Sammy Hagar remains bitter about how his time in Van Halen ended back in 2004 and he now says publicly that Eddie Van Halen owes him apology.
Hagar spoke with Vegas Rocks! while in Las Vegas last weekend to play a Chickenfoot show as that band nears the end of its month-long tour, which wraps up this Sunday in Los Angeles.
"I could get along with Alex [Van Halen]. I got along at one time with Eddie amazingly. Obviously, Mike [Anthony, former VH bassist now in Chickenfoot] and I are dearest friends on the planet,” explains Hagar. “But Ed and I… he turned on me. I don't even wanna go into it. It's in the book. I said it. It was a horrible, horrible ending to a beautiful, beautiful story. And I'm still disappointed that they have not reached out to be friends — especially Alex, because Alex and I didn't have a problem. But, of course, he sides with his brother, and I understand that. But I can not like somebody, but I can like a friend of theirs, and vice versa. But it doesn't really matter to me.”
Sammy also spoke about whether he can ever see himself patching things up with Eddie.
“I can't see why we wouldn't and I can't see why we shouldn't,” says the singer. “But I don't know. It's not my goal, I'm not out there wasting energy on that. As far as I'm concerned, he owes me an apology. As far as I'm concerned, if he wanted to be friends, he should reach back out to me, because what happened on that reunion tour in '04 was some of the most miserable, back-stabbing, dark crap I've ever been involved with my whole life and I would never go through that again with anybody or for any amount of money or any amount of fame and fortune or nothing.”
"So until he [Eddie] comes around and says, 'Dude, I'm sorry. I was an asshole. I was wrong. And I wanna be friends again.' I would be there in a second — all forgiveness, just like that,” claims Hagar. “But for me to reach out would be stupid. He'd probably say, 'Yeah, what?! You wanna get back in the band. Hey, fuck you, buddy.' That's probably what would happen. And I'm not interested in all that. Plus I don't wanna be back in that band. I love Chickenfoot."
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5 comments:
Sammy doesn't want to be in VH but that is all he talks about-lol, at least Mike didn't hold a grudge and even said that the new album by VH is great! Hagar is so bitter it is beyond belief! Everything he says is a contradiction to itself in this short story. He turned the band into Journey and while some rip on "Tatto" I will take that any day over his first song with VH "Why Can't This Be Love" That is when VH stopped being the greatest rock band of all time and met its doom. I laugh when people say Hagar has a stronger voice, listen to him sing classic VH, it is awful because there is no personality to him! He looked like Shirly Temple when he joined now he looks like Bette Midler. Roth is the voice of VH, he proves it on the new cd, he brings out the best in VH while the little round red one wrote sappy lyrics and couldn't compare to the greatest front man of all time!
I like sammy but his crying about van halen is getting old
Sammy doesn't want to waste energy on it, but that's all he talks about. I think what pisses him off more than anything is nobody in the Van Halen camp is acknowledging him one bit. I used to like Sammy, and I think Three Lock Box and VOA are still kick-ass. I even like SOME of his material with VH, but please, Sammy, for crying out loud, get over it. You haven't been in the band for well over 8 years, it wasn't that great when you WERE in the band, and you have your Van Halen clone band to play bingo halls and casinos with. Eddie and Dave BELONG together, and hopefully they can work out this tour and crank out some more albums. Just move on and drink some more tequila. You'll never hear the end of Sammy if the VH tour implodes.
Sammy - you are such garbage. I loved your music for 20 years and now if it is not girls on stage, tequila, or Van Halen bashing it isn't Sammy. Go back to your roots of being a ROck star and not a WEENIE!
ive got a 6 month old niece who doesnt cry as much as sammy
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