to be the top guy in Van Halen. Dude. You didn't help build that band. You came in helped write some new songs and sang. You are not the legacy. You were a replacement singer who was in the band for a few years. It's like a replacement singer in Journey thinking he's going to ride off with Steve Perry's legacy. Sam thing with Sam. It's so stupid.

That's the thing about Hagar, in that clearly he still feels underappreciated for what he did when he was in Van Halen.

And he's never gotten over it. Hence the consistent lying over the years about how many records the band sold when he was in it. He couldn't stand it when the band finally reconvened with Dave in the 2000's. Doubtless, because he feared being looked at as filler between the two periods the band was helmed by Roth. That would explain this half-assed 'tribute' tour he did this past year.

It IS stupid. Stupid and sad. Hagar had his degree of success as a solo act. He had success with Van Halen. His career is what it was. His time with Van Halen was what it was. Ed's gone. Van Halen is over. The legacy for a majority of people is what the band did with Dave up to and including 1984. Touring with Mike Anthony and Joe Satriani playing Eddie's parts isn't gonna make anyone feel any differently about what Van Halen meant to them.

Bah!

[Nitro Express]

Yup. On top of that Al said he was able to build a happy home life and he said Ed wasn't able to do that. Music was everything to Ed and he was trying to get to somewhere he never could.
Al said he was never consumed by the music to that level because he had other things in his life. Other than losing his brother Al seems happy. He's got his family. He's got property that he can kick back on and enjoy with his wife. He has nothing to prove. Sam on the other hand should be content but he's not. He self promotes like a motherfucker. He's hungry for attention. It's like dude. You are almost 80. Disappear and enjoy your money. Nope. Sam not only is addicted to attention, he wants to have the big legacy. He wants to be the top guy in Van Halen. Dude. You didn't help build that band. You came in helped write some new songs and sang. You are not the legacy. You were a replacement singer who was in the band for a few years. It's like a replacement singer in Journey thinking he's going to ride off with Steve Perry's legacy. Sam thing with Sam. It's so stupid.

[ZahZoo]

Easily the best thing about Alex's book is blanking Hagar. It's hilarious so much better than listing every lie, betrayal or dumb lyric.

Indeed!! Less is far, far more in this case...

Al gave Hagar what he deserved... nothing.

[Nitro Express]

You can’t be in a band and not know the people in it well. Alex knows Sammy. Al knows just ignoring Sammy will drive the man nuts. It’s working. Sam is crying like a little bitch nonstop. As far as album sales go VH I and 1984 sold more records than the whole Van Hagar catalog. Van Hagar always bombed in Europe.

[Silexxx]